Agricantus (Sicily-Italy)
Agricantus: is a band gender "ethnic electronica", born in Palermo. The group became famous in the mid 90's with the 'sound' of bandleader Tonj Acquaviva, and the arrival of Swiss singer Rosie Wiederkehr.
From the beginning, Agricantus (Latin: the song of the corn field), has always had a boundless vision of the world, from which to extract a musical narrative through links with the cultures of the five continents. His artistic journey is symbolically based on 'vision of peace between peoples', that peace can be built continuously through the sounds, music and words. The intention is to enrich their music with sounds and colors, languages and scripts, with the desire to lead the listener through a continuous 'growing' and 'lowering' of music, to switch to another possible world.
*FramEvolution stands for the Agricantus in Italy, UK and the East-Europe Countries.
From the beginning, Agricantus (Latin: the song of the corn field), has always had a boundless vision of the world, from which to extract a musical narrative through links with the cultures of the five continents. His artistic journey is symbolically based on 'vision of peace between peoples', that peace can be built continuously through the sounds, music and words. The intention is to enrich their music with sounds and colors, languages and scripts, with the desire to lead the listener through a continuous 'growing' and 'lowering' of music, to switch to another possible world.
*FramEvolution stands for the Agricantus in Italy, UK and the East-Europe Countries.
Biography
The Agricantus rapresented an example of mixture of musical styles, languages and dialects, modern sounds and archaic musical instruments. They have obteined a great international acclaim, with publications of albums and tours around all over the world and they has taken part in several compilations (including as those treated by Dj Ravin and Claude Challe, Nirvana Lounge, Buddha Bar vol. 4, Siddhartha). They won: Tenco award in the 1996 for the best dialect album of the year , Augusto Daolio award in the 1997 as a sensitive band about social issues, 'Italian Music Award' in 1997, 'Targa Marghera with...creta' in the 2011 and 'Premio Vittorio Bodini' in the 2011 for the Agricantus'commitment to spreading Mediterranean culture in the world.
Formation:
Tonj Acquaviva: Voce, wave drum e campionatori
Rosie Wiederkehr: Voce
Guillermo Mokotoff: Bass Mauro Sigura: Bouzouki, Baglama
Lutte Berg: chitarre.
Discography
Album (LP)
1993 - Gnanzù!
1996 - Tuareg
1998 - Kaleidos
1999 - Faiddi
2001 - Ethnosphere
2005 - Habibi (unofficial)
2007 - Luna khina
2009 - Millenium Klima
EP
1995 - Viaggiari
1997 - Hale-Bopp souvenir
1998 - Amatevi
2002 - Jamila
Compilation
2002 - Calura
1999 - The best of Agricantus
Soundtracks
1997 - Hamam -Il bagno turco (Insieme a Pivio_e_Aldo_De_Scalzi
1998 - I giardini dell'Eden (Partecipano con la bonus track ''Amatevi'')
2000 - Placido Rizzotto (film)
2006 - Il regista di Matrimoni
2007 - Il figlio della luna
Formation:
Tonj Acquaviva: Voce, wave drum e campionatori
Rosie Wiederkehr: Voce
Guillermo Mokotoff: Bass Mauro Sigura: Bouzouki, Baglama
Lutte Berg: chitarre.
Discography
Album (LP)
1993 - Gnanzù!
1996 - Tuareg
1998 - Kaleidos
1999 - Faiddi
2001 - Ethnosphere
2005 - Habibi (unofficial)
2007 - Luna khina
2009 - Millenium Klima
EP
1995 - Viaggiari
1997 - Hale-Bopp souvenir
1998 - Amatevi
2002 - Jamila
Compilation
2002 - Calura
1999 - The best of Agricantus
Soundtracks
1997 - Hamam -Il bagno turco (Insieme a Pivio_e_Aldo_De_Scalzi
1998 - I giardini dell'Eden (Partecipano con la bonus track ''Amatevi'')
2000 - Placido Rizzotto (film)
2006 - Il regista di Matrimoni
2007 - Il figlio della luna
FRAME EVOLUTION di Paolo Sgevano
Corso Matteotti, 67 – 36071 – Arzignano (VI)
Mobile +39 348 3046782 – P.IVA 03583220243
Corso Matteotti, 67 – 36071 – Arzignano (VI)
Mobile +39 348 3046782 – P.IVA 03583220243
