April, 2010
The new Mystic Diversions album has been completed and is
soon to be released. "Arte" by Bungaro is in the shops. Currently I'm
busy rehearsing for a nationwide tour with X-Factor winner Marco
Mengoni.
December, 2009
Goblin have unfortunately split up (again). Such a pity, but the
guys simply don't get on. What a waste of a great project...
Christmas concerts with Vocintransito.
The Desiree Sings Bacharach
album is almost complete and will feature some international artists.
Bungaro's album "Arte"
will be out 15th January.
Work on a new Mystic Diversions
album is underway.
Live performance for video with Son.
Won award for Best Soundtrack
at Civita Cortofestival, co-written with Bungaro for the movie "Compito
In Classe"
Played on soundtracks by Nicola
Piovani for "L'Uomo Nero" and "L'Oro Di Napoli".
September,
2009
Great concerts with Goblin in Birmingham and London. Also
did some nice gigs with Antonello Venditti. More shows with Vincenzo
Cerami.
June 30, 2009
Playing in Paris with Goblin was one to remember! We had
some problems with the sound on stage, but outside it was great!
We also gave our first concert in Italy, at the Dancity
festval in Foligno. I even had an original Hammond B3 and Leslie 122 in
my setup. Wonderful!
I was happy
to perform in front of 25,000 people at the stadio olimpico in Rome,
with Antonello Venditti.
At the Anno Domini Multifestival at Oropa I accompanied Rossana Casale
and Bungaro.
May 25, 2009
Performances with Goblin are underway - after a great
concert in Krems, Austria, we prepare to leave for the Villette Sonique
festival in Paris. Yeah!
I have also recently performed with Italian superstar
Antonello Venditti. We spent a few days in Canada, at the Niagara
Falls. Great experience!
Friday, January 30, 2009
The founder of Mystic Diversions, Francesco Puccioni, also known as
Mike Francis and Francesko, passed away this morning. Francesco was a
dear friend and brother to us, and right now I cannot express the pain
his loss has caused. He was the heart and soul of Mystic Diversions. He
was a rare person, the kind you don't often meet. An unconditionally
generous and loving person. A true inspiration as a friend and as a
musician. He also had a beautiful and unique voice.
I'll miss you, my dear friend. Thank you for everything.
Aidan
11/2008 Mixing the new Bungaro
album, featuring a
several guest artists. Rehearsals with an internationally-known prog
band... more details later. Great concert at Piper Club with Universal
recording artist SON.
Lots of live performances coming up with
gospel group Vocintransito.
6/2008 Touring with Simone
Cristicchi. I added a Korg R3
vocoder synth to my setup and am having fun! New show with Vincenzo Cerami "Viaggio nel Silenzio".
5/2008 Orchestra tracks for Bungaro are ready.
4/2008 Rhythm tracks for the new Bungaro album are
ready. We recorded at a great studio - International Recording, in
Conversano, Puglia. I'm scoring for the orchestra sessions right now.
2/2008 Finished writing and recording the soundtrack
for the feature film "La Canarina Assassinata", co-written with
Bungaro. Recording the NTT Base album. Preproduction for the new
Bungaro album is underway. The album will have some very distinguished
guests and top musicians, including a full string orchestra I will be
arranging and conducting.
12/2007 Several performances with Vocintransito,
including the Gospel Jubilee Festival in Torino.
10/2007 Sellout performance at the Auditorium in
Rome, with "Le Mille e una Notte"... The show will be televised on Rai
TV soon, and released on dvd with additional video material.
9/2007 The new MYSTIC DIVERSIONS album is released - "Wave A
Little Light". Touring Italy with theatre performances of "Le
Mille e una Notte" with Vincenzo Cerami featuring my own music. Manuela Zanier's
album finally completed and ready for release. Working on arrangements
for the first album by NTT Base. Recording and performing with Bungaro.
