J.H. Guraj

J.H. Guraj is the nom de plume of Dominique Vaccaro, a musician active in the field of improvisation on analogue devices, guitar, and reel-to-reel recorders since 2000, based in Bologna. Under the J.H. Guraj alias, Vaccaro offers vibrant, deep, and resonant melodic music that engages with the sonic qualities of strings and electronic tones in sustained improvisational practice.

His work with analogue tape recorders and reel-to-reel machines connects to traditions of extended improvisation that treat the recording apparatus itself as an instrument — with its own timbre, susceptibility to manipulation, and capacity for sonic accident.