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‘He left an incredible mark’: how a festival organiser’s murder galvanised Venice’s underground music scene
At 26, Venezia Hardcore co-founder Giacomo Gobbato was killed while protecting a stranger on the streets of Venice – a death that’s become a rallying cry for a city in crisis
As you enter the Centro Sociale Rivolta, a former confectionary factory in the industrial neighbourhood of Marghera in Venice that has been occupied by squatters for the last 30 years, a large banner spells out two words: “Jack lives”. This year’s event will feature Jivebomb’s furious hardcore from the US, Violent Magic Orchestra’s techno black metal from Japan, and Italian bands such as cult screamo outfit La Quiete, political street punk four-piece Klasse Kriminale and local heroes Confine. As a passionate music lover, she is now part of Rec Out, a project started by Gobbato himself: a low-cost professional recording studio open to anyone, where dozens of rap, trap, punk and metal musicians have already passed through.
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