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The green fairy, the charming Circe who attracted and chained to herself generations of bohémien artists, abandons her literary cafes to join XXIst century lounge bars; in this way the inspiring Muse dusts her old costumes and becomes once again goddess of new artistic creations: a name becomes a logo. In this way in 2003 the “Silenzio Assenzio” were born. In the same way as absinth is craftely created, the secret of the Silenzio Assenzio is in the right blend of acid-jazz sounds, new soul citations, black-music patterns, and jazz-funk elements which give the Silenzio Assenzio access to a infinite combination of musicalities. According to the rule that “the opposites attract each other”, the house-disco sounds mix with the soft lounge atmospheres: the result is a wide selection of pieces of music, which, when covers, are completely re-arranged (like My Favourite Things, Summertime, Sunny). |
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Drummer and composer, Francesco Cusa was born in Catania in 1966. He performed in several international music festivals in Francia, Romania, Croazia, Slovenia,Bosnia/Erzegovina, Olanda, Germania, Svizzera, Austria,Ungheria, Norvegia, Spagna, Belgio. He's leader of the trio F. CUSA”SKRUNCH", of the musical ensemble "THE NAKED MUSICIANS", and of the re-sonorization project for the movies “SOLOMOVIE” plays Buster Keaton,. He is also co-leader of: “THE BODY HAMMER”, SWITTERS, SKINSHOUT!, WAR DUO, NURSERY FOUR, ALTOMARIA, I NEGRI VOLANTI. He collaborates with the following groups: TRINKLE TRIO (feat. Michel Godard), PAOLO SORGE "Jazz Waiters", "FEET OF MUD". He played with well-known musicians such as con Paolo Fresu, Tino Tracanna, Attilio Zanchi, Marco Micheli, Bruno Tommaso, Larry Smith, Walter Schmocker, Lauro Rossi, Gianni Gebbia, Fabrizio Puglisi, Stefano De Bonis, Guglielmo Pagnozzi, Domenico Caliri, Luigi Mosso, Edoardo Marraffa, Cristina Zavalloni, Lelio Giannetto, Alberto Capelli, Riccardo Pittau, Mirko Sabatini , Jay Rodriguez, Butch Morris, Jon Rose, Michel Godard, Kenny Wheeler, Garbis Dedeian, Steve Lacy, Tim Berne, Stefano D’Anna, Pietro Ciancaglini, Paolino Dalla Porta, Roy Paci, Elliot Sharp, Saadet Türköz, Flying Luttembachers, Andy Sheppard, Michael Riessler, Yves Robert, Giorgio Conte, Fred Giuliani, Zu, Mohammed El Bawi, E. Glerum, Assif Tsahar, Natalia M.King, Lionel Rolland , Dj.Pushy, Christophe Monniot, Tanja Feichtmair, Manu Codjia, Emil Spany, Arrington De Dionyso, Gianluca Petrella, Claudio Lugo, Marco Cappelli, Jean Marc Montera, Ab Baars, Ig Henneman, Danilo Gallo, Beppe Scardino, Francesco Bigoni, Stefano Senni, Piero Bittolo Bon, i Robotobibok, Giovanni Falzone, Tito Magialajo, Enrico Terragnoli, Carlos Zingaro, Gianni Lenoci, Billy Bang, Antono Borghini, Pasquale Mirra, Francesco Bearzatti, Carlo Atti, Ami Denio, Vincenzo Vasi, Mike Cooper, Giorgio Pacorig, Paolo Sorge, Pasquale Innarella, Tony Cattano, Silvia Bolognesi, Leila Adu, Marta Raviglia, Federico Squassabia, Gaia Mattiuzzi, the dancers Cinzia Scordia and Florence La Porte , the visual artist Fred Gautnier, and the writers collectif Wu Ming. |
| Born in Sweden to a swedish mother, Helena, and a calabrian father, Fulvio. Studied at Södra Latin Music Liceum in Stockholm and at Skurups Musikfolkhögskola gaining at his 20 years of age the position of artistic director of Roj Theatre in Stockholm. In 1990 composed his first soundtrack for the film "Linnea" produced by Svenska Filminstitutet and internationally distributed. In the same year recorded his first CD "Mountains Breath", produced by Pino Daniele for Freeland, an indie label, as well as a CD with Mick Goodrick. In 1993 he recorded his second CD "Santa Sofia" with the precious guests Paul McCandless and Antonello Salis. In 1998 the meeting of Javier Girotto and Alessandro Gwis gave life to "Mascarò" (Equipe), his third work. In 2004(Wide Sound) the fourth cd "Ensemble" with A.Gwis,L.pirozzi and M.Manzi. "Landskap" (2009 Widesound), his last CD, has been the natural step of a path walked along with Massimo Manzi, Alessandro Gwis and the ever since band-mate Luca Pirozzi. THEY WROTE ABOUT ENSEMBLE: "..Try to close your eyes and travel with this album: you will probably see many snow white landscapes from the great North, but you will also have a precise sensation that somewhere you will find a lit fire to warm up your spirit". F. Zampa "..A trip through eastern, mediterranean and northern sounds. A delightful jazz contamination [...] clear expression of an artist heart beating in every corner of the world". E. Losavio "Thanks to my friend Gianni Pirozzi for having me told about this little big jewell which is Ensemble by Lutte Berg". P. Carnelli DISCOGRAPHY: Mountain’s Breath ( freeland, 1992) Santa Sofia (freeland, 1993) Mascarò (equipe, 1998) Ensemble (widesound, 2004) Landskap (widesound,2009) |
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