Vidi Aquam, band from Milan, was born in 1994, and walked in these years the ritual-esoteric path with the self-titled demo at first,in which the members Nikita (voice, last one of the original line-up), Trevor (Camerata Mediolanense, Northgate) and Stefano Saguatti (ex-Camerata Mediolanense) manage to anticipate the ritual, apocalyptic-folk wave so succesful nowadays, then they moved to dark-ambient in the style of Cold Meat Industry with their second demo "9.96", with a new line-up comprehending Nikita and Egon (industrial artist with different projects) plus Davide Del Col (Ornament, Echran with Fabio Volpi alias Egon) for two live situation; at last, wÃth their mini-cd "Queen os spades" they have reached the atmospheres well-known in the first productions of 4AD, with symphonic-industrial inserts with a another new line-up: Serena (voice), Daniele Viola (guitar, programming, percussion, bass, vocal), Nikita (synth, programming, vocal and percussion). This is the line-up from June 1998 to December 2003. From May 2001 to June 2003 the line-up includes also Fabio Degiorgi (bass). From 2006 the new line-up is: Nikita, Fabio Degiorgi, Daniele Viola, Giulio Parzino.
VIDI AQUAM Band storica milanese nata nel 1994, ha percorso in questi anni dapprima le strade ritual-esoteriche con il primo demo omonimo (1995, line-up: Nikita, Trevor Northgate, Stefano Saguatti), per poi passare al dark-ambient stile Cold Meat Industry con il secondo demo "9.96"(1996, line-up: Nikita e Egon), e con il mini-cd "Queen of spades" (2000, line-up: Nikita, Serena e Daniele Viola) hanno toccato infine atmosfere care alla prima 4AD, con inserti industrial-sinfonici. In questi anni hanno partecipato a varie compilation e live in varie città del nord-Italia e Svizzera.Con la line-up rinnovata nel 2006 stanno preparando il nuovo album con sonorità post-punk apocalittiche. La formazione vede: Nikita (fondatore del gruppo alla voce e synth), Daniele Viola (dal 1998 alla chitarra e seconda voce), Fabio Degiorgi (dal 2001 al basso) e Giulio Parzino (dal 2006 alla tromba).
DISCOGRAPHY:
Tapes, Mini-CD, CD:
tape "Vidi Aquam" (L'alternative Dramatique, 1995)
tape "9.96" (L'Alternative Dramatique, 1996)
Mini- CD "Queen of spades" (Rosa Selvaggia Obscure label 2000)
CD-promo "Spades - German Promo" (Rosa Selvaggia Obscure label 2002)
CD-sampler "Apocalisse" (Rosa Selvaggia Obscure label 2002)
CD-EP split "Vidi Aquam /The Unfaithful" (Rosa Selvaggia Obscure label 2006)
EP-mp3 free download "Ombre Sonore" (Bennekea, 2006 http://www.benekkea.net/ )
Video:
video-clip "Lycis" video-zine Coreia (1997)
video-tape VHS "Live at the Rosa Selvaggia Obscure Festival 2002"
CD-compilation:
"Intimations of Immortality vol.5 " (Energeia, 2000)
"Rosa Selvaggia: Atto I°" (Rosa Selvaggia Obscure label, 2000)
"Rosa Selvaggia: Atto II°" (Rosa Selvaggia Obscure label, 2001)
"Rosa Selvaggia: Atto III°" (Rosa Selvaggia Obscure label, 2002)
"Nuova Era Volgare 1.0" (Flashnoise Art mag 4)
"Rosa Selvaggia: Atto IV" (Rosa Selvaggia Obscure label, 2002)