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Stefano Pilia was born in Genoa in 1978 and lives in Bologna since 1995.
He started in the punk and rock area, by playing guitar and doublebass, and nowadays works on texture and droning sound forms by using mostly guitar, loops, field recordings and other acoustic sound sources.
Recently, he started working on sound installation projects.

ALBUMS


Stefano Pilia
Lacinia
2025
Stefano Pilia, Alessandra Novaga, Adrian Utley
Spiralis Aurea Trio
2024, Cass, Ltd, Maple Death Records
David Maranha & Stefano Pilia
Na boca do Alvanel
2024, Cass, Album, Ltd, Num, C40, Coherent States
Stefano Pilia & Valerio Tricoli
Cantor Park
2023
Oliver Mann (2), Stefano Pilia
Precious Moments
2022, Cass, Album, Ltd, Eastmint Records
Stefano Pilia
Spiralis Aurea
2022
John Duncan & Stefano Pilia
Try Again
2021, ,
Industrial/Ambient/Noise/Avantgarde
Alessandra Novaga & Stefano Pilia
Glimpses Of A Day
2021
Stefano Pilia
In Girum Imus Nocte Et Consumimur Igni
2019, LP, Album, Ltd, Sil, Die Schachtel
Alberto Boccardi & Stefano Pilia
Bastet
2018, LP, Album, Nashazphone
◉ ╋ ◑ = Stefano Pilia & Massimo Pupillo
κένωσις (Kenosis)
2018, LP, Album, Ltd, Soave
◉ ╋ ◑, Stefano Pilia & Massimo Pupillo
Dark Night Mother
2018, CD, Album, Consouling Sounds, Offset Records
Z'EV, Stefano Pilia
Live at XM24
2017, Cass, Album, Spettro Records, Associazione Culturale Ikigai 生き甲斐
Stefano Pilia, Xabier Iriondo
Stefano Pilia / Xabier Iriondo
2017, Cass, Album, Ltd, VOLUM E
Oren Ambarchi, Stefano Pilia, Massimo Pupillo
Aithein
2016
Stefano Pilia
Blind Sun New Century Christology
2015
Belfi* / Grubbs* / Pilia*
Dust & Mirrors
2014
Paolo Spaccamonti, Stefano Pilia
"Frammenti" / "Stand Behind The Men Behind The Wire"
2013, LP, Album, Ltd, Brigadisco, Escape From Today
Stefano Pilia
Strings
2011, CD, Album, Ltd, Musica Moderna
Belfi* / Grubbs* / Pilia*
Onrushing Cloud
2010
Stefano Pilia
Last Days Vol. II
2009, 7", Ltd, Num, Presto!?
Stefano Pilia
Last Days Vol. III - Atlantic City
2009
Stefano Pilia
Last Days
2008, 12", S/Sided, Ltd, Num, 8mm Records
Stefano Pilia
Action Silence Prayers
2008, CD, Album, Die Schachtel, ,
Experimental
Stefano Pilia
Haikustrings
2007, Cass, Ltd, C45, Sloow Tapes
Stefano Pilia
The Suncrows Fall And Tree
2006
Stefano Pilia
Healing Memories... And Other Scattering Times
2005, CD, Last Visible Dog
Stefano Pilia
The 1 Season
2004, CDr, Album, Ltd, Time-Lag Records
Stefano Pilia
Healing Memories In Present Tension
2003, CDr, Last Visible Dog
Valerio Tricoli & Stefano Pilia
Concrete Eloquent
2003, CDr, Album, Not On Label
Il Sogno Del Marinaio
Terzo
2024
Bono / Burattini
Suono In Un Tempo Trasfigurato
2023, LP, Album, Ltd, Gat, Maple Death Records
Blind Jesus
Blind Jesus
2010, ,
Abstract/Avantgarde/Experimental/Ambient
James Jonathan Clancy
Sprecato
2024
Massimo Pupillo
Massimo Farjon Pupillo
2019, Cass + 3xFile, FLAC, Oltrarno Raw
Alessandra Novaga
The Artistic Image Is Always A Miracle
2024, LP, Album, Ltd, 180, Die Schachtel
Paolo Spaccamonti
Ifigenia / Oreste
2024, LP, Die Schachtel
Il Sogno Del Marinaio
Wing And Prayer
2024, ,
Post Rock/Jazz-Rock
Zu93
Mirror Emperor
2018
In Zaire
Visions Of The Age To Come
2017
Immaginisti
Immaginisti
2016, LP, Ltd, Num, Tra, Tannen Records
3/4HadBeenEliminated
