Claudio Rocchetti is one of the most active european avant musicians of the last half decade. Apart from his main solo project he is also part of 3/4HadBeenEliminated with Tricoli and Pilia, half the duo Olyvetty with visual artist Riccardo Benassi an he melts together with noise-funk duo G.I.Joe and Stefano Pilia into In Zaire. His work is mainly focused around concrete pastiches as the result of hardware live manipulation, turntable feedbacks and various recorded sources and objects.
 He released records on Hundebiss, Hapna, Die Schachtel, Presto?!, Soleilmoon and others. He is the founder (with Kam Hassah) of Musica Moderna, a label focussed on field recordings, sound poetry and sound art. He recently joined the doom metal act Deadsmoke, and started a duo with Jukka Reverberi: Geodetic. The work of Claudio Rocchetti is a deep plunge into thick sound, investigating its innermost workings. Using a variety of devices such as turntables, cassettes, radios and microphones, often incorporating other objects and traditional instruments, Rocchetti builds compelling structures that employ sound as sheer matter, mass, and impact. The tarry, mesmerizing hues that characterize his “music objects” are grounded in layers of sound detritus. From techno rhythms to slow melodies, edgy constructions to samples of choirs and strings, Rocchetti builds layered structures of elusive elements whose sources are often hidden, and enacts a mirror play which may cause dizziness. (Musicworks)