Violet Blend

Violet Blend
Origin	Florence, Italy
Genres	Alternative Metal Alternative Rock Symphonic Rock
Years active	2017 (2017)–present
Labels	Eclipse Records
Members	Giada Celeste Chelli Ferruccio Baroni Michel Agostini
Website	www.violetblend.cloud

Violet Blend is an Italian alternative metal band founded in Florence in 2017.

The band has released two full-length albums and a live album and has performed in support of Radiohead. ^[1] , Garbage ^[2] , Palaye Royale ^[3] and many others.

History

Violet Blend is an Italian band formed by Giada Celeste Chelli and Michel Agostini. The two began collaborating in 2014 and later decided to form a band. In 2016, they released the single Every Time (We Say Goodbye) on YouTube under the name Violet. In 2017, bassist Ferruccio Baroni joined the duo, giving life to Violet Blend. In the same year, they began collaborating with Lorenzo Fedi, who took on the role of manager of the band.

White Mask

On February 1st, 2018, Violet Blend released their debut album White Mask. The album's presentation was accompanied by a guerrilla marketing campaign: over five thousand white masks with a painted purple V invaded the city of Florence, attracting the attention of citizens and national media, including La Nazione ^[4] , La Repubblica ^[5] , Il Mattino ^[6] and Radio Freccia, which interviewed them live.

Each copy of the album features a real matchbox on the cover with the words "Burn your mask", a provocative message that invites people to reclaim interpersonal relationships in the age of social media ^[7] .

White Mask received positive acclaim worldwide and attracted the attention of American record label Eclipse Records, which sings the band.

Demons

On April 1st, 2022, the album Demons was released via Eclipse Records. The singles Rock DJ, Among All These Fools, Need and La Donna Mobile were extracted from the album. The latter song is the soundtrack of “La Donna Mobile – Campaign against Gender Discrimination and Violence” ^[8] , a social project against gender discrimination and violence in favor of AIDOS – Associazione Italiana Donne per lo Sviluppo with the collaboration and patronage of the Municipality of Florence and the Department of Equal Opportunities, of Biblioteca Riccardiana, of Teatro Verdi and Viper Theater ^[9] The album was recorded, mixed and mastered at Alessandro Del Vecchio's Ivorytears Music Works by Andrea Seveso and produced by Giada Celeste Chelli.

Voices In My Head and My Head Is Broken

On November 2nd, 2023, the single Voices In My Head was released, to date the song is the most listened to of the band's entire discography. On April 28th, 2023, the single My Head Is Broken was released in collaboration with the American post-hardcore band Tired Violence.

On October 27th, 2023, the album Live and True, the band's first live album, was released. The album was recorded live in 2022 at the Viper Theatre in Florence and contains the 17 tracks of an entire concert performed in Florence.

Tour

Violet Blend have performed across Europe, taking part in festivals such as I-Days Festival ^[10] (Italy), Loverocks Festival ^[11] (England), Wildfire Festival ^[12] (Scotland), performing as headliner and as support act for many renowned bands such as Radiohead ^[13] , Garbage ^[14] , Palaye Royale ^[15] , Chris Slade ^[16] (AC/DC), Vinnie Moore ^[17] (Alice Cooper), Hanabie ^[18] and many more.

Awards

The band has received several awards, including Band Revelation of the Summer 2019 ^[19] from F.I.P.I. ^[20] , #insiemeperlamusica ^[21] promoted by Cesvi, Elio e le Storie Tese e Trio Medusa ^[22] , Band of the Year 2023 ^[23] from Great Music Stories (UK).

Band members

• Giada Celeste Chelli – vocals and piano (2017-present)
• Ferruccio Baroni – bass, backing vocals (2017-present)
• Michel Agostini – drums, backing vocals (2017-present)

Discography

Studio album

• 2018 – White Mask
• 2022 – Demons

Live album

• 2023 – Live and True

Singles

• 2016 – Every Time (We Say Goodbye)
• 2018 – Venus Mask
• 2018 – Numb
• 2021 – Rock DJ
• 2022 – Among All These Fools
• 2022 – Need
• 2022 – La Donna Mobile
• 2022 – Voices In My Head
• 2023 – My Head Is Broken

Note

1. Alessandro Genovese (News) (2017-06-12). "Tutto pronto per I-DAYS MILANO 2017, 4 giorni di Musica al Parco di Monza". All Music Italia (in Italian).
2. Emanuele Proietti (2019-07-09). "Le foto dei GARBAGE, GOMMA e VIOLET BLEND sul palco di VILLA ADA". MUSIC.IT (in Italian).
3. "Violet blend insieme ai palaye royale al circolo magnolia di Milano". MilanoToday (in Italian).
4. "Maschere bianche appese in città, ecco perché". La Nazione (in Italian). 2018-01-30.
5. "Firenze, svelato il mistero delle maschere con la "V" viola". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2018-01-30.
6. "Maschere con la «V» tappezzano Firenze: svelato il mistero". www.ilmattino.it (in Italian). 2018-01-30.
7. Emanuela Colatosti (2019-07-05). "VIOLET BLEND: "Bruciate le maschere per tornare a conoscervi senza filtri"". MUSIC.IT (in Italian).
8. Valentina Ciambrone (2022-04-12). "Discriminazione di genere a lavoro. Ora ci pensano i Violet Blend con l'iniziativa La Donna Mobile". The Social Post (in Italian).
9. "Violet Blend | la Donna Mobile ENG".
10. "i-Days Brf al parco di Monza: ecco come sarà il palco (e intanto i musicisti crescono)". Il Cittadino di Monza e Brianza (in Italian). 2017-05-26.
11. "Rock Regeneration - Loverocks Festival – Day Three". www.rock-regeneration.co.uk.
12. "Local Events in Scotland | The Herald". www.heraldscotland.com.
13. "I-Days 2017, Brianza Rock Festival e altro: ecco la quattro giorni di Monza". Il Cittadino di Monza e Brianza (in Italian). 2017-06-15.
14. "VIOLET BLEND deal con Soundsrock Agency e support ai GARBAGE @ Villa Ada, Roma". Exhimusic (in Italian). 2019-06-19.
15. Moira Carola (2022-08-24). "PALAYE ROYALE: le foto del concerto al Circolo Magnolia di Segrate (Mi), 23/08/2022". Longliverocknroll.it (in Italian).
16. Andrea Ripamonti (2020-02-15). "THE CHRIS SLADE TIMELINE + Violet Blend + Hanger Theory: fotografie del concerto al Druso di Bergamo". Rockon.it | Concerti, musica, interviste, news, live e foto (in Italian).
17. "Il prossimo Concerto di Vinnie Moore + Stamina + Violet Blend | 16 Gennaio 2020 al Let It Beer". ConcertiaRoma.com (in Italian).
18. "Hanabie + Violet Blend al Bonsai Festival di Bologna". BolognaToday (in Italian).
19. Redazione (2019-07-30). "I Violet Blend sono la band rivelazione dell'estate per F.I.P.I." Musicoff Community (in Italian).
20. "Home". F.I.P.I. (in Italian).
21. Federico Rota (2021-01-19). "Ai Violet Blend il "primo premio" del bando di Cesvi, Elio e le Storie Tese e Trio Medusa". Prima Bergamo (in Italian).
22. Federico Rota (2020-12-17). "Elio e le Storie Tese, Trio Medusa e Cesvi: raccolti 21 mila euro per le band in difficoltà". Prima Bergamo (in Italian).
23. "2023 Winners". Great Music Stories.