Federico Ughi

Federico Ughi
Background information
Born	(1972-10-11) 11 October 1972 Rome, Italy
Genres	Free Improvisation and Hardcore punk
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer
Instruments	Drums
Years active	1991–present
Website	www.federicoughi.com

Federico Ughi (born 1972 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian drummer and composer. He works primarily in the fields of free improvisation and jazz. Originally from Italy, he has lived in New York City since 2000, and is based in Brooklyn, New York. He attended music schools in Rome until 1994 when he moved to London, England.^[1]

He has performed or recorded with Daniel Carter, Matthew Putman, Blue Foundation, the group WAKE UP!, William Parker, Steve Swell, The Cinematic Orchestra, and others. He has collaborated with the poet Steve Dalachinsky.

Ughi is also the founder of 577 Records, an independent record label based in New York City, which he ran since 2001. From 2012 Ughi started touring with electronic dream pop duo Blue Foundation, with tours and concerts around the US, Europe and China.

BLG of Downtown Music Gallery said about Ughi in 2006 "He just might be downtown's best under-recognized jazz drummer at present". and in 2009 was again described by BLG as a "free/improv wizard". Steven Loewy of Cadence Magazine said about Ughi "Federico Ughi is characteristically splendid, his drums serving as much more than a rhythmic undercurrent..."

Federico Ughi has performed throughout Italy, the UK, France, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Slovenia, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Russia, Lithuania, China, Mexico, Canada and the US.

Selected discography

• Morfina (577 Records, 2017)

• Heart Talk (577 Records, 2016)

• Before the Songs EP (577 Records, 2015)

• Quartet (FMR, 2012)

• Songs For Four Cities (577 Records, 2012)

• South of Brooklyn (577 Records, 2003)

• The Space Within (Slam Productions, 2000)

with Daniel Carter

• Listening Group (577 Records, 2018)

• Inside The Studio Vol. One (577 Records, 2018)
• New York United (577 Records, 2018)
• Telepathic Alliances (577 Records, 2017)
• Life Station Mountain Path (577 Records, 2016)
• Extra Room (577 Records, 2015)
• Extra Room Vol. Two (577 Records, 2015)
• Gowanus Recordings (577 Records, 2010)
• People's Resonance (577 Records, 2008)
• Mountain Path (577 Records, 2007)
• Concrete Science (577 Records, 2004)
• Astonishment (577 Records, 2001)

with Daniel Carter and William Parker

• LIVE! (577 Records, 2017)
• Navajo Sunrise (Rudi Records. 2013)
• The Dream (577 Records, 2006)

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