?ALOS
Muse of Chaos (queer-pagan-doom-avant-metal)Queer because she doesn't admit gender identity
Pagan because she's against all religions
Doom because her music is slow, physical and piercing
Avant because her sound is not current
Metal because it's inside her
?Alos is this and much more: music, performance, dance, political activism, social critic, history, feminism, anarchy.
?Alos is the shape of chaos.
Stefania Pedretti/?Alos (Vigevano, IT 1976)
From 2006 to 2011 lives and works in Berlin, now lives in Ravenna (I)
Activ from 1998, she is a member of OVO and of the historical female band ALLUN.
?Alos is the shape of chaos.
Stefania Pedretti/?Alos (Vigevano, IT 1976)
From 2006 to 2011 lives and works in Berlin, now lives in Ravenna (I)
Activ from 1998, she is a member of OVO and of the historical female band ALLUN.
She is involved in collaborations with artists such as Kawabata Makoto, Alan Dubin, Nadja, Colin H. van Eeckhout, Xabier Iriondo, Bugo and others.
She has played in more than one thousand concerts and she has released six albums as Alos.
Alos is a musician and an experimental performer, from 2003 she melts these disciplines to create shows/performances in which live music is a basic element.
Her work surpasses the boundary between performing arts, integrating experimental music, performance, improvisation and video art and makes the audience participate actively in the show through the stimulation of the six senses.
The feminine figure is the basis of each performative action and its role both in history and in the contemporary society is critically investigated.
Alos is a musician and an experimental performer, from 2003 she melts these disciplines to create shows/performances in which live music is a basic element.
Her work surpasses the boundary between performing arts, integrating experimental music, performance, improvisation and video art and makes the audience participate actively in the show through the stimulation of the six senses.
The feminine figure is the basis of each performative action and its role both in history and in the contemporary society is critically investigated.
In 2015 and 2016 she collaborated with the director Markus Öhrn in the Azdora project.
From 2017 to 2019 she start to collaborate with Santarcangelo Festival as a music curator.
She has played in the whole of Italy and Europe, in the United States, Canada, Russia, China, Vietnam, Mexico.
ALOS RELEASED:
ALBUM
From 2017 to 2019 she start to collaborate with Santarcangelo Festival as a music curator.
She has played in the whole of Italy and Europe, in the United States, Canada, Russia, China, Vietnam, Mexico.
ALBUM
Embrace The Darkness (Lp with Book, 2023, Dio Drone, Archaelogical Records and Occulto ed.)
The Chaos Awakening (Lp,MC,2018, Dio Drone IT, Archeological records IT,Cheap Satanism rec, BE)
Matrice (CD,LP,MC,DIGITALS, 2015, Cheap Satanism rec, BE)
Era (Lp limited ed 300pz. 2012, Tarzan rec. IT)
Ricamatrici (cd, 2009, Bar la Muerte, IT)
Ricordi indelebili (cd, 2006, Bar la Muerte/Vida loca/Pre, IT)
The Chaos Awakening (Lp,MC,2018, Dio Drone IT, Archeological records IT,Cheap Satanism rec, BE)
Matrice (CD,LP,MC,DIGITALS, 2015, Cheap Satanism rec, BE)
Era (Lp limited ed 300pz. 2012, Tarzan rec. IT)
Ricamatrici (cd, 2009, Bar la Muerte, IT)
Ricordi indelebili (cd, 2006, Bar la Muerte/Vida loca/Pre, IT)
COLLABORATION ALBUM
Coscienza di sè ( with Xabier Iriondo Lp limited ed. 300pz. 2019, Sangue Disken/ Cheap Satanism rec, I/BE)
Endimione ( with Xabier Iriondo Lp limited ed. 300pz. 2012, Brigadisco rec. IT)
Yomi, l'oscura terra dei morti (Vinyl 10” with Kawabata Makoto and Claudio Rocchetti, 2010, Bar La Muerte, IT)
SINGLES
Alos/Xabier Iriondo ( 7”, 2011, Tarzan rec. e Bar La Muerte, IT)
MAIN COLLABORATIONS
Gnaw, Markus Ohrn, Necro Deathmort, Mai Mai Mai, Giovanni Todisco, Xabier Iriondo ,Yuko Kaseki (Butoh dancer), Julia Kent ( Era), Kris Force (Era), Lili Refrain (2011), Amber Asylum (European tour 2010), Kawabata Makoto(Yomi) and tour in U.S.A, Claudio Rocchetti (Yomi and Ricamatrici), JD Zazie (Ricamatrici), Mae Starr and Jacopo Andreini (Ricordi indelebili), Comaneci+ Mattia Coletti (tour 2009), Femina Faber (2007-2008) ,Steve MacKay (2006), Rollerball ( CD “Catholic paws”, 2005 u.s.a.), Maisie (Cd “Morte a 33 giri”, 2005), Fabrizio Modonese Palumbo+ Bill Horist (Cd ”Nordwest music”, 2004), Bugo ( CD ”La gioia di melchiorre” 2004,Cd ”Dal lofai al cisei”2002, Ep Singolo”Il casalingo”, 2002),Bugo stylist for tour 2004.
