Ultras Mash-up (2018)
SARU, Oxford Brookes University
Jun. 2018
"Ultras Mash-up" consists of a series of audio tracks in which football chants’ recordings are mixed with the “original” songs they are based on. The work reflects on the musical aspects of football supporters’ culture and supporters’ practice of creation through appropriation.
The work includes football supporters’ repurposed versions of Giuseppe Verdi’s opera theme Aida, Jewish traditional song from psalm 23 Gam Gam, Marcella Bella’s 1972 Sanremo Festival success Montagne Verdi, Walt Disney’s whistling theme from Robin Hood, northern italian folk song La Mula de Parensio, Coca-Cola jingle Buy the World a Coke, Dean Martin’s signature song That’s Amore, and Righeira’s 80’s summer hit L’Estate Sta Finendo.
The football chants used in the tracks have been recorded at the stadium and on away matches as part of my involvement with the ultras group Brescia 1911 (2001 – ongoing).
Credits
Research: Davide Tidoni
Audio Recording, Editing and Mixing: Davide Tidoni
Mastering: Radbaud Mens
Design: Marzia Dalfini w. Davide Tidoni
Silkscreen: l’Appât Atelier, Brussels
Support: Sonic Art Research Unit (SARU), Oxford Brookes University
Distribution: Viaindustriae Publishing
Ultras Mash-up (2018)
SARU, Oxford Brookes University
Jun. 2018
"Ultras Mash-up" consists of a series of audio tracks in which football chants’ recordings are mixed with the “original” songs they are based on. The work reflects on the musical aspects of football supporters’ culture and supporters’ practice of creation through appropriation.
The work includes football supporters’ repurposed versions of Giuseppe Verdi’s opera theme Aida, Jewish traditional song from psalm 23 Gam Gam, Marcella Bella’s 1972 Sanremo Festival success Montagne Verdi, Walt Disney’s whistling theme from Robin Hood, northern italian folk song La Mula de Parensio, Coca-Cola jingle Buy the World a Coke, Dean Martin’s signature song That’s Amore, and Righeira’s 80’s summer hit L’Estate Sta Finendo.
The football chants used in the tracks have been recorded at the stadium and on away matches as part of my involvement with the ultras group Brescia 1911 (2001 – ongoing).
Credits
Research: Davide Tidoni
Audio Recording, Editing and Mixing: Davide Tidoni
Mastering: Radbaud Mens
Design: Marzia Dalfini w. Davide Tidoni
Silkscreen: l’Appât Atelier, Brussels
Support: Sonic Art Research Unit (SARU), Oxford Brookes University
Distribution: Viaindustriae Publishing
