Category: ARTISTS

Friday, June 21st | 7:30 PM
Copertino | Garofano Vigneti and Cantine
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Neapolitan by birth and ideals, also known as Dario Bass, Dario Bassolino is a pianist, producer and composer active in the national and international electronic jazz (and not only) scene. He has productions to his credit with Nicholas Count, LNDFK andPellegrino, among the others. He collaborated with Nu Genea, Kurtis Rosenwinkel, Jason Lindner, Asa Chang, Pink Siifu, Chester Watson, Paolo Fresu, System Olympia, Ghemon, Fitness Forever, Giuseppe Vitale, Stefano Costanzo, Pasquale Mirra, Voodoo Kid, Missey And many others. Bassolino is his new project. It was released onMarch 1stCittà Futura, the first album by Bassolino, a new artistic project by the Neapolitan pianist, composer and producer, active in the national and international nu-jazz (and not only) scene, but above all leading exponent of the new and lively Neapolitan music scene.. The record came out digitally and as a 12″ LP on two seminal labels, Berlin-based Jakarta Records and the Neapolitan Periodica Records, label of “neapolitan electronics and funk music.” The soundtrack to an ideal film populated by gangsters, fortune tellers and “jacket” singers. animated by the voices of squares teeming with life and by a sound screened toward the stars but firmly anchored in a Sunburned land. A groove-laden record from the sound “shady, pulpy, grotesque and romantic” which is rooted in the past to design a new visionary “future city”. Produced together with Paolo Petrella, the album is enriched by a respectable group of singers and musicians – among themLinda Feki (LNDFK) and Andrea De Fazio (Parbleu, Nu Genea) – who dialogue with each other while maintaining their respective identities. “Underlying this is a strong collective idea: each musician has his own expressive and timbral space, trying to break certain genre stereotypes and trying to defuse the risk of ‘revival’. The challenge is all there.”. Among mantric percussion and Arabic melodies, metropolitan blues and cinematic atmospheres, sonic hallucinations, neo-melodic homages and orchestral discofunk the six tracks take turns – Napoli Visionaria, ‘E Parole, Oro di Miele, Città Futura, Malavita and Fuga Finale – of a record “enigmatically pop, prog- and jazzfunk-influenced”, as Bassolino himself defines it, a musician influenced by very different artists from Hermeto Pascoal to Goblin, from Tullio De Piscopo to Franco Califano, passing by Lucio Battisti and Airto Moreira. First of all, though, Città Futura is a work that proudly claims the affirmation of a “southern” sound, in its sociological meaning, instead of the inflated “Mediterranean” style. Through an inextricable tangle of memory and invention, history and imaginary, life and storyboard, the album passionately re-reads and re-actualizes the pop culture of the 1970s to try to interpret the present, with the political conviction that is in the most popular expression forms that one finds the most authentic photography of a society. “I am often inspired by philosophy and sociology. In fact, music for me has an explanatory value of a certain historical and social space, it is a representation of society” says the artist from Campania, admirer of Gilles Deleuze and Alberto Sordi,, Mario Bava and Elio Petri,, Monicelli and Sciascia,, Volontè and Rodolfo Sonego, as well as Antonioni and the Neapolitan fortune teller Gennaro D’Auria.. In short, a “Gramscian” record. Inspired by a decade of crisis, realized in the midst of the crisis of our time.

