WE WERE NEVER ONE

An embodied encyclopedia of the now.

'Living in a time of planetary catastrophe begins with a practice at once humble and difficult: noticing the world around us.'

Anna Tsing et.al. in
Arts of living on a damaged planet

"We Were Never One" is the new album of The Star Pillow, whose last release dates back to 2019 with "Music For Sad Headbangers" (Midira Records). This last album is the original soundtrack composed for the homonymous contemporary dance performance by the austrian choreographer Karin Pauer with whom Paolo Monti has already collaborated for the performance "this is where we draw the line“ which premiered at the Donau Festival/ Krems 2019 and was performed in Romania, Austria and Italy.

The tracks follow a precise and cinematic script of the piece in which four performers, one musician and a visual artist create a cycle of metamorphoses that invites the audience to become aware of the interconnectedness of our species with the world around us. In “We Were Never One“ this realization turns into text, embodied thoughts, hybrid objects, haunted landscapes and sounds of extinction.

The visual artist Aldo Giannotti took care of the cover art and the album design.

We Were Never One was released on April 8^th 2022, the day of the performance's premiere, (follow-up shows on 9th/12th/13th/14^th April) at Brut, Wien.

CD ltd release by Dissipatio Records. 

thestarpillow.bandcamp.com/album/we-were-never-one

90% Discount Full Digital Discography

I decided to offer a 90% discount / name your price, of all my entire digital discography. You can get 16 releases starting from 10,10 €.
From this moment to when i feel like it.

Ho deciso di offrire uno sconto del 90% / fai il tuo prezzo, su tutta la mia intera discografia digitale. Puoi acquistare 16 album a partire da 10,10 €.
Da adesso fino a quando mi andrà.

Thank you for your support.
Paolo

https://thestarpillow.bandcamp.com/music

DATE ANNULLATE EMERGENZA COVID-19

Ciao
Vista la situazione di estrema urgenza generale, nonostante i grandi sforzi di promoters e spazi come Mikasa, Klang, Spazio Astra e molti altri, la mia coscienza e il rispetto per l'altro, prima che un decreto, mi impone la sospensione di tutte le attività live imminenti.
Accettiamo con serenità queste restrizioni, uniti e consapevoli che meno ci muoviamo in questo momento, più aiutiamo a non diffondere un virus preoccupante per le fasce più deboli e a salvaguardare il sistema sanitario nazionale.
Ci rivediamo presto 🤟

Pa
      
Date rimandate:
13/03 Boring Machines Night, Mikasa, Bologna
14/03 Boring Machines Night, Klang, Roma
15/03 Spazio Astra, Foligno
16/03 w/ M. Rovelli, diretta Radio Rai Uno, Roma
16/03 w/M. Rovelli, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Roma

CAVE FEST IV

I proudly present the new edition of my own fest: CAVE FEST IV.
3-4 May  2019, Massa (IT).
This is true DIY.
Yo

"Sad Headbanger" Videoclip

Hi

the greatest italian director, Roberto Beani, produced a video masterpiece for the track "Sad Headbanger", from the upcoming album "Music For Sad Headbangers" (Midira Records) out on March 2019.


Produced by Roberto Beani
Director/Dop/Editing: Roberto Beani
Performer: Annapaola Crupi
Executive producer: Matteo Lionti
Drone operator: Vincenzo Esposito
Camera assistant: Simone Tacconelli
Grading: Roberto Beani

European Tour 2019

21/01/2019 Riserva Indie, Carrara (IT)
27/01/2019 Piano Terra, Milano (IT)
28/01/2019 Theater Am Gleis, Winterthur (CH)
29/01/2019 The Phrontistery, Luzern (CH)
30/01/2019 Eco del Nord, Liege (BE)
31/01/2019 Studio Patrick, Utrecht (NL)
01/02/2019 Bostival Indoor, Utrecht (NL)
02/02/2019 + Nadja, N+[BOLT], Werl, A-Sun Amissa, Zenjungle, Scatterwound @ Moving Noises Festival, ChristusKirche, Bochum (DE)
03/02/2019 Schute, Hamburg (DE)
04/02/2019 Madame Claude, Berlin (DE)
05/02/2019 Loophole, Berlin (DE)
06/02/2019 Basta, Gorlitz (DE)
07/02/2019 Vekks, Wien (A)
08/02/2019 MissKappa, Udine (IT)
09/02/2019 Ribalta, Vignola (IT)
21/02/2019 Fanfulla, Roma (IT)
22/02/2019 San Sepolcro (IT)
23/02/2019 w/ Tristan da Cunha, T-Trane, Perugia (IT)
28/02/2019 w/ Tristan da Cunha, Mikasa, Bologna (IT)
01/03/2019 w/ Tristan da Cunha, Spulla, Macerata (IT)
02/03/2019 w/ Tristan da Cunha, Klang, Roma (IT)
03/03/2019 w/ Tristan da Cunha, Ass. Mura Aperte, Massa (IT)
08/03/2019 Lubiani Conference Hall, Torino (IT)
09/03/2019 Velvet Club, Legnano (IT)
10/03/2019 +Jooklo XXL, Amm, Monteggiori (IT)
11/03/2019 djset +Jooklo XXL, Oso Secret Concert, Carrara (IT)
"Nothing is connected to everything" performance installation w/ Karin Pauer + Aldo Giannotti
20/04/2019 w/ Karin Pauer + Aldo Giannotti, Wien (A)
20/04/2019 w/ Karin Pauer + Aldo Giannotti, Wien (A)
21/04/2019 w/ Karin Pauer + Aldo Giannotti, Wien (A)
22/04/2019 w/ Karin Pauer + Aldo Giannotti, Wien (A)
23/04/2019 w/ Karin Pauer + Aldo Giannotti, Wien (A)
24/04/2019 w/ Karin Pauer + Aldo Giannotti, Wien (A)
25/04/2019 w/ Karin Pauer + Aldo Giannotti, Wien (A)
26/04/2019 w/ Karin Pauer + Aldo Giannotti, Donaufestival, Krems (A)
27/04/2019 w/ Karin Pauer + Aldo Giannotti, Donaufestival, Krems (A)
28/04/2019 w/ Karin Pauer + Aldo Giannotti, Donaufestival, Krems (A)
04/05/2019 + Dolpo, Giulio Aldinucci, Naresh Ran, Attilio Novellino & more @ Cave Fest IV, Carrara (IT)
15/06/2019 Rovelli Party, Massa (IT)

Giulio Aldinucci + The Star Pillow "HIDDEN"

My new album "Hidden" will be a collaboration with my great friend and fine artist Giulio Aldinucci. It will be released by Midira Records  on 23rd of November.
Preorder starts on 8th October here.