Simone Sims Longo · Franti

Franti

2024

duration: 6:07

The impact, the friction, the collision and the rupture. The sound becomes granular, transforms into a rhythmic element, and then dissipates. Creative potentials and sound collages organized from saxophone sound fragments. Layerings and organic noise that tickle the ears.

Winning track of the Raster.Open Call Soundtrack Europe 20-25 competition in the ‘No Frontiers’ category

– Utopian Europe of open borders and technological transfer. In retrospect, every decade and every technological revolution produced its own musical pioneers because they ignored or crossed musical boundaries. From Karlheinz Stockhausen to contemporary electronic music, what was initially perceived as atrocious noise often became the style-defining music of the present with a certain time lag. Because avant-garde music has always been many things: a mirror of the present, overcoming tradition, courage and vision for something new


Simone Sims Longo · Simone Sims Longo – Est_Ovest [homage to Paul Lansky]

Est_Ovest [homage to Paul Lansky] 

2023 

duration: 8:21

Est_Ovest is a composition crafted using reimagined sound from urban traffic. The original recordings were captured in the underground gallery that connects the East and West areas of Cuneo, a gallery that has always held a captivating soundscape for me. It was in this very location that I embarked on my first field recording exercise during my initial year at the electronic music course back in 2011. The memories of the resounding echoes within the gallery have remained with me over the years. Motivated by those recollections, I decided to revisit this specific spot in the city and employ the resulting material in an electroacoustic composition. Inspired by Paul Lansky’s iconic magnificent piece, “Night Traffic,” I utilized various digital techniques to reimagine the traffic sounds

Artwork curated by Fred Cigno


Simone Sims Longo · Riflesso

Riflesso

2021

duration: 10:45

second prize at the INA GRM Découvertes 2021 [ https://inagrm.com/en/showcase/news/726/grm-decouvertes-2021 ]

Artwork curated by Fred Cigno


Pántha Rheî

2022

Simone Sims Longo is a sonic artist whose work encompasses electronic fixed music composition, sound design, and multimedia. His creative work focuses on the digital realm of sound, with a strong emphasis on timbre and texture. Balancing sound synthesis with sampling, his compositions explore complex polyrhythms and phase shifts through the iterative layering of samples. Longo’s work also delves into spatial sound, employing multi-channel speaker diffusion to interact with architectural spaces and investigating natural reverberation and the acoustic qualities of various materials. In live performances, he integrates sound with visual elements such as light and video, creating immersive experiences that heighten the listener’s perception of audio-visual interplay