THE RECORD’S

This area is dedicated to all operators, distributors, booking agents, attendance, listeners who come to this page from abroad. Every 5 days I’ll be introducing a couple of artists or bands, one English-speaking, the other Italian-speaking (for those who understand our language) or instrumental. If you are interested in distributing their work, making them play, buying their cds, here you’ve got all the info you need. Subscribe feed rss to be updated in real time.

What an amazing surprise! The Record’s latest album, “De fauna et flora”, issued by Foolica is one of the best Italian things in this glorious 2010: true philological pop, suspended over Atlantic in love with Brit and American one, cool songwriting and adequate production. All tunes could be headlines… must have.
MP3: “Mr. Hide”
MYSPACE
CD De fauna et flora (Foolica Records 2010)
DISTRIBUTION Halidon
BOOKING circoloforestieribooking@gmail.com

PETRINA

Jazz girl, formerly awarded at Miss High School, composer at John Zorn’s school, performer in Cuba, hosting Elliott Sharp in her latest “In doma”. Paduan beauty Debora Petrina produces a free form music crossing a lot of languages as a light butterfly, in a pop behaviour that joins Bjork with Nina Simone, Matthew Herbert and Niobe…
MP3: “A ce soir”
WEBSITE
CD In doma (self produced 2009)
DISTRIBUTION Egea
BOOKING by website

GABRIEL STERNBERG

Halfway between Milan and Munich, Gabriel Sternberg composes sensitive and absorbing tunes, intimate and nightswimming: in his tender words and strings you may find Mark Linkous, Barzin, Slowdive, Jonsi in order to please self-depressed woody souls… Autumn is coming, don’t panic, meet him in a house concert!
MP3: “All I can see is you”
WEBSITE
CD Like no season (Klang:Haus 2010)
DISTRIBUTION website
BOOKING gabrielsternberg@libero.it

SIMONA GRETCHEN

Women who write and sing are not so many, in Italy. But most of them have great qualities: one is Simona Gretchen, heart and mind that thinks loud without editing so much. A vulcanic and unquiet folkrock storyteller, and young enough to promise to stay.
MP3: “Bianca in fondo al mare”
WEBSITE
CD Gretchen pensa troppo forte (Disco Dada 2009)
DISTRIBUTION Venus
BOOKING Locusta

EVY ARNESANO

Self made woman! Evy comes from Salento, she’s a smart singer and author, loves gone times, vintage mood, jazzy bossa soundtracks and Bacharach tunes. First of all, by now she gained audience, review and praises without the help of a label or what: brava!
MP3: “Sulla riva di un fiume”
MYSPACE
CD Tipa ideale (self produced 2009)
DISTRIBUTION evyarnesano@gmail.com
BOOKING the same mail address

MASSIMO SACCAROLA

Twelve string hero, Venice-based Massimo Saccarola is an archetype of what Italians mean for acoustic songwriters. Tender lyrics about gone love stories, self consciousness, minimal details, and sweet, sleepy arpeggios: these songs are fit if you are going to learn Italian.
MP3: “Latte di lucertola”
MYSPACE
CD A due passi da casa tutto sembra favorevole (self produced 2010)
DISTRIBUTION free download on BandCamp
BOOKING via myspace

CALIBRO 35

Italians are still masters in movie soundtracks, specially ones involved in 70s-alike drives to escape from police. So Calibro 35 are five great musicians, an ensemble who cover old classics (Morricone, Umiliani, Piccioni, Bacalov and more), but keep producing new stuff in funk rock style. Epic win, maestros.
MP3: “Five dollars for an August moon”
WEBSITE
CD Ritornano quelli di… Calibro 35 (Ghost Records 2010)
DISTRIBUTION Cargo (UK), Nublu (USA)
BOOKING Cyc

PAQ

Andrea Rusconi comes from Rimini and composes toy suites in a patchwork of liquid bossa, exotica, Eastern tradition, homeward proto electronics, scifi music without playing midi or plug-ins. A Comelade style into a Momus concept, in facts his label is Japanese… nemo propheta in patria, ouch.
MP3: “Kosuke Ni”
MYSPACE
CD Block notes (Neguse Group 2010)
BOOKING by myspace

VEGETABLE G

Indie pop in a state of grace. Hi-level Italian lesson, halfway between literature and music. Lennon plus mandolin, Fiery Furnaces in a college and space adventures suggested by Syd Barret: Puglia-based Vegetable G have nothing more to learn from international gotha. Approach Giorgio Spada and his mates!
MP3: “Starchild”
MYSPACE
CD Calvino (Olivia Records 2009)
DISTRIBUTION by label’s site
BOOKING info@magicdicezone.com

FROST

On the road to European Music Awardsf! Perugia-based Frost clash 1992 Blur and Franz Ferdinand, Bowie and U2′s Mofo, 80s electropop and lounge funk with ironically smart Italian lyrics in a sense for groove. They’re important also for their “DJ Sexx” acts, remixing all remixable tunes…
MP3: “Sveglio qui”
WEBSITE
CD Ludotech (To Lose La Track 2010)
DISTRIBUTION Audioglobe
BOOKING booking@libellulamusic.it

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