SELECTED OF MAIN RECENT CONCERTS AND FESTIVAL
2020-21-22- 23
RITUAL II Embrace the Darkness Spring Tour
RITUAL II Embrace the Darkness, Approdi, Teatro Rasi, Ravenna (I) RITUAL II Embrace the Darkness, Marosi Festival 2022, Stromboli (I)
RITUAL II Embrace the Darkness, Bestiario Femminile Animale Parentele, Lenz Fondazione, Parma (I)
AltreterrRE Art Festival, Reggio Emilia (I)
Natura Dei Teatri #25, Lenz Teatro, Parma (I)
Teatro India, Roma (I)
AltreterrRe art Festival, Reggio Emilia (I)
Roma (I), Short theatre with Tropicantesimo
Gent (B) Kunstencentrum Vooruit, Amen & Beyond, Festival curated by Colin H. Van Eeckhout (Amenra) and Barbara Raes
Santarcangelo di Romagna (I), Santarcangelo Festival
Natura Dei Teatri #25, Lenz Teatro, Parma (I)
Teatro India, Roma (I)
AltreterrRe art Festival, Reggio Emilia (I)
Roma (I), Short theatre with Tropicantesimo
Gent (B) Kunstencentrum Vooruit, Amen & Beyond, Festival curated by Colin H. Van Eeckhout (Amenra) and Barbara Raes
Santarcangelo di Romagna (I), Santarcangelo Festival
2019
The Chaos Awakening Tour Italy /Europe
25.01 Milano, ex Ospedale Psichiatrico Paolo Pini, LFS 7ª – INTERSEZIONI Festival
2018
29/30.06 Hamburg, Stubnitz Primal Uproar Vol III
24.02 Kufstain (A), Q West AudioVisual Club
30.09 Bruxelles, ,Fete de la fédération wallonie Bruxelles, Barlok
07.10 Bologna Krakatoa festival aftershow
19.11 Firenze, Cinema Castello DioDrone Festival VII - avrah . ka . dabra -
25.11 Santarcangelo, Swash up
2016
Rec Room, Hanoi (Vietnam)
Tube Cult festival, Pescara (I)
The Chaos Awakening Tour Italy /Europe
25.01 Milano, ex Ospedale Psichiatrico Paolo Pini, LFS 7ª – INTERSEZIONI Festival
2018
29/30.06 Hamburg, Stubnitz Primal Uproar Vol III
The Chaos Awakening Tour Italy /Europe
27.10 Marseilles (F), MUFF FESTIVAL, L'Embobineuse
03.11 Prague (CZ), Alternativa festival
09.11 Venezia (I), Serra dei giardini della Biennale, Castello
16.11 Torino (I) Varvara Festival, Magazzino sul Po (w/ Sigillum S // She Spread Sorrow)
2017
30.09 Bruxelles, ,Fete de la fédération wallonie Bruxelles, Barlok
07.10 Bologna Krakatoa festival aftershow
19.11 Firenze, Cinema Castello DioDrone Festival VII - avrah . ka . dabra -
25.11 Santarcangelo, Swash up
2016
Rec Room, Hanoi (Vietnam)
Tube Cult festival, Pescara (I)
Festival "Rdece Zore", Ljubljana (S)
Matrice tour Sud Italy and Slovenia
2015
Fylkingen, Stockholm (S)
Occulto fest, Berlin (D)
Magasin 4 with Acid Mothers Templ, (B)
BruttoMale II, PostModernissimo, Perugia (I)
Matrice European Tour
2014
Ancienne Belgique, with Gnaw, Bruxelles, (B)
2013
- Endimione Tour in Italy
- Queer Metal Tour in Italy
2012
- XXY Degender Fest, Rimini (I)
