| Donkey Diesel http://www.donkeydiesel.be Experience the Fierce Acoustics Of DONKEY DIESEL's Rusty Wastelands! Their music offers a safehaven for every brokenhearted Bistro Ballad and Cloven Hooved Polka in town. It's Comic Relief with an edge! This is where Melodic Intensity puts on a brave face and turns the Beat around! Adrift on an ocean of Raggedy Swing, Skiffled Frenzy and Two-Beat Dynamite, chances are Donkey Diesel will leave your whole family Waltzing across the Boundaries of Sanity... - (Read more) |
| dunwich http://www.dunwich.it/ The Dunwich project was started in 1985 by Claudio Nigris, composer and keyboards player. Inspired by the tragic end of the town of Dunwich , the music tries to bring back those mystic and unique atmospheres through dark-metal sounds as well as classical instruments and on to ancient and uncommon ones. From 1985 to 1992 the band creates five demo-tapes and two compilations: "the Dunwich Horror" (1987), "Horror at Red Hook" (1988), "Morbid dance tale of Yog-Sothoth" (1989), "On the way back" (1991), "Cleapsydhra" (1991), "Monitor collection", the L.P. compilation "Keep running" (1989), "Arezzo wave ‘91" and the C.D. compilation "Dream-Lifters" (1991). Since the beginning the project took advantage of the friendly contributions of many talented musicians, and in this period of time Alessandro Vitanza (drums) has become a stable band element, until 1998. Also in this period took place many concerts and shows with a traditional/pagan theme and some clear references to the literary gothic of the 1900s. This has given the opportunity to be known through magazines, who took the time to review the demo-tapes and the concerts. In 1991 Dunwich took part in the Arezzo Wave international festival, as a new promising band along with many other renowed artists, and gaining the opportunity for some television ecposure through the Videomusic network. - (Read more) |
| EDERA http://www.ederaweb.com Edera is an Italian band from Milan that was formed in 1994 on the initiative of Valerio Valentini (vocals) and Matteo Catarisano (keyboards) but it’s only in 1997 that the project really took off... They released two demos, in 2001 (“Edera”) and 2002 (Apart”) and then, in 2002 their first official recording “Setting For A Drama”, featuring 13 chosen tracks from their early repertoire. The present line-up is formed by Valerio Valentini (Vocals), Matteo Catarisano (Keyboards), Andrea Ungaro (Guitar), Ryan Castana (Guitar), Alex Ferraris (Bass) and Theo Ungaro (Drums). Their last work “... And Mouth Disappears” was released in 2005. According to the band, their songs are conceived as “theatrical plays, where music is the scenographic part, and the words constitute the recitative acts. Each representation is actually a monologue, where the voice of the single actor gets mixed up with the musical backgrounds describing his emotional exasperation”... - (Read more) |
| Elastica http://elasticated.org Elastica are a predominately female British band who emerged to great critical acclaim in 1993. They gained the media's attention playing twenty minute sets full of explosive two minute songs, but have grown to become one of the most highly regarded British bands, having released a brilliant debut album. They are a band who have been under the spotlight since their formation because of their numerous highly placed connections, and have even survived being declared part of the New Wave of the New Wave (did anyone else?). After releasing a second album the band have split up. - (Read more) |
| evangoodrow http://www.evangoodrow.com If James Brown had a white son who cut his teeth playing the chitlin’ circuit, you might get something like Evan Goodrow, a soul-singing, blues guitar playing powerhouse. Bottle fed from an early age to soothing sounds of Ray Charles and Solomon Burke, Goodrow’s tastes shifted to the fiery stylings of Jimi Hendrix in his teen age years. Continuing his musical evolution, Goodrow then went on to pursue formal studies as a jazz guitarist, but he quickly had a revelation that he was pursuing something that the cold halls of academia would never hold. Music is about life. Music is about passion. Music is about warmth. “It’s supposed to feel good, and nothing made me feel as good as the soul music I was raised on as a child,” Goodrow states emphatically “Soul music is feel good music by definition. When you hear old Motown classics, or even just when that rhythm hits you, you can’t help but smile. And that’s the feeling I want to bring to people with my music.” Now a rhythm and blues convert, Goodrow has returned to his soul roots, and with the fresh perspective that life’s experience brings, he has made it new again. Brand New Soul. In recent years, an ever expanding fan base has led the EGB to tirelessly tour the Northeast, branching out from the Boston area where he began his musical career. But no matter where they are playing, on any given night the EGB can be found transporting fans from Preservation Hall New Orleans, to the crossroads of delta blues, to a full out Philadelphia funk festival. One fan recently likened the EGB to “a case-study in musical diversity.” - (Read more) |