Bartolomeo
Sailer was born in Vipiteno in the 1971. He is known mostly as WANG INC.
Legend says he has experimented with digital sampling since the beginning
of the ´90s, has played in a rock´n roll band at the middle
of the ´90s and has DJed on the radio and in clubs all trough the
´90s. In the year 1999 he published his first record with the label
SONIG, owned and directed by Mouse on Mars. Since them he has participated
in several compilations and has published an album with the French label
BIP-HOP. His musical mission is to bring the sounds of musique concrete
into pop and dance music culture. His favorite sounds are the sounds of
the everyday: "Every object has a wonderful sound if you listen to
it carefully." Context discography:
TEXT13 [woods roads : the premixes] 12-inch EP
TEXT15 [woods roads] CD + 2LP
Discography:
1. 1997 with Enzo Casucci as “Wang meets the eggplant” in VA Mistofonie 97 _Mixtofonico lab IT.
As Wang inc.
2. 1999 Plastic Miracle 12” _Sonig DE
3. 1999 VA Mistofonie 99 _O.P.T.M.I. IT
4. 1999 VA Sonig comp _Sonig DE
5. 2000 VA Hmm _Sprawl UK
6. 2000 VA Elektronik jein _Eleganz DE
7. 2001 VA Bip-Hop Generation vol.2 _Bip-Hop FR
8. 2002 VA TuM´p3 compilation on line _www.tu-m.com.it IT
9. 2002 Risotto in 4/4 CD _Bip-Hop FR
10. 2003 VA Quantize vs. the human feel _Quantize IT
Concerts:
1. 1998 support Autechre Italian tour.
2. 1998 Distorsonie Festival Bologna.
3. 1998 Galleria d´arte moderna Bologna.
4. 1999 inauguration “oreste” at the biennale of venezia
5. 1999 Museo Pecci Prato.
6. 1999 Festival Mappe Catania.
7. 2000 support Mouse on Mars Italian tour.
8. 2000 Arezzo wave festival invited guest Arezzo.
9. 2000 Off party Popcom Koeln.
10. 2001 Italian tour.
11. 2001 France tour.
12. 2002 European tour.
13. 2002 Bios festival Athens.
14. 2002 Batofar cherche l´italie festival Paris.
15. 2002 Angelica festival youth section Bologna .
16. 2003 Conservatory of Palermo.
Multimedia Production:
1. 2000 Music for the campaign “Free your mind” on MTV Italy.
2. 2001 music and ideation of the installation “7 screens for 2 buttons” at the space omnitel media lab in the smau of milano.
3. 2002 Music for “Spram” short movie presented at Video Minuto festival prato.
4. 2003 Installation “7 posters” at galleria Pianissimo milano.
website:
http://www.wanginc.it