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SARO COSENTINO

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General Info

  • Genre: Alternative / Ambient / Experimental

    Location IT

    Profile Views: 36208

    Last Login: 8/19/2012

    Member Since 9/29/2006

    Website www.sarocosentino.com

    Record Label indie for italy, Voiceprint for rest of the world

    Type of Label Major

  • Bio

    .. .. .. In the 1970's Saro began playing traditional North American acoustic music. At the same time he started collaborating with various Italian artists involved in the Italian Blues scene. In '79 his interest in experimental electronic music began and in the same year his first collaboration with Franco Battiato took place. With him, among other pieces, he wrote "I Treni di Tozeur". Afterwhich he wrote for both Giusto Pio and Alice. In 1985 he formed, with harpist Vincenzo Zitello, the duo A'sciara. The duo was to combine traditional Celtic music with electronic music. A'sciara toured extensively and their participation in the "Festival of Riva del Garda" won them the first place "Vela d'argento" for the best single of the year. In 1987 Saro wrote the music for the theatre production "Macchina dell'Amore e della Morte", written and directed by Taddeus Kantor and presented at the "Festival Documenta" in Kassel and other major European cities. Also in '87 he collaborated in the staging and realization of the opera "Genesi" in Parma at the Teatro Regio. In 1988 his first solo album, entitled "Saro Cosentino", was realeased on the Ottava/EMI record label. In the summer of the same year he participated in Battiato's "Fisiognomica" tour. Since 1990 Saro has alternated producing and engineering with writing. In 1992 he produced Battiato's album, "Caffé de la Paix", voted Best Album of the Year by the Italian Music Press During the same year Saro took part in the recording and realization of Peter Gabriel's "Secret World Live". In 1998, his second "solo" album, "Ones and Zeros", was released in Europe and North America,. Recorded at Real World Studios,with musicians from different musical cultures: Peter Hammill,David Rhodes,Trey Gunn,Kudsy Erguner,Pandit Dinesh and Shankar,among others. He has recently produced,Franco Battiato's new album : "Ferro Battuto ". The "debut" album of philosopher Manlio Sgalambro : " Fun Club". The first solo album of Massimo Zamboni: Sorella Sconfitta The new album of the band "Radiodervish" : In Search of Simurgh. He wrote is first film score for the movie"Sfiorarsi" by director Angelo Orlando. Production of two singles:"come ti va" and "la vita prfetta" and the forthcoming album"terra luna e margarita" of the band RIO. Production of the new album of the band "Bludeepa". Production of the new album of Massimo Zamboni "l'inerme è l'imbattibile" Production of the new album of the band Radiodervish: "Beyond the sea"

  • Members

    Among the participants of the album are Peter Hammill (former leader of Van der Graaf Generator), Tim Bowness (of No-man), Jakko Jakszyk (guitarist of Dizrythmia and Level 42), and the extraordinary Australian recording artist Karen Eden. Drums and percussion were entrusted to Gavin Harrison (drummer of Porcupine Tree ,whose credits include Mick Karn, Paul Young, Lisa Stansfield and Iggy Pop). On bass can be heard John Giblin (ex-member of Brand X, Simple Mind and more recent work with John Martin and Kate Bush), Trey Gunn (of King Crimson) on stick and David Rhodes on guitar (most known for his work alongside Peter Gabriel). Other artists perhaps less known to western audiences include Kudsi Erguner (who played with, among others, Jean-Michel Jarre) on ney flute, the singer/percussionist Pandit Dinesh (of Dizrhythmia and collaborations with Sakamoto) and Shankar (known for his work with Shakti, Gabriel, Bill Laswell and The Epidemics) on double violin and voice.

  • Influences

    Blue Nile, Steve Reich, Talk Talk, Joni Mitchell, Nick Drake, Portishead, David Bowie, Kate Bush, Pink Floyd, Scott Walker, Sigur Ros, Brian Eno, David Sylvian, Massive Attack, Arvo Part, Peter Gabriel, Robert Wyatt, John Martyn, King Crimson, Miles Davis and many more.

  • Sounds Like

    SARO COSENTINO

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  • AVVOLTE

    AVVOLTE - l'essenziale è invisibile agli occhi - fase3
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jJiH1B3A6Q
     

    1 year ago
  • serpa

    salve mi presento mi chiamo serpa pietro
    ho 29 anni e scrivo canzoni e sto cercando un produttore discografico
    lei signor cosentino mi è stato segnalato da benny notari
    di reggio emilia se mi vuole contattare s è interessato può
    contattarmi su my space o sul mio cell 346/6086920
    grazie appresto.

    2 years ago
  • Martha RAmos



    Have a nice day.

    2 years ago
  • Jack Quick




    Hi.

    2 years ago
  • Jack Quick



    Hi,my friend.Was it a lovely day yesterday?

    2 years ago
  • Magredea

    ciao Saro
    veramente bello il tuo lavoro
    ... e con che partecipazioni!!!
    ... e in che studi!!
    ... e che curriculum!!

    se trovi il tempo fai un salto dalle nostre
    parti a sentire la nostra proposta,
    potrebbe anche piacerti e...
    .. magari ...
    che ne sò!!! sai, da cosa nasce cosa!

    un saluto
    magredea

    2 years ago
  • Aldo Lionetti

    Saro... mi manchi. Un abbraccio.

    Stasera nel lettore cd "ones and zeros" .
    Non tramonta mai :-)

    2 years ago
  • Swimmy

    Hi!!
    Thank you for the add!!
    Greetings from Japan:)

    2 years ago
  • Elina

    great, great music keepit right this!!!

    2 years ago
  • A Cosmic Trail

    Many THX for accepting our request, we truly appreciate that!

    We play instrumental music with rock-, folk-, metal-, prog-, ambient- and soundtrack-influences and with lots of melody…

    Our debut album “The Outer Planes” is available NOW.
    Would be nice if you'd have a listen. THX for your time!

    3 years ago
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