6/2007 A great experience playing with Niccolò Fabi in
Khartoum, Sudan, in aid of the Salesian centre in El Obeid for Darfur refugees. Seems like we were the first
Western artists to give a concert there! It was great to play to
such a great audience, for such
a great cause. Band members were Niccolò, Lorenzo Feliciati, Alessandro
Canini and myself. We had a great jam with Sudanese artist Kamal Kiela
and his band.
I was struck by the good-natured, kind manner of the Sudanese
people, who live in such difficult conditions even in Khartoum. The
heat is killing. Desert sand penetrates every corner. Garbage and
building detrites are everywhere. People do not have free medical care,
so most have no care at all.
We visited the new hospital built by EMERGENCY
and were taken around by Gino Strada. The Salam Cardiac Centre is the
first high-quality, completely free of charge cardiac surgery centre in
all of Africa.
5/2007 Working
on brilliant artist Carmine Torchia's album. A new show with Vincenzo Cerami
"Le Mille E Una Notte" debuts in Torino, featuring my original music.
Standing ovation! Studio work with Nicola Piovani at Forum Music
Village.
4/2007
Finally I got my video page started, thanks to MySpace. Great
performances with Tinkara
and Bungaro in
Slovenia. Working on the new Mystic Diversions album.
3/2007 MySpace
fever has caused me to neglect my website... Session with Nicola Piovani
for the TV program "Anno Zero". New Mystic
Diversions album in the making. Live performances coming up with Bungaro and Tinkara. 30-3 is the
release date for the new Blank
and Jones album "Relax" featuring Mike Francis and including my own
contributions. "L'Ecclesiaste"
with Vincenzo Cerami returns to Rome.
2/2007 Working
on the soundtrack for the film "Euclide Era Un Bugiardo". Music
is by Barbara Parisi, with some songs we wrote together. Great
live performances in Rome (Auditorium and La Palma) and Mondovì with Bungaro.
New arrangements for the Anno Domini Gospel Choir
12/2006
Manuela Zanier's new single "Buonadanza" is being
distributed to radio stations in a promo version. An interesting
collaboration begins with songwriter-singer Carmine Torchia.
11/2006
Recording the new Vocintransito album. The Niccolò Fabi,
Novo Mesto Tour ends with a great performance at VideoItalia in
Milan.
10/2006
Working on Iole's
new project, featuring Agostino Marangolo, Lorenzo Feliciati and
Francesco Valente. Recording is taking place at Forum Music
Village, Nonsense and Zamusic studios.
An interesting performance for piano and guitar with Francesco Valente
took place at the National Library in Rome for Polisgramma.
I'm also co-producing for an R&B project to be marketed in Spain -
more news on that as things develop :)
9/2006 As
the Fabi tour
comes to an end, I reunite with Vincenzo Cerami for some performances of "L'Ecclesiaste",
featuring my original music. Work on Zanier's new
single and album is almost complete.
8/2006 The
Fabi tour continues with great success...
7/2006 A
great performance with Niccolò Fabi in Catania also featured Jovanotti
and Mario Venuti as special guests. "Evaporare" Live at Music Forum Village is
released on iTunes and has me playing flute and piano.
7/2006 Work with Aisha Cerami and Manuela Zanier continues.
Touring with Fabi.
What a great band to be with! Fernando Pantini has replaced Danilo Pao
on guitar. The Glauco album is complete. Lorenzo
Feliciati's album "Live at European BassDay & more" is released
and features myself and Lucrezio De Seta. We really let ourselves
loose in these performances!
25/6/2006
Welcome to my sweet little daughter - LISA!!!
6/2006 The
Fabi
Tour starts off again!!! Studio work with Pasquale Filastò, including
an improvised Hulusi performance...
5/2006 Mixing
the Glauco album. Aisha Cerami's new single is complete and features
Bungaro, Michele Ascolese, Lisa Green, Alice Warshaw, Claudio Ugolini,
Ezster Nagypal and Luca Bulgarelli. Eva Henger's single "My Heart Is
Dancing" is released.
