Bebawinigi, the project of Virginia Quaranta, is excited to reveal the details on the upcoming release – a collection of excerpts from soundtracks the artist has composed between 2014 and 2026. Set for release November 13.
Tracklist:
1. La canzone del Pane (“Lievito Madre” by Fulvio Risuleo, 2014)
2. Denmark (“Denmark” by Andrea Sorini, 2019)
3. Varicella (“Varicella” by Fulvio Risuleo, 2015)
4. Ziqqurat Sigla (“Il caso Ziqqurat” by Fulvio Risuleo, 2019)
5. Riflesso (“Il caso Ziqqurat” by Fulvio Risuleo, 2019)
6. Pensieri (“Il caso Ziqqurat” by Fulvio Risuleo, 2019)
7. Sogno (“Il caso Ziqqurat” by Fulvio Risuleo, 2019)
8. Isola (“Isola” by Marco Buglioni, 2017)
9. The Weeper (“Si sveglia e sbadiglia, il gatto; poi l’amore” by Federico Francioni & Samuele Sestieri, 2026)
10. Teoria (“Una Teoria che ho sognato a Londra” by Fulvio Risuleo 2025)
11. Harrogate M1 (“Harrogate” by Stefano Patti, 2018)
12. Harrogate M2 (“Harrogate” by Stefano Patti, 2018)
13. Harrogate M3 (“Harrogate” by Stefano Patti, 2018)
14. Harrogate M4 (“Harrogate” by Stefano Patti, 2018)
15. Harrogate M5 (“Harrogate” by Stefano Patti, 2018)
16. A Story of Solitude and Terror (“A Story of Solitude and Terror” by Andrea Sorini, 2024)
17. Urlee Burlee (“Guarda in Alto” by Fulvio Risuleo, 2016)
18. Banana (“Guarda in Alto” by Fulvio Risuleo, 2016)
19. La Canzone dell’Omino Rosso (“I Racconti dell’Orso” by Samuele Sestieri & Olmo Amato, 2015)
20. Loa (Carillon) (“Reportage Bizarre” by Fulvio Risuleo, 2014)
Die-hard fans will notice that some film scores have been left out, as they will be released separately. The album features music from feature films, short films, interactive web series, visual art projects, and theatrical performances, some of which have won prestigious awards, including at the Cannes Film Festival.
A 20-track rhapsody of wildly diverse pieces, yet, as always, bound together by an invisible thread that runs through Bebawinigi’s work: from symphonic lyricism to minimal ambient, from abrasive noise to voice-and-guitar songs. Variety of expression, genre-bending and sonic experimentation reign supreme once again on the artist’s fourth album: a nearly hour-long cinematic journey in which, with effortless nonchalance, we leap from one atmosphere to another, led by the artist herself through a wilderness of dreamy, solemn, dark, hallucinatory, unsettling, ironic, playful and grotesque tones.
Pre-order ‘Soundtracks’ coming out November 13 from now on here. And via Bandcamp here.
Bebawinigi is a musical and performance project created by Virginia Quaranta, an Italian singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist, actress, and visual artist. It is an all-encompassing artistic experiment. The artist explores a wide range of genres in an attempt to create something entirely new. She experiments with instruments, as well as with any object capable of producing an interesting sound. Above all, she experiments with the voice—her primary instrument—and theatricality, exploring a broad spectrum of timbres, vocal registers, and tonal colours. She also experiments with language, often favouring her own personal grammelot (an invented language) over Italian or English.
According to the artist, the name Bebawinigi represents the awkward, grotesque, unsettling, and irredeemably imperfect creature that inhabits each of us: the part of ourselves we try to shed as we grow up, yet which will always remain a part of who we are.
In November 2026, her new album Soundtracks (Subsound Records) will be released, featuring a collection of excerpts from soundtracks composed between 2014 and 2026. Meanwhile, work is underway on her next album, scheduled for release in spring 2027.
In October 2022, she released her double LP Stupor (Subsound Records), which received widespread critical acclaim and international audience recognition. The album was included by numerous specialist magazines, such as Blow Up, in their year-end lists of the best albums of the year. Even critic Piero Scaruffi placed the album at the top of his The Best Rock Albums of the 2020s list. In his prestigious, long-running chronological list of the Best Rock Musicians of All Time, Scaruffi named Bebawinigi the best singer of 2023.
In October 2021, she released her small, para-theatrical EP Mao, featuring only voice and guitar.
In April 2016, she made her debut with her self-titled first album, Bebawinigi (Strato Dischi NotLabel), which received enthusiastic reviews comparing her to Diamanda Galás, Björk, Tom Waits, Lydia Lunch, Brian Eno, Demetrio Stratos, PJ Harvey, and Mike Patton.
Since 2014, Virginia has also been composing original soundtracks for cinema, theatre, and visual art, including Guarda in Alto by Fulvio Risuleo, Si sveglia e sbadiglia, il gatto; poi l’amore by Samuele Sestieri and Federico Francioni, Harrogate by Al Smith, and A Story of Solitude and Terror by Andrea Sorini. Her live show is a kind of witchcraft: a highly theatrical and immersive experience built around vocal and percussive improvisations on industrial metal sheets, layers of synthesizers, and distorted cellos. It shifts between violent, abrasive passages and atmospheric, solemn moments, sometimes taking a completely different turn into playful, humorous territory.
