VRIHI - Lorenzo Brilli
Live performance
Drums & Live Electronics
Vrihi, from the Sanskrit “rice,” is the symbolic starting point for an exploration of rhythm and voice as forms of collective memory.
Rice, cultivated through repetitive and communal gestures, becomes sonic matter — a trace of shared action rooted in practices that once intertwined labor, relationship, and listening, now redefined by automation and social fragmentation.
The live set reimagines the tracks from the homonymous album released by Esc.rec, traversing a sonic landscape that blends acoustic drumming, live sampling, and real-time electronic manipulation.
Between memory and transformation, the performance reveals the living tensions between body, sound, and machine.
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Lorenzo Brilli – Drums, Live Electronics
Released: April 15, 2025
Label: Esc.rec
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Music by Lorenzo Brilli
Lorenzo Brilli: drums, percussions, production
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Mixed by Ruggero Fornari
Mastered by Edoardo Maria Bellucci
at Diacronie Lab (Rome)
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Artwork by Delia Occhiucci
LIVE & BOOKING INFO:​​
Line-up: Lorenzo Brilli – solo drums & Live Electronics
Set length: 35–40 minutes
Based in: Italy
Booking enquiries: lorenzo.brilli@live.com
Currently booking UK & EU dates.​
TECH RIDER
PERSONAL BACKLINE (BROUGHT BY THE ARTIST):
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• Roland SPD-SX, MacBook Pro,
• USB Audio Interface (Main Out L/R mixer) + personal drum mics, in-ear monitor.
• Alluminium sheet used as percussion instrument, amplified via my contact microphone;
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REQUIREMENTS (TO BE PROVIDED ON SITE):
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• Acoustic drum kit: 18” kick, 14” snare, 12” tom, 16” floor tom, cymbals (hi-hat, crash, ride);
• Hardware: 3x cymbals stands, 1x drum pedal, 1x stool, 2x microphone stands, 2x stage table;
• Suitable PA system, 8-channel mixer, 220V power supply with multi-plug.
• Routing: All equipment is connected directly to the mixer by the artist. Audio interface connected via Main Out L/R.
BIOGRAPHY
Lorenzo Brilli is an Italian drummer and percussionist whose work moves between jazz, improvisation, and experimental electronic music. His practice explores the relationship between acoustic gesture and electronic transformation — an investigation of rhythm, space, and the physical presence of sound.
After studying drums and percussion in New York at the Aaron Copland School of Music, he expanded his research into Balinese gamelan, batá drumming, and contemporary repertoire. His performances inhabit the fragile border between composition and improvisation, where repetition and silence shape time like a breathing organism.
Brilli’s sound world is rooted in the tactility of percussion and the organic unpredictability of electronics. Whether in solo or collaborative settings, his work seeks to reveal the tension between body and machine, structure and decay, noise and resonance.
He has performed at festivals and venues across Europe, the United States, and Asia, collaborating with artists across jazz, contemporary, and experimental scenes.
His latest solo project, Vrihi, was released by Esc.rec in 2025.
MEDIA & LINKS
Complete Media Folder - Full Downloadable package
(Hi-res Photos, Tech Rider >> PDF, Bio >> PDF, Videos)
Mail: lorenzo.brilli@live.com / Web: www.lorenzobrilli.com
Instagram: @lorenzobrilli_music
PRESS - REVIEWS
“Lorenzo Brilli is not just a composer — he is a contemporary storyteller who uses sound as his language. Vrihi unfolds its story slowly, deliberately, and with emotional precision.”
“It took us a while to fully digest the magnitude of Lorenzo Brilli’s artistry... presenting Brilli as a musician might be quite reductive — he is a composer, a keen observer of the fleeting nature of sounds.”
“Vrihi is an immersive soundscape... a mood that feels both ritualistic and contemplative... each sound becomes a building block in a complex, atmospheric composition.”
“This album is a hypnotic journey built on rhythm, hand claps, percussive layers, and vocal textures... a sound ritual that evokes a human-shaped rural landscape.”
