| Gommalacca | ||||
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| Released | 18 September 1998 | |||
| Genre | Electronic, Rock | |||
| Length | 44:28 | |||
| Label | PolyGram | |||
| Producer | Franco Battiato | |||
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Gommalacca (Italian for "Shellac") is a studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Franco Battiato, issued in 1998. The album was described as "vigorous and inspired [...] with hard and distorted sounds and bold samples set in lavish arrangements." [1]
Francesco "Franco" Battiato was an Italian singer-songwriter, composer, filmmaker, and under the pseudonym Süphan Barzani, also a painter. Battiato's songs contain esoteric, philosophical and religious themes, and have spanned genres such as experimental pop, electronic music, progressive rock, and new wave.
Maria Ilva Biolcati, OMRI, known as Milva, was an Italian singer, stage and film actress, and television personality. She was also known as La Rossa, due to the characteristic colour of her hair, and additionally as La Pantera di Goro, which stemmed from the Italian press having nicknamed the three most popular Italian female singers of the 1960s, combining the names of animals and the singers' birth places. The colour also characterised her leftist political beliefs, claimed in numerous statements. Popular in Italy and abroad, she performed on musical and theatrical stages the world over, and received popular acclaim in her native Italy, and particularly in Germany, where she often participated in musical events and televised musical programmes. She released numerous albums in France, Japan, Korea, Greece, Spain, and South America.
"I treni di Tozeur" is an Italian song, written by Franco Battiato, Saro Cosentino and Giusto Pio. It was the Italian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984, performed in Italian by Alice and Franco Battiato.
Alice, also known as Alice Visconti, is an Italian singer-songwriter and pianist, active since 1971. Alice had her breakthrough after winning the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Per Elisa" in 1981, followed by European hit singles like "Una notte speciale", "Messaggio", "Chan-son Egocentrique", "Prospettiva Nevski" and "Nomadi" and albums like Gioielli rubati, Park Hotel, Elisir, and Il sole nella pioggia charting in Continental Europe, Scandinavia, and Japan.
Manlio Sgalambro was an Italian philosopher and writer, born in Lentini.
Clic is a 1974 album by Italian experimental musician Franco Battiato. The album, released on the Island Records label, is a brooding and intense collection of instrumental/vocal arrangements. Dedicated to Karlheinz Stockhausen, the music has stylistic similarities with Philip Glass and Tangerine Dream, but is more lyrical and has elements of musique concrète. It was later re-released on CD with a different track listing.
Capo Nord is the third studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Alice, released in 1980 on EMI Music.
Gioielli rubati– Alice canta Battiato is the seventh studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Alice, released in 1985 on EMI Music.
Viaggiatrice solitaria – Il meglio di Alice is a compilation album of recordings by Italian singer-songwriter Alice, released by EMI Music in 1995.
Personal Jukebox is a compilation album by the Italian singer-songwriter Alice, released in 2000 on WEA/Warner Music.
Viaggio in Italia is the sixteenth studio album by the Italian singer-songwriter Alice, released in 2003 by NUN Entertainment.
Alice is a compilation album of recordings by Italian singer-songwriter Alice, released by EMI Music in 1986.
Marco Castoldi, better known by his stage name Morgan, is an Italian singer-songwriter, musician and multi-instrumentalist. His musical genres are mainly alternative rock and electronic rock, sometimes experimental rock and synthpop. He has also been a judge for seven seasons in the Italian version of The X Factor, winning five of them through acts he mentored: Aram Quartet, Matteo Becucci, Marco Mengoni, Chiara Galiazzo and Michele Bravi.
Pollution is the second studio album by the Italian progressive rock musician Franco Battiato. It was released in 1972 on the experimental label Bla Bla. It reached No.19 in the Italian Album charts.
Giovanni Caccamo, is an Italian singer-songwriter. After being discovered by singer Franco Battiato and producer Caterina Caselli, he won the Newcomer's section of the Sanremo Music Festival 2015, with the song "Ritornerò da te", and released his debut album, Qui per te.
Lost Love is a 2003 Italian autobiographical drama film. It marked the directorial debut of singer-songwriter Franco Battiato. For this film Battiato won the Nastro d'Argento for best new director.
L'imboscata is a studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Franco Battiato, released by Mercury Records in 1996. After some more experimental albums and meditative songs, the album marked the return of Battiato to a rock sound and to a massive commercial success, mainly pushed by the success of the single "La cura".
Fleurs, also graphically rendered as Fleur(s) and FLEURs, is a studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Franco Battiato, issued in 1999. Except for two new songs, the album consists of cover versions of Italian and international classics, mainly from the 1960s. The album was described as "delicate, elegant and enjoyable." The album was followed by Fleurs 3 (2002) and Fleurs 2 (2008). The Battiato's version of The Rolling Stones' "Ruby Tuesday" was later featured in the musical score of Alfonso Cuarón's 2006 film Children of Men.
Il vuoto is a studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Franco Battiato, issued in 2007. Its songs have as common theme the spiritual void.
Notti, guai e libertà is a studio album by Italian singer Patty Pravo, released in 1998 by Sony Music.
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