Nuevo disco de Premiata Forneria Marconi ( Dreamed of electric sheep) (2021)

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Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM) es una banda italiana de rock progresivo que alcanzó un alto nivel de popularidad en la década de 1970. Siendo una de las pioneras en el género, alcanzó un gran éxito en los rankings británicos y estadounidenses de la época. A pesar de ser contemporánea de bandas como Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, Area, Perigeo, y Le Orme, la Premiata Forneria Marconi fue la única banda italiana de rock progresivo que obtuvo éxito fuera de su país de origen. Sus influencias musicales vienen de bandas como Genesis, y los comienzos de King Crimson, pero manteniendo un alto nivel de originalidad y distinción junto con un cálido sonido mediterráneo. Historia Premiata Forneria Marconi en Módena durante una presentación en vivo en julio de 2007. La historia de Premiata Forneria Marconi comienza durante la década del '60 con la formación del grupo I Quelli, integrado por Teo Teocoli, Franz Di Cioccio en la batería, Flavio Premoli en los teclados, Franco Mussida en la guitarra y Giorgio Piazza en el bajo. La banda, cohesionada pero aún sin una carrera independiente, se había dedicado a sesionar en variedad de discos de músicos italianos entre fines de los años sesenta y principios de los setenta, constituyendo un importante pilar en la evolución del sonido italiano tanto de la música popular como de la vanguardia. Lo más destacado de estas participaciones es el haber hecho parte del proyecto Battisti-Mogol, poniendo el sello particular de su sonido en la grabaciones de Lucio Battisti, (quien influenció notablemente el trabajo lírico musical y letras de la PFM) y especialmente los discos de Mina Mazzini entre 1969 y 1972, esta pertinencia a un equipo de trabajo que intentaba encaminar la música popular italiana hacia un sonido nuevo, desemboca en la madurez de una banda cuyo primer trabajo obtiene un amplio reconocimiento. Los músicos de la PFM ya contaban en 1970 con un gran prestigio y no rompían la unidad original. En 1970, Teo Teocoli abandona al grupo, también Di Cioccio lo hace por algunos meses para tocar con el grupo Equipe 84. A finales de 1970 Cioccio, Mussida, Premoli y Piazza junto a Mauro Pagani forman la Premiata Forneria Marconi. El nombre lo tomaron de la panadería en cuyo sótano ensayaban. Una de las paredes ostentaba el título que había obtenido a principios del Siglo XX: "premiada panadería Marconi". El debut del grupo se lleva a cabo en 1971 en el Teatro Lírico de Milano abriéndole el show a Yes en su primera gira por Italia. Este importante debut atrajo la atención del público y de la crítica. En ese mismo año, editan su primer álbum llamado "Storia di un minuto" con el sello Número Uno. El grupo sigue creciendo musicalmente y son invitados a abrir los conciertos de Deep Purple y Procol Harum, logrando realizar su primera gira por 16 ciudades de Italia. En el año 1972 sale editado su disco "Per un amico", pero la fama mundial no llegaría hasta el año 1973 cuando es editado en Inglaterra a cargo del sello Manticore el álbum "Photos of Ghosts", versión en inglés de su disco "Per un amico". En "Photos of Ghosts", Pete Sinfield, el poeta de King Crimson, se encarga de adaptar la letra de las canciones. Franco Mamone, mánager del grupo, le da a Emerson, Lake & Palmer la cinta del disco y es Greg Lake quien se interesa por el grupo y viaja a Roma a escucharlos en vivo. Gracias al éxito de este álbum entran a los charts tanto de los Estados Unidos como del Reino Unido. En marzo de 1973 comienza su primera gira por el Reino Unido y por Europa. En agosto de ese mismo año, Patrick Djivas, del grupo Area, reemplaza en el bajo a Piazza para grabar su cuarto disco llamado "L'isola di niente", disco que al año siguiente se editaría en Inglaterra nuevamente en el sello Manticore y con el nombre "The World Became The World". Logran así su segunda gira por Europa y el Reino Unido para abrir los conciertos de la banda Ten Years After, y también su primera gira americana: se presentan en Canadá y en los Estados Unidos abriendo los conciertos de bandas como Santana y The Beach Boys, entre otros. Esta gira le significó a la banda un gran aumento de su popularidad, lo cual le permitió editar su primer disco en vivo, llamado "Live in USA", aunque también conocido como Cook, inmortalizándose de esta manera su gira por los Estados Unidos. Al año siguiente, en 1975 editaría "Chocolate Kings", disco que sería boicoteado en los Estados Unidos debido al abierto apoyo de la banda a la causa palestina. Al salir "Jet Lag" en 1977, su sonido se inclina al jazz rock, que tanto sedujo a los músicos de rock progresivo de esos tiempos. Posteriormente, la banda editaría varios trabajos que supondrían una gran controversia, ya que los antiguos fanáticos de la banda, que estaban más orientados hacia el rock progresivo, recriminaban el nuevo sonido, más "comercial" y menos progresivo, que adquirió la banda a partir de su disco Passpartù. Editado en 1978, Passpartú ofrece un sonido muy fusionista. Las canciones muestran un brillo más pop,pero siempre folclórico con claros fundamentos mediterráneos en los arreglos.El bajo de Djivas se apropia del nuevo sonido Fretless jazz acompañando de una forma muy novedosa las voces acústicas de la guitarra. Este álbum definiría la orientación sonora del siguiente disco hasta el año 2005, en que tendría lugar el lanzamiento de su decimoquinto disco de estudio: "Dracula (Ópera Rock)", disco que sería banda sonora de la ópera rock homónima dirigida por el argentino Alfredo Rodríguez Arias. La obra escénica es uno de los musicales más costosos en la historia del viejo continente.

Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM) (translation: Award-winning Marconi Bakery) is an Italian progressive rock band founded in 1970 and which continues to the present day. They were the first Italian group to have success internationally. The group recorded five albums with English lyrics between 1973 and 1977. During this period they entered both the British and American charts. They also had several successful European and American tours, playing at the popular Reading Festival in England and on a very popular national television program in the United States. PFM introduced new sounds, such as the synthesizer, to the Italian musical world. They were also among the first to combine symphonic classical and traditional Italian musical influences in a rock music context. Such innovations and their longevity have earned PFM a place among the most important bands in the Progressive rock genre. History 1966–1970 From left to right: Patrick Djivas, Franz Di Cioccio, Franco Mussida The original core members of PFM were Franco Mussida (guitars, vocals), Flavio Premoli (keyboards), Luciano Dovesi (bass), who preceded Giorgio Piazza (bass), and Franz Di Cioccio (drums, vocals). They came together in the mid-1960s while playing together as backup musicians for many different Italian pop, rock and folk singers such as Lucio Battisti, Mina, Adriano Celentano and Fabrizio De André. They appeared on many recordings for other artists during this period and quickly established themselves as top players on the Italian scene before forming the group 'I quelli' (deliberately ungrammatical, roughly translates to 'The Them', or 'Those Guys') in 1968. I Quelli released one album and some successful Italian singles. Premiata Forneria Marconi was officially formed in Milan in 1970 when the members of I Quelli met Mauro Pagani from the group Dalton. Pagani helped the group expand their sound to include violin and flute. By this time they were already highly experienced musicians who could play the kind of complex progressive heavy rock played by the leading English and American groups. Their early live performances included songs by groups such as King Crimson and Jethro Tull. Other early influences included Chicago, Ekseption, and The Flock. After rejecting Isotta Fraschini (an Italian car maker) as a name the group finally settled on Pagani's suggestion, 'Forneria Marconi' (meaning 'Marconi Bakery'), borrowed from the sign of a shop in the small town of Chiari, near Brescia. However, record producer and friend Alessandro Colombini suggested the name was not strong enough, so the title 'Premiata' (award-winning) was added. Some objected that 'Premiata Forneria Marconi' was too long a name, but the group's philosophy stated that the more difficult to remember a band's name, the more difficult it was to forget it. Italian progressive bands tended to have long names back then (Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, Raccomandata con Ricevuta di Ritorno, etc.), and so they were usually referred to as 'La Premiata', and later 'PFM'. Italian and international success (1971–1975) Franz Di Cioccio (with Lucio Fabbri at left) In June 1971, PFM entered a competition-cum-music festival called the first 'Festival d'Avanguardia e Nuove Tendenze' in Viareggio, which they won, along with Osanna and Mia Martini. Later in 1971 the group signed with the Numero Uno division of RCA Records in Italy, and released their first single, "Impressioni di settembre"/"La carrozza di Hans". It received wide recognition as the first Italian hit record to feature the synthesizer. The group still regularly performs both songs. Flavio Premoli also did a special demonstration of the capabilities of his Minimoog during a PFM television performance broadcast by RAI. In early 1972, PFM released their first album, Storia di un minuto. The album topped the Italian charts in its first week and was the first by an Italian rock group to achieve this kind of success. It contained re-recorded versions of songs from the first single, as well as "È Festa" and "Dove... Quando..." which remain concert favorites. Later in 1972 saw the release of their second LP, Per un amico. This album opened the way to broader audience recognition all across Europe. It featured a more sophisticated 16-track production and allowed the group to refine their sound. PFM came to the attention of Greg Lake of Emerson, Lake & Palmer while ELP was on an Italian tour. ELP arranged for PFM sign to their own label, Manticore Records. The first album on Manticore, Photos of Ghosts was released all across Europe, Japan, the USA and Canada and was the first time an Italian rock band found success in foreign markets. It was also one of the first recordings by a mainland European rock group to have chart success in the United States, peaking at #180 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in November 1973. The album contained