A Year Of The Aural Gauge Operation
2005, CD, Album, Häpna
Il Sogno Del Marinaio
Tribute To Miles Cooper Seaton
2023, 7", Ltd, Tra, Red Parakeet Records, ,
Experimental
Afterhours
Foto Di Pura Gioia (Antologia 1987 - 2017)
2017, 4x CD Digisleeve, ,
Alternative Rock/Indie Rock
Afterhours
Folfiri O Folfox
2016
Il Sogno Del Marinaio
The Whistling EP
2016
Il Sogno Del Marinaio
Mud Puddle / We Come To Learn
2014, 7", RSD, Ltd, Bro, Org Music
Il Sogno Del Marinaio
Canto Secondo
2014
Massimo Volume
Aspettando I Barbari
2013
In Zaire
White Sun Black Sun
2013, Vinyl, ,
Noise/Psychedelic Rock/Space Rock/African
Il Sogno Del Marinaio
La Busta Gialla
2012, ,
Experimental/Jazz-Rock/Avantgarde
In Zaire
In Zaire
2011
Massimo Volume
Cattive Abitudini
2010
Massimo Volume
Bologna Nov. 2008
2009, Vinyl,
Glow Kids
Our Trip To Metropolis
2007, CDr, Album, Ltd, Not On Label
3/4HadBeenEliminated
Theology
2007, CD, Album, Ltd, Soleilmoon Recordings
3/4HadBeenEliminated
The Religious Experience
2007, LP, Album, Ltd, Soleilmoon Recordings
Medves
Medves
2004, LP, Ltd, Fringes Recordings, ,
Abstract/Experimental
3/4HadBeenEliminated
3QuartersHadBeenEliminated
2004, CD, Album, Bowindo

APPEARANCES +


Lolo
Lolo
2025, LP, Album, Ltd, Black Sweat Records
Riccardo La Foresta
Zero,999...
2025, LP, Album, OOH-sounds, ,
Experimental/Modern Classical/Electroacoustic
Tera Tera
Tera Tera
2025, File, WAV, Album, 24-, Hyperjazz Records
Tera Tera
Tera Tera
2025, LP, Album, Hyperjazz Records
Manuel Zurria
Fame di Vento
2024, 3xCD, Gat, Ants, ,
Contemporary/Sound Art
Sulla Lingua
On
2024, CD, Album, Improved Sequence Records
John Duncan
Soft Eyes
2021, LP, Album, Ltd, iDEAL Recordings
Francesco Paladino
De Musica Et In Fungorum Effectis
2020, 4xCDr, Album, Ltd, Silentes, ,
Abstract/Ambient/Modern Classical
Banda Rulli Frulli*
Il Mare Dalla Luna
2017, CD, Album, Not On Label,
Cut
Second Skin
2017, ,
Rock & Roll/Garage Rock
Zu
Jhator
2017, ,
Free Jazz/Noise/Prog Rock
Bonzie
Zone On Nine
2017, 11x File, ,
Experimental/Indie Rock/Indie Pop/Folk/Pop Rock
Various
Ten! Alessandro Trapezio
2016, CD, Comp, Ltd, Num, wit, Dispersione, Riff Records (5), ,
Ambient/Acoustic/Alternative Rock/Avantgarde/Art Rock/Dark Ambient/Darkwave/Experimental/Noise/Contemporary
Rokia Traoré
Né So
2016
Mood
Mood
2015, CD, Album, Upupa Produzioni
Banda Rulli Frulli*
Kraken
2015, CD, Album, Not On Label
Zu
Cortar Todo
2015, CD, ,
Free Jazz/Sludge Metal/Experimental/Noise
Three In One Gentleman Suit
Notturno
2015
Claudio Rocchetti
Some Songs
2014, 12", S/Sided, Ltd, Backwards
Cagna Schiumante
Cagna Schiumante
2014, LP, Ltd, Num, Tannen Records
Le Luci Della Centrale Elettrica
C'Eravamo Abbastanza Amati
2014
Rutger Zuydervelt
Stay Tuned
2014, CD, ,
Modern
Andrew Leslie Hooker*
In Emptiness There Is Truth (Call No Man Happy Until He Is Dead)
2013, CD, Ltd, Entr'acte, Entr'acte
Claudio Rocchetti
Pointless Vanishing Point
2013, 12", S/Sided, Ltd, Holidays Records
Roseluxx
Resti Di Una Cena
2013, CD, Album, Goodfellas, ,
Experimental/New Wave/Pop Rock
Rokia Traoré
Beautiful Africa
2013
David Grubbs
The Plain Where The Palace Stood
2013, ,
Post Rock
Andrea Belfi
Wege
2012, CD, Album, Room40, ,
Abstract/Experimental/Ambient
Giardini Di Mirò
Good Luck
2012, Vinyl, ,
Post Rock/Indie Rock
Il Teatro Degli Orrori
Il Mondo Nuovo
2012