4/2006 The Fabi "Novo Mesto"
tour continues, and includes a live performance on Radio Rai, from
Via Asiago in Rome.
3/2006 Touring
with Niccolò Fabi - sell-out concerts in theatres around Italy. The
band features Lorenzo Feliciati, Agostino Marangolo, Francesco Valente,
Danilo Pao and Massimo Cusato. Recording Glauco's album at Forum Music
Village and my studio.
2/2006 "Novo
Mesto" by Niccolò Fabi is released. "From the Distance" by Mystic Diversions to be
released this month. Gigs with Lorenzo Feliciati - his album "Live at
European Bass Day and more" is currently being mixed.
1/2006 Working on album projects with Aisha Cerami, Manuela Zanier
and new artist Glauco Lancellotti. Niccolò Fabi's new album
"Novo Mesto" (see pictures here)
is about to be released. We will be touring Italy starting in March.
String arranging for Mike Francis' new project.
12/2005
Work at Forum Music Village and in my studio with Nicola
Piovani on Gernot Roll's new film "Hotzenplotz". Christmas concerts
with the girls of gospel Vocintransito.
11/2005
Performances in Milan with Vincenzo and Aisha Cerami.
Laying tracks for Manuela Zanier's new album. Recording a dance song
with Eva Henger! The Mystic Diversions album n4 is almost complete -
more details soon. The artist I referred to last month was Niccolò
Fabi! The new album "Novo Mesto" will be released next
February and features Lorenzo Feliciati, Agostino Marangolo, Francesco
Valente, Adriano Pennino, Fabrizio Simoncioni and other musicians.
10/2005
Recording with a well known Italian artist in a lovely
studio outside Italy... more info later :)
With bassist Lorenzo
Feliciati I was part of a great performance at the Euro Bass Day in
Verona. With us were the wonderful Lucrezio de Seta
on drums and
Fabrizio Mandolini on sax. The amazing harmonica player Tollak Ollestad
joined us on the stage and was truly inspiring!
09/2005
After
a short holiday in Sicily and Malta with my wife it's back to work -
Preproduction for Bungaro's new album is underway. I played on another
film soundtrack "Fauteuils d'orchestre" by Piovani.
Working on my own soundtrack for a documentary about Pasolini,
by Mario Sesti and Matteo Cerami. The fourth Mystic Diversions
album is taking shape. October looks set to be one of the busiest
months of my life!
08/2005
Long
time since I updated this page but I've been busy! Recent projects I've
worked on have been "La Tigre e la Neve", Roberto Benigni's new
film, with music by Piovani and featuring Tom Waits and "Matilde",
a TV film also scored by Piovani. I also worked on the Italian versions
of some new Baby Looney Tunes episodes and "Kong - King of
Atlantis".
I am currently touring with Vincenzo Cerami and we've also
performed in locations around Sicily and Sardinia. Work is also
underway for the new Mystic Diversions album and one song "Janeiro" is
already released in the album "Summer
of Love Ibiza"
On a sader tone, the producer Renato
Venturiero has passed away - we worked together on several productions
and he was a true upholder of quality in music.... rest in peace Renato!
03/2005
Work
with Paolo de Lazzaro and Pino Romanelli on Zanier's album continues -
there is killer material to be released! New creations from Mystic
Diversions are also underway.
The theatre production "L'Ecclesiaste" with Vincenzo Cerami opens this
month with my music and performing. A key feature of the shows is my
use of breath control with my Yamaha Motif.
12/2004
An
unforgettable experience in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, with Bungaro and
Max De Tomassi. We performed at Daniela Mercury's show for the World
Tourism Conference. Playing with her musicians in front of thousands
was something to remember! And it was great to escape from cold Europe
for a few days :)
Back here I'm having a busy time with the gospel
group Vocintransito. More performances with Cerami and Bungaro coming
up. Merry Xmas to all!
