art lounge room
curated by Andrea Vailati Canta

Kenöpsia / Stefano Prezioso and Andrea Vailati Canta (Sunup Records)
SINGS (aka Andrea Vailati Canta) and Stefano Prezioso start the project Kenöpsia in 2016 and, within a short time, take part in music festivals such as the Street Parade in Milan and the Sun Up in Crema where they have shared the console with DJs such as Magdalena, Lehar, Pisetzky and Giorgia Angiuli, to name a few. In 2018, they set up the record label Sunup Records.

SINGS (Sunup Records)
With his 20 years’ experience, SINGS’s tracks are characterised by an emotional melody with a dominant role played by ethnic instruments. His engineering approach to music is the product of dedication and daily work, constantly looking to better oneself with records, software and musical instruments.

Niko Favata (Expatriate Records)
Niko Favata launches Expatriate Records in 2013 with the clear intention of starting his own music production: the critical and commercial success comes quite naturally and soon the label grows and new artists, DJs and producers join in, with whom new, amazing results have been achieved in the best clubs and electronic music festivals, both Italian and international.

mixing sounds
curated by Mauro Battisti

Anais Drago (violin, loop station)
Born in 1993, eclectic violinist with an impressive resume, Anais Drago projects in a personal way the sounds of folk music, of jazz and of pop within the spaces of flashback. Remarkable improv artist and virtuoso violinist, the artist will take inspiration from the artworks and the objects displayed to create a musical adventure full of charm and mystique.

DA-JAXX / Diego Borotti (tenor sax, Akai pro Ewi) and Marcello Picchioni (piano, synth, drums programming)
Analogue samples, synthetized sounds, hip-hop rhythms and all the intensity and freshness of jazz improvisation, all this is DA-JAXX. Challenging musical mixité, these two artists, who share the same background (blues, soul, r&b and mainstream jazz), breathe life into this new project with a refined and captivating way to mix electronics and acoustics.

L.I.M.A 2 /  Simone Bellavia (electric bass, double bass, loop station, electronics) and Toti Canzoneri (flute, cajon, drums, keyboard)
L..I.M.A., the historic world-jam that started 18 years ago and enlivens every week the spaces of the cafè des arts of Torino, has landed on the shores of flashback 2018 in a peculiar fashion. His brilliant creator, Toti Canzoneri, and the wonderful bass player Simone Bellavia redesign with skill, a musical path based on boundless improvisation. Ranging from afro to rock, from psychedelic rhythms to the roots of flamenco, with acoustic and electric instruments and with the help of electronic effects, the two musicians will explore music and its constantly changing qualities.

ACDS / Alessandro Chiappetta (electric guitar) and Donato Stolfi (drum set)
The drum set and the electric guitar, a peculiar couple, the result of the meeting of two incredible musicians that have always been interested in contaminating and mixing languages. AS/DS is a “high voltage” musical duo that puts audaciously forward an exiting journey through the melodies of rock, pop, world and jazz.

ADD
performance by Francesca Sandroni

ADD is a project that adds, and tends to overlap, different elements, cultures, styles and languages, creating a sound layering through the sampling of noises generated by symbolic objects. The performance as an impromptu, playful act of unity and interaction with the “other”: the active participation that changes the narrative, life’s everyday flow. A vulgar symphony, a ringing “voodoo” in which we were all included and responsible, in an absolute dissonance.