Various
Black Mass Rising
2012, 3x Vinyl, Box Set, ,
Industrial/Prog Rock/Black Metal/Krautrock/Lo-Fi/Space Rock/Experimental/Soundtrack/Drone/Psychedelic Rock/Noise/Ambient/Dark Ambient/Acid/Religious/Minimal
Enrico Malatesta
Bestiario Vol.1
2010, 7", Second Sleep
Wu Ming 2
Razza Partigiana - Il Reading
2010, CD, Not On Label (Wu Ming 2 Self-released)
David Maranha
Antarctica
2010
Soccer Committee & Machinefabriek
Redrawn (Soccer Committee & Machinefabriek Remixed And Covered)
2009, CD, Album, Not On Label (Soccer Committee Self-released), Not On Label (Machinefabriek Self-released)
Claudio Rocchetti
The Carpenter
2009
Phonorama
Phonorama
2008, CD, Promo, Wire Magazine, Xing
El Muniria, Tiziano Popoli & Sonata Island, Loic Djian, Otto Stenzel
Menschen Am Sonntag
2008, DVD-V, Harlock, ,
Soundtrack
Various
Crows Of The World Vol. 1
2007, 2xCD, Comp, Last Visible Dog, ,
Folk Rock/Noise/Avantgarde/Neofolk/Psychedelic Rock/Acoustic/Experimental
Echoes Of The Whales
Echoes Of The Whales
2007, CD, Album, Gat, Disasters By Choice, ,
Post Rock/Experimental/Ambient
Fear Falls Burning
Once We All Walk Through Solid Objects
2007, 5x Vinyl Clear, Box Set, ,
Noise/Drone/Minimal/Experimental
Valerio Tricoli
Metaprogramming From Within The Eye Of The Storm
2006, CD, Album, Bowindo
Andrea Belfi
Between Neck & Stomach
2006, CD, Album, Häpna
Black Forest / Black Sea
Black Forest / Black Sea
2006
Various
Invisible Pyramid: Elegy Box
2005, 6xCD, Comp, Last Visible Dog, ,
Experimental/Drone/Doom Metal/Abstract/Minimal/Psychedelic Rock/Free Improvisation/Ambient/Lo-Fi/Avantgarde/Dark Ambient/Acoustic/Field Recording/Noise
Xiu Xiu
Life And Live
2005, CD, Album, Xeng
Franklin Delano
Like A Smoking Gun In Front Of Me
2005
Black Forest / Black Sea
Radiant Symmetry
2004, CD, Last Visible Dog, Last Visible Dog, ,
Experimental/Folk Rock/Free Improvisation/Drone/Psychedelic Rock
Oreledigneur
Oreledigneur
2004, CD, Album, Bowindo
Christiina Carter*, Black Forest / Black Sea
Untitled ~ Split CD
2004, CD, Ltd, Num, Time-Lag Records
Various
The Emo Diaries Chapter Nine ● Sad Songs Remind Me
2003
Aarcl Ung
Untitled
CDr, Secret Eye Records
Angela Bulloch
The Wired Salutation 3 Of 3
12", S/Sided, ABCDLP
Various
Padre, fammi partire! (a tribute to Franco Battiato)
2024, 2xCD, Album, Comp, Ltd, Canti Magnetici
Various
Monochrome Visions (For Dmitry Vasilyev)
2018, 120xFile, FLAC, Comp, KormDigitaal, ,
Experimental
Various
Viva Italia
2017, 4x CD Book, ,
Ambient/Drone/Experimental/Minimal/Musique Concrète/Noise
Various
The Wire Tapper 42
2016, CD, Comp, Wire Magazine, ,
Experimental/Contemporary
Fear Falls Burning
Once We All Walk Through Solid Objects - Expanded
2014
Various
Free Music Impulse
2011, 2xCD, Comp, Ltd, Hybryda, ,
Folk Rock/Garage Rock/Electro/Free Improvisation/Power Electronics/Experimental
Various
Guitars: An Anthology Of Experimental Solo Guitar Music
2010, 2xCDr, Album, Setola Di Maiale
Giardini Di Mirò
Altri Giardini
2010, CDr, ,
Post Rock/Electro
Various
Breaking Down The Barriers 1995-2005, Ten Years Of Afe
2006, 391xFile, MP3, Comp, 192, Afe Records, ,
Alternative Rock/Folk Rock/Musique Concrète/Drum n Bass/Field Recording/Experimental/Avantgarde/Neofolk/Lounge/Breakbeat/Art Rock/Drone/Noise/Ambient/Dark Ambient/Industrial/Downtempo/Synth-pop/Minimal