11/2004
At
work on productions with Roberto Kunstler, Manuela Zanier, Valentina
Gravili and Pasquale Filastò. Concert with Bungaro on Video Italia
television. Played in Germany with Lorenzo Feliciati at
the European Bass Day, in Viersen! The band also features Lucrezio de
Seta on drums and Vittorio Iuè on keys. Lorenzo's great album "Upon My
Head" contains "Don't Ask Me To Dance" with my keys and string
arrangement.
10/2004
Sad
news - Baruch Chadwick, the Adika Pongo singer, has left this world. He
will be remembered as a joyful and immensely talented person. We will
miss you Baruch - rest in peace....
10/2004
2
concerts in Shanghai with Niccolò Fabi... an experience to
remember! Pictures coming soon! 6 shows a week at the Teatro Ambra
Jovinelli in Rome with Vincenzo Cerami and Aisha Cerami.
09/2004
Summer
concerts with Bungaro end. Recording sessions with Piovani and
concerts in China with Niccolò Fabi are coming up!
08/2004
The
tour with Bungaro continues. The "epilogue" piano-double bass
duet with Lorenzo Feliciati pulls a lot of applauses :) Mystic
Diversions gives a great performance at the Frontone Beach on the
island of Ponza.
07/2004
With
Mike Francis we toured the Philippines again, giving 3
concerts, in Makati, Alabang and Cebu City. It was wonderful to
visit again and the concerts were great! Thanks to the great musicians
and crew!
This was the band lineup:
Keys and local director: Lorrie Illustre
Bass: Soc Mina
Sax: Rancis Leon
Vocals: Jingle Buena and Arnie Mendaros
Guitar: Noel Santiago
Drums: Rolly Quizon
06/2004 Touring with Bungaro
begins. "Tango Navigando" by Manuela Zanier is
released.
05/2004
Mystic Diversions new album "COLOURS" is out! Two of my songs "Inti
Habib" and "Dream of Kamala" are in it. The new single by Manuela
Zanier is soon to be released. Work on Valentina Gravili's
album continues. The Bungaro Tour begins...
I was lucky to get hold of a beautiful Wurlitzer 200A electronic
piano. Instant Supertramp!
04/2004
Sessions
with Piovani for a French movie "L'equipier". Production:
a new single for Manuela Zanier. The song, by Pino Romanelli
and Valentina Gravili, features a killer rhythm section with Alfredo
Golino and Roberto Meloni and is being recorded at my studio and Pietro
Benini's Top Studio. We are also doing preproduction for Valentina
Gravili's new album. Also soon to be released "Si Può Chiamare
Amore" by Roberto Kunstler. More work in progress -
rehearsing with Bungaro. The band features Lorenzo Feliciati,
Michele Ascolese and Cristiano Micalizzi.
03/2004
"Never Terrorism, Never War" released. The song, with music by Marcella
Pasquali is based on a prayer by Pope John Paul II, and
features the Pope himself! Various artists from around the world sing
here, including Gino Vannelli. The English lyrics were written by Mike
Francis and myself.
03/2004
Directed
"Guardastelle" for Bungaro at the Festival di Sanremo.
The album "L'Attesa" has been released, and features fantastic
musicians such as Michele Ascolese, Lorenzo Feliciati, Francesco
Puglisi, Cristiano Micalizzi, Fabio Ceccarelli, Agostino
Marangolo.... My dear friends Gianluca di Furia (producer) and
Pino Romanelli (Lyrics) did an amazing job!
02/2004
Directed
the Italian version of the Powerpuff Girls special musical episode "See
me, feel me, gnomey". Recording the album "L'Attesa" by Bungaro.
This will be a great cd, featuring great musicians and including a
large string orchestra. More info soon!
