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Ossi Duri
"L'Ultimo dei miei cani"
The third cd by Ossi Duri has just come out, entitled L'ultimo dei miei cani. The album is the first entirely made up of original tunes and is released by Electromantic Music of Beppe Crovella. It is distributed in Italy by Venus Dischi and abroad by Ma.Ra.Cash, special guest: Rocco Tanica, top Italian pop star.
"L'ultimo dei miei cani", is a confirmation of their musical approach: songs with lyrics and instrumental tunes performed as a conceptual "continuum": satirical texts and parodies of the most common teenage nevrosis together with "serious" music. Since its beginnings their music has been inspired by a Zappa oriented rock and, for this reason, is characterized by an implant free from predetermined schemes.
Their style can therefore be described as a mix of rock music (with strong ironical nuances) and conventional instrumental music with a great use of polirhythms and uneven tempos. Being outrageous, daring to go beyond the usual schemes contributes to create a style somewhat original but based mainly on Frank Zappa's lesson. Ossi Duri, a band made up of five young musicians, started their live performances in 1993 when they were only 8 and 9 years old. Their first album came out in 2003 and was a tribute to the music of Frank
Zappa ten years after his death. It was entitled X, subtitle "ten years later uncle Frank Never Left", to stress the concept that their inspiror's music is still alive. The cd features special guests: three Zappa's alumnis (Ike Willis, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Mike Keneally) and three Italian top stars: (Claudio Bisio, Elio e Rocco Tanica). Their second cd, Gnam Gnam, came out in February 2005 and is a live album of a benefit concert with the Italian top star Elio in which Zappa tunes were performed. Since 2000 they have been actively collaborating with Ike Willis having gone on various tours both in Italy and Europe. In 2003 they performed with Napoleon M.Brock and in 2004 and 2005 with Elio.
Collaborations
Claudio Bisio (guest in "X")
Elio (guest in "X", Gnam Gnam" e live in 2004 and 2005)
Rocco Tanica ((guest in "X" and "L'ultimo dei miei cani")
Ike Willis (ex Zappa, guest in "X", tours in 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004)
David Surkamp (Pavlov's dog live al Roxy Bar TMC TV, in 2001)
Napoleon Murphy Brock (ex Zappa, guest in "X" e shows in 2003)
Mike Keneally (ex Zappa, guest in "X")
Marco Minnemann (in concert with
Ossi Duri)
Ike Willis has called them: "The best interpreters of Zappa's music".
Elio said this about them: "Ossi Duri are one of the best bands I played with and can give a great contribution both to Italian and international music".
Members:
Martin Bellavia: guitar, vocal
Alex Armuschio: keys, vocal
Ruben Bellavia: drums, vocal
Andrea Vigliocco: keys, marimba, vocal
Simone Bellavia: bass
Discography:
"X" - 2003 - Electromantic Music
"Gnam Gnam" - 2005 - Electromantic Music
"L'ultimo dei miei cani" 2005 - Electromantic Music
For further informations: management: +39328 2172903
www.ossiduri.com
press: press@ossiduri.com
Filippo Bellavia: 328 2172903
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