mostly re-recordings of songs from Per un amico in English. New lyrics (not translations) were written by former King Crimson member (and ELP lyricist) Peter Sinfield, who helped produce the new recording and mixing at Advision Studios in London. Sinfield also suggested that the band abbreviate their name to PFM, starting with this album. Songs included "Celebration" (a remake of "È Festa"), which received considerable airplay on album-oriented rock stations in the USA and Canada. Following the release of Photos of Ghosts bass player Giorgio Piazza left the group, being replaced by Patrick Djivas, who has remained with the group since. The next PFM album release in Italy was L'isola di niente in 1974. Highlights of the album include "Dolcissima Maria" (English title: "Just Look Away") and the instrumental "Via Lumiere" (English title: "Have Your Cake and Beat It".) Again a similar English language version of the album was released by Manticore as The World Became the World (1974). The English album included another re-recording of "Impressioni di settembre" as the title track. This was their last collaboration with Peter Sinfield, as the group were not entirely pleased with his English lyrics. On the 1974 U.S. tour PFM played concerts with Little Feat, The Beach Boys, The Allman Brothers Band, Aerosmith, ZZ Top, Peter Frampton and Dave Mason. They were a victim of theft just before the concert with Santana on July 25 at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle. The stolen items included a 1969 Gibson Les Paul and a Gibson ES-335 (with three pickups, which had "Altaloma" engraved on them) as well as two bass guitars. 1974 concerts were recorded in Toronto, Canada (Convocation Hall) on 22 August, and the Schaeffer Music Festival show in Central Park NYC on 31 August. Tracks from these shows were released as PFM's final album for Manticore, titled, Cook. The album spent eight weeks on the Billboard 200 chart, and peaked at #154 in January 1975. The same recordings were used with different artwork for the next European album titled Live in USA. PFM reached their biggest American audience when they appeared on NBC's Midnight Special program on February 21, 1975. Their nationally televised performance included "Celebration" and the instrumental "Alta Loma Nine 'till Five". 1975–1978 The lack of a strong lead vocalist had always been considered PFM's biggest liability, so they enrolled Bernardo Lanzetti, who was previously with the group Acqua Fragile. While a college student, Lanzetti had lived in Austin, Texas for a few years. Most importantly, he had a powerful and distinctive voice, and could speak fluent English. The first release by the six-piece band was Chocolate Kings in 1975. Featuring a harder rock sound, it had modest success at home but was their least popular album in Italy so far. The same album was released with different cover art by Manticore in the UK and by Asylum Records in the US. The controversial US/UK cover showed a chocolate bar in a partially peeled Stars and Stripes wrapper on the front, along with the crumpled and discarded wrapper on the back. PFM's first live performance in the UK was on BBC Radio 1's 'In Concert' programme introduced by DJ Pete Drummond on 21 May 1975 in which they performed their own arrangement of Rossini's William Tell Overture. They also appeared on the BBC television show The Old Grey Whistle Test firstly in 1974 and 1975. On 13 April 1976, on the same show, they performed the title track to the album. The album reached the UK top 20 but was less successful internationally. Mauro Pagani left the group following Chocolate Kings to pursue a solo career. Lanzetti also appeared on Jet Lag (1977), an album highly influenced by the Jazz-fusion movement, which was recorded in Los Angeles. This was their last album with English lyrics and the last album released in the U.S., also on Asylum. Violinist Gregory Bloch, previously with the group It's a Beautiful Day, replaced Mauro Pagani and helped the band acquire notoriety in the US before leaving to join the Saturday Night Live Band in 1979. For Passpartù (1978) PFM added two new percussion players and shifted stylistic direction once again. The album contains seven songs in Italian and one instrumental, characterized by an international pop music style; an early example of what today is known as 'Worldbeat'. The album's sound emphasizes acoustic, rather than electric guitar, and draws from Italian folk and Latin music as well as Jazz-Pop styles, somewhat like Steely Dan. This was the last album to feature Lanzetti, who then left to pursue a solo career. Premiata Forneria Marconi during a live performance in Modena 1979–1987 In 1979, PFM once again played as the backup group for Fabrizio De André. The group contributed new arrangements for De André's songs and the ensemble toured Italy and Europe to packed concert halls. De André and PFM released two albums during