fonderia

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Fonderia was born in December 1994 as a band devoted to improvise and mix sounds and styles.
Members are Emanuele Bultrini (guitars), Stefano Vicarelli (piano, organ, synths), Federico Nespola (drums), Luca Pietropaoli (trumpet), Claudio Mosconi (bass).
Through the years the band gradually extended its sound, exploring musical landscapes that span from jazz-rock to ambient, from world music to funk, by means of improvisation.
In December 2002 the first album by Fonderia, “Fonderia” (Biz-BTF) was released, after more than one year work, obtaining very good response from Italian radios ad magazines, and awarded with the Darwin Award in April 2004, as the best Italian record of 2003.
In July 2006 the second CD, “reenter” was released by VinylMagic/BTF. With the new album, that features enter” already gained enthusiastic reviews and the award Toast/M.E.I. as best instrumental record of 2006.
The band also experimented interaction with other arts: poetry in the project “I racconti della Fonderia” (Tales from Fonderia), with lyrics by Nicola Bultrini, and improvised painting (with artists Francesco Nespola and Francesco Parruzza).
Fonderia worked on soundtracks for short movies, and composed music for silent movies, gaining international awards at the festival Rimusicazioni 2001 (for the original music on “Charcuterie mecanique”, by the Lumiere brothers), and Strade Del Cinema 2003 - International Festival of live music for Silent Movies (First Prize for the music on “My wife’s relations” by Buster Keaton); the soundtrack was published in the cