The MGS

MGS-11 VV.AA. The MGS Relics

Digital album MP3+MP4 files, Released 10/2023

Spiral (Andrea Marutti: mixer, feedback).
Rinat (Davide Del Col: guitar, ableton live).
Nimetön Geist (Davide Del Col: ableton live, computer).
R.U.N.I. (R.U.N.I.: music; Chiara Zanesi: director, editing; Sandro Ripamonti: editing).
Zerograd (AG: ableton live, samples).
video c (David: percussion; Galetti: percussion; Graffo: balalaika; Zorze: percussion).

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1. Spiral • Live at TagoFest 3, 06/07/2008
2. Rinat • Rendered
3. Nimetön Geist • Umeå 1 (16 bit)
4. Nimetön Geist • Umeå 2 (16 bit)
5. R.U.N.I. • Fula Fula Fular Trailer (audio)
6. Rinat • Guit Rendered 1
7. Rinat • Guit Rendered 2
8. Nimetön Geist • Umeå 1 (24 bit)
9. Nimetön Geist • Umeå 2 (24 bit)
10. Zerograd • M1: Meet Me at the Bus Stop

Video
a. R.U.N.I. • Fula Fula Fular Trailer
b. R.U.N.I. • L'uomo che morisse due volte (video)
c. Untitled

MGS-10 VV.AA. The Transit of Sound vol. 2

Digital album MP3 files, Released 08/2023

All tracks originally on http://soundtransit.nl

SoundTransit Field Recordings and Phonography
under Creative Commons license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0
The site still exists but has changed its intended use, and the fields recordings are no longer available. We saved some from Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
192 kbps MP3 files, (re)edited in 2023.
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1. Lasse-Marc Riek • Helsinki - Cathedral Chapel︎
2. John Hopkins • Helsinki - Ice Walk
3. Lasse-Marc Riek • Alajärvi - A Bird-like Singing Child and Birds
4. John Hopkins • Helsinki - Vappu Drums
5. Björn Eriksson • Sollefteå - Doing the Dishes
6. Wolfgang Menzel • Norrköping - Metal Work
7. Wolfgang Menzel • Vetra Monastery, Vetra - Church Music
8. Daniel Schiller • Str - 03 Skandinavia: Near Strömstad, Sweden
9. Daniel Schiller • Falkenberg - 02 Skandinavia: Falkenberg, Sweden
10. Wolfgang Menzel • Linköping - Ants on the River
11. Wolfgang Menzel • Linköping - Jackdraws
12. John Hopkins • Trondheim - Gaming Instruction
13. John Hopkins • Seltjarnarnes - Practice
14. John Hopkins • Akureyri - Drunken Feasting

MGS-9 VV.AA. The Transit of Sound vol. 1

Digital album MP3 files, Released 08/2023

All tracks originally on http://soundtransit.nl

1. Sophea Lerner • Helsinki - Helsinki Tramride

2. John Hopkins • Helsinki - Helsinki Underground
3. Lasse-Marc Riek • Helsinki - Sibelius Monument
4. Keith de Mendonca • Helsinki - Underwater Sounds of a Ferry
5. Wolfgang Menzel • Vadstena - Vättern Lake, Vadstena
6. Sean O'Neill • Stockholm - Site
7. Martin Clarke • Stockholm - Skansen
8. Björn Eriksson • Bj - Before the Gig
9. Daniel Schiller • Falkenberg - 01 Skandinavia: Falkenberg, Sweden
10. Wolfgang Menzel • Linköping - Stay! And Go!
11. Keith de Mendonca • Stockholm - 11 O'Clock Royal Palace
12. John Hopkins • Trondheim - Talking About Sound
13. John Hopkins • Akureyri - Stripping a Cauliflower
14. Derek Holzer • Skaftafell - Mountain Stream

MGS-8 Zerograd The Landscape Series n. 1: "Kamatayan"

Digital album MP3+WAV files, Released 08/2023
All tracks written and performed by Hans Schellen.

Recorded, mixed and mastered 2011-2023.

