Name: ANDREA BORGHI – VHS LP
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Reflecting the artist’s passion for cinema, VHS consists of audio recordings that were produced through an open

VHS Recorder using manipulated videotapes. Most source sound is taken from background parts edited from

old tapes of obscure and underground cinema. Mechanical memories and the suggestions of past cinematographic

sets are converted and re-contextualized in order to explore the expressive possibilities of an archaic media.

Mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi, released in a limited edition of 100 LPs packaged in deluxe tip-on gatefold jackets.

Andrea Borghi

Andrea Borghi (b.1974) is an art teacher and sound artist based in Pietrasanta, Lucca. Andrea graduated from the

National Academy of Fine Arts in Carrara. Starting as bass player and attended courses in piano, composition and

electronic music at the Giacomo Puccini Conservatory Of Music in La Spezia. His activities in the field of sound art and

installations include being a founding member of the electronic improvisation quartet VipCancro and running the label

Lisca Records. In recent years his primary artistic focus has been on the study of “substitutability” of materials and

producing sound directly from concrete discs – an approach he refers to as “Discomateria”. He is also experimenting with

other materials such as glass, plastic, metal, and more recently, marble. With Discomateria, sound is generated in real

time playing the discs on a prepared turntable.

Weight	0.475 kg
Dimensions	31.5 × 31.5 × 1 cm

ANDREA BORGHI – VHS LP

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