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Vito

Make Good Areas Disturbed.

About Me


When people make the decision to immerse their lives in music, the results are likely to manifest themselves in one of two ways. A lot of people end up effectively burning out on the grey areas of the lifestyle - the grimy corners and malfunctioning equipment and bad food.

The other reaction - to realise that there has to be more than this - is where we find Vito. Five men from Cardiff, almost all of whom make a living from music one way or another and who, in the course of time, have seen enough to know that bands' proverbial paying of the dues is an equally proverbial minefield. This is what fuels their collective sense of ambition, a driven but deeply personal stance.

Together for roughly two years, Vito attempt to make their shows an 'event' by means of their location, line-up or both. Their debut album, ' Make Good Areas Disturbed ' (which was released in June 2006), doesn't feature individual names, to emphasise the point that this is a unit operating together, an entity that is Vito. This attitude is less a kick at the music business than a steely determination that the quintet operate on their terms, and theirs exclusively.

The band made contact with the label that released their inaugural single, The Flower Shop Recordings - responsible for Sophia , Copenhagen , Ligament and many more fine bands - thanks to their friend and producer, Charlie Francis . Charlie introduced Vito to Flower Shop chief (ex God Machine and now Sophia front man) Robin Proper-Shepherd, and a mutual appreciation followed its natural course. A love of music as artefact and a palate for moving intricate and measured sonics, make this a keen pairing of minds.

This collaboration resulted in a 6 week tour of Europe during April and May to promote the release of Vito's debut album (on the same label). Supporting Sophia, the shows opened with a set from Vito. Following that, the Sophia set was split into a solo acoustic set and a shorter electric set with Vito as the back-up band.

The single and in particular the album, reveal a band with a deft skill for conveying emotion and grandeur. Elements of many of the recent past's more lauded instrumental/post-rock bands suggest themselves: Godspeed You! Black Emperor , Sigur Ros ' early EPs, later Mogwai , Radiohead and Explosions In The Sky are touchstones, but more in the sense of helpful pointers rather than paraded influences.

Rather fittingly, it's an expansive sound that suggests a break for the border and an optimism shining through the gloom.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/28/2006
Band Website: vitomusic.co.uk
Band Members: Vito member no. 1
Vito member no. 2
Vito member no. 3
Vito member no. 4
Vito member no. 5

Influences: Mogwai, Sigur Ros, Explosions in the Sky, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Ennio Morricone, Doves, Radiohead, Low, and lots more that we can't put down because we'll argue over it amongst ourselves - but that's only because we care.
Record Label: Flower Shop Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Vito gig in Cardiff is this week!

Hiya all, Vito are playing a gig to celebrate the end of writing our 2nd album in Clwb Ifor Bach on Friday 30th November. We will be playing a set of brand new tunes and will start recording the new ...
Posted by Vito on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 02:07:00 PST

News in October

Hi all, Well it's the time of year again - the clocks have regressed an hour so it's now pitch black while making your way home from work (and you're also slightly ill because you chose to spend the e...
Posted by Vito on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:07:00 PST

Eugene Francis Jnr (Cardiff-centric news...)

Hello all the lovely Vito friends,While we have been busy locking ourselves away writing the new Vito album (which is going very well - hopefully we'll have some news for you soon) when we had a call ...
Posted by Vito on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:56:00 PST

So whatever happened to Vito?...

Kids,April fool's day has come and gone without any damage done and the smoking ban kicks in today in Wales. Some of us are happy about it and some aren't but it's all good for us in the end. So, we m...
Posted by Vito on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 02:27:00 PST

15/12/2006 - Other Disturbed Areas

Our online only release is now available to DOWNLOAD FOR FREE! It features 4 songs that didn't make it on to Make Good Areas Disturbed and 3 remixes, 2 by The Lord Of Loud and 1 by ODG. You can also d...
Posted by Vito on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 07:32:00 PST

18/11/06 - News Update.

LIVE RADIO SESSION TRACKS - 3 songs that we recorded for a radio session are now available to listen to on the myspace song player. The songs were recorded live and we picked 2 tunes from the album (R...
Posted by Vito on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 10:27:00 PST

Gig news

Hi everyone, I hope this finds you all well and not too hot and sticky. This is a quick update to let you know of some gigs we have coming up - we're playing in Clwb Ifor Bach in Cardiff on the 15th o...
Posted by Vito on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 03:16:00 PST

Radio Session and Album release news.

Bonjour, Hallo, Ciao, Het Hallo, Hello from Vito,  First of all, wed like to thank everyone who came to our European shows and also to those who bought our album. The promoters, promo people and ...
Posted by Vito on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 08:27:00 PST

Tour update!

Hi all, We are writing this from turin, the second date of our tour - our first gig was in forli yesterday, and it was great - despite some technical problems which involved Ash getting 2 severe elect...
Posted by Vito on Thu, 13 Apr 2006 11:18:00 PST

31.03.2006 - News update

Vito play Clwb Ifor Bach in Cardiff on Tuesday the 4th of April as a warm up gig for the forthcoming European tour - also playing will be the excellent The Voices. This will be the first time Vito hav...
Posted by Vito on Fri, 31 Mar 2006 07:51:00 PST