Member Since: 7/28/2007
Band Members: Roberto Zanisi plays 12 & 6 string guitars and cümbüs (an hybrid between sarod, dobro, banjo and oud) created in 1930 by Zeynel Abidin Cümbüs in Istanbul.He plays original compositions and some rebetiko and turkish traditionals, a sort of balkan blues in the mood of american primitive guitar.The solo cümbüs version of “Stin ipòga†is included on the double-CD anthology “The Diaspora of Rebetiko†(Network 2004)...His teachers were Augusto Mancinelli, Dom Um Romao (Weather Report) and Burhan Oçal (Istanbul Oriental Ensemble).He has done many collaborations with salsa orchestras and avant-jazz musicians, also as a steel pan player. He founded “Terzetto Garibaldi†(w/ Luciano Margorani and Carlo Actis Dato) and “Vendetta!†(w/ Margorani). Member of “Musci/Venosta Ensembleâ€: A noise a sound (ReR - UK 1992) • Losing the ortodox path (Victo - Canada 1997) and “Visna Mahedi Ensemble†(w/ Musci, Gabbiani, Magnanensi):
Unintentional beauty (Lowlands - Belgium 1998). He works for a lot of movie-soundtracks with Giovanni Venosta including: Un’anima divisa in due (CAM - Ita 1993) • Le Acrobate (CAM - Ita 1997) • Brucio nel vento (EMI - Ita 2002) • Agata e la tempesta (CAM – Ita 2004) • Giorni e nuvole (WB - Ita 2007). With him and trumpeter Giovanni Falzone started the project • diSturbunDrang •Since 2001 he’s on stage as an “actor-musician†for “Teatro Cucina†by Atelier Teatro in Polvere.Between 2004 to 2006 he was on tour in Europe with “Stewart Copeland & La Notte della Taranta†.. and has took part in many projects of Musicamorfosi like “Luz†(Velut Luna - Ita 2004), the brazilian-eye of the vocalist Lucia Minetti. During 2007 has already started the new project • Cosmofonia rudimentale • and also the • Papi Moreno 3D • comes out.
Influences: Live or in studio with:
Dom Um Romao, Peter Giger, Sainkho Namtchylak,
David Moss, Burhan Oçal, Martin Tetreault, David Fiuczynski,
Stewart Copeland, Vittorio Cosma, EnsembleBash, Raiz, Mauro Pagani,
Mauro Refosco, Armand Sabal-Lecco, Giancarlo Parisi, Trilok Gurtu,
Carlo Actis Dato, Sandro Cerino, Maurizio Dehò, Mario Arcari,
Walter Prati, Bill M.Vecchi, Massimo Mariani, Giovanni Falzone, Valerio Scrignoli, Carlo Nicita, Daniele Longo, Tiziano Tononi, Jean Réne, Silvia Mandolini, Emilio Galante,
Renato Rivolta, Lucia Minetti, Gennaro Scarpato, Tito Mangialajo, Gerardo Balestrieri, Marcello Schena, Andrea Zani, Naida Tarakcija, Arsene Duevi Tsibiaku, Fabrizio Spera, Roberto Kriscak, Angelo Avogadri, Luigi Maione, Gianpietro Marazza, Maurizio Angeletti, Enrico Marcandalli, Sergio Pavanati, Papi Moreno, Lorenzo Gasperoni, Walter Lupi, Marco Decimo, Andrea Dulbecco, Candelo Cabezas, Gilson Silveira,Mike Ogletree, Orlando Watussi, Carlos Ugueto, Kairo Flores, Mitoka Samba, Gianni Mazza, Guido Pistocchi, Ivana Spagna, Alex Baroni, Andrea Mirò,
Antonella Ruggiero, Sandro Giorgetti, Melodrama Ensemble Mediterraneo,
Gruppo Elettrogeno, cqfp, LA 1919, Tony e i volumi, Giantheo,
Biba Band, Latin Gas, Tropico 33, Michael Bloomfield…
Sounds Like: ROBERTO ZANISI IS ALSO:• Cosmofonia rudimentale •• diSturbunDrang •• Papi Moreno 3D •
Record Label: isinaz
Type of Label: Indie