John Giorno
A cult figure of the New York underground scene (he is the sleeper in Warhol’s "Sleep"), a member of the beat generation, artist and poet, John Giorno founded the Giorno Poetry System label.
Between 1965 and the late 1980s he produced more than 40 albums including the first recordings by William Burroughs, Laurie Anderson, Philip Glass, John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Andy Warhol and Bryon Gysin, to name just a few of the many writers and artists he frequented at the time. Today, he still believes that poetry must be present at all times in life, and accessible to everyone.
