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The Italian musical project ..DE SPIRA.. borrows its name from the spiral as a symbol of their loop based, hypnotic grooves. In 1995, the band started to create his personal way to chill-out, trip hop beats, mixed with drum..n..bass, hip-hop and ambient soundscapes. Inspired by the works of many british artists (Massive attack, Tricky, Lamb) the first album ..SUL CONFINE.. (Antibemusic-2001) combines Bristol-sound with Italian lyrics, vocal melody and rap. The track ..Ritorna.., selected for ..The Maison 002.., brought the band to the attention of Italian acid jazz and lounge music scene. From this moment on, new elements come into the forming process of de Spira Sound. Less words, introduction of Dub, Nu Jazz, and lyrics in english, french and portoguese. In december 2003 the band gives a shape to these musical coordinates in the album ..26a-380v.., released by the roman label antibemusic and produced with the Italian sound engineer Tony Soddu. This brand new work creates electrical breakbeats and chill-out psychedelic weavings; dubbing sax and flute, jamaican style horns riffs and soft female vocals, in opposition to ragamuffin groovin.. shots. The sound and the mood of Thievery corporation, Groove Armada, Smith & Mighty is clearly recognizeable in the entire album. Several tracks of this work have been selected to be included in many worldwide distributed compilations, from Austria to Usa, from Germany to France. Claude Challe has chosen a song from ..26a-380v.. for his prestigious lounge compilation ..Happiness...