A presentation of the Jug Band Colline Metallifere project as of Sep. 2023

1. Presentation +Closing the 2023 Brezel tour
Jug Band Colline Metallifere
Music and Territory

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Concept
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The Metalliferous Hills Jug Band (or Jug Band
dalle Colline Metallifere, JBCM, in Italian) is
an international and inter-generational collective
proposing a combination of music and
environmental practice, where melody, rhythm,
storytelling and outreach are merged in one
situation

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Where is it based 1/2
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In the
Metalliferous
Hills, spanning
across the
provinces of
Grosseto, Pisa,
Livorno and
Siena
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With a “spill-
over” in Pisa
since 2022

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Where is it based 2/2
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typical “Tuscan postcard” themes mixed with
mining legacy and geothermal “present + future”

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Where does it come from
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Launched in 2018
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Three years of preparation (on top of ten previous years of
precursor initiatives) -
http://www.pibinko.org/music-and-rhymes/
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Diverse expertise by professionals with multiple years of
research experience on environmental, territorial, rural,
and musical issues.

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23 jan 2019
La Nazione, Pontedera edition
“Jug Band” sings geomusic.
This is how a new art genre is born
Instruments and voices
to develop environmental topics

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From “geomusic” to “conce[r|p]ts”
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In 2018: let’s call it “geomusic”.
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In 2020: extension to “conce[r|p]ts
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2023: “Musica e territorio”
MUSIC
NON-MUSIC
Combination of design and improvisation

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Concerts
Follonica, Oct. 2021
Florence, Aug. 2022
Ludwigsburg, Jul. 23

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ConcePts
Milano, May 2019
Florence, Aug. 2022
Munich, Jul. 2023

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Where have we been
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Over 80 performances to date
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Alternating typical entertainment locations (conceRts) to
sets in universities and cultural centres (concePts).
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This is generating curiosity with artists, researchers, and the
general public
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Events to date in Tuscany, Lombardy, Trentino, Emilia-
Romagna, Belgium, Germany, The Netherlands, and online.

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Milestones
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March 2015 – meeting Etruschi from Lakota (Jack meets Dario and Simone)
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December 17, 2016 – First Farma Valley Winter Fest (Wolfgang meets Dario and Simone)
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February 9, 2017 – First “geomusical” performance in Genova (GRASS user meeting)
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March 14, 2017 – Open Data Day in Castelnuovo Val di Cecina
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April 2017 ISPRS – first scripted show (ASPRS+NASA) – Jack O’Malley + Etruschi from Lakota
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November 1, 2018 – Sagra della castagna di Sassofortino – FIRST OFFICIAL JBCM CONCERT
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February 2019 – JBCM accepted as subproject in ECSA EIE working group
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May 2019 University of Brescia + Politecnico di Milano + 1st
German tour
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March-May 2020 – Participatory Lithology phase 1
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September 2020 – ECSA workshop with musical facilitation
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December 2021 – Politecnico di Milano (Renzo Rosso retirement party) + Live Motel show
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June-July, 2022 – Non-formal Education Tour in Groningen
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June 16/Sep 14 – 2023 Brezel Tour (21 events, including 2nd
German Tour)

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Socio-economic impact
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Revenue
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Territorial marketing
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Educational/training credits
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Community Regeneration (“life”?)

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Musical repertoire
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At the beginning, selection of Etruschi from Lakota
songs
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Original songs developed within the JBCM (to date
circa 30)
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Covers of lesser known songs in English or Italian
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Proportions changing in time (more and more original
songs and storytelling)

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Territorial repertoire
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Mapping, agriculture, night sky, ancient games,
and much more

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Core group
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Dario Canal, singer and musician, vocals, guitar, washboard; educator
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Andrea Giacomelli (aka Jack o’Malley), civic-environmental engineer and PhD
in the environmental field, percussions and guitar;
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Simone Sandrucci musician, and producer, guitars, banjo, mandolin and other
stringy stuff
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Wolfgang Scheibe, biodynamic agriculture and graphics expert, one-string
bass.
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Mauro Tirannosauro, sidekick
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Dario and Jack do most of the writing. Wolf does most of the graphics.
Simone does most of the “yeahs”.
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Collaborations (to date, excluding jam sessions): Pietro Crivelli, Alessio Ricci,
Samba Governatore, Claudio Spinosi, Crissi Mosselman, Luca Guerrieri,
Liliana Cafiero, Francesco Ceri, Guglielmo Eboli, Julio Cesar Cores Lallanes

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The Live Motel Show (Dec 2021)
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Wolfgang was missing due to force majeure issues
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The whole transcript of the one-hour “conce[r|p]t” has been translated into English (look for
“Rosetta” on jugbandcm.it). It summarizes very well our project, intertwined with seven
songs. Please read it/listen to it.

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How can you help
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Hire the Jug Band, either for musical activities, territorial activities, or both.
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Sponsor the band to support its projects, apart from single gigs
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Buy Tattistampa products (prints, or T-shirts “maglietti”) or hire Wolfgang for
biodynamic consulting
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Invite musicians to record at Simone’s studio in the heart of Tuscany
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Call Dario for education projects or art direction
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Ask Jack to provide services or goods (mapping, translations, project
management, vacation packages, real estate, olive oil, wine, etc.) from the
pibinko.org network

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Following the JBCM
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Simplest way: periodically monitor the “News” section on
jugbandcm.it (and pibinko.org for yet more interdisciplinary
stuff), or write to jugbandcm@pibinko.org
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Instagram: @jugbandcm
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FB: we have a page, but go for
https://www.facebook.com/andrea.giacomelli.98
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Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pibinko/

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http://www.jugbandcm.it,
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micalosapevo@pibinko.org
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+39 331 7539228 (Jack
o’Malley).
Stay tuned...