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Nino Auricchio

Purveyor of electromachanical groove

About Me

'SHINING' The debut album from Funkshone available from HMV I'm keys player and producer for Funkshone, a 9 piece deep funk band from London. Check out the Funkshone YouTube channel above.Making music since I can remember as my earliest memory is playing my casio keyboard when I was 5.Electronic music has been the biggest influence for me and has always inspired me to play and compose. All things electronic are of inspiration to what I do. I suppose my approach to music and sound is through the creation of textures and layers. Melody is king and a phased pad playing a minor chord hits the spot every time. As a friend of mine said, "you don't make music that sounds like a random fax message".I studied music and music technology at university and I still am studying it I suppose as I teach it now at a University. Credits to date include choral and string arranging for Song Music India, having compositions performed at SPNM concerts and having material released on Homeless Pigeon Records. ..
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Member Since: 1/25/2006
Band Website: skylinerecordings.co.uk
Band Members: Nino Auricchio uses: Fender Rhodes Mark II, Wurlitzer Piano Clavia Nord Electro 2, Roland JP8080, Roland XP-50, Pro Tools 7 Logic Pro 8, GMedia Software, NI Komplete, Propellerheads Reason,
Influences: Jean-Michel Jarre, Pierre Schaefer, Orbital, The Orb, Laurie Anderson, 1 Giant Leap, Funkshone, Coalesced, Ralph Vaugh-Williams, Imogen Heap, Faithless, Jerry Goldsmith, Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, Steve Reich, Phillip Glass, John Cage, William Orbit, Royksopp, Mike Oldfield, Enigma, Sting, Bjork, Leftfield, Air, Erik Satie, Edward Elgar, Robert Miles, Enigma, Talvin Singh, The Beloved, Seal, Adamski, Gustav Holst, Ror-Shak, Mango, John Barry, Mint Royale, Bob James, Lalo Schifrin, Roy Budd
Sounds Like: FUNKSHONE - Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers, The Soul Destroyers, JBs, Jimi Hendrix and The Experience, The Metres, the Dap Kings, Clyde Stubblefield, Bernard Purdie, Billy Cobham, The Head Hunters, Harvey and the phenomenals, Sharon Jones. ELECTRONICA - Enigma, Air, Leftfield, Jean-Michel Jarre, Orbital, William Orbit, Royksopp, Robert Miles
Record Label: Skyline Recordings/Well In Recordings
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

’Shining’ the debut album

Well, a very busy summer it has been so far! We have been gigging in and around europe and have managed to write and record an album! The Album entitled 'SHINING' will soon be available from SKYLINE R...
Posted by Nino Auricchio on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:31:00 PST

Funkshone recording sessions

Well this week has been do or die for the recording of the album. We had to get at least four tracks recorded, but we ended up with seven and some jams, so it was very productive. Everyone played re...
Posted by Nino Auricchio on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 04:22:00 PST

April 2008

Hello everyone,Well it’s been almost five months since I last wrote an entry for my blog. I’ve been finding myself subscribing to personal blogs and finding these continuous dialogs far m...
Posted by Nino Auricchio on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 08:04:00 PST

"Dark Hustler" EP now on iTunes in the UK, EU and the US


Posted by Nino Auricchio on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 01:34:00 PST

Live in Session on BBC Radio 2

The new tracks up on the player are taken from a live session at which I played keys in the funk act, Lack of Afro. The session was for Mark Lamarr's show 'God's Jukebox'. Mike Bandoni (drums), Phil...
Posted by Nino Auricchio on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 03:58:00 PST

Second Funkshone 7" out and doing really well!

850 copies with the distributors and no sign of any of them coming back! All the top DJs such as POGO and Gilles Peterson all screaming for several copies each. We've even had Craig Charles who does...
Posted by Nino Auricchio on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 06:40:00 PST

Dark Hustler released - http://www.arkade.com/default.aspx?a=Homeless_Pigeon

The third release from Homeless Pigeo Records "Take Off" features Dark Hustler. It is available to buy as a CD through the Homeless Pigeon MySpace or you can download from http://www.arkade.com/defau...
Posted by Nino Auricchio on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 11:32:00 PST

Looking forward to the summer

Its been a while since I posted one of these little updates so here goes.... I'm in the midst of marking the end of semester assignments for the course I run at TVU (for any students reading this, you...
Posted by Nino Auricchio on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 07:59:00 PST

On 6Music.....again

That lovely Mr Charles just can't get enough of Purification. We've had three plays on the Funk show and sales are still looking good, I doubt there are many of our initial 1000 pressing left so get ...
Posted by Nino Auricchio on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 03:29:00 PST

Purification available to buy online NOW!

Go to: www.piccadillyrecords.com or www.juno.co.uk Search for "Funk Shone" or "Purification"  ...
Posted by Nino Auricchio on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 04:01:00 PST