Friday, July 19th | 9:30 PM
Melpignano | Piazza San Giorgio
Ticket 40.50 euros.
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Described by Sir Eltohn John as “the greatest living singer-songwriter,” Rufus Wainwright returns to Italy for a solo show in which audience will be transported by melodies steeped in folk tones and flashes of traditional American songwriting. Praised by the New York Times for his “genuine originality”, Rufus Wainwright has distinguished himself on the music scene as one of the finest vocalists, songwriters and composers of his generation. Each concert takes on the guise of a small sonic treasure chest from which sounds emerge that embrace more classical sounds, blending with scenes from the folk and pop traditions. A versatile minstrel who juggles the facets of his soul with passion and honesty, bringing out melodramatic overtones as well as assertive sounds through an amiable and refined fusion of different musical genres. 2023 was the year in which Wainwright, son of folk artists, embarked on a journey to rediscover his family’s musical roots, resulting in the album Folkocracy, which also features numerous folk duets with artists like Chaka Khan, John Legend, Anohni and others. Born in New York and raised in Montreal, Rufus Wainwright has released ten studio albums, three DVDs and three live albums to date, including the GRAMMY® – nominated Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall. He has collaborated with artists like Elton John, Burt Bacharach, David Byrne, Boy George, Joni Mitchell and many others. He has written two operas and numerous songs for film and television. For several years he has been working on his first musical of John Cassavetes’ Opening Night for the West End with Ivo van Hove, which is scheduled to debut at the Gielgud Theater in March 2024.

Saturday, July 20th | 21:30 PM
Corigliano D’Otranto | Castello Volante
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The Santamarea band was born in Palermo in early 2022 from the musical encounter between three brothers (Stefano, Francesco and Michele) and their acquired sister(Noemi). The band gets noticed right away in the local music scene with openings at concerts by Zen Circus, Gomma and Emma Nolde. In 2023 they participated in the 24th edition of Musicultura, winning the Musicultura 2023 Absolute Award, as well as the PMI Award for Best Record Project, the coveted Best Lyrics Award and the Piero Cesanelli Critics’ Award. May 4, 2023 the homonymous single “Santamarea” was released, produced by Roberto Cammarata (La Rappresentante di Lista, Omosumo, Waines), the winning track of Musicultura 2023, represents itself as a true manifesto song of the poetics of the Palermo-based band, both for its evocation of a marine imagery embellished with allegories and symbolism and vivid and decadent images, and for its electronic and choral, post-rock and Mediterranean sounds. The band is currently at work on the recordings of their first full-length album.

Sunday, July 28th | 21:30 PM
Corigliano D’Otranto | Castello Volante
Ticket 21.50 euros
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KATANINO (D’Arpa Mattia) is a singer-songwriter who tries his hand at experimenting with his traveling companion from URLO Records (Daniele Spano). The two men mix different styles and genres of music to the extent that they cannot label their music. The project was born as a game, the name “katanino” is a homage to his grandfather’s name “Gaetano” (in Salento dialect) and for this he releases the first single “GAETANO” on July 21st, 2020.
The song tells of the feeling of melancholy and renewal which is perceived at the end of a story, of a love, of a summer. The single surpasses 24,000 listens on Spotify. In 2023, he presented his musical project during the “La Notte della Malota” festival by opening the concert to Maestro Pellegrini (Zen Circus). He releases his new single IO E TE on May 31st, 2024 and presents it in live preview in metrobus in lecce for the festival “La musica che gira intorno”. IO E TE is a love song with pop and soul sounds, it tells the beginning of a love story with a comic vein.

Sunday, July 28th | 21:30 PM
Corigliano D’Otranto | Castello Volante
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POSTINO: it’s all those words that normally bounce around the room between the walls. This is how Samuele Torrigiani defines himself, the Tuscan singer-songwriter who, after graduating from medical school, decided to come out of the closet with his “Blue” heart on March 17, 2018, becoming more viral than his own melancholy, and reaching more than 1.3 million views on YouTube and nearly 10 million on Spotify. On July 6, 2018, “Latte Di Soia“, his debut album, was released, totaling nearly 22 million streams on Spotify alone. In autumn 2018, he starts his first real tour, organized by Vertigo, which touches the main Italian cities, then continues in summer 2019 in the most important festivals, supported by new singles “Sbagliamo Insieme” (April 2019) and “Al Condizionale” (May 2019). On September 27, 2019, “Mi Fai venire” is released. In November of the same year, Postino announced that he would stop his musical activity, and therefore live shows to devote himself to specializing in psychiatry. On Nov. 9, 2023, four years after his retirement from the stage, having completed his specialization, he announces the release of his second studio album “L’Ordine Delle Cosa Da Dire“, self-produced by Postino and distributed from December 1, 2023 by ADA Music. In February 2024 starts a tour of 6 special dates in the main Italian Clubs (Santeria, Hiroshima, Viper, Largo Venue,…) that are sold out. He currently works as psychiatrist in prison and these months he is dividing his life between a white coat and a microphone “trying again to reconcile these two roads that seem, in reality, parallel lines.”

