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Stato Di Necessità
''Stato di necessità'' () is the fourth studio album of Italian singer-songwriter Carmen Consoli, released in 2000. The album followed the Consoli's participation in the Sanremo Music Festival 2000 with the song "In bianco e nero", and marked a significant change of style, with a softer and more acoustic sound. The title refers to Consoli's determination to embark on a new artistic phase of her career, and the song "Orfeo" is considered its manifesto. The album was recorded at the Waterbird Studio in Catania. It was the most successful album of Consoli, selling over 300,000 copies. A "Stato di necessità Tour" with over fifty dates followed the release of the album. A French-language version of the album titled ''État de necessité'' was produced by Henri Salvador Henri Salvador (18 July 1917 – 13 February 2008) was a French Caribbean singer, comedian and cabaret artist. Biography Salvador was born in Cayenne, French Guiana. His father, Clovis, and his mother, Antonine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmen Consoli
Carmen Carla Consoli (; born 4 September 1974) is an Italian singer-songwriter. Described as 'a remarkable combination of rocker and intellectual', she has released 11 studio albums, one greatest hits, one soundtrack album, two live albums, four video album and 33 singles, selling 2 million copies in Italy, certified by M&D and FIMI with a multiplatinum disc, 11 platinum and two gold certifications. She earned three nominations at the Sanremo Music Festival, one Targa Tenco, one Lunezia Award, seven Italian, Wind & Music Awards, one Telegatto, one David di Donatello, and two Nastri d'Argento, as well as several other awards. In 2012 Consoli has been appointed as a Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. Life and career Carmen Consoli was born in Catania, Sicily, to a Sicilian father, Giuseppe Consoli, and a Venetian mother, Maria Rosa Toffolo, and grew up in the small town of San Giovanni la Punta. She started playing guitar at the age of nine and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polydor Records
Polydor Limited, also known as Polydor Records, is a British record label that operates as part of Universal Music Group. It has a close relationship with Universal's Interscope Geffen A&M Records label, which distributes Polydor's releases in the United States. In turn, Polydor distributes Interscope releases in the United Kingdom. Polydor Records Ltd. was established in London in 1954 as a British subsidiary of German company Deutsche Grammophon, Deutsche Grammophon/Schallplatte Grammophon GmbH. It was renamed Polydor Ltd. in 1972. The company is usually mentioned as "Polydor Ltd. (UK)", or a similar form, for holding copyrights. Notable current and past artists signed to the label include Rainbow (rock band), Rainbow, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Yngwie J. Malmsteen, the Cure, James Brown, Ray, Goodman & Brown, Atlanta Rhythm Section, John Mayall, Deep Purple, Cream (band), Cream, the Moody Blues, the Who, Jimi Hendrix, Bee Gees, Lana Del Rey, Stephen Fretwell, the Jam, Style C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mediamente Isterica
''Mediamente isterica'' () is the third studio album of Italian singer-songwriter Carmen Consoli, released in 1998. The album was named after a verse of the lead single, "Besame Giuda". The cover, featuring Consoli as a siren, was ideated by Alberto Bettinetti. The album was recorded between May and August 1998 at the Cantinone Studio in Catania. A concept album, it features a series of female portraits, one for each song, and has deception as the main theme. The leading single "Besame Giuda" was released two weeks before the album, while the other singles were "Puramente casuale", the anti-war song "Eco di sirene" (whose music video was directed by Stefano Mordini), and "Autunno dolciastro" (only released as a promotional single). The song "Sentivo l'odore" was chosen as theme song of the Sky Cinema miniseries ''Donne assassine''. The song "Ennesima eclisse" is inspired by Dante's ''Divine Comedy'' and features some backmasking, while "Contessa miseria" got its inspiration by O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'eccezione (album)
''L'eccezione '' () is the fifth studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Carmen Consoli, released in 2002. Production The album had initially as working title ''La mia rivoluzione'' ('My Revolution'), a title which was scrapped when the same year singer-songwriter released a single with the same name. It was recorded in Sant'Alfio between February and June 2002 and mixed at Sterling Sound in New York. Release and artwork The album was released on 25 October 2002. The cover art is a picture taken by fashion photographer Rankin. Two days before its release, the album was anticipated by a "Carmen Consoli Day" on MTV Italia, i.e. a 24-hours program schedule dedicated to her, including a live concert where Consoli premiered several songs of the album. In 2003, a European version of the album entitled ''Carmen Consoli'' was released, containing two unreleased tracks and some English-language song versions, plus a rock cover version of Kylie Minogue's " Can't Get It Out of My ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanremo Music Festival 2000
The Sanremo Music Festival 2000 (), officially the 50th Italian Song Festival (), was the 50th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo in late February 2000 and broadcast by (RAI). The show was presented by Fabio Fazio, supported by Luciano Pavarotti, Teo Teocoli and Inés Sastre. Composers Pino Donaggio and Giorgio Moroder and lyricist Carla Vistarini served as the artistic directors. The winners of the Big Artists section were the group Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel with the song " Sentimento", while Samuele Bersani won the Critics Award with the song "Replay". Jenny B won the Newcomers section with the song "Semplice sai". After every night, Alessia Marcuzzi and the comedy duo Fichi d'India hosted ''DopoFestival'', a talk show about the festival with the participation of singers and journalists. Participants and results Big Artists Newcomers Guests Broadcasts International broadcasts Known details on the broadcasts in ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manifesto