12/2003
The
dvd "Niccolò Fabi - La Cura del Tempo Tour 2003" is released - we're
all proud of it. Excellent production, cool behind the scenes
documentary... and it was all done in a single performance with NO
AUDIO EDITS!!!!
"Occhi Belli" by Bungaro is out - a great song, and I'm very happy with
my string arrangement!
11/2003 The Fabi tour takes off
again! Working with Bungaro and Pino Romanelli on new material.
Arrangements for Roberto Kunstler. Again with Monica Ward I produce all
the Italian songs for a cartoon "Grandma got run over by a reindeer".
Imagine trying to sing Randy Brooks country music in Italian... well it
kinda worked! Sessions for the film "Luisa Sanfelice" by the
Taviani bros start. Music by Piovani, of course!
10/2003 As we take a 3 week break
from the Fabi tour, I somehow find the time to record with Nicola
Piovani at Forum Music Village for the film "Das Sams 2". I also got a
surprise call for a session with Ennio Morricone, for work on a new cd.
Great concert in Neuchatel, Switzerland, with Mike Francis and Mystic
Diversions. With Monica Ward I produced all the Italian songs for a
cartoon "The New Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina".
9/2003 The tour continues. We
give a huge concert in Stra for the upcoming live dvd by Niccolò Fabi.
Fiorella Mannoia is special guest. Arranging and recording "Occhi
Belli" by Bungaro for the film "Io No". I have the pleasure and honour
of directing the strings of the Orchestra di Roma for this song. . New
cartoons coming up!
8/2003 Touring like mad with Fabi
- the band is kicking ass!
5/2003 The Fabi theatre tour was
very successful... Off we go for the summer tour around Italy, this
time with a larger setup for outdoor concerts. The acoustic piano has
been replaced by a Yamaha P200 stage piano.
4/2003 Touring with Niccolo' Fabi
around Italy. A cool experience! The band features the first class
musicians Lorenzo
Feliciati (bass), "Barone" Agostino Marangolo (drums), Francesco Valente
(guitars) and Massimo Cusato (percussion). Niccolò plays acoustic
guitar on several songs. This is about as good as a gig gets in Italy -
great music, nice people on stage and behind the scenes, high tech
standard, acoustic grand piano and Rhodes mk1 in my rig.... and sold
out theatres! We also had the phenomenal special guest Stefano di
Battista on sax in Rome and Milan. Check out the pictures in the
photo page.
Musical
direction for Warner cartoon series "Baby Looney Tunes". Happy
Easter to all!
2/2003
Concerts with
Mystic Diversions in Milan, Bologna and Rome. The band features
Francesko, Mario Puccioni, Marco Rinalduzzi, Patti Palma and myself.
Sessions with Piovani at Forum Music City for the film "Gli
Indesiderabili". I also had the pleasure of reuniting with Vincenzo
Cerami for his show in Merano.
1/2003 Mystic
Diversions live are a reality! Our first showcase performance in Milan
was held on the 26th - more info soon!
12/2002
A Merry and Peaceful Christmas to you all!
Patrizia Laquidara makes it through the final qualification for the
Sanremo Festival, to be held in March 2003. "Beneath Another Sky" by
Mystic Diversions is officially launched and has been receiving
excellent reviews.
I was happy to be a member of the jury at the GOSPEL JUBILEE FESTIVAL
in Torino - my dear friend Aurelio Pitino, an excelllent singer and
truly inspiring person, organised the event and performed with his
group: the ANNO
DOMINI GOSPEL CHOIR.
11/2002
The Mystic Diversions album is doing well and there will be surprises
soon! Pat Laquidara got through the first two episodes of "Destinazione
Sanremo" with flying colours... Post-production and editing on a double
CD with soundtracks by Piovani, soon to be released. La Combriccola del
Blasco riunites for a gig in Formia. The Zammit-Bungaro team is working
hard...!
10/2002
Back to studio work, preparing arrangements for the Anno
Domini gospel choir. Preparing for "Destinazione Sanremo", RAI2 with
Bungaro and Patrizia Laquidara. Gigs with Prodotti Atipici.