this period, entitled In Concerto - Arrangiamenti PFM (1979), and In Concerto - Arrangiamenti PFM, Vol. 2 (1980). During the 1980s PFM enjoyed continued success at home while concentrating on commercial rock music for the mainstream Italian audience. In 1980 Flavio Premoli left the group and built a successful career writing and performing music for Italian films and television. Multi-instrumentalist Lucio Fabbri joined adding skills on violin, keyboards, and rhythm guitar. Albums during this period were Suonare Suonare (1980), Performance (1981), Come ti va in riva alla città (1981), and PFM? PFM! (1984). The title track of their 1987 album Miss Baker was written in honor of the American dancer Josephine Baker. Though PFM stopped performing in 1987 they never officially broke up. Reformation (1997–present) In 1997 Flavio Premoli reunited with other core members (DiCioccio, Djivas, Mussida) and released the comeback album Ulisse. Though not as progressive as some of their 1970s work, this album brought PFM back to the attention of the international progressive rock audience. Ulisse is a song cycle based on the Odyssey legend by Homer, with the contributions of noted Italian lyricist Vincenzo Incenzo. A double disc live album www.pfmpfm.it (1998) was recorded with two additional musicians on their sellout Italian tour the next year. Serendipity (2001) is a studio collection of new songs in Italian. Live in Japan 2002 was released in both a double CD and DVD edition. The double CD edition contains two new studio tracks including a collaboration with Peter Hammill of Van der Graaf Generator. Hammill wrote lyrics and sings on the group's first recording in English since 1977, titled "Sea of Memory". Live album Piazza del Campo (2005) was released in both a single CD and CD+DVD edition. It captures a live performance with the one time only return of Mauro Pagani, filmed outdoors in the main square of Siena. Italian rock singer Piero Pelù also appears on the DVD. Keyboard player Flavio Premoli left the group for a second time in early 2005. PFM then returned to the USA for the first time since 1977 to play the Progressive Arts Showcase at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on July 8, 2005. This concert was held in conjunction with the 7th annual NEARfest progressive rock event. Other shows on this tour included dates in Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Panama, and Venezuela. Premoli's last work with the group, Dracula, was released late in the year. It is an original Rock opera based on the Dracula legend. Stati di immaginazione (2006) is an entirely instrumental effort and has an accompanying DVD of video images made for each song. Following the pattern of earlier works, the music alternates between serene and calming sections of acoustic guitar and sections of sharper-edged hard rock. The video content ranges from fantasy-style vignettes made with computer graphics to archival black and white historic films. PFM was the first confirmed act for the NEARfest 2009 festival which was held June 20–21. In 2010 PFM released their new album A.D.2010 - La buona novella, a reworking of the Fabrizio de André's 1970 album La buona novella. The group included sections of their own music within the original De André's folk songs, adding instrumental progressive rock passages. In 2009 PFM performed for the first time at the Sanremo Music Festival. In 2011 they appeared at Sanremo again with Roberto Vecchioni. 2011 also saw the group release Amico Faber, a box set containing the live album PFM canta De André (2008) and A.D.2010 - La buona novella, as well as a 16-page booklet, dedicated to Fabrizio de André. A 2-CD album, called "PFM IN CLASSIC, DA MOZART A CELEBRATION", was released in 2013. CD #1 comprises somewhat creative "arrangements" by PFM of famous classical works, such as "Il flauto magico" (Mozart), "Danza macabra" (C. Saint-Saëns), and "Romeo & Giulietta" (Prokofiev). CD #2 offers "classical renditions" of some of PFM's best known titles, including "La luna nuova"; "Dove....Quando...."; "Maestro della voce"; and "Impressioni di Settembre". In March of 2015, the band announced on their official Facebook page that guitarist/founder Franco Mussida had left the band to concentrate on other artistic endeavors and his long-standing presidency of the CPM Music Institute. He was replaced by Marco Sfogli on guitar. A new studio album, Emotional Tattoos, was released both in Italian and English on October 27, 2017. Of the original band, only Di Cioccio remains. The band is now led by and revolves around Di Cioccio (drums, singing) and Patrick Djivas (bass guitar). Another new studio album I Dreamed of Electric Sheep - Ho sognato pecore elettriche, is due for release on October 22, 2021. A Sci-Fi-themed conceptual opus, musicians include Franz Di Cioccio (lead vocals, drums) and Patrick Djivas (bass, keyboards), plus guests Ian Anderson and Steve Hackett