The Fermi Paradox
Live · 13 July 2025
Watch on YouTube ↗Art rock · Electronics · World improvisation
E-WIRED
EMPATHY
The Fermi Paradox
A musical journey, since 2021
Different worlds.
One live encounter.
An international ensemble where art rock, electronics, contemporary composition and Mediterranean traditions move into the same musical space.
E-Wired Empathy brings together musicians whose paths run through the worlds of Peter Gabriel, Sting, progressive rock and Southern Italian music. Acoustic instruments and electronic sound meet through improvisation, composition and the energy of live performance.
Now entering a new phase, the ensemble builds its repertoire around two major works: The Fermi Paradox and City, with Mediterranean interludes connecting them.
The Fermi Paradox
Music.
Science.
Our possible futures.
A project born from the encounter between music, science and reflection on the future of humanity.
The Fermi Paradox gives the programme its central point of departure: a musical journey across different perspectives, sounds and cultures.
Alongside it, City draws inspiration from the work of Clifford D. Simak. Mediterranean interludes carry regional instruments and musical languages through the performance, creating connections between memory, place and the future.
Explore The Fermi Paradox ↗Listen & watch
The encounter, live.
Four films from the ensemble’s
developing musical journey.
Il Canto del Cigno
E-Wired Empathy
Watch on YouTube ↗Italian Connection
E-Wired Empathy · Live at CPM
Watch on YouTube ↗Drogatti
Moreno Il Biondo · Stefania Morciano · David Rhodes
Watch on YouTube ↗Videos load from YouTube when you press play. These performances document different moments in the project’s journey.
The main line-up
Nine musicians.
Many musical lives.
Guitars, violin, voices, keyboards, electronics, bass, drums and traditional winds: a live ensemble built to move freely between musical languages.
Meet the musicians ↗- David Rhodes
- Guitar, vocals
- Giovanni Amighetti
- Keyboards, electronics, producer
- Peter Tickell
- Violin
- Roberto Gualdi
- Drums
- Stefania Morciano
- Vocals
- Moreno “Il Biondo” Conficconi
- Vocals, clarinet
- Luca Nobis
- Guitar
- Valerio “Combass” Bruno
- Bass
- Giulio Bianco
- Traditional wind instruments, bagpipe
Tradition in motion
A shared language.
Always becoming.
Mediterranean traditions enter the music as living voices, with the freedom to change through encounter. The ensemble’s different backgrounds become part of the performance itself.
Guest collaborations with Petit Solo Diabaté, Jeff Coffin and Mostafa Taleb extend the conversation across Africa, the Mediterranean, Europe and beyond.
Discover the guest musicians ↗Booking enquiries
E-Wired Empathy · The Fermi Paradox
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