CSTONY is Swiss-born Italian music artist/producer Fa Ventillato, who currently resides in NYC. For this debut, Fa will play and perform live improvised electronic music for the classic silent film, MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA (1929) by Dziga Vertov. The music Fa creates is made through real time CD manipulations with high quality samples of classical instruments and loops on a multichannel sound system. Compared to the composition of Michael Nyman, who wrote the much celebrated score in 2002, Fa’s version takes on a freestyle approach with real-time composing, incorporating the art of looping and sampling with simultaneous DJ-mixing skills.
Originally a drummer, Fa Ventilato has evolved into a multitasking home studio music maker, creating music for international contemporary artists, film trailers for festivals, dance re-mixes, sound installations, theater music, and conceptual pop albums.