Luigi Archetti


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Visual artist and musician, who lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland.
Luigi Archetti's artistic work revolves around the interface between art and music, which he aims to make tangible in a variety of ways. In his installation-based stagings he uses drawing, painting, video and sound to create tense and highly aesthetic spaces and complex reference systems. The vocabulary of the music manifests itself not only in ideas and the way works are realized, but also in the direct use of objects and concepts from this genre. Luigi Archetti stages the space as an image carrier in which various impulses – visual and tonal – encounter one another.

ALBUMS


Luigi Archetti
Lava
2021, 2xCD, Album, Karluk
Luigi Archetti
Null I-VII
2015, Box + 7xCD, Album, Comp, Die Schachtel
Luigi Archetti
Null IV-VII
2015, Box + 4xCD, Album, Die Schachtel
Luigi Archetti
There
2014, CD, Album, Domizil
Ian Anüll / Luigi Archetti / Lux Lindner
Im Westen Nicht Neues
2013, LP, Ultimate Records (7)
Luigi Archetti
Null II / Null III
2012, 2xCD, Album, Die Schachtel, ,
Abstract
Luigi Archetti & Jan Schlegel
Silent Surface II
2012, CD, Album, Unit Records (2)
Luigi Archetti
Null
2010, CD, Album, Die Schachtel
Ian Anüll / Luigi Archetti / Marc Zeier
Aktion
2010, LP, Album, Ultimate Records (7), ,
Experimental
Luigi Archetti & Michael Heisch
Frozen Solid
2010, CD, Album, Creative Works Records
Ian Anüll / Luigi Archetti / Marc Zeier
中国制造
2009
Luigi Archetti & Michael Heisch
Niederländische Sprichwörter
2008, CD, Album, Creative Works Records
Luigi Archetti
Fragments On Speed, Slowless And Tedium
2007
Luigi Archetti
Februar
2006, CD, Album, Unit Records (2), ASM / STV
Luigi Archetti
Transient Places
2004, CD, Album, Unit Records (2)
Luigi Archetti & Jan Schlegel
Silent Surface
2003, CD, Album, Unit Records (2)
Luigi Archetti Featuring: Hubl G*
Cubic Yellow
1999, CD, Album, Captain Trip Records, ,
Abstract/Noise/Broken Beat/Experimental
Luigi Archetti
Adrenalin
1995, CD, Album, RecRec Music
Luigi Archetti
Film Spectators Are Quiet Vampires
1994, Cass, Album, Wild West Production
Luigi Archetti
Das Ohr (Gitarre Solo)
1993, CD, Album, ATM Records, ATM Records
Tiere Der Nacht
Kräuter & Weltmeister
2005
Alienstalk
Alienstalk
1998, CD, Album, Sargasso
Tiere Der Nacht
Evergreens
1997, CD, Album, Captain Trip Records, Tokyo Tower Wax Museum, ,
Krautrock/Fusion/Prog Rock/Experimental
Affront Perdu
Affront Perdu
1996, Cass, Album, Wild West Production
Tiere Der Nacht
Hot Stuff
1992, CD, ,
Experimental/Prog Rock
Guru Guru
Shake Well
2006
Tiere Der Nacht
Sleepless
1998, CD, Album, Captain Trip Records, Tokyo Tower Wax Museum
Guru Guru
The Incredible Universe Of Guru Guru
2023
Guru Guru
Three Faces Of Guru Guru 1970 - 2021
2023
Guru Guru
Krautrock Legends Vol. 2 Live At Rockpalast 1976 + 2004
2013, ,
Prog Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Avantgarde/Jazz-Rock
Luigi Archetti / Bo Wiget
Low Tide Digitals III
2009, CD, Album, Rune Grammofon, Rune Grammofon, ,
Modern Classical/Drone/Contemporary Jazz/Ambient
Guru Guru
Psy
2008
Guru Guru
Wah Wah
2006, ,
Krautrock/Psychedelic Rock
Luigi Archetti / Bo Wiget
Low Tide Digitals II
2005, CD, Album, Rune Grammofon, Rune Grammofon, ,
Modern Classical/Drone/Contemporary Jazz/Ambient
夜の野獣 (Tiere Der Nacht)*
Daytrip Video Schedule : 2005年特別号 夜の野獣 (Mani Neumeier & Luigi Archetti) Japan Tour 2005
2005, VHS, Promo, Smplr, Daytrip Records
Guru Guru
In The Guru Lounge
2005
Luigi Archetti / Bo Wiget
Low Tide Digitals
2001, CD, Album, Rune Grammofon, Rune Grammofon, ,
Modern Classical/Contemporary Jazz/Ambient
Guru Guru
2000 Gurus
2000
Heilige Bimbam
Entweder
1998, CD, Album, Mass & Fieber
Guru Guru
30 Jahre Live
1998, 3x CD, ,
Krautrock/Psychedelic Rock
Guru Guru
Moshi Moshi
1997
Tiere Der Nacht
Wolpertinger
1994
Guru Guru
In The Guru Lounge
Guru Guru
Shake Well
Guru Guru
2000 Gurus

