Musci studied saxophone and guitar. From 1974 to 1985 he travelled around the world to study African, Indian, and Near & Far Eastern music, to make field recordings and collect musical instruments. He recorded LPs and CDs for different European labels (including Raw Materials, Victò, Lowlands, Gonzo Multimedia, Leaves and Island Records), Recommended Record, with musical techniques derived from " Plunderphonics" and Concrete Music.
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Soundtracks for videos and video installations
He composed and played music for :
Studio Azzurro
Miguel Soares
Filmmaker 2014
He composed and played music for commercial spots
Levi's
Nike
Bulgari
IBM
United Way
Soundtracks for dance
He composed and played music for Dance Companies :
Tanzfabrik ( Berlin),
Los Angeles Choreographer &dancers
Live soundtracks for silent movies
He performed live soundtracks for silent movies
"Regen" directed by Joris Ivens
" The Bridge (1928 film) " directed by Joris Ivens
"The Phantom of the Opera", directed by Rupert Julian
"Vampyr", directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
"Manhatta", directed by Paul Strand
"Safety Last!", directed by Fred C. Newmeyer with Harold Lloyd
"Der Golem", directed by Carl Boese and Paul Wegener
"Saturnino Farandolà", directed by Marcel Perez and Luigi Maggi
"The Crowd", directed by King Vidor
Belfagor " directed by Henri Desfontaines
Music for poems and theatre
Soundtrack for Piera degli Esposti " La Natura" (With Massimo Cavallaro)
Soundtrack for Theater shows of Antonio Albanese (With Massimo Cavallaro)
Soundtracks for movies
He made soundtracks for movies (with Giovanni Venosta) for :
Silvio Soldini's movie "L'aria serena dell'Ovest"
Alessandro Amaducci's movie "Spoonriver"
Stefano Canzio's video "Sua Intermittenza"
Andrea Gropplero's movie "Pidgin"
Monica Castiglioni's movie "Rita incontra una amica"
Elisabetta Sgarbi "Non chiederci la parola – Il Gran teatro montano del Sacro Monte di Varallo".
Videomaker
He also made videos for :
Walter Prati & Giancarlo Schiaffini
Lilliana Bancolini ( As time goes by )
Morgan
Massimo Cavallaro
Arnold Marinissen Dutch percussionist(with Massimo Mariani)
Raw Material Label : " Alchemy","Tribute to Zugakousaku ", "Thales ' dream", "Chronophotography".
Radio broadcasts
From 80' he broadcast ethnic & experimental music from Italian National Radio Stations ( Rai ) and Radio Popolare
Festivals
At Time Zone Festival (Bari, Italy 1995 ) he performed the live soundtracks of Silent Movie " Der Golem ", directed by Carl Boese and Paul Wegener
At Palazzina Liberty (Milano, Italy ) from 1997 to 2002 "Senza Parole Festival" live soundtracks of Silent Movies with : Keith Tippett, Chris Cuttler, Jon Rose and Claudio Gabbiani
At the 32nd Bourges International Festival he performed the piece "Music for Labyrinths" for voice & electronics at Maison de la Culture ICEM Serie : Federation Italy 01/06/2002
Musicians
He has played in studio and in live concerts with many Italian and European musicians, including:
Giovanni Venosta
Claudio Gabbiani
Walter Prati
Giorgio Magnanensi,
Massimo Mariani
Roberto Zanisi
Tiziano Tononi
Daniele Cavallanti (Aktuala)
Moni Ovadia
Sandro Cerino
Chris Cutler
Jon Rose
David Moss
it:Steve Piccolo
Elliott Sharp
Keith Tippett
Discography
"The Loa of Music" (Raw Material, 1983)
"Olympic Signals" Giovanni Venosta (Raw Material, 1984)
"Water Messages on desert sand" (with Giovanni Venosta) (Recommended Records, 1986)
"Urban & tribal portraits" (with Giovanni Venosta) (Recommended Records, 1988)
"Doublings & Silence" (Auf Dem Nil / Recommended Records Italy, 1988)
"Munen Muso 1" ( Network 77 Sud Africa, 1990)
"A noise, a sound" (Recommended Records, 1990)
"Rer Quarterly vol 2" (Recommended Records, 1991)
"Losing the orthodox path" (with Giovanni Venosta & Massimo Mariani) (Victò, 1993)
"Debris of a loa" (with Claudio Gabbiani) (Lowlands Records, 1995)
"Quang-go voice" (with Giovanni Venosta) (Island Records,UK, 1999)
"Massimo Cavallaro's Giù al nord /Uomo" (music for Antonio Albanese theatrical pieces (RP, IT, 1999)
"Steel water light" (with Chris Cutler, Jon Rose, Claudio Gabbiani) (Recommended Records,UK, 2001)
"Claudio Gabbiani's Night nursing" (Auditorium Records,IT 2003)
"Vampyr and other stories" (Recommended Records, 2015)
"Third Ear Band v Roberto Musci : Mosaic , a tribute to Third Ear Band " (Gonzo Multrimedia, UK, 2016 )
"Tower of silence " double LP ( Music From Memory, Netherlands 2016 )
Press & books
"Plunderphonics, Pataphysics & Pop Mechanics" by Andrew Jones (Safpublishing.co.uk)
"Studio Azzurro" book and DVD by Studio Azzurro
"Computer Music e Improvisação" by Jorge Lima Barreto (Artigos Meloteca 2009)
"Music, Electronic Media, and Culture" by Simon Emmerson (The MIT Press)
"Yodel-Ay-Ee-Oooo: The Secret History of Yodeling Around the World" by Bart Plantenga ( Routledge )
"Solchi sperimentali Italia" by Antonello Cresti (Crac Edizioni)
"Ghettoraga" by Luca Ferrari (http://ghettoraga.blogspot.it/)
Songs
Nexus on the BeachWater Messages on Desert Sand · 1987 TamataveUrban and Tribal Portraits · 1988 Lullabies Mother Sings Father PlaysUrban and Tribal Portraits · 1988