Wednesday, July 31st | 9:30 PM
Corigliano D’Otranto – Castello Volante
Ticket 12 euros
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Born in 1998 in Rome, cap always lowered over her eyes, metropolitan attitude and resonant soul of Nature: Coca Puma is the moniker of Costanza Puma, an eclectic nu-jazz-trained artist who eludes any definition. Ethereal and magnetic she uses voice and textures from her productions to build her own world. A deep-rooted passion for Brazilian music and a more recent discovery of electronic music blend together in her DJ performances and in the interest toward the relationship between sound and image.
Written and produced by Coca Puma, anticipated by the singles “Porta Pia” and “Tardi”, in Panorama Olivia a well-defined, authentic, and innovative musical vision clearly emerges, ranging from writing to production, from the mix and to the sound design.
In the songs, electronic elements alternate with acoustic elements, relaxed and minimal momentsalternate with explosive sections culminating in climaxes, rhythms marked by beats and experiental growths link to the emotional mood that music and lyrics suggest. So voice over (Intro, – Intro Notte ) introduce deep synthesizers (Porta Pia) and straight bass drum (Notte). Distorted drums and drum&bass turns (Non ci penso) open the dances to a more driven and darker electronics (Tappeto). Watery synths (Lupo Volkswagen, Interludio Isola) re-emerge from a drum machine toward a crescendo ending (Come Vuoi), a flow of sonorities that in their complexity find a perfect balance.
The soft voice, sometimes whispered but full of expressive power, cautiously intervenes, leaving space for the instrumental sections that sometimes become the protagonists of the storytelling (Tardi, Non Ci Penso, Notte, Come Vuoi).
Panorama Olivia feeds on several influences, from London-based British duo Jockstrap to psychedelic rock band Crumb, from Welsh electronic producer Kelly Lee Owens to British singer-songwriter Eliza. Lyrics are intimate and introspective: “It’s hard to define the beginning or development of my writing, it all happens by itself, in moments where I don’t feel control over what I’m doing. It is as if I become an antenna”, says Coke Puma. An unstoppable creative drive finds meaning in the fears and wishes recounted in Porta Pia, in the memories of a touched happiness that resurface in Lupo Volkswagen, on a journey into the unconscious between dream and reality in Notte and the Interludio Isola, in the desire for change in Tardi or in the emotional pitfalls of Come vuoi, the song that closes the album.
Panorama Olivia projects the listener on a free and cathartic journey into the ether, to the most brightest and purest point in space from which to be enveloped and overwhelmed.

