Aut Records
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| Founded | 2010 |
| Founder | Davide Lorenzon |
| Distributor(s) | Self Distribution |
| Genre | jazz, improvised music, electronic music, experimental music, avant-jazz |
| Country of origin | Italy / Germany |
| Location | Berlin |
| Official website | www.autrecords.com |
Aut Records is a record label based in Berlin specialising in jazz, improvised music and electronic music . The label was founded by saxophonist and clarinetist Davide Lorenzon in 2010; Davide Lorenzon and Bob Meanza are the current artistic directors of Aut Records. Aut is a not-for-profit, cooperative record label.
Aut Records has released over 26 albums by a variety of artists with diverse musical backgrounds, including free improvisation, jazz, electronic music, rock and experimental composition.
On the label's catalogue are releases by cellist Tristan Honsinger with the Hanam Quintet; sopranoist Luciano Caruso; pianist Emanuele Maniscalco; pianist Nicola Guazzaloca; violist Szilard Mezei, Davide Lorenzon and his co-led trio "Kongrosian"; Bob Meanza's projects Toxydoll and duo with sitarist Filipe Dias De, and many others.
Since 2014, the label has presented the annual Aut Fest in Berlin, featuring performances by Aut recording artists.
Catalogue
| Year | Title | Artist(s) | Cat No |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Bootstrap Paradox | Kongrosian meets Oreste Sabadin (Alberto Collodel, Davide Lorenzon, Ivan Pilat, Alessio Faraon) | aut 001 |
| 2011 | Trypterygion | Luciano Caruso, Luigi Vitale | aut 002 |
| 2011 | You Can Never Please Anybody | Crisco 3 (Francesco Bigoni, Piero Bittolo Bon, Beppe Scardino) | aut 003 |
| 2012 | The Exit Door Leads In | Kongrosian (Alberto Collodel, Davide Lorenzon, Ivan Pilat) | aut 004 |
| 2012 | Electrical Landscapes | Laand | aut 005 |
| 2013 | Small Choices | Small Choices (Gabriele Rubino, Emanuele Maniscalco, Giacomo Papetti) | aut 006 |
| 2013 | Hanam Quintet feat. Tristan Honsinger | Hanam Quintet, Tristan Honsinger | aut 007 |
| 2013 | Color Network | Danilo Gallo, Francesco Massaro, Giacomo Mongelli, Beppe Scardino, Adolfo La Volpe | aut 008 |
| 2014 | Bug Jargal | Bug-Jargal (Luciano Caruso, Giorgio Pacorig, Nello Da Pont) | aut 009 |
| 2014 | Schrödinger's Cat | Schrödinger's Cat (Paolo Bruso, Riccardo Marogna, Niccolo Romanin) | aut 010 |
| 2014 | puzzling | Patchwork Voices (Claudia Cervenca, Annette Giesriegl) | aut 011 |
| 2014 | Cups, Glasses and Tanks | Nicola Guazzaloca, Pablo Montagne, Giacomo Mongelli | aut 012 |
| 2014 | Homoheterogeneity | Raccoglimento Parziale (Stefano Meucci, Andrea Giachetti) | aut 013 |
| 2014 | Aut To Lunch | Piero Bittolo Bon, Alfonso Santimone, Danilo Gallo, Gioele Pagliaccia | aut 014 |
| 2014 | S/t | Benedict Anderson The Band (Paul Roth, Karsten Lipp, Christian Windfeld) | aut 015 |
| 2014 | Hanam at Piggotts | Hanam Quintet (Anna Kaluza, Alison Blunt, Manuel Miethe, Horst Nonnenmacher, Niko Meinhold) | aut 016 |
| 2014 | Tecniche Arcaiche - Live at Angelica | Nicola Guazzaloca | aut 017 |
| 2015 | OU | Bob Meanza & Filipe Dias De | aut 018 |
| 2015 | Down to Earth | Urban Killas | aut 019 |
| 2015 | Fish Tales | UGO | aut 020 |
| 2015 | Zero Brane | Matteo Tundo | aut 021 |
| 2015 | Bullsheep | Toxydoll | aut 022 |
| 2016 | Silent People | Silent People (Stefano Meucci, Gianpaolo Camplese) | aut 023 |
| 2016 | Cantiere Simone Weil | Szilard Mezei, Nicola Guazzaloca, Tim Trevor-Briscoe | aut 024 |
| 2016 | Le armi di Ares | Vocione (Marta Raviglia, Tony Cattano) | upcoming |
| 2016 | TBA | Berlin Soundpainting Orchestra | upcoming |
| 2016 | AUTotrophy | 12+ | upcoming |
Artworks
A strong attention is put by Aut Records on the artworks for the albums' covers. Artists that have curated the graphic work so far are: Sandro Crisafi, Roberto Laforgia, Emanuele Kabu, Pietro Caponnetti, Martina Gunkel, Nicola Guazzaloca, Massimo Ugolini.