-Les Ateliers Claus , Bruxelles (B) (w/Carla Bozulich's Evangelista,Keiki)
-THE EXTENDED AMORPHOUS DRONE FOR MULTIPLE HEADS, Berlin (D), curated by Aidan Baker
- Zoro fest, Leipzig(D)
-Tago fest, Tago Mago, Massa (I)
- Tour for album Era, Europe and Italy
2011
-Indipendent label fest,Macerata (I)
-Lady fest Roma'11, Roma (I)
-Festival della Palude 2011, Chiesuola (I)
-Queer Fest, Milano (I)
-Transmission Festival, Ravenna (I)
2010
-European tour
-Trasponsonic S.Antioco Springs Fest, Macomer (I)
-Ex Cimitero San Pietro In Vincoli with Attila Csihar’s Void Ov Voices, Torino (I)
2009
-U.S.A. tour
- Into Darkness Festival, Portland (USA) with Earth, Kawanata Makoto ecc
2008
-Freiraum Rauben Aktionstag festival, Linz (A)
-Festival “Flex your lab”, Nietzsche Fabrick, Torino (I)
-"BLOLand", Berlin (D)
-"2Punto1", Ciriè (I)
-"Tago Fest 3", Massa (I)
2007
-Zxzw festival, Tilburg (NL) with Locust ecc.
2006
-Festival "Rdece Zore", Ljubljana (S)
2003
-Design , Salone del mobile, Curated by Esterni, Milano (I)
SOUNDTRACKS AND OTHER MEDIA
- Georges Gabory ?Alos/Xabier (Videoclip)
2005
- Sola! by ?Alos directed by Francesca Grilli (video-art)
ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
CVLT NationBlow Up
Rumore
XL of Repubblica,
Rolling Stone
Alias of Il Manifesto
The Wire
Rockerilla
Exibart
Pig Magazine
Label
Activa
Elegy
XXD
and all of the Italian and main foreign musical magazines and music webzines.
Matrice tour Sud Italy and Slovenia
2015
Fylkingen, Stockholm (S)
Occulto fest, Berlin (D)
Magasin 4 with Acid Mothers Templ, (B)
BruttoMale II, PostModernissimo, Perugia (I)
Matrice European Tour
2014
Ancienne Belgique, with Gnaw, Bruxelles, (B)
2013
- Endimione Tour in Italy
- Queer Metal Tour in Italy
2012
- XXY Degender Fest, Rimini (I)
-Les Ateliers Claus , Bruxelles (B) (w/Carla Bozulich's Evangelista,Keiki)
-THE EXTENDED AMORPHOUS DRONE FOR MULTIPLE HEADS, Berlin (D), curated by Aidan Baker
- Zoro fest, Leipzig(D)
-Tago fest, Tago Mago, Massa (I)
- Tour for album Era, Europe and Italy
2011
-Indipendent label fest,Macerata (I)
-Lady fest Roma'11, Roma (I)
-Festival della Palude 2011, Chiesuola (I)
-Queer Fest, Milano (I)
-Transmission Festival, Ravenna (I)
2010
-European tour
-Trasponsonic S.Antioco Springs Fest, Macomer (I)
-Ex Cimitero San Pietro In Vincoli with Attila Csihar’s Void Ov Voices, Torino (I)
2009
-U.S.A. tour
- Into Darkness Festival, Portland (USA) with Earth, Kawanata Makoto ecc
2008
-Freiraum Rauben Aktionstag festival, Linz (A)
-Festival “Flex your lab”, Nietzsche Fabrick, Torino (I)
-"BLOLand", Berlin (D)
-"2Punto1", Ciriè (I)
-"Tago Fest 3", Massa (I)
2007
-Zxzw festival, Tilburg (NL) with Locust ecc.
