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Stefano Pontani

....that cat's something I can't explain. Syd

About Me

Born in Roma 1963.
Now I'm a guitar player ,a sounds explorer and a composer. I'm one of the 3 owners of the " 3 Fates Recording Studio" in Roma near S.Peter. I have 4 different bands,4 different way of life:
1) Matilda Mothers Project is a psychedelic rock band,with Luca Rosi and Paolo Lucini.
M.M.P. does soundtracks (L'Ultima Lezione by Fabio Rosi, Lovest by Giulio Base) , live exibithions and CDs.
2) Anagramma is a jazz-rock band; with Daniele Iacono,Fabiano Lelli , me and some guest musicians ( Pino Iodice,Matteo Esposito,Fabrizio Fabiano,Paolo Graziani,Luca Pirozzi,Gianni Colaiacomo,Paolo Iannarella,Andrea Rongioletti,Vito Laruccia,Paolo Lucini,Gianluca Verrengia),now is finally avalaible our first cd,please ask me if interested.
3) Vu Meters is a trio with Ugo Vantini and Fabrizio Santoro. Our first job "Dark City"is out: where improvisation meets creativity.
4) Ezra Winston was one of the first Italian progressive rock groups of the modern era, and still can be considered one of the most professional and superb(Gnosis2000.net). E.W. with Mauro Di Donato,Paolo Lucini,Fabio Palmieri,Simone Maiolo and Ugo Vantini .
ALL MY GEAR(one day I'll maybe shoot some photos):
-------------------------------- Steinberger trans-trem guitar,Gibson Gold Top (1970),Gibson 1970 acoustic guitar,Tc Sustain,Tc Chorus,Boss CS 3,Boss LS 2,Jim Dunlop Wha, Ernie Ball Volume Pedal(2),Mesa VB1, Electro Harmonix Micro Synthesizer,Lehle D loop,Rocktron Rack Interface , Mesa Boogie Triaxis,Mesa Boogie 395, H&K cabinets with Celestion,H&k cf 200, H&K cf100,2 selfmade cabinets with Eminence Delta Pro,Art SGX 2000(2) , Art X15 midi pedal board(2),Digitech 8000 delay, Lexicon Vortex,Lexicon mpx 550,Lexicon PCM 60,Echoplex Digital Pro ( Yes ! I'm a looper....) ,all seems sound good and ,I hope soon ,a Riccardo Centi's Custom Pedalboard.------------------------------------------------- --------------------

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/19/2007
Band Website: stefanopontani.com
Band Members:

Influences: King Crimson,Pink Floyd,Bill Frisell,The Beatles,David Torn,Robert Fripp,Frank Zappa,Edgard Varèse,Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin,Bela Bartok,Samuel Barber,Miles Davis,Frank Kafka,Italo Calvino,Jorge Luis Borges,DOUGLAS HOFSTADTER,Kandisky,Bosch,Dashiell Hammett, and more....
Sounds Like:
Record Label: www.terresommerse.it
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Anagramma cd now avalaible

Now is finally avalaible the new cd of my jazz-rock band,Anagramma. You can buy it  at www.terresommerse.it or you can ask me , [email protected]   Stefano    ...
Posted by Stefano Pontani on Tue, 06 May 2008 03:33:00 PST

Recensione Dark City

      ..> Vu-Meters Dark City autoproduzione - 2007   In attesa che gli Ezra Winston pubblichino l'atteso, insperato, terzo album, alcuni dei suoi componenti si dedicano a ...
Posted by Stefano Pontani on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:39:00 PST

Intervista su paperlate

VU-Meters Il lato oscuro della crisalide Abbiamo fatto due chiacchiere con Stefano Pontani, già componente degli Ezra Winston, qui in veste di chitarrista dei VU-Meters, trio di recente costituzione,...
Posted by Stefano Pontani on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:37:00 PST