A manifesto is a written declaration of the intentions, motives, or views of the issuer, be it an individual, group, political party, or government. A manifesto can accept a previously published opinion or public consensus, but many prominent manifestos—such as ''The Communist Manifesto'' (1848) and those of various artistic movements—reject accepted knowledge in favor of a new idea. Manifestos relating to religious belief are generally referred to as ''creeds'' or ''confessions of faith''. Etymology The Italian word , itself derived from the Latin , meaning "clear" or "conspicuous". Its first recorded use in English is from 1620, in Nathaniel Brent's translation of the Italian from Paolo Sarpi's ''History of the Council of Trent'': "To this citation he made answer by a Manifesto" (p. 102). Similarly, "They were so farre surprised with his Manifesto, that they would never suffer it to be published" (p. 103).''Oxford English Dictionary,'' s.v. “manifesto (n.) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catania
Catania (, , , Sicilian and ) is the second-largest municipality on Sicily, after Palermo, both by area and by population. Despite being the second city of the island, Catania is the center of the most densely populated Sicilian conurbation, which is among the largest in Italy. It has important road and rail transport infrastructures, and hosts Catania Airport, the main airport of Sicily (fifth-largest in Italy). The city is located on Sicily's east coast, facing the Ionian Sea at the base of the active volcano Mount Etna. It is the capital of the 58-municipality province known as the Metropolitan City of Catania, which is the seventh-largest metropolitan area in Italy. The population of the city proper is 297,517, while the population of the metropolitan city is 1,068,563. Catania was founded in the 8th century BC by Chalcidian Greeks in Magna Graecia. The city has weathered multiple geologic catastrophes: it was almost completely destroyed by a catastrophic earthquake in 1169 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Salvador
Henri Salvador (18 July 1917 – 13 February 2008) was a French Caribbean singer, comedian and cabaret artist. Biography Salvador was born in Cayenne, French Guiana. His father, Clovis, and his mother, Antonine Paterne, daughter of an Indigenous Carib, were both from Guadeloupe, French West Indies. Salvador had a brother, André, and a sister, Alice. He began his musical career as a guitarist accompanying other singers. He had learned the guitar by imitating Django Reinhardt's recordings, and was to work alongside him in the 1940s. Salvador recorded several songs written by Boris Vian with Quincy Jones as arranger. He played many years with Ray Ventura and His Collegians where he used to sing, dance and even play comedy on stage. He also appeared in movies including ''Nous irons à Monte-Carlo'' (1950), ''Nous irons à Paris'' (Jean Boyer's film of 1949 with the Peters Sisters) and ''Mademoiselle s'amuse'' (1948). He is known to have recorded the first French rock and ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parole Di Burro
"Parole di burro" (), also known as "Narciso", is a 2000 song composed and performed by Carmen Consoli. The original title "Narciso" (Narcissus) was changed as in the album there was already a song with a mythologycal figure in its title, "Orfeo" (Orpheus). It was the first song that Consoli composed for the album ''Stato di necessità'', and it was her initial choice for the Sanremo Music Festival 2000, being eventually replaced by "In bianco e nero". The song has been described as an 'enchanting vintage bossa nova', with Burt Bacharach Burt Freeman Bacharach ( ; May 12, 1928 – February 8, 2023) was an American composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist who is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential figures of 20th-century popular music. Start ... and Brazilian music influences. The music video of the song was directed by Francesco Fei and was shot in Morocco. One of Consoli's major hits, it was nominated for best song at the 2000 Ita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'ultimo Bacio (song)
"L'ultimo bacio" () is a 2000 song composed and performed by Carmen Consoli. One of Consoli's better known songs, its lyrics inspired the Gabriele Muccino's film with the same title (internationally known as ''The Last Kiss''). The song was eventually included in the film's soundtrack, and Consoli made a brief cameo in the final scene of the film. Muccino also directed the music video of the song. Reception The song, which includes several explicit as well as hidden references to Domenico Modugno's " Piove", has been described as "vibrant, heartbreaking, sophisticated" and as a song which made "even the most sceptical ones ..capitulate, having to admit that onsoli'speculiar way of using erudite expressions, seeking difficulty instead of linearity, rippling the surface of the verses to chase an alliteration or an assonance at all costs could, under balanced conditions, become a kind of poetry that is unique on the Italian scene". It won the Nastro d'Argento The (plural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana
The Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (FIMI) or the Federation of the Italian Music Industry is an umbrella organization that keeps track of virtually all aspects of the music recording industry in Italy. It was established in 1992, when major corporate labels left the previously existing Associazione dei Fonografici Italiani (AFI). During the following years, most of the remaining Italian record labels left AFI to join the new organisation. As of 2011, FIMI represents 2,500 companies operating in the music business. FIMI is a member of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and of the Italian employers' federation, Confindustria. Its main purpose is to protect the interests of the Italian record industry. Starting in March 1995, the Italian Music Industry Federation began providing the Italian official albums chart. In January 1997, FIMI also became the provider of the Italian official singles chart. Due to the decrease of CD singles sales in Italy, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