APPEARANCES +


Machinefabriek
Kruimeldief (Machinefabriek Remixed)
2007, 2x CD, ,
Abstract/Ambient/Experimental/Glitch/Noise
Rilo Chmielorz
Auf Löffeln tanzen
2025, CD, Album, Tonkunst Manufaktur
Mani* + Zeus*
The Secret Lives
2020, LP, Album, Bellerophon Records
Various
Werkstücke - 40 Jahre Musikwerkstatt In Der Alten Schmiede
2016, CD, Comp, Quinton Records
Drastic Dislocations
What Was Was
2015, LP, Album + CD, Album, Audioscope
Michael Heisch & Tobias Gerber
Palimpsest
2013, CD, Album, Creative Works Records
Mani Neumeier
Kraut 'N' Rock - Guru Guru Grooves
2011, 2xCD, Comp, Vive La Difference!, ,
Experimental/Krautrock
Various
Money Will Ruin Everything (The Second Edition!)
2008, 2xCD, Comp, Rune Grammofon, ,
Free Improvisation/Jazz-Rock/Contemporary Jazz/Folk/Ambient
Various
Sound Contributions
2007, DVDr, Ltd, Multichannel, PAL, 5.1, Leerraum [ ], ,
Abstract/Experimental/Minimal
Simon Lenski / Bo Wiget
Die Vögelein Schweigen Im Walde
2007, CD, Album, Radical Duke Entertainment, PIAS Benelux
Instant Drone Factory
Live
2007
Objets Trouvés
Fragile
2005, CD, Album, Intakt Records, Intakt Records
Various
Russian Soul
2005, CD, Comp, Jaro Medien
Various
Krautrock Meeting 2005
2005, 2x DVD, ,
Krautrock/Prog Rock
Bernd Schurer - Various
Construction Sonor
2004, 2xCD, Pro Helvetia, ,
Musique Concrète/Illbient/Abstract/Ambient/Field Recording/Experimental
Various
Runeology 2
2004, CD, ,
Abstract/Contemporary Jazz/Experimental/Ambient
Various
Money Will Ruin Everything
2003, 2xCD, Comp, Ltd, Rune Grammofon, ,
Abstract/Ambient/Avant-garde Jazz/Drone/Experimental/Future Jazz/Shoegaze
Various
Batofar Cherche... La Suisse
2002, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Batofar, ,
Abstract/Musique Concrète/Modern Classical/Minimal/Ambient
Mani Neumeier
Birthday!
2002
Hulu Project Featuring Stepanida*
TranceSiberia
2001, CD, Album, CCn'C Records, ,
Leftfield/Folk
Various
World 2001
2001, 2xCD, Comp, Virgin, Virgin, ,
African/Pacific/Samba/Flamenco/Romani/Morna/Canzone Napoletana/Galician Traditional/Tribal/Sephardic/Brass Band
Various
Missa Digitalis (Für Orgel Und Tonband)
2001, CD, ASM / STV
Hulu Project Featuring Stepanida*
Hulu Project Featuring Stepanida
2000, CD, Album, Hbl Enterprises, ,
Leftfield/Folk/Overtone Singing
Mani Neumeier + Guests*
Terra Amphibia 2
2000, CD, Album, RE, Town Music Vertriebs Gmbh
Hulu Project
Chat
1999, CD, MiniAlbum, Geco Tonwaren
The Jellyfish Kiss
Lingo Lounge
1998, CD, Album, Make Up
Mani Neumeier + Guests*
Terra Amphibia 2
1998, CD, Album, Captain Trip Records, Tokyo Tower Wax Museum, ,
Fusion/Prog Rock/Experimental
Affront Perdu
Fin De Siècle
1997, CD, Album, Dig, Mass & Fieber
Various
Nicht Zuhause Mama
1996, CD, Comp, Trikont, ,
Indie Pop/Indie Rock
Der Volz*
Liebe Macht Blind
1995, CD, Album, Beaux (2)
Klong
Klong
1995, Cass, Album, Wild West Production
Gurumania
Der Elektrolurch
1995, CD, ,
Krautrock/Alternative Rock/Industrial/Dub/Electro/Tribal/Leftfield
Frank & Frei
Kill Your Darlings
1994, CD, Album, MGB (2)
Palermo
Urban Potatoes
1989, 12", COD Records AG
Zebra
Darling, Where Are You? / Überpinselte Fäulnis...
1983, 7", Not On Label (Zebra Self-Released)
Various
Folkfestival 8. Auf Der Lenzburg 3. Auf Dem Gurten
1979, 2xLP, Voxpop, Voxpop
Various
Fifteen Sounds Of The War On The Poor, Vol.2
2009, 15xFile, MP3, Comp, Public Record, ,
Field Recording/Political/Experimental/Ambient
Various
CD II • Schweizerische Musik Électroacoustique Suisse
2009, CD, AMEG
Various
Jazz In Zürich
2004, 2xCD, Intakt Records,