GIGI MASIN was born in Venice on 24 October 1955. He has been a part of the music scene since the early 70’s. He worked with the most important national and local radio stations.
From 1978, he has been establishing a fertile collaboration with the poet and writer Massimo Palladino. This venture had been permitting to carry out many and important pieces, for theatre and for radio broadcasting, places where music and voices walk hand in hand, challenging and provoking themselves as well.
Sounds, tapes, turntables, live electronics are the ground where scene music moves. As a Musician and director , he has had a lot of theatrical and musical collaborations , from short films to staging and act designs.
The first solo album, (WIND) has been published in 1986. Many others will follow; some of those are "LES NOUVELLES MUSIQUES DU CHAMBRE" for the Belgian Label SUB ROSA (1989) with Charles Hayward, "WIND COLLECTOR" (1991) with Alessandro Monti. Most recent cds include "LONTANO" (2001) and "MOLTITUDINE IN LABIRINTO" (2003) with Giuseppe Caprioli, both produced by Giovanni Antognozzi for ANTS/SILENZIO DISTRIBUZIONE.
Many authors covered his mìusic, among the others The famous BJORK (the tracks that closes t her concerts it’s an homage to GIGI MASIN’s music), german bad TOROCOCOROT and pianist Luca MITI