Wednesday, July 31st | 9:30 PM
Corigliano D’Otranto – Castello Volante
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If our world is becoming artificial, aseptic and less warm, the French group Dov’è Liana believes that the true essence of life lies in the relentless pursuit of beauty, truth and love. Music must once again become a powerful medium for capturing those magical moments in our lives that transcend cultural boundaries. The unique approach of Dov’è Liana is based on a bold exploration of the emotional connection between music and everyday life. Inspired by their experiences in Palermo, they infuse their songs with a “wild and sensual” energy that transcends musical genres. Beginning to write lyrics in Italian, they deliberately chose the language of love and art, creating a captivating sonic experience. Their music is bewitching, blending house rhythms with lyrics that evoke the lively nights of the Taverna Azzurra and the vibrant streets of Palermo’s Vucciria. Their songs, such as“Perché piangi Palermo” and“Ecco la Notte“, are musical testimonies to their deep love for the atmosphere of this very special city. With nearly 80,000 monthly listeners on Spotify and more than 30 sold-out dates in Europe, they have managed to convey their love for the atmosphere of this special city. They have been able to convey the vibrant soul of southern Italy remaining true to their unceasing pursuit of pure and magical moments. A pursuit just begun… It’s during an evening in Palermo that group’s members meet Liana. Lost from sight as quickly as she appeared, Liana was a love at first sight, as strong as it was fleeting. She quickly became a symbol of the three boys’ search for those magical moments in life. They extend this search for boundless emotion with their debut album, A Spiritual Thing Happened To The World. Rejecting the brevity imposed by the standardized music industry, with this album Dov’è Liana take the risk of creating a powerful emotional connection with their audience. They explore a bold artistic object, not unlike the tradition of Rocks’ iconic albums designed to be listened to over and over again. Articulated in two parts, the album combines the festive effervescence with profound messages of hope and love. The first part, intensely festive, blends Rock and Dance Music and is based on the group’s previous hits. The second, based on House Music, explores softer themes, surprising in both content and form. Scheduled for release in September 2024, the first part of A Spiritual Thing Happened To The World will be preceded by a series of surprises, strengthening the bond with fans and gradually revealing the contours of this new musical journey. An invitation to immerse oneself in an experience in which the pursuit of the ephemeral becomes eternal.

Saturday, August 3rd | 9:30 PM
Lecce | Rudiae Archaeological Park
Ticket38 euros
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Dardust, is Dario Faini, one of the world’s most listened Italian pianists of the new generation. An exceptional songwriter and producer, he has signed numerous big Italian hits boasting a palmarés of more than 90 platinum records. The artist has released a trilogy of records: 7 released in 2015, Birth in 2016, and S.A.D Storm and Drugsin anuary 2020. In 2020 Sturm I – Fear, from the album S.A.D Storm and Drugs was chosen by computer giant Apple Inc. as part of its annual keynote for the launch of new product introductions. In 2021, he collaborated with international artists such as Benny Benassi and Sophie and The Giants who accompanied him on stage at the Pala Olimpico in Turin during his performance at the 66th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. In early 2022, he signed the soundtrack to the “flag handover“, thepassing of the Olympic flag between Beijing 2022 and the upcoming Winter Olympics in Italy Milan-Cortina 2026 with the two songsForget To BeandInno (Prologue). In the summer of the same year, Dardust was Maestro Concertatore of the special 25th edition Notte della Taranta in Melpignano in Apulia. He was also one of the artists called to perform to represent Rome in its bid for Expo 2030 with “Humanlands – Eternal Evolution”. At the end of 2022 he released Duality, his latest recording work on the international market for Sony Masterworks and Artist First, a double album in which he separates his two souls or cerebral hemispheres, piano solo and electronics, which was followed in spring 2023 by the Duality Tour in Italian theaters and European clubs: a two-act show in which he showcased the intimate, minimalist soul of the piano solo alternating with the rave-like atmospheres of the electronic set brought in over twenty dates for the summer leg. In September 2023, the release of the new single Outside was the occation to announce the return to theaters with Duality + Guests that began in late November: an improved version of the last tour that featured him in five concert-events together with artists and special guests including Saturnino, Elodie, Franco126, Elisa and Samuele Bersani. After the success of the An Intimate Night Tour, with Elisa, Dardust joined her again during the 2023 event concerts at the Arena di Verona in the summer and the Forum di Assago in the winter (An Intimate Christmas), from which the project Intimate – Recordings at Abbey Road was born by the Friulian singer-songwriter entirely recorded live from Abbey Studios in London, preceded by the single Quando Nevica with Dardust’s music also present in the evocative video clip shot in black and white. He also composed the soundtrack for Cover Story, the event film made for the 20th anniversary of Vanity Fair presented at the Giorgio Gaber Lyric Theater in Milan on the occasion of the Vanity Fair Stories 2023 kermesse and released in theaters in early 2024. He is currently producing the soundtrack for Mauro Mancini’s feature film Mani Nude.. In 2024 in Bologna, he was also awarded best producer/talent scout in the CIAO – Lucio Dalla Review event for innovative forms of music and creativity.