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| Born | April 10, 1960 São Paulo, Brazil |
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| Years active | 1978–present |
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| Website | fabiogolfetti |
Fabio Golfetti (born April 10, 1960) is a Brazilian musician and record producer, famous for his work with progressive/psychedelic rock band Violeta de Outono. He is also the guitarist of Franco-British rock band Gong since 2012.
Fabio Golfetti was born in São Paulo in 1960. He grew up listening to Pink Floyd, Gong, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones (with their 1967 album Their Satanic Majesties Request being one of his favorite releases by them), and as a teenager he learned how to play both the classical and the electric guitar, quoting Daevid Allen, Syd Barrett, Terje Rypdal and Manuel Göttsching as some of his major influences. [2] In 1978 he founded Lux, his first band. Lux later became Ultimato in 1981, an instrumental punk jazz/no wave band with the arrival of drummer Cláudio Souza, and later came to be named Zero in 1983, with the entrance of vocalist Guilherme Isnard (Voluntários da Pátria). With Zero, he took part in the recording of the single "Heróis". [3]
In 1985, Golfetti and Souza left Zero and formed alongside Angelo Pastorello the influential psychedelic rock band Violeta de Outono. As of 2016 Violeta de Outono has released 7 studio albums, 2 EPs, 4 videos and 2 live albums.
In 1988 he formed a side project to Violeta de Outono, called The Invisible Opera Company (Tropical Version Brazil); heavily inspired by the aesthetics of Daevid Allen, it has released four albums as of yet. [4]
In 2006 he appeared at the Gong Unconvention 2006 in Amsterdam with The Glissando Guitar Orchestræ. The Seven Drones (At Gong Uncon '06), a live album recording his performance at the event, was released in 2008.
Golfetti is a full-time member of Gong since 2012; he previously toured with them in 2007, during a brief series of concerts in São Paulo, as a member of their "Gong Global Family" project. A live album of the concert was released in 2009. I See You , Gong's first studio album with him as an official member of the band, was released on November 10, 2014. [5]
In 2015 he collaborated with fellow Gong band member Dave Sturt on his second solo album, Dreams and Absurdities.
Over the last six years with Gong, Golfetti and the rest of the band, with the addition of Cheb Nettles on drums, have been reshaping this new embodiment of their sound. In 2016 Gong recorded the album Rejoice! I’m Dead! honoring the influence and legacy of the late Daevid Allen and Gilli Smith. The band have continued to tour internationally since that time including visits to China, Scandinavia, Brasil, Japan. Gong released the new album The Universe Also Collapses , on Kscope music in May 2019.
Also in 2019 Gong was recruited by their original guitarist Steve Hillage to perform a series of concerts in the UK and Europe under the name Steve Hillage Band.
Today, Golfetti is an active member of Gong, continues working with Violeta de Outono, releasing in 2021 the album Lux Æterna : Dream, an electronic ambient project with his son Gabriel of the progressive band Stratus Luna. Also in 2021, released The Frame Of Life with his old fellow Renato Mello.
In 2022 he released a new studio album with Violeta de Outono - Outro Lado and new solo album, Song & Visions, an instrumental ambient jazz journey with the collaborations of Gong & Stratus Luna musicians.
Gong are a psychedelic rock band that incorporates elements of jazz and space rock into their musical style. The group was formed in Paris in 1967 by Australian musician Daevid Allen and English vocalist Gilli Smyth. Band members have included Didier Malherbe, Pip Pyle, Steve Hillage, Mike Howlett, Tim Blake, Pierre Moerlen, Bill Laswell and Theo Travis. Others who have played on stage with Gong include Don Cherry, Chris Cutler, Bill Bruford, Brian Davison, Dave Stewart and Tatsuya Yoshida.
Stephen Simpson Hillage is an English musician, best known as a guitarist. He is associated with the Canterbury scene and has worked in experimental domains since the late 1960s. Besides his solo recordings he has been a member of Khan, Gong and System 7.
Dave Sturt is an English bassist and record producer.
Christopher David Allen, known professionally as Daevid Allen, sometimes credited as Divided Alien, was an Australian musician. He was co-founder of the psychedelic rock groups Soft Machine and Gong.
Violeta de Outono is a Brazilian psychedelic/progressive rock band from São Paulo. Heavily influenced by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and Gong, they were originally a post-punk band with some psychedelic elements intertwined, but would gradually drop their post-punk influences and add more prog elements to their sonority as time went by.
