Around here: Laura Loriga:piano and voice, Neel Hammond:violin, Kenny Annis:stand up bass,
In Italy: Francesco Begnoni:guitar, Zeus Ferrari: drums, Tiziano Bianchi:trumpet, Luca Marani:he wrote and plays guitar in long lifting road, Riley Sorrells: saxophone, Gian Andrea Caruso: violin.
Precious musicians and friends who played in the cd:
Enzo Cimino:bells, drums and sound engineer; Adriano Modica: guitar, bass, glockenspiel, steps and little monsters phone voices;Elisabeth Mc. Dowell: voices in Moth; Ulisse Mazzagatti: guitars in Oberkampf; Daniele Calandra: clarinets and trumpets in Moth.
Artwork: Amir Mogharabi
Influences
jeff buckley, nico, billie holiday, victoria spivey, cat power, noe venable, lhasa de sela, maria callas, renato carosone, syd barrett, orchestra di piazza vittorio, robert wyatt, king crimson, coil, labraford, s.t.p., alice in chains, hope for a golden summer, daniel johnston, john cale, grizzly bear, shins, nina simone, amon tobin, chet baker, nick drake, slint, jose gonzalez, ramona cordova, yo la tengo, john zorn, sonic youth, meredith monk, mazzy star, leonard cohen, win mertens, mark lanegan, morphine, fabrizio de andre', frank zappa, whiletheysleep..,nick cave, mary timony, tom waits, liars, june of '44, spezza rotto, shipping news, jennifer gentle, jim o' rourke, johnatan fire eater, ulan bator, caboto, vri-il, don caballero, battles, michael nyman, luca marani, nancy sinatra, tori amos, devendra banhart, demetrio stratos, Erick Satie, Claude Debussy. Francesca Woodman e Julio Cortazar. Pedro Salinas e Jacques Prevert. Amedeo Modigliani. Pat O' Shea. Colette e Emil Cioran. Kerouac e Ferlinghetti. Sylvia Beach e the lost generation. La isla del barco de illusion. Dried flowers.
Mimes of Wine were born on a cold night of winter 2004 when Amir made a beautiful drawing and Laura decided to keep it for a name and a vest.
She wrote all the songs in the last three winters, between California, Bologna, and Paris. The day she finally recorded them, some of her friends have been really precious to her, becoming this way Mimes of Wine with her and Amir.
She is particularly grateful to Enzo, Luca, Gian Andrea, Daniele, Adriano, and Elisabeth, for their continuous presence, help, and contribution. Also, she played with Francesco and Zeus, whom she really likes.
Now Laura is playing around with a ghost violin, and a ghost stand up bass.
We hope to see you soon, thank you for reading,
Mimes of Wine
still sounding as beautiful as ever. My brother was playing you in his car yet again the other day. Patrick Watson and yourselves are his new music of choice. x
Eila'! Allora, fammi sapere esattamente quando parti cosi' mi organizzo un po' con le date. L'idea del pullmino e' ottima, sai altre info? potrei fare andata e ritorno in due notti... Un bacione e a presto!! Luli
my sweet frog, you remembered the day I leave, from los angeles, you're such a great frog. I miss you very much. I'll call you from buenos aires. I love you so strong
Yeeeahhh!! Ci divertiremo come pazze! Ma sei sicura che non vuoi che scenda un po'? Non è assolutamente un problema, anzi se sei messa male fammi sapere che arrivo anche fino a L.A.. Soprattutto da quando ho visto questo http://www. thrillist. com/archives/2008/01/worlds_first_weed_atm_la_los_angeles_gadgets_midwilshire. html Scherzi a parte... insomma tu fammi sapere se hai voglia. In caso, io arrivo martedì 15 e sarò sicuramente al Green Tortoise che c'è anche Open Mic... Non vedo l'ora!!! Un mega abbraccio sister
Hey Laura; good to hear from you! We're actually in Ireland until the 23rd! Don't you just love Europe. Hope LA is treating you well. Let us know when you're in the Bay Area again! - Dennis
yeap, that's right... The AMAR Collective will be having a FREE ART show @ a local Starbucks all for the cause of promoting FAIR TRADE COFFEE and GOOD MUSIC and NICE PEOPLE from the Los Angeles Area that want to be your friends and want to make a postive change in our community... that's what it's all about right???
your friends, ~Josué Castro
~Andrew Fairweather
~ARS POETRIA
~NAIMA EARTH
~POW WOW
~Eliza Harper
~OWL
~Sasha Hzuczyk
~The Elizabethan Report & ~The AMAR Collective Los Angeles www. myspace. com/amarcollective (for more information on this and many other shows) www. myspace. com/amarcollective
Ps..
this is the PRE-STEP in preparation for our NEXT "AMAR Collective Art Show/FESTIVAL".. so get ready for that...
thanks for the warning i am working on putting an ensemlbe and a set together so maybe we can share a night sometime... that would be my honor how long will you be in california
Hi frog say thanks to amir and that I love his drawings. did he come to see you? me too, I wish I could come. If I was rich, I would pack today and go have a week with you in the palm trees of Hollywood. I send you lots of kisses, I miss you VERY much
ciao cara... come si vive a los angeles? io a roma male, da quando sono arrivato è fuggito veltroni, ho temuto rutelli e alla fine, peggio del peggio, è arrivato alemanno!! w schwarzenegger!!
