Setola di Maiale is a radical label of independent musicians, improvisers and composers. It was set up in January 1993 by musicians Stefano Giust and, in the early, Paolo De Piaggi, with the intent to highlight creative music. Setola di Maiale is founded on the direct participation and peculiar creativity of all musicians involved in its music productions. The catalogue offers official works of soloists and groups, in the fields of so-called avant-garde or experimental music, such as free improvisation, free jazz, electroacoustic, modern composition, acousmatic, electronic music. Contemporary music in its wider form of expression. Setola di Maiale is neither a commercial label nor an association: is rather a laboratory/archives that operates within a free and creative environment. DIY attitude is inevitably the only way for certain type of music to exist, in a market that either is clearly not there, or is stereotyped.
Setola di Maiale has released the work of several international acclaimed musicians and many brilliant artists not so well known. Up to now I’ve produced more than 400 titles involving 700 musicians, among others (in alphabetical order): Benat Achiary, Carlo Actis Dato, Apartment House, Lotte Anker, Marco Ariano, Mick Beck, Richard Benjafield, Burkhard Beins, Michael Bisio, Silvia Bolognesi, Alberto Braida, Peter Brötzmann, Cristiano Calcagnile, Kent Carter, Alipio Carvalho Neto, Lawrence Casserley, Gendos Chamzyryn, Stefano Cogolo, Eugenio Colombo, Marco Colonna, Paed Conca, Philip Corner, Paulo Chagas, Michel F. Côté, Vittorino Curci, Francesco Cusa, Roberto Dani, Rhodri Davies, Massimo De Mattia, Tobias Delius, Jean Derome, Tom Djll, Francesco Dillon, Marco Eneidi, Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz, Massimo Falascone, Ettore Fioravanti, Danilo Gallo, Gianni Gebbia, Stefano Giust, Lelio Giannetto, Giuseppe Giuliano, Frank Gratkowski, Phillip Greenlief, Brian Grimm, Vinny Golia, Nicola Guazzaloca, Francesco Guerri, Jean-Luc Guionnet, Teppo Hauta-Aho, Stephen Haynes, Chris Heenan, Taylor Ho Bynum, Tim Hodgkinson, Tristan Honsinger, Ken Hyder, Matt Ingalls, Xabier Iriondo, Zlatko Kaučič, Kim Ngoc, Peter Kowald, Joëlle Léandre, Pablo Ledesma, Gianni Lenoci, Lino Liguori, Anton Lukoszevieze, Marcello Magliocchi, Giovanni Maier, Edoardo Marraffa, Bob Marsh, Sabir Mateen, Gianni Mimmo, Luca Miti, Yoko Miura, Filippo Monico, Manuel Mota, Martin Mayes, Guido Mazzon, Thollem McDonas, Lisa Mezzacappa, Kanoko Nishi, Tim Perkis, Jeff Platz, Maresuke Okamoto, Patrizia Oliva, Stefan Östersjö, Roy Paci, Giorgio Pacorig, Evan Parker, Steve Potts, Wolfgang Reisinger, Edoardo Ricci, Gino Robair, Daniele Roccato, Enzo Rocco, Paul Rogers, Marco Rogliano, Olaf Rupp, David Ryan, Mirko Sabatini, Eugenio Sanna, Giancarlo Schiaffini, John Shiurba, Massimo Simonini, Blaise Siwula, Harri Sjöström, Damon Smith, Andrew Sparling, Pham Thi Hue, Clayton Thomas, Philip Thomas, Sabu Toyozumi, Ken Ueno, Vincenzo Vasi and Carlos Zingaro.
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