The Restless Matter of Sound

There are sounds that are born to be mastered, and others that seem to guard within themselves a form of resistance. Sounds that escape the discipline of the hand, the authority of technique, the geometry of intonation. They are restless presences that have inhabited instruments for centuries, and that every musician knows, sometimes with fear, sometimes with fascination. Among these manifestations is the so-called wolf tone, one of the most mysterious and evocative acoustic anomalies in the art of lutherie. With “Wolf Tone”, Laura Bisceglia and Roberto Paci Dalò turn the acoustic instability of the “wolf” into a sonic geography of breath, string, voice, electronics, and shadow. Continue reading…
Lost in it
2.6.2026