Quartiere Coffee

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Quartiere Coffee
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Quartiere Coffee performing at Positive River Festival in 2013
Background information
Origin Grosseto, Italy
Genres Reggae
Dancehall reggae
Years active2004–present
LabelsOne Step Records
Red Gold Green Label
MembersTommaso "Kg Man" Bai
Filippo "Rootman" Fratangeli
Matteo Varricchio
Marco Vagheggini
Matteo Maggio
Filippo Scandroglio
Giulio Grillo
Past membersGianluca Acquilino
Matteo Breschi

Quartiere Coffee is an Italian reggae band from Grosseto, formed in 2004. [1] [2]

Contents

History

They debuted in 2008 with the studio album In-A, produced by Ciro "Prince Vibe" Pisanelli, [1] [3] and performed at Rototom Sunsplash on 12 July 2008. [4] [5]

In 2010 they released the single "Sweet Aroma", which became one of the most successful songs of the band. [1] [5] [6] [7] The band won the "Jammin' Contest" of the Heineken Jammin' Festival in July 2010 and they performed as the opening act for Vasco Rossi on 11 July 2011. [1] [6] [8] [9]

Lead guitarist Gianluca Acquilino died on 16 April 2014 at the age of 34 and frontman Kg Man left the band later that year. [1] [10] [11] Keyboardist Filippo "Rootman" Fratangeli became the new leader and vocalist of the band. [1] [12]

In 2016 Quartiere Coffee participated at the Reggaeville's World Reggae Contest, performing at the Ostróda Reggae Festival in Poland. The band ended up second to the Dutch band The Dubbeez. [13] Their fourth album Conscience was released on 5 May 2017. [1] [14] [15]

On 13 November 2020, the band announced the comeback of lead vocalist Kg Man, and the new single "Back in Town" was released on 3 December. [16]

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Bibliography

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References

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  2. ↑ "Al Magnolia i Quartiere Coffee toscani che amano la Giamaica" (in Italian). la Repubblica. 4 December 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  3. ↑ "Reggae è Quartiere Coffee" (in Italian). Il Tirreno. 26 February 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  4. ↑ "Line-ups Archive". Rototom Sunsplash. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Biografia" (in Italian). Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  6. 1 2 "Quartiere Coffee: storia e biografia della band di "In Jamaica"" (in Italian). 21 December 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  7. ↑ "Il gran ritorno dei Quartiere Coffee. Benvenuti nella città che vibra" (in Italian). Il Tirreno. 27 March 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  8. ↑ "newspettacolo.com - "QUARTIERE COFFEE in tour. Tappa all'HEINEKEN JAMMIN' FESTIVAL il 5 luglio"" (in Italian). Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  9. ↑ "Quartiere Coffee conquista l'Heineken Jammin Festival" (in Italian). Il Tirreno. 23 June 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  10. ↑ "Morto Giallu, il chitarrista dei Quartiere Coffee". Eventi Reggae (in Italian). 17 April 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  11. ↑ "Addio Gianluca, la chitarra del reggae" (in Italian). Il Tirreno. 18 April 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  12. ↑ ""We Are": primo singolo di una nuova tappa per i Quartiere Coffee" (in Italian). 2 February 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  13. ↑ "World Reggae Contest 2016 Top 5 Finalists". World Reggae Contest. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  14. ↑ ""Conscience" il nuovo album di Quartiere Coffee". Ritmoinlevare (in Italian). 5 May 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  15. ↑ "Intervista ai Quartiere Coffee: in "Conscience" tanta fatica e la voglia di raccontarci". Eventi Reggae (in Italian). 30 June 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  16. ↑ "I Quartiere Coffee tornano insieme: un nuovo singolo per annunciare la loro reunion". Il Giunco (in Italian). 13 November 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
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