88-year-old Vincenza Scarioli has been exploring the beauty of frequencies with her grandson, composer Michele Di Martino. Early last year, Michele began collecting vintage oscillators—devices once used to tune radio and television signals. At certain frequencies, they produce pure sine tones, which he started combining to experiment with atonal sounds and frequency beating. Working out of his grandmother’s 18th-century home, Michele had the idea to record her trying the machines. With her background in the Italian music scene of the 1950s, she immediately revealed a natural talent and began handling the equipment with ease. The videos they uploaded quickly gained attention and soon led to the creation of A Quiet Conversation with My Grandma, a drone album recorded together. In 2024, the project was briefly interrupted when Michele suffered a serious car accident and spent seven months in the hospital. After his recovery, they resumed working and eventually completed the album.