Reflexos da Noite is an EP, and the first official release by the Brazilian psychedelic rock band Violeta de Outono. It came out in September 12, 1986 by now-defunct independent label Wop-Bop Records.
Em Toda Parte is the second studio album by Brazilian psychedelic rock band Violeta de Outono, released on June 18, 1989, by Ariola Records. It was also their last release before they entered a hiatus period in 1993 that would last until 1995. Beginning with this album, Violeta de Outono abandons their post-punk influences and gradually shift towards a more progressive-influenced sonority.
Mulher na Montanha is the third studio album by Brazilian psychedelic rock band Violeta de Outono. The band began work on the album in 1995, and was only recorded as demos that circulated among the fans during the 90's. These demos wouldn't be released until September 27, 1999 by Voiceprint Records, being their first of many albums to be so. It was also their first album of new material since 1989's Em Toda Parte.
Live at Rio ArtRock Festival '97 is a live album by Brazilian psychedelic rock band Violeta de Outono, released on May 9, 2000 by Rock Symphony. It was recorded during the band's performance at the Rio ArtRock Festival in Rio de Janeiro, in 1997.
Eclipse is a live album by Brazilian psychedelic rock band Violeta de Outono, released in 1995 by Argentine independent label Record Runner. It was recorded during the band's performance at the SESC Pompeia in São Paulo, in 1986.
Ilhas is the fourth studio album by Brazilian psychedelic rock band Violeta de Outono, released on May 9, 2005, by Voiceprint Records. It was the last album of the band to feature the original line-up of Fabio Golfetti, Cláudio Souza and Angelo Pastorello.
Violeta de Outono & Orquestra is a live video by Brazilian psychedelic rock band Violeta de Outono, released by Voiceprint Records in 2006. It was recorded during a show at the Teatro Popular do SESI on November 9, 2004 with the special participation of the USP Symphonic Orchestra, conducted by maestro Juliano Suzuki.
Volume 7 is the fifth studio album by Brazilian psychedelic rock band Violeta de Outono, although it's their seventh studio release if the extended plays Reflexos da Noite and The Early Years are counted. It was released on July 7, 2007 by Voiceprint Records, being the first album of the band to not feature founding member Angelo Pastorello, who was replaced by Gabriel Costa. It was also their first release with keyboardist Fernando Cardoso.
Seventh Brings Return: A Tribute to Syd Barrett is a live video by Brazilian psychedelic rock band Violeta de Outono, released by Voiceprint Records in 2009. It was recorded during a show at the Teatro Popular do SESI on July 17, 2006, in which they covered numerous Pink Floyd songs as a tribute to Pink Floyd's former lead vocalist and founding member Syd Barrett, as well as a song of his 1970 solo album The Madcap Laughs.
Violeta de Outono – Ao Vivo no Theatro Municipal, São Paulo, 03.05.2009 is a live video by Brazilian psychedelic rock band Violeta de Outono, released by Voiceprint Records on July 25, 2011. As the name implies, it was recorded during a show at the Theatro Municipal in São Paulo on May 3, 2009, in which they performed their 1987 debut album in its entirety, as well as some other tracks.
Espectro is the sixth studio album by Brazilian psychedelic rock band Violeta de Outono, released on May 28, 2012, by Voiceprint Records. It was the band's first release with new drummer José Luiz Dinola.
Zero, stylized in all capital letters as ZERØ, is a Brazilian rock band formed in 1983 in São Paulo and based in Rio de Janeiro since 1998, widely considered to be major forerunners of the New Romantic movement in Brazil.
Live at Rio ArtRock Festival '97 is a live video by Brazilian psychedelic rock band Violeta de Outono, released by Voiceprint Records in 2015. It contains the footage of the band's performance at the Rio ArtRock Festival, in Rio de Janeiro, in 1997.
Spaces is the seventh studio album by Brazilian psychedelic rock band Violeta de Outono, released on October 14, 2016 through Voiceprint Records. The band began work on the album circa June 2016, but it wouldn't be officially announced until September 19, 2016, when they uploaded a short teaser on their official YouTube channel; later on, a lyric video for the track "A Painter of the Mind" was uploaded on October 5, 2016. The album is an homage of sorts to Swiss-German artist Paul Klee (1879–1940); it uses a sketch made by him as its cover art, and the lyrics to "A Painter of the Mind" consist of many excerpts of some of his poems.
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