Oöphoi
Biography
Gianluigi Gasparetti (26 March 1958 – 12 April 2013), known by the pseudonym Oöphoi, was an Italian ambient musician born in Rome, Italy.
Oöphoi's music has been described as static, organic, and minimalist, with a generally dense and monolithic character often associated with meditative and spiritual contexts. His work made use of synthesizers, singing bowls, flutes, and processed voices, and typically featured limited harmonic variation. He recorded using analogue equipment at The Kiva, his private studio located in a 15th-century country house in central Italy.
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In 2002, he founded the experimental ambient group Nebula together with Klaus Wiese, Mauro Malgrande, Lorenzo Pierobon, and Tau Ceti. He released more than 30 recordings on various independent labels, including Hic Sunt Leones, Amplexus, Hypnos, Nextera, Electroshock Records, Skean Dhu, Stella Maris, Aplaus, Mystery Sea, and Glacial Movements. He also operated his own label, Umbra, which focused on releases by emerging Italian ambient musicians. Oöphoi collaborated with several other ambient artists, including Klaus Wiese, Tau Ceti, L.E.M., Louisa John-Krol, and Netherworld.
Gasparetti also served as editor of the magazine "Deep Listenings", an Italian publication dedicated to ambient and atmospheric music, which included interviews with artists such as Steve Roach and Michael Stearns.
Gianluigi Gasparetti died in Terni, Italy, in 2013 after a long illness.
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