Carlo Machado Pianta (born April 2, 1967) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist and bassist best known for being a founding member of two of the most important rock bands from

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during the mid-1980s: DeFalla and Graforreia Xilarmônica.

Biography

Carlo Pianta was born in

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, Rio Grande do Sul, on April 2, 1967. He graduated in music from the

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. In 1985 he founded, alongside Edu K. and Biba Meira, the

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group DeFalla (initially called Fluxo, but renamed DeFalla by Pianta's suggestion as a tribute to Spanish composer

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), but left the group in 1987, before the release of their debut album. Shortly afterwards he teamed up with brothers Alexandre and Marcelo Birck, and with then-

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bassist Frank Jorge, to form Graforreia Xilarmônica; throughout the late 1980s to the late 1990s, the band released a demo tape and two studio albums, all three being critically acclaimed, but eventually broke up in 2000. After a 5-year hiatus, Graforreia Xilarmônica reunited, with Pianta returning as their guitarist. In 1993, he was a guest musician on the debut

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by Aristóteles de Ananias Jr., a

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to Graforreia Xilarmônica founded by the Birck brothers in 1988. During Graforreia Xilarmônica's hiatus, Pianta was a live musician for Júlio Reny's band, and formed the short-lived projects Ceres and Os Ascensoristas. In 2016 he temporarily returned to DeFalla as a session member on their album ''Monstro'', after being a live musician for them again in 2015. Pianta also gave music lectures at the Colégio IPA in Porto Alegre.

Discography

With Graforreia Xilarmônica

: ''For a more comprehensive list, see Graforreia Xilarmônica#Discography''

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pianta, Carlo 1967 births Living people Brazilian rock singers Brazilian rock musicians Musicians from Rio Grande do Sul Musicians from Porto Alegre Brazilian bass guitarists Brazilian male bass guitarists 20th-century Brazilian male singers 20th-century Brazilian singers 21st-century Brazilian male singers 21st-century Brazilian singers Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul alumni Brazilian male singer-songwriters Brazilian singer-songwriters