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CTlab

About Me

The project was born in '99 by Luigi Barone and Mattia Messina. The intention was put together the cold atmosphere of electronic music with the hot sounds of acoustics instruments.After first two albums "Trustlab" ('99) and "Age of Disillusion" ('02), since 2004, Ct-lab collaborate with Record Kicks (MI), Kiver (MI/TO), One Eyed Fish Production (Bo) and Pulver Records (Germany) in Pulverising no03.Ctlab performed in many festivals and clubs like Arezzo Wave, Elettrowave, Zo (CT), MercatiGenerali (CT), Taxi Driver (CT), Tenax (Fi), Ragno Doro (Mi), La Drogheria/Xplosiva (To), Link (Bo) , Terrazzamare (Jesolo, VE), Rolling Stone (MI), Youth Icons 06 @ Platform (Athen).In DJ-set they performed with Howie B., Osunlade, Llorca, David Duriez, Moodymann, Daddy G (Massive Attack), Rennie Pilgrem, 5th suite, Loes Lee, Cinematic Orchestra, Carl Craig and many others.With the singer/model Vittoria Brunetti, they composed some tracks for a Buddha-Bar production (Paris). In 2005 come out The Split Man (Record Kicks / Kiver).

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Member Since: 6/4/2006
Band Website: www.ctlab.it
Band Members: Luigi Barone (guitars and programmings) Mattia Messina (vocals and programmings) Sergio Longhitano (piano Fender, synth) Gianluca Ricceri (bass) Giuseppe Distefano (drums) Sergio Montemagno (trumpet) Yuri Argentino (Sax) Federica Faranda (Voice)
Influences: zero7, air, thievery corporation, tosca, tortoise, royksopp, massive attack, pressure drop, nitin sawhney, portishead, funkstorung, lamb, tricky, plaid, kruder & dorfmaister, morcheeba, smith & mighty, terranova, emiliana torrini, a guy called gerald, nightmare on wax, emiliana torrini, kid loco, urban species, dub pistols, Boards of Canada, Ozric Tentacles, LemonJelly, Mr Scruff, Brian Eno, Roots Manuva,Tosca, London Electricity, Baby Mammoth, Underworld, Bonobo, Gustav Holst, Orbital, Cyantific, The Orb, Rob Hubbard, Weather Report, LTJ Bukem, Norman Cook, EZ Rollerz, Cinematic Orchestra, Visit Venus, Moog Cookbook, Tim Follin, Chemical Brothers, Royksopp, Goldfrapp, Groove Armada, Kinobe, Leftfield, Deep Dish.
Record Label: Record Kicks / Kiver

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"The Split Man" on I-Tunes Music Store

Now you can buy our album "The Split Man" (Record Kicks / Kiver) on I-Tunes Music Store.Follow this link:http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewA lbum?id=188644304&s=143444
Posted by on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 02:17:00 GMT