9/2002
About to go on the road with Vincenzo Cerami and his show "Lettere al
Metronomo", featuring Aisha Cerami and myself. Music is by Piovani.
First shows in Mantova starting 4/9. The video with Bocelli is out and
is entitled "The Homecoming".
8/2002 Back
from a load of gigs in Sardinia and Maratea. Tiennetì are getting a lot
of exposure with the single. The short film "Bbobbolone" directed by
Daniele Cascella wins first prize (premio RAI) at the Città del Corto
festival in Trevignano - the soundtrack is written by myself and
Bungaro, and was recorded in my studio.
7/2002 Keyboard
sessions with orchestra on soundtrack by Piovani for "Pinocchio",
Roberto Benigni's new film. Single by P. Laquidara "Agisce" released,
also containing brazilian and acoustic versions. The song features
as the main theme for a program on Radio Uno Rai.
6/2002 Patrizia Laquidara wins three prizes at the Premio della
Musica in Recanati: Premio della Giuria, Best Music and Best Performer.
I arranged and produced the song "Agisce" with Bungaro. We also gave a
performance in Cremona at the free international airport
festival.
The new Mystic Diversions album "BENEATH ANOTHER SKY" is due for
release any moment and can already be heard on Radio Montecarlo and
Radio Centro Suono.
The show "SOGNI CINEMATOGRAFICI II" with Monica Ward, myself and
Stefano Refolo opens on the 13th June at Castel S. Angelo.
The single "Una Ragazza In Due" by Tiennettì (guess who arranged it...
:) is ready.
3/2002 Great
performance with Mike Francis and Prodotti Atipici in Rome.
I had a thrilling gig playing keyboards with the superb guitarist
Michele Ascolese and his band ONDABUENA HOTEL at Café Latino in Rome.
The band features Stefano Parenti on drums, singer Nilo, Maurizio Meo
on bass and Raul "Cuervo" Scebba on percussion. On this occasion I
replaced Muzio Marcellini, who is busy with another project at the
moment... Performing with these guys is a gas!!! Their music is
beautiful and they really made me play my ass off... never had so many
solos in a single night..! Let's do it again soon!
2/2002
I am honoured to play keyboards with Andrea Bocelli in a live
performance at Torre del Lago, Puccini's home town. The band members
are Tullio de
Piscopo, Marco Rinalduzzi, Gigi di Rienzo, Danilo Rea, Claudio
Storniolo, Davide Aru and myself. We performed 12 of Bocelli's songs
for a video special to be distributed worldwide. More info soon.
The new single by Patrizia Laquidara is mixed.
The new Mystic Diversions album is almost completed.
1/2002 Sessions
with Piovani for "Il Nostro Matrimonio è in Crisi" by Antonio Albanese.
A nice live acoustic performance with the fascinating Patrizia
Laquidara, with Bungaro on guitar and Massimo Cusato on percussion.
Work on the second Mystic Diversions album has begun.
Prodotti Atipici are going strong and expanding their horizons - we are
now accompanying Mike Francis in concert.
10/2001
More work with Piovani for the show "I Figli della Lupa" at
Teatro Sistina, Rome.
7/2001 Live
concert with Mike Francis on the terrace of the Palazzo dei Congressi
in Eur, Rome. Featuring Wendy Lewis, we performed 3 songs from "Mystic
Diversions"... a very enjoyable "ambient" evening for the numerous
audience! The Mystic Diversions tracks are now appearing on several
compilations.
More shows with Monica Ward - each show was a huge success at Castel S.
Angelo.
Studio sessions for soundtrack of Sepulveda's film "Nowhere", music by
Nicola Piovani...
6/2001
Studio sessions with orchestra at Forum for Robbiano's film "Hermano"
with a great cast of actors including Rade Serbedgia and Paolo
Villaggio. I assisted talented composer Pasquale Filastò, played
keys and contributed with some of my own music.
