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HOMEPAGE
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Matia Bazar was born artistically in Genoa in 1975, when Piero Cassano,
Aldo Stellita, Carlo Marrale, Giancarlo Golzi, and Antonella Ruggiero joined
to create one of the historic groups of the musical scene in Italy. After
having published a series of hits, This evening, that evening (1975), Per
un’ora d’Amore (1978), Solo Tu (1978) - the last taking first place in
the French charts for four weeks with over a million discs sold - won in
the 1978 Festival of Sanremo with the evocative song, “E Dirsi Ciao.” The
year 1979 initiated the first great change of the Matia sound: the moment
of techno carried out in “Fantasia” (CD: Berlino, Parigi, Londra..., 1981)
and the elegance of “Vacanze Romane” (CD: Tango, which won the critic’s
prize at the 1983 Festival of Sanremo and first place in ratings in Germany
and Holland). The song “Ti Sento” of 1985 (CD: Melanchòlia, 1985)
sold a million copies, consolidating the band’s international reputation.
In 1989 Antonella Ruggiero left the band and was replaced by the vocalist
Laura Valente with whom the Matia band participated in two Festivals of
San Remo, with “Piccoli Giganti” (CD: All the World of the Matia Bazar,
1991) and “Dedicato a Te” (CD: Dove Le Canzoni Si Avverano, 1993). The
year 1998 brought the departure of friend Aldo Stellita, the bass guitarist
and historical author of the group. Giancarlo Golzi, recalls Piero Cassano,
left the group in 1979, in the meantime becoming a producer for many artists,
among whom is Eros Ramazzotti. The group as a whole decided to take care
of the entirely new formation of the group. They discovered the voice of
Silvia Mezzanotte, to which they joined Fabio Perversi, a young arranger
with a degree from the Conservatory. In the 2000 they published a CD entitled
“Brivido Caldo,” whose single of the same name bewitched the audience of
Sanremo. Again at the Sanremo Festival of Italian Song, the group participated
with song “Questa Nostra Grande Storia d’Amore,” winning third place in
2001, and in 2002 with “Messaggio d’Amore,” which won the Festival of Sanremo.
Two tours followed in Italy and abroad, in which Silvia Mezzanotte’s singing
was replaced with the extraordinary voice of Roberta Faccani. In 2005,
Matia Bazar celebrated thirty years participating in 55th edition of the
Sanremo Festival of Italian Song with the song “Grido d’Amore,” recorded
on the album “Profili Svelati.” In July 2006 at Venice they received the
"Venice Music Awards" prize, while in the December of the same year they
drew the prestigious prize of "European Personality 2006” at the Campidoglio.
In 2007 they published the album One1Two2Three3Four4, which traces the
history of Italian groups from the sixties until the present. Classic songs
of Italian music are interpreted with refinement and elegance, ranging
from “Ho in Mente Te” of The Equipe 84 to “Ragazzo di Strada” of the Crows,
passing through “Impressioni di Settembre” of the PFM, to arrive at “Mente
Tutto Scorre” of Negramaro and “Tutti I Miei Sbagli” of the Subsonica,
to cite just a few.
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