Artwork by Hans Schellen.
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1. Agnas

2. Dugo Patay

MGS-7 Hans Schellen • Rúrik Sigurðsson • Neesken Bubriyk Instamatic

Digital album PDF w/ AIFF file, Released 07/2012
Tracks by Hans Schellen, Rúrik Sigurðsson and Neesken Bubriyk.
Taken from The MGS Diary.
To play this record: when reading, listen carefully to the sound of the words coming out from your mouth, and you will feel the music.
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1. Eppure
2. Sebbene le mie braccia…
3. E nonostante
4. Pledottirus Cariatensys
5. Sai, credo di non ricordare

MGS-6 R.U.N.I. RrrrUuuuNnnnIiii

LP+CD and CD, Released 01/2010
Roberto Rizzo: synthesizer, bass, vocals; Fabio Bielli: guitar, vocals; Daniele Malavasi: drums, glockenspiel, vocals.
Additional vocals: Mae Starr, Marta Moretti, Silvia Salamini.
Recorded by Roberto Rizzo; Mixed by R.U.N.I.; Mastered by Maurizio Giannotti at New Mastering Studio.
Photography by Sarmax; Graphics by Mirko Spino.
Co-produced with Bar La Muerte, Brigadisco, Burp Publications, Il Verso del Cinghiale, Megaplomb, Musica per Organi Caldi, Wallace Records.

LP
A1 L’uomo che morisse due volte
A2 Pranzo da Dio
A3 W
A4 Il ballo del quaquaraquà
A5 Pitoni a Miami
B1 Afrofrate di fretta
B2 Albero
B3 Jesus Christ Sugostar
B4 I-205 in Ascona
B5 Mizzica! Tu mozzichi

CD
1. L’uomo che morisse due volte
2. Pranzo da Dio
3. W
4. Il ballo del quaquaraquà
5. Afrofrate di fretta
6. Pitoni a Miami
7. Albero
8. Jesus Christ Sugostar
9. I-205 in Ascona
10. Mizzica! Tu mozzichi

MGS-5 Echran In Offret

CD digifile, Released 04/2009
Davide Del Col: synthesizer, Fabio Volpi: programming, vocals.
Alessandra Vago: additional vocals (tracks 1, 3).
Original samples on track 2 taken from the audio works of PT-R (Pietro Riparbelli).
All tracks mixed and mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi (2007) except track 3 mixed by Maikko.
Co-produced with A Silent Place.

1. Sister VK
2. Anodine
3. Retrive
4. Sang
5. Death of A.F.T.
6. Leni R

MGS-4 Spiral Vertigo

Cardboard disc 8.5″, Released 07/2008
A Cardboard Record by Spiral.
Artwork by Spiral.
Concept by Graffo.
No longer available - SOLD OUT.

A1. Untitled
B1. Untitled

MGS-3 R.U.N.I. Fula Fula Fular

LP 10", Released 01/2008
Roberto Rizzo: keyboards, vocals; Fabio Bielli: guitar; Alessandro Ruppen: bass; Daniele Malavasi: drums.
Recorded by Lorenzo “Pera” Sempio (track B3), Roberto Rizzo (tracks A1, A2, A3, A4, B1, B2) and Stefano Ferrian (track B3).
Mastered by Salvatore Capacchione.
Artwork by Chet; Photography by Sarmax.
Co-produced with Wallace Records and Megaplomb.

A1. La marcia della merce marcia
A2. Se vuoi essere un bassista
A3. Dimmi che è inchiostro simpatico!
A4. Eppure mi cambio le mutande tutti i giorni
B1. Cacca malata
B2. Guerriero polacco
B3. Ti piace l’upupa?

MGS-2 NImetön Geist Umeå

Cassette tape, Released 01/2008
Electronics played by Davide del Col.
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Davide Del Col in 2007, Seregno (MI).
Handmade differently spray-painted covers.
Limited edition 50 copies cassette tape.
No longer available - SOLD OUT.

A1. Umeå, part 1

B1. Umeå, part 2

MGS-1 Graffo Registrazioni A-001

Cassette tape, Released 04/2001
On this tape by Graffo: acoustic guitar, triangle, small bell, voice, drum sticks, feedback, various tools, noises and scratched CDs.
Composed, played and recorded by Graffo at Bovisio Masciago.
Mixed by Luca Mauri in December 2000 at Binaric Studio, Seregno (MI).
Limited edition 50 copies cassette tape.
No longer available - SOLD OUT.

A1. Sfumature verdi e blu
A2. Baton de Cola
A3. Chitarra su una finestra che si apre e si chiude
A4. Lot è infelice
B1. The Irish Folk Loops
B2. Lot è felice
B3. Cartolina da Rosas
B4. Porzione idraulica dei 20 anni