2006
-Festival "Rdece Zore", Ljubljana (S)
2003
-Design , Salone del mobile, Curated by Esterni, Milano (I)
SOUNDTRACKS AND OTHER MEDIA
2015
- Matrice by ?Alos directed by Simona Diacci (Videoclip)
2012 - Matrice by ?Alos directed by Simona Diacci (Videoclip)
- Georges Gabory ?Alos/Xabier (Videoclip)
2005
- Sola! by ?Alos directed by Francesca Grilli (video-art)
ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
CVLT NationBlow Up
Rumore
XL of Repubblica,
Rolling Stone
Alias of Il Manifesto
The Wire
Rockerilla
Exibart
Pig Magazine
Label
Activa
Elegy
XXD
and all of the Italian and main foreign musical magazines and music webzines.
PERFORMANCES/THEATRE
2018
-Alos at Wash up, Santarcangelo (I)
2016
-Azdora “Dai” direct by Markus Ohrn, Festival Stantarcangelo dei Teatri, Santarcangelo (I)
-Azdora, Raum, Bologna, IT
2014
-Sado Menù winter tour, IT
-Aria 3x3x3, Forte Marghera, IT
-Sado Menù, Femme Fatale , IT
-Sado menù, Gaypride, Bologna, IT
-Aria 3x3x3, Frattale Festival, Ravenna, IT
2013
-Sado menù, Degender Fest, Rimini IT
- Acqua 6x6x6 Frattale Festival, Ravenna, IT
2012
- “One girl tattoing music” SantaSangre tattoo studio, Roma, IT
- “One girl tattoing music” Solo Store-Pietro Sedda tattoo studio, Milano, IT
- “Acqua” studio n.1 Performance 6x6x6 6 persone x 6 minuti x 6volte, Ravenna, IT
- “One girl tattoing music”, AB Normal Tattoo, Torino, IT
-“Terra” multidisciplinary performance direct by ?Alos with ?Alos and Yuko Kaseki (butoh dancer), CISIM Lido Adriano, IT
2010
European tour with Amber Asylum, opens for A Storm of Light, Attila Csihar ( Sunn((O))'s singer)...
2009 she starts the new performance of “ancestral, pagan doom”
With this one she tour the U.S.A. together with Kawabata Makoto, opens for Earth at “ Into Darkness Festival”, Portland (USA).
-2009 she proposes a special performance “4/5 Senses” ( with Baby Dee at Volksbuhne, Berlin)
-from 2007 to 2008 she performs “one girl sewing music”
-from 2003 to 2007 she performs “one girl cooking music”
2018
-Alos at Wash up, Santarcangelo (I)
2016
-Azdora “Dai” direct by Markus Ohrn, Festival Stantarcangelo dei Teatri, Santarcangelo (I)
-Azdora, Raum, Bologna, IT
2015
-Azdora direct by Markus Ohrn, Festival Stantarcangelo dei Teatri, Santarcangelo (I)2014
-Sado Menù winter tour, IT
-Aria 3x3x3, Forte Marghera, IT
-Sado Menù, Femme Fatale , IT
-Sado menù, Gaypride, Bologna, IT
-Aria 3x3x3, Frattale Festival, Ravenna, IT
2013
-Sado menù, Degender Fest, Rimini IT
- Acqua 6x6x6 Frattale Festival, Ravenna, IT
2012
- “One girl tattoing music” SantaSangre tattoo studio, Roma, IT
- “One girl tattoing music” Solo Store-Pietro Sedda tattoo studio, Milano, IT
- “Acqua” studio n.1 Performance 6x6x6 6 persone x 6 minuti x 6volte, Ravenna, IT
- “One girl tattoing music”, AB Normal Tattoo, Torino, IT
-“Terra” multidisciplinary performance direct by ?Alos with ?Alos and Yuko Kaseki (butoh dancer), CISIM Lido Adriano, IT
2010
European tour with Amber Asylum, opens for A Storm of Light, Attila Csihar ( Sunn((O))'s singer)...
