The Music Folder

In this new episode of The Music Folder, we talk to composer, producer, and electronic music pioneer Matthew Herbert, in conversation with curator and cultural producer Carlo Antonelli.
The conversation explores the role of the musician within a productive landscape shaped by unchecked capitalism, the glorification of individuality, and the loss of collective and environmentally sustainable perspectives. Herbert reflects on his relationship with sound, the evolving idea of the “musical instrument,” and the place of analog technologies in the digital era. Across the episode, he also retraces the social history and evolution of dance, techno, and house music from the unique perspective of someone who has lived through — and actively shaped — these cultures from within.
Interview by Carlo Antonelli, 27/1/2026
The Music Folder is a talk series curated by Archivio Storico Ricordi, investigating the intersection of music, memory, and arts, in collaboration with VOCE Triennale and Unione Buddhista Italiana for this episode.

In this new episode of The Music Folder, we talk to Norwegian-Mexican musical artist Carmen Villain, in conversation with architect and PhD researcher in Design Sciences Francesco Bergamo.
The conversation traces Villain’s personal approach to music production, explores her dialogue with the spaces in which she performs, her collaboration with artist Johanna Orellana, and her relationship with the Oslo music scene and the label Smalltown Supersound. Across the conversation, she reflects on how these elements shape a practice that moves fluidly between atmosphere, structure, and intuition.
Interview by Francesco Bergamo, 09/10/2025
The Music Folder is a talk series curated by Archivio Storico Ricordi, investigating the intersection of music, memory, and arts, in collaboration with Berlin Atonal for this episode.

For the 25th episode of The Music Folder, we had the pleasure of speaking with Academy Award–winning composer and multidisciplinary artist Daniel Blumberg (The Brutalist), in conversation with NTS Radio host and musicologist Francesco Fusaro.
The conversation traces how Blumberg’s recent film scores — from The Testament of Ann Lee, inspired by Shaker song recordings and books, to Gianfranco Rosi’s Below the Clouds — emerge from a network of archives, both visible and hidden: devotional melodies and nigunim, personal notebooks and sketchbooks, improvised sessions, live venues, quarries, and even the body as a living archive shaped by place. Across the conversation, he reflects on how these layers of memory inform a musical and visual practice that approaches each project as an opportunity for continual exploration and reinvention.
Interview by Francesco Fusaro, 14/01/2026
The Music Folder is a talk series curated by Archivio Storico Ricordi, investigating the intersection of music, memory, and arts.

In this new episode of The Music Folder, we talk to Robin Rimbaud, also known as Scanner, pioneering sound artist and composer, in conversation with critic and curator Marco Mancuso.
Described as a “flâneur èlectronique”, Scanner reflects on the evolution of his creative process, from early experiments with intercepted voices via radio scanners to the transformative power of collaboration. Rimbaud shares memories of meeting figures like John Cage and Merce Cunningham, and reflects on how disciplined time management allows him to pursue a vast array of projects while preserving joy and curiosity at the core of his practice.
Interview by Marco Mancuso, 09/10/2025
The Music Folder is a talk series curated by Archivio Storico Ricordi, investigating the intersection of music, memory, and arts, in collaboration with Inner_Spaces for this episode.

In this new episode of The Music Folder, we talk to James Ginzburg and Paul Purgas of Emptyset the multidisciplinary production project exploring the sonic limits of electroacoustic and computer music, in conversation with researcher Maria Teresa Soldani.
The discussion traces the duo’s interest in materiality, performance, and sound as architectural force, from their reflections on experimental media and global sound practices to their recent work Dissever, premiered at Berlin Atonal.
With a full-frequency approach to sound design and a deeply physical experience of listening, Emptyset continues to challenge how we perceive space, noise, and embodiment.
Interview by Maria Teresa Soldani, 18/08/2025
The Music Folder is a talk series, curated by Archivio Storico Ricordi, which investigates the intersection of music, memory, and arts. in collaboration with Berlin Atonal for this episode.