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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- Caterina Barbieri
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- Perennial Fantas
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- light-years
- Catalogue Number
- LY002S1
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- 6 setembro 2023
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- Caterina Barbieri
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- Myuthafoo
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- light-years
- Catalogue Number
- LY003D
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- 16 junho 2023
- LP (special)
- CD
- Pacote
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- Caterina Barbieri
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- Swirls of You
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- light-years
- Catalogue Number
- LY003S2n
- Release Date
- 17 maio 2023
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- Caterina Barbieri
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- Math of You
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- light-years
- Catalogue Number
- LY003S1
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- 17 abril 2023
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- Artist
- Caterina Barbieri
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- Ecstatic Computation
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- light-years
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- LY002D
- Release Date
- 24 março 2023
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- CD
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- Caterina Barbieri
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- Spirit Exit
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- light-years
- Catalogue Number
- LY001
- Release Date
- 8 julho 2022
- LP (special)
- 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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- 15 junho 2022
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- Artist
- Caterina Barbieri
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- Broken Melody
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- light-years
- Catalogue Number
- LY001S1
- Release Date
- 20 abril 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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- 2 abril 2021
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- Artist
- Caterina Barbieri
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- Ecstatic Computation
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- Editions Mego
- Catalogue Number
- EMEGO259
- Release Date
- 3 maio 2019
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- Caterina Barbieri
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- Born Again In The Voltage
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- light-years
- Catalogue Number
- IMPREC 460DI
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- 18 outubro 2018
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- Caterina Barbieri
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- Born Again In The Voltage
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- Important Records
- Catalogue Number
- IMPREC 460DI
- Release Date
- 10 agosto 2018
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- Caterina Barbieri
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- Patterns Of Consciousness
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- Important Records
- Catalogue Number
- IMPREC 449DI
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- 26 maio 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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- 19 maio 2017
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- Artist
- Caterina Barbieri
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- Vertical
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- light-years
- Catalogue Number
- SAUNA022DI
- Release Date
- 14 outubro 2014
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- Mumdance
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- Shared Meanings
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- Shared Meanings
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- SHARED001DL
- Release Date
- 23 novembro 2018
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- Various Artists
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- Lucy Reworks
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- Stroboscopic Artefacts
- Catalogue Number
- SA10YEARSEP
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- 7 fevereiro 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
- Catalogue Number
- SALP006
- Release Date
- 13 abril 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
- Release Date
- 30 julho 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
- Release Date
- 19 fevereiro 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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- 29 janeiro 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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- 7 fevereiro 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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- 25 dezembro 2019
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- Various Artists
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- Shared Meanings
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- Shared Meanings
- Catalogue Number
- SHARED001DL
- Release Date
- 23 novembro 2018
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- Caterina Barbieri / Eleh
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- Untitled
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- Important Records
- Catalogue Number
- IMPREC461
- Release Date
- 7 setembro 2018
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- Artist
- Various Artists
- ReleaseProduct
- Flowers From The Ashes: Contemporary Italian Electronic Music
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- Stroboscopic Artefacts
- Catalogue Number
- SALP006
- Release Date
- 13 abril 2018
- LP
- CD