THE STAR PILLOW

ENG The Star Pillow is the drone-ambient-experimental project of the italian guitar player Paolo Monti, born in December 2007 and mainly based on the research of expression and relation between sound, space and human emotions. The Star Pillow actually has published 11 albums on labels like Time Released Sound, Midira Records, Paradigms Recordings, Dead Vox, Setola di Maiale, ManzaNera, Taverna Records, Laverna, etc. Continues uninterruptedly to play several tours and live gigs throughout Europe (Italy, Sardinia included, Switzerland, Slovenia, Austria, Hungary, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Finland). He shared the stage with people like William Basinski, Thisquietarmy, Nadja, Dirk Serries, Machinefabriek, Modelbau, N+[Bolt], BARST, Treha Sektori, Fuzz Orchestra, VipCancro, Ornaments, Lento, Bologna Violenta, Mombu, Neo, Manlio Maresca, Thank U for Smoking, Simon Balestrazzi, Sarram, Giulio Aldinucci, Tonto, Tacet Tacet Tacet, Skrei, Andrea Parkins and many others. He took part at Le Guess Who? Festival (NL), Kukemuru Ambient Festival (EST) , H.A.N.S. (NL), Gaudeamus Festival (NL), Suono Prossimo (IT), Banday Festival, Tago Fest (IT two editions), MVP Fest (IT), Rock Valley Festival (IT), AMM Beyond Festival (IT), etc. Collaborations with the pianist Federico Gerini (in many concerts and four albums, one of which with the leader of cult italian no wave band "Detonazione" Bruno Romani) and with the director Roberto Beani of Zimmerfrei. Original soundtrack for the films "Nascono i Fiori" (Mauro Bartoli, LabFilm 2016), "Tutta colpa di una ragazza alimentata ad elio" (Giancarlo Fruzzetti 2015). He also collaborated with director Cristina Picchi. www.thestarpillow.blogspot.com www.facebook.com/thestarpillow www.tavernarecords.bandcamp.com ITA The Star Pillow è il progetto sperimentale drone-ambient del chitarrista Paolo Monti, nato nel 2007 e principalmente basato sulla ricerca di espressione e relazione tra suono, spazio ed emozioni umane. The Star Pillow attualmente ha pubblicato 11 album su etichette come Time Released Sound, Midira Records, Paradigms Recordings, Dead Vox, Setola di Maiale, ManzaNera, Taverna Records, Laverna, etc. Suona ininterrottamente in diversi tour e concerti in tutta Europa (Italia, Sardegna compresa, Francia, Svizzera, Slovenia, Ungheria, Belgio, Austria, Olanda, Germania, Polonia, Lettonia, Estonia e Finlandia). Ha condiviso il palco con gente come William Basinski, Thisquietarmy, Nadja, Dirk Serries, N, [B O L T], Machinefabriek, Modelbau, BARST, Treha Sektori, Fuzz Orchestra, VipCancro, Ornaments, Lento, Bologna Violenta, Mombu, Neo, Manlio Maresca, Thank U for Smoking, Simon Balestrazzi, Sarram, Tonto, Tacet Tacet Tacet, Giulio Aldinucci, Skrei, Andrea Parkins e molti altri. Ha preso parte al Le Guess Who? Festival (NL), Kukemuru Ambient Festival (EST) , H.A.N.S. (NL), Gaudeamus Festival (NL), Suono Prossimo (IT), Rock Valley Festival (IT), Banday Festival (IT), AMM Beyond Festival (IT), Tago Fest (IT two editions), MVP Fest (IT), etc. Collabora con il pianista Federico Gerini (in molti live e ben quattro album, di cui uno con l'ex Detonazione Bruno Romani) e con il regista Roberto Beani del collettivo Zimmerfrei. Ha inoltre firmato la colonna sonora dei film "Nascono i Fiori" (Mauro Bartoli), "Tutta colpa di una ragazza alimentata ad elio" (Giancarlo Fruzzetti) e collaborato con la regista Cristina Picchi. www.thestarpillow.blogspot.com www.facebook.com/thestarpillow www.tavernarecords.bandcamp.com DISCOGRAPHY "Christmas Session" (Taverna Records 2009) "Non t'illudere" (Taverna Records 2011) "Fattore Ambientale" (Taverna Records 2012) "The Beautiful Questions" (Setola di Maiale/Taverna Records 2013) with Bruno Romani "Via del Chiasso" (Setola di Maiale/Taverna Records 2013) "All is Quiet" (Paradigms Recordings 2014) “Livorno” (Taverna Records/ManzaNera Label 2015) "Above" (Time Released Sound 2016) with Tacet Tacet Tacet "Concurrence" (Laverna netlabel 2016) "The Star Pillow/Larkian" split (Dead Vox 2016) "Invisible Summer" (Midira Records 2017) The Star Pillow is a guitar drone-ambient project, mainly based on the research of expression and relation between sound, space and human emotions.