Caterina Barbieri
Caterina Barbieri is an Italian composer and musician currently based in Milano. Her work explores the psycho-physical effects of repetition and pattern-based operations in music, by investigating the polyphonic and polyrhythmic potential of sequencers to draw complex geometries in time and space.
Approaching music practice as an integrative cognitive feedback between humans and technology lies at the core of her current sonic research, which focuses on the creative use of computation and complex sequencing techniques to trigger temporal and spatial hallucinations, often exploring states of trance and emotional focus. Pitchfork has described her music as “a mind-altering journey” and “a dreammachine for the ears”.
Her first release “Vertical”, composed for Buchla 200 and vocals, was produced between Elektronmusikstudion and the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and released via Important Records’ Cassauna offshoot (2014). Since then, her work has been extensively presented in festivals and venues across the world such as Atonal and Berliner Festspiele, Mutek, Unsound, Sonar, Primavera Sound, Dekmantel, Barbican Centre, Philharmonie de Paris, Berghain, Biennale di Venezia.
Her full-length debut album “Patterns of Consciousness” (Important Records, 2017) has been named as one of the best releases of the year and the decade (Resident Advisor, Noisey, Fact Mag, The Wire). Her 2019 release on Editions Mego, “Ecstatic Computation”, has been critically acclaimed and is record of the year on Bleep. Caterina has performed and collaborated with a variety of artists including Kali Malone (as Upper Glossa), Carlo Maria (as Punctum) and the visual artist Ruben Spini, who created the visuals for the A/V performance Time-blind.
Barbieri holds a Master degree in classical guitar and a Bachelor's degree in electroacoustic composition from the Conservatory of Bologna, Italy, alongside a Bachelor's degree from the Faculty of Humanities and Philosophy of Bologna with a thesis in Ethnomusicology about Hindustani music and minimalism.
Photograph by Jim C. Nedd
Discography
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- Artist
- Caterina Barbieri
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- Perennial Fantas
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- light-years
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- LY002S1
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- September 6, 2023
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- Caterina Barbieri
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- Myuthafoo
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- light-years
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- LY003D
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- June 16, 2023
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- Caterina Barbieri
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- Swirls of You
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- light-years
- Catalogue Number
- LY003S2n
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- May 17, 2023
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- Caterina Barbieri
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- Math of You
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- light-years
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- LY003S1
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- April 17, 2023
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- Caterina Barbieri
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- Ecstatic Computation
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- light-years
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- LY002D
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- March 24, 2023
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- Caterina Barbieri
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- Spirit Exit
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- light-years
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- LY001
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- July 8, 2022
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- CD
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- Caterina Barbieri
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- Terminal Clock
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- light-years
- Catalogue Number
- LY001S3
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- June 15, 2022
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- Caterina Barbieri
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- Broken Melody
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- light-years
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- LY001S1
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- April 20, 2022
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- Caterina Barbieri
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- Fantas Variations
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- Editions Mego
- Catalogue Number
- EMEGO279
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- April 2, 2021
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- Artist
- Caterina Barbieri
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- Ecstatic Computation
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- Editions Mego
- Catalogue Number
- EMEGO259
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- May 3, 2019
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- Caterina Barbieri
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- Born Again In The Voltage
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- light-years
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- IMPREC 460DI
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- October 18, 2018
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- Caterina Barbieri
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- Born Again In The Voltage
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- Important Records
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- IMPREC 460DI
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- August 10, 2018
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- Artist
- Caterina Barbieri
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- Patterns Of Consciousness
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- Important Records
- Catalogue Number
- IMPREC 449DI
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- May 26, 2017
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- Caterina Barbieri
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- Patterns Of Consciousness
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- light-years
- Catalogue Number
- IMPREC 449DI
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- May 19, 2017
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- Caterina Barbieri
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- Vertical
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- light-years
- Catalogue Number
- SAUNA022DI
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- October 14, 2014
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- Mumdance
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- Shared Meanings
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- Shared Meanings
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- SHARED001DL
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- November 23, 2018
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- Various Artists
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- Lucy Reworks
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- Stroboscopic Artefacts
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- SA10YEARSEP
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- February 7, 2020
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- Various Artists
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- Flowers from the Ashes: Contemporary Italian Electronic Music
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- Stroboscopic Artefacts
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- SALP006
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- April 13, 2018
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- Various Artists
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- The Harmonic Series Volume 2
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- Important Records
- Catalogue Number
- IMPREC 500DI
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- July 30, 2021
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- Caterina Barbieri (feat. Bendik Giske)
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- Fantas for Saxophone and Voice
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- Editions Mego
- Catalogue Number
- EMEGO279S
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- February 19, 2021
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- Various Artists
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- Berlin Atonal – More Light
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- Berlin Atonal
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- ATONAL013
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- January 29, 2021
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- Various Artists
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- Lucy Reworks
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- Stroboscopic Artefacts
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- SA10YEARSEP
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- February 7, 2020
- 12”
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- Various Artists
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- Bleep 100 Tracks 2019
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- 100 Tracks
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- December 25, 2019
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- Various Artists
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- Shared Meanings
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- Shared Meanings
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- SHARED001DL
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- November 23, 2018
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- Caterina Barbieri / Eleh
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- Untitled
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- Important Records
- Catalogue Number
- IMPREC461
- Release Date
- September 7, 2018
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- Artist
- Various Artists
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- Flowers From The Ashes: Contemporary Italian Electronic Music
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- Stroboscopic Artefacts
- Catalogue Number
- SALP006
- Release Date
- April 13, 2018
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- CD