march 6th, 2012
I am on tour CRIS X/CRISTIANO LUCIANI+HAMAYOKO/YOKO HIGASHI
see you out there!
november 2010
RECORDING SESSION with KEIKO HIGUCHI
I'm very disappointed and sad to announce that i have cancelled my gigs in Tokyo (6th Shibuya Bar Isshee with Keiko Higuchi, ASTRO/Hiroshi Hasegawa, Reiko. A; 11th Shinjuku URGA with Sachiko; 12th Roppongi Super Delux with ASTRO/Hiroshi Hasegawa and Keiko Higuchi).
After my consultation with the Italian embassy about the damaged nuclear plant of Fukushima i have considerated that could be more safely posticipate my tour and move my gigs about autumn 2011 or, eventually, the next year.
I'm very grateful to my best friends Keiko Higuchi, Sachiko Fukuoka, Reiko Azuma, Hiroshi Hasegawa for the kindness, support and artistic collaborations in preparing these gigs; i would like to thank Cal Lyall to gave me the possibilities to play and to show my visual artwork on Test Tone festival.
I'm very worried and also in pain for my friends and all these people involved in this earthquake disaster and all these dramatic events, i wish deeply that you all soon can live safely.
Cristiano Luciani/Cris X
このた び東京で予定されていたライブ（6日のBar Isshee with ASTRO/Hiroshi Hasegawa、Reiko. A、ヒグチケイコ、11日のURGA with Sachiko、12日のスーパーデラックスwith ASTRO/Hiroshi Hasegawa、ヒグチケイコ）をキャンセルするにあたり、大変心苦しく思っています。
福島原発の現状について、イタリア大使館に問い合わせた結果、ツアーは今秋以降に延期することが賢明な策であるという結論に至りました。
今回、ツアー準備のため様々な面で協力をしてくれた親友のヒグチケイコ、Sachiko、Reiko. A、ASTRO、また、Test Toneで演奏と映像を披露する機会を与えてくれたCal Lyallに大変感謝しています。
日本の友達、震災で被災された方々のことを想い、胸を痛めておりますし、一日も早い復旧により、また安全に過ごせる日々が訪れることを心よりお祈り申し上げます。
Cristiano Luciani/Cris X
april 2011
JAPAN TOUR - CANCELLED
Keiko Higuchi (vocals, piano, lirycs)
Cris X (electronics, field recordings, samples, slide guitar, cymbals, effects)
The collaboration began in november 2010, during Keiko Higuchi's Italian tour. She and Cristiano realized a live film
scoring of Chris Marker's "La jetée". The recording session that followed resulted in an album which will be released
on CD. In their musical collaboration there is a mix of composition and improvisation; electronic and music concrete
and classic songwriting. The duo also will realize the soundtrack for "Invoke", one of Cristiano's video.
“Keiko Higuchi and Cris X’s improvised collaboration with a film made by Cris X/Cristiano Luciani is a mixed cultural experience and universal emotional trip one can identify. They attempt to speak universal language that is not perceived verbally in one, but to be touched or felt as a being, that is to say, they try to depict all the 5 senses and the emotions of people. It speaks of the strength, powerlessness and somewhat melancholic nostalgia of life. It speaks of phenomenon, which one cannot control. Trains of thoughts are brought out from the film, which function as an individual body cell, being connected, in order to structure the body, and the voice of Keiko Higuchi cries and whispers in one’s ears that lingers, while Cris X’s electronics and cymbals sustain the magical moment of such thoughtful images and gives phenomena without a reason. Such is life itself”.
By Keiko Higuchi 2010
© 2011 Cristiano Luciani. All Rights Reserved.
november 2011
Live@Forte Fanfulla, Rome
MICHIKO HIRAYAMA_voice GENE COLEMAN_bass clarinet LUCA MITI_prepared piano CRISTIANO LUCIANI_electronics_cymbals
may 2011
MERZBOW “Guya”/CRIS X “Greed” feat. Keiko Higuchi and Sachiko
SPLIT LP 12” white vinyl limited edition 300 copies - 2011
Second official release from CX records, Italy. “Guya” new and unreleased track from the master of japanese noise Masami Akita, 18 minutes of noise bliss, a powerful sonic trip structured by feedbacks, digital and analog electronics. A devastating masterpiece. 3 new tracks recorded, composed and mixed in Berlin, Rome and Tokyo by Cris X/Cristiano Luciani in collaboration with underground japanese musicians, Keiko Higuchi (vocals, piano, lyrics) and Sachiko (vocals, electronics): a dark and visionary journey through espressionist ambient atmospheres, electronic and vocals experimentations. White vinyl limited edition 300 copies.
Photos by Pietro Previti
Video by Mario Raoli - www.marioraoli.com
november 2011
Live at Borgata Boredom Fest@Angelo Mai, Rome
Photo by Yoko Ippolitoni