Nosound
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Rome, Italy |
| Genres | [1] |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Labels | Kscope UK |
| Members | Giancarlo Erra Orazio Fabbri Paolo Vigliarolo Marco Berni Daniele Michelacci |
| Past members | Paolo Martellacci Gigi Zito Gabrele Savini Giulio Caneponi Alessandro Luci Ciro Iavarone |
| Website | nosound |
Nosound is an English/Italian alternative rock band started in 2002 by Giancarlo Erra. The band is noted for playing music in several different genres, including alternative rock, post rock, electronic, and ambient.
All their early recordings were composed, performed, produced, engineered, and released by Erra. As time passed, this music became more popular and demand for live performances increased. Erra then assembled a band of who would eventually become full-time members.
Nosound has been influenced by artists such as Radiohead, Sigur Ros, Pink Floyd, Arvo Pärt, Brian Eno, and Bark Psychosis.
Two of the band's albums won the Italian Rock/Prog Music Awards Best Recording honor: Lightdark – 2008 Best Recording[2] and A Sense of Loss – 2009 Best Recording.[3]
Band history
Solo project (2002–2006)
Nosound started as a project created by Giancarlo Erra in 2002. He recorded several solo works, at least one of which is unreleased. His early recordings date back to 1998, with an eight-track demo titled Radici and a nineteen-minute instrumental track on the demo CD Maslova. Bassist Alessandro Luci contributed to some of the early tracks. Erra describes the music as "evocative and intense, with personal songwriting". Waves on Russia was the first officially released Nosound demo in 2002, followed by the first promo, for Sol29.
Nosound (2006–present)
These demos generated enough interest for Erra to play his music live. He began by assembling a number of musicians, which eventually turned into a band. The official Nosound debut album, Sol29, was released in March 2005. A short tour followed and resulted in a live DVD, The World Is Outside, in 2006, containing previously unreleased material. A limited-edition live CD, Slow, It Goes, was issued in the first half of 2007. The EP Clouds, containing three outtakes from the upcoming album Lightdark, was released.
Lightdark, Nosound's 2nd official album was released in February 2008. It features collaborations with singer Tim Bowness (No-Man) and Marianne DeChastelaine on cello. A remastered edition of Sol29 was released in conjunction with Lightdark. The album received official recognition by winning the Best Recording award at the Italian Progressive Music Awards Ceremony.
In July 2008 the band signed to the new post-progressive label Kscope/Snapper, and planned to play a few festivals before returning to the studio later this year to start recording their 3rd release due in 2009. A new 2 cd digipack edition of studio album Lightdark was released on 15 September on Kscope label. This 2 disc edition of the album included an exclusive five track bonus disc including the video for Lightdark.
In 2009, they released their next album titled A sense of loss was issued. It featured a four-string band collaboration which gave it a post rock feel. This album was a closer idea as to what Giancarlo envisioned the band to sound like. For the second year in a row, the album won the Best Recording award at the Italian Progressive Music Awards.
In 2012 an EP titled At The Pier was released featuring new band members Chris Maitland (formerly of Porcupine Tree) on Percussion and Marco Berni on Keyboards. This release was in advance of a new studio album to be released in early 2013. The EP contains 3 tracks and features Marianne DeChastelaine on cello.
During the making of At The Pier, the next album, titled Afterthoughts, was also being recorded. Released in early May 2013, the album was created with the members aligned with At The Pier. A new drummer (Giulio Caneponi) was brought on board as a permanent member. Marianne DeChastelaine was also featured in at least one track of the album. As an added bonus with the release, the first 500 orders of the CD/DVD or Vinyl editions also received a special instrumental version of the album.
In 2014, Nosound was invited to play at the prestigious Starmus Festival. Starmus is a Music, Art, and Science festival that is held every two years on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands. The 2014 edition had guest speakers Stephen Hawking and Brian May - astrophysicist and guitarist for Queen. Nosound brought a remote recording rig and captured their entire performance . The album title refers to the observatory that the performance was recorded at. The album was released in April 2015.
In 2016 the band released their 6th studio album, Scintilla, featuring collaboration with Anathema's singer Vincent Cavanagh.
The band spent 2017 touring and working in studio for their next studio album Allow Yourself released on 21 September 2018.[4]
In 2019 the band in between some festivals is preparing to work on a new studio album.
Personnel
Members
- Current members
- Giancarlo Erra – lead vocals, lead guitar, keyboards (2002-present)
- Orazio Fabbri – bass guitar (2018-present)
- Paolo Vigliarolo – rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar (2007-present)
- Marco Berni – keyboards, backing vocals (2012-present)
- Daniele Michelacci – drums (2019-present)
- Former members
- Paolo Martelacci – keyboards (2006-2012)
- Gigi Zito – drums (2006-2012)
- Gabrele Savini – rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar (2006-2007)
- Giulio Caneponi – drums (2012-2017)
- Alessandro Luci - bass (2002-2018)
- Ciro Iavarone (2017-2018)
Lineups
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Notable contributors
- Tim Bowness (No-Man) – Vocals/lyrics on Lightdark - Someone Starts to Fade Away
- Marianne DeChastelaine – Cello on Lightdark - The Misplay, Kites, Lightdark, on At the Pier - A New Start, Two Monkeys, and on Scintilla album
- Chris Maitland (Porcupine Tree) - drums on Afterthoughts album
- Vincent Cavanagh (Anathema) - vocals on Scintilla - In Celebration Of Life, Perfect Wife
Discography
Studio albums
- Sol29 (2005) (Sol29 (remastered) - 2008, 2010)
- Lightdark (2008) (Lightdark (remastered) - 2013)
- A Sense of Loss (2009) (A Sense of Loss (remastered) - 2018)
- Afterthoughts (2013)
- Scintilla (2016)
- Allow Yourself (2018)[5]
EPs
- Slow, It Goes (2007)
- Clouds (2007)
- At the Pier (2012)
Compilations and live recordings
- The World Is Outside (2006)
- The Northern Religion of Things (2011)
- Teide 2390 (2015)
- Introducing Nosound (2015)
- This Night (2021)
Promotional
- Nosound Promo 2004 (2004)
- Lightdark Promotional (2008)
Demos
- Radici (1998)
- Maslova (2001)
- Waves on Russia (2002)
Videography
- Sol29 Clip DVD (2005)
- The World Is Outside DVD (2006)
References
- ^ allmusic ((( Nosound > Biography )))
- ^ "ProgAwards.it | Awarding i migliori premi nei giochi da casinò più popolari".
- ^ "ProgAwards.it | Awarding i migliori premi nei giochi da casinò più popolari".
- ^ "Allow Yourself - a Studio release by NOSOUND artist / Band".
- ^ "Nosound Albums and Lyrics Overview". 29 July 2017.
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