ECHO TRAILS with LEO #06: ORDNAS & MIIRR

Music, Playlist

For Novemebr our guests are Ordnas & Miirr. They play music together since they were kids wandering in the Apulian countryside. Costant exploration and devotion to a sincere musical dialogue are the only fixed points they have followed in their journey through sound.

FROM CLUBS-TO-CLUBS TO INSTITUTION: THE C2C JOURNEY WITH GUIDO SAVINI

Event, Interview, Music

With just days to go until one of Italy’s most iconic festivals—if not the iconic festival—kicks off from October 31 to November 3, we’re getting a little antsy. So, here at XYZ, we’ve decided to dive headfirst into the C2C universe a bit early. How? By bringing you an exclusive interview with Guido Savini, one of the key masterminds behind the magic of C2C.

AMORE!: A PLAYLIST BY THE DARE

Music, Playlist

Harrison Patrick Smith, better known as The Dare, has curated a love playlist of ten songs for XYZ that you can easily steal to confess your feelings to that girl your friends all know about.

SHOW DON’T TELL 

Event, Music, People

Ecco2k, Cosmo, Luna Passos and an open bar smashed after only two hours: XYZ PARTY in Venice co-hosted by Residenza725

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LIVING WITH THE GODS THROUGH THE EYES OF ELIAS CANETTI

Event, Music

As Canetti suggests in this book whose writing engaged the writer for 38 years, when individuals unite into a mass, their individuality tends to cancel out. At C2C, this dynamic is evident: participants merge into a collective whole.

ECHO TRAILS with LEO #04

Music, Playlist

Leo, artist and producer, digs into his personal stash to share sounds that hit differently.

KUBORAUM IN CONVERSATION WITH CANZONIERI

Culture, Event, Music

To delve deeper into Canzonieri musical vision and the creative process that drives them, we asked Kuboraum to share some insights about this fascinating electronic group.

ECHO TRAILS WITH LEO #02

Music, Playlist

Leo, artist and producer, digs into his personal stash to share sounds that hit differently

ECHO TRAILS WITH LEO #01

Music, Playlist

Leo, artist and producer, digs into his personal stash to share sounds that hit differently

IN CONVERSATION WITH BAR DISCO

Interview, Music

After their DJ set at STXDYOZ's inaugural issue launch, we catch up with Bar Disco – Francesco D'Aprile and Francesco Lindo – the DJ and graphic design duo that redefines and resemanticizes Italian-ness. In this interview, they delve into their Italian disco roots, talking about their inspiration drawn from the popular aesthetics of Italian bars, their “graphic bootleg” approach, their journey through Milan's creative landscape, and much more.

In Conversation with DJ Kaiser

Culture, Interview, Music

Whether it’s Freddy’s K’s epic Berghain closing sets, Pablo Bozzi and Luigi de Venere’s colourful Italo disco, or Caterina Barbieri and Claudio PCR’s out-there electronics, Italian electronic musicians have sizable clout in Berlin’s club scene. One of the scene’s rising names is the Italian techno producer and DJ Kaiser.

FROM GLITZ TO SYNTHS: THE EVOLUTION OF ITALIAN DISCO IN THE 70S, 80S AND BEYOND WITH DISCO SAVONI

AMORE ISSUE, Culture, Music

The story of Italo disco is not as easy to pin down as its signature sound, with its synths and sequencers, its widely hailed Messrs. Moroder and Flagio, and its simple, unadulterated exuberance. For many, the phrase Italo screams 80s. Yet, before becoming the globally exported phenomenon many remember it as today, the roots lie in Italian disco. A sensuous, sentimental, lavish thing that dominated the mainstream pop culture of Italy, occupying prime time slots on RAI 1, the national broadcaster.

THE LIBERTINES: BREAK ROAD LOVERS

AMORE ISSUE, Fashion, Interview, Music

The Libertines shot by Jonathan Vincent Baron, styled by Jack Appleyard & interviewed by Nicolò Michielin for AMORE issue no.02

RUN FOR THE HILLS

Culture, Music, News

It wrote January 2023, when the paths of Giammi and Ina collided, orchestrated by an introduction from Ina's vivacious roommate.