"Movie Dreams" at Castel S. Angelo in Rome, with Monica Ward
(Lisa Simpson's voice!) and Stefano Refolo. This show features songs
from several movies, rearranged and performed by yours truly... nice
experience in a marvelous setting.
More performances and recordings....
5/2001
Keyboard sessions at Lead Studio with Nicola Piovani, for the film
"Resurrezione" by the Taviani brothers. The story is based in eastern
Europe - I had to recreate traditional Russian instruments like the
Balalaika and Bayan...
Spotting for film score "Hermano" with composer Pasquale Filastò.
Arranging and programming with Bungaro for new artists.
A very pleasurable R&B gig with singer Valentina Ducros in Rome -
all-acoustic with piano, contrabass and drums....
4/2001 In
studio with the wonderful Angelo Branduardi and his trusted sound
engineer Stefano Grasso. Angelo recorded 8 songs for the English
version of his Platinum selling album dedicated to St. Francis. I
penned the lyrics with Mike Francis. One of these songs was composed by
Ennio Morricone. I am truly honoured to have worked with these people!
The gigs
with Prodotti Atipici go on!
3/2001
Orchestra studio sessions with the Oscar-winning composer Nicola
Piovani. The soundtrack is for a German film called "Das Sams"...
Other sessions with Pasquale Filastò for film soundtrack of
"Rossellini", directed by Carlo Lizzani.
2/2001 The
album "Mystic Diversions" has just been released by Cool Division,
Energy Productions. It features two of my songs... "Sweet" and "If You
Ever Call My Name"
Prodotti Atipici
is gigging all over the place...
Some soundtrack work coming up soon...
Mike Francis and myself are writing the English lyrics for a new album
by a well known Italian artist...
Seems like Adika Pongo are history, at least for the time being...
11/2000
Working in studio with Mike Francis and Mario Puccioni. Also preparing
music for TV with composer/cellist Pasquale Filastò. Concerts coming up
with cover dance band "Prodotti Atipici"....
10/2000
Adika Pongo are currently taking a break so I'm using my free time to
be creative in my studio!
8/2000
Tour with Mike Francis as musical director and keyboardist -
we played to 20000 people in the Philippines! Check out the behind-the
scenes pictures here
15/4/00
The Mike Francis - Adika Pongo Tour
11/2/00
The eternal Adika Pongo tour goes on, and soon there will also be
concerts with Mike Francis, of "Survivor" and "Friends"
fame....!
17/9/99
New record deal: The new Adika Pongo super single is recorded and soon
to be released by an important label in Milan.
Adika
Pongo give fine playback performances on TV :) - "Uno Mattina", Rai Uno
- "30 ore per la vita", Italia Uno
9/9/99
September
'99 - On tour: Please welcome our guest female vocalist from Chicago,
Wendy Lewis!
22/7/99
The Adika Pongo/Erèsia single on the RTI MUSIC label is ready -
official launch date is 2nd September.... a few preview copies are
already reaching the radio stations around Italy - hope you like it!!!
The cd features two songs arranged by the band with Baruch and Erèsia
duetting away.... "Gli Occhi Miei" is an Italian version of the
Babyface hit "I'll Make Love To You". "Non Basta Mai" is a song by our
friends Uto and Ato :), and features raps in English by Baruch...
The tracks
were recorded in our studio on a 3 Adat-Cubase VST system, with vocal
additions at Antonello Venditti's studio (grazie!!!) and Mulino
Recording, where we mixed (thanks Francesco Luzzi and Cesare Chiodo!).
"Maestro" Alessandro Colombini oversaw the whole production.
The
keyboards on the tracks include my faithful ESQ-1, the minimoog and the
clavinet.....
(c) 2005 Dr Aidan Zammit Lupi
PIANO MENU BAR and images (C) 2005 Aidan Zammit Lupi