2009 she starts the new performance of “ancestral, pagan doom”
With this one she tour the U.S.A. together with Kawabata Makoto, opens for Earth at “ Into Darkness Festival”, Portland (USA).
-2009 she proposes a special performance “4/5 Senses” ( with Baby Dee at Volksbuhne, Berlin)
-from 2007 to 2008 she performs “one girl sewing music”
-from 2003 to 2007 she performs “one girl cooking music”
RESIDENCES
2022 Marosi Festival, Stromboli (I)
2016 Festival Stantarcangelo dei Teatri, Santarcangelo (I)
2015 Festival Stantarcangelo dei Teatri, Santarcangelo (I)
2012 Residence in Cisim, Lido Adriano (I)
2009 Tat Eve, curated by Edda Strobl and David Reumüllerand, Forum Stadtpark, Graz (A)
CONFERENCES
2013 Arte come politica prima speaker: Barbara Verzini, Donatella Franchi, Claudia Losi, Stefania Pedretti e Mattia Castelli, Università degli studi di Verona, Verona (I)
WORKSHOPS
2012 Butoh dance conducted by Yuko Kasaki, Lido Adriano (I)
2010 Butoh dance conducted by Yumiko Yoshioka, Berlin (D)
2010 Physical theatre conducted by Silvia Calderoni, S.Arcangelo (I)
2009 Butoh dance conducted by Yumiko Yoshioka, Berlin (D)
OVO
Starts in 2000
9 albums released (Assassine, Vae Victi, Cicatrici, Miastenia, Crocevia, Cor Cordium, Abisso, Creatura and Miasma), 3 albums on Bar la Muerte Records, 2 on Load Records (US A), 2 on Super Natural Cat one on Dio Drone rec. and the last on Artoffact Records (Canada)
Tours in Italy, Europe, U.S.A., Canada, China,Vietnam, Russia, Mexico and Israel.
ALLUN
Starts in 1998
3 album released (Et sise, Onussen and Onitsed) on Bar la Muerte Records.
Tours in Italy and Europe.
2016 Festival Stantarcangelo dei Teatri, Santarcangelo (I)
2015 Festival Stantarcangelo dei Teatri, Santarcangelo (I)
2012 Residence in Cisim, Lido Adriano (I)
2009 Tat Eve, curated by Edda Strobl and David Reumüllerand, Forum Stadtpark, Graz (A)
CONFERENCES
2013 Arte come politica prima speaker: Barbara Verzini, Donatella Franchi, Claudia Losi, Stefania Pedretti e Mattia Castelli, Università degli studi di Verona, Verona (I)
WORKSHOPS
2012 Butoh dance conducted by Yuko Kasaki, Lido Adriano (I)
2010 Butoh dance conducted by Yumiko Yoshioka, Berlin (D)
2010 Physical theatre conducted by Silvia Calderoni, S.Arcangelo (I)
2009 Butoh dance conducted by Yumiko Yoshioka, Berlin (D)
She play in:
OVO
Starts in 2000
9 albums released (Assassine, Vae Victi, Cicatrici, Miastenia, Crocevia, Cor Cordium, Abisso, Creatura and Miasma), 3 albums on Bar la Muerte Records, 2 on Load Records (US A), 2 on Super Natural Cat one on Dio Drone rec. and the last on Artoffact Records (Canada)
Tours in Italy, Europe, U.S.A., Canada, China,Vietnam, Russia, Mexico and Israel.
ALLUN
Starts in 1998
3 album released (Et sise, Onussen and Onitsed) on Bar la Muerte Records.
Tours in Italy and Europe.
