Cartridge Grain

Cartridge Grain is an electroacoustic duo formed by Roberto Ficosecco and Emanuele Specchia, working across ambient and experimental electronic music.

The duo’s sound emerges from the direct encounter between a turntable played with recycled materials and granular synthesis. Rustles, field recordings and synthesizers intertwine with concrete sound samples, shaping constantly evolving sonic spaces.

Live performance is central to the project: an immersive, site-specific experience in dialogue with the architecture of each venue, museum settings and listening spaces.

The duo has released five works, including releases on KrysaliSound, Slow Tone Collages and Shimmering Moods Records. Their work also extends to the visual arts and music for film, including the soundtrack to the documentary Tomica e le vie segrete della Sibilla.