ABUL MOGARD. QUIET PIECES
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Abul Mogard is the alter ego of Italian musician Guido Zen, pioneer of late 90s electronica and known for his evocative albums and immersive live performances. Based in Rome, he has appeared at prestigious festivals and venues, including Berlin Atonal, Poesia en Voz Alta (Mexico City), the Centre Pompidou (Paris), Centro de Cultura Contemporánea Condeduque (Madrid), Auditorium San Fedele (Milan), Le Guess Who? (Utrecht), and the Southbank Centre (London).
Mogard’s music has found its place across a variety of creative fields, from film and television to fashion, contemporary art and advertisements. His work has been featured in Ridley Scott’s The Last Duel trailer, Shane Meadows’ TV series Gallowspole, runway shows for Ferragamo, and campaigns for Lancôme, among other projects.
Abul Mogard will present Quiet Pieces at L.E.V Festival, which also inaugurates his personal imprint, Soft Echoes. Conceived through the reworking of archival material left idle from earlier projects and a chance encounter with a late uncle’s trove of beloved 78rpm classical and opera records, Quiet Pieces unfolds a soundscape that blurs distinctions between his memories and those of another, exquisitely short-circuiting the senses with its waking, dream-like lucidity.
