Wallace Records Radio
Wallace Records Radio is a project born in 2019 to celebrate the 20 years anniversary of one of the main record labels of the Italian independent scene, Mirko Spino's Wallace Records .
12 episodes that review 20 years of records (and much more) through the label's catalog and the stories specifically created by writer Chiara Mattioli.
The music, created by Paolo Cantù (who oversaw the whole technical side of the project) for all the stories included in the WRR series, interacts with the vibe of the narration. Cantù uses the instruments and the composition techniques charcteristic of his musical career, which is inextricably linked to Wallace Records.
Rewind.
Twenty, two times ten. Twenty years.
You are grown up now, a bottle of beer in your hand, the same pair of jeans six days a week, because the seventh day God ended his work and you do the laundry. You have a driving license now, and your mother’s car to go out at night, to pick someone up and to come back home when the night is over. And the music. Oh, yes, the music. Impossible to forget about it. Milan in the 90s, cars parked everywhere, people smoking outside and inside the venue and you, arriving there, saying hello to the same old friends, heading straight to the bar and then chatting and laughing before the gig. Oh, yes, the gigs. Violent, piercing, disrespectful, rough music. You know the guys on stage, maybe you’re a musician yourself. Milan is such a big city, Milan is such a small city. We are not the ones roaming around Via Montenapoleone, we are the penniless ones, but tonight is Friday or Saturday and you’re already sweaty, while that girl you like so much smiles to you and lights her joint. And, oh yes… you wave hello to that friend of yours that just a few months ago decided to found a record label. Wallace Records. He knows the band performing tonight, of course. He is the producer. Such a crazy guy. The gig begins, the night screams aloud. There is something electric in the air. Twenty, two times ten. Twenty years. Two hundred something records. I don’t remember how many bands, gigs, sonic revolutions, beers, cars, joints and smiling girls.
Forward.
Twenty, two times ten.
Turn on the radio, choose the right channel, open a bottle of beer and start thinking about what you did in these last twenty years, because you already know what you listened to. And now it’s time to remember all the good things.
Oh, yes, Wallace Records Radio
(Chiara Mattioli)
Music
Broadcasts
Background Music: Paolo Cantù
Text and voice: Chiara Mattioli
With: [1] Kilo of Black Bondage, Anatrofobia, Bachi da Pietra, Tasaday, L'Enfance Rouge
Theme Song: Cabaret Voltaire - Western Mantra
Text and voice: Chiara Mattioli
Background Music: Paolo Cantù
Con: Almandino Quite Deluxe, Fuzzorchestra, Hell Demonio, Oxbow, Taras Bul'ba, The Pornography
Theme song: Cabaret Voltaire - Western Mantra
Text and voice: Chiara Mattioli
Background Music: Paolo Cantù
With: Bugo, Gli Ebrei, I Camillas, R.U.N.I., X Mary, Il Lungo Addio, Uomoman
Theme Song: Cabaret Voltaire - Western Mantra
Text and voice: Chiara Mattioli
Background Music: Paolo Cantù
With: Mattia Coletti, Mulu, Uzrujan, Masche, A Short Apnea
Theme Song: Cabaret Voltaire - Western Mantra
Text: Chiara Mattioli
Voice: Chiara Mattioli, Denis Ulybin
Background Music: Paolo Cantù
With: Gerda, Mir, RLLRBLL, Cardosanto
Theme Song: Cabaret Voltaire - Western Mantra
Text: Chiara Mattioli
Voice: Chiara Mattioli, Denis Ulybin
Background Music: Paolo Cantù
With: Bz Bz Ueu, Jasminshock, The Connie Capri Organ Chamber Orchestra, HysM?Duo, Rinunci a Satana?
Theme Song: Cabaret Voltaire - Western Mantra
Text and Voice: Chiara Mattioli
Background Music: Paolo Cantù
With: Claudio Rocchetti, Jealousy Party, Oleo Strut, Dogon, Madrigali Magri
Theme Song: Cabaret Voltaire - Western Mantra
Text and Voice: Silvana Tozzi
Background Music: Paolo Cantù
With: Plasma Expander, Agatha, Fuzz Orchestra, Makhno, Satantango, Uncode Duello
Theme Song: Cabaret Voltaire - Western Mantra
Text and Voice: Chiara Mattioli
Background Music: Paolo Cantù
With: One Dimensional Man, Squarcicatrici, The Shipwreck Bag Show, Zu, 61 Winter's Hat, Bron Y Aur
Theme Song: Cabaret Voltaire - Western Mantra
Text and Voice: Chiara Mattioli
Background Music: Paolo Cantù
With: Bologna Violenta, Germanotta Youth, Ovo, Starfuckers, The Rambo, Moe, Meteor
Theme Song: Cabaret Voltaire - Western Mantra
Text and Voice: Chiara Mattioli
Background Music: Paolo Cantù
With: Masche, Quasiviri, The Shipwreck Bag Show, HysM?Duo, Uomoman
Theme Song: Cabaret Voltaire - Western Mantra
Text and Voice: Chiara Mattioli
Background Music: Paolo Cantù
With: Anatrofobia, Gerda, Makhno, The Rambo, 3Tons
Theme Song: Cabaret Voltaire - Western Mantra