Matia Bazar

Born in the ashes from the prog music group Jet, whose single record was 1972’s Fede Speranza Carit? , Matia Bazar produced in Genoa in 1975, using a line-up comprising Piero Cassano (keyboards), Aldo Stellita (bass), Carlo “Bimbo” Marrale (electric guitar), Giancarlo Golzi (drums) and vocalist Antonella Ruggiero. The 1st produces — e.g. the singles “Stasera Che Sera”, “Cavallo Bianco”, “Per un’Ora d’Amore”, “Single Tu” and “Mister Mandarino” as well as the albums Matia Bazar (1976), Gran Bazar (1977) as well as the anthology L’Oro dei Matia Bazar — showcased the band’s capability to build well-crafted and lush pop music, made unique with the large extension and flexibility of Ruggiero’s tone of voice. In 1978 the melody “… E Dirsi Ciao” (from Semplicit? completed initial at that year’s model from the Sanremo Music Celebration. The live record Tournée and Il Tempo del Singular adopted respectively in 1979 and 1980. With 1981’s Berlino Parigi Londra Matia Bazar released strong electronic components in its sound. Soon after its launch, Cassano stop the music group to pursue a fresh career like a maker (he’d later use Eros Ramazzotti), changed by Mauro Sabbione. 1983’s Tango included among Matia Bazar’s most effective singles, “Vacanze Romane”, and was adopted one year later on by Aristocratica, where debuted fresh keyboardist Sergio Cossu. In 1985 the music group reached the very best notches from the Italian graphs going back period with “Ti Sento” (a.k.a. “PERSONALLY I THINK You”, in its British translation), extracted from the record Melanchòlia, the initial recorded following the music group quit methods with manufacturer Roberto Colombo. After 1987’s Melò and 1989’s Crimson Part Antonella Ruggiero give up the music group to be able to start a single profession, and was changed by Laura Valente, whose tone of voice can be noticed on Anime Pigre (1991), Dove le Canzoni Si Avverano (1993, like the one “Dedicato a Te”) and, Radio Matia (1995, a assortment of brand-new versions of old music) and Benvenuti a Sausalito (1997). For the time being, Marrale too acquired quit the music group. In 1998 founding member Aldo Stellita passed away of cancer. A fresh line-up of Matia Bazar including Golzi, the coming back Cassano, Fabio Perversi on keyboards and vocalist Silvia Mezzanotte debuted in 2000 with Brivido Caldo. 2001’s Dolce Canto and 2002’s Messaggi dal Vivo implemented — the last mentioned, a live record, included the melody “Messaggi d’Amore”, with which Matia Bazar gained 2002’s Sanremo Music Celebration. Then, with brand-new vocalist Roberta Faccani, the music group released Profili Svelati (2005) and One1 Two2 Three3 Four4 (2007), a assortment of strikes from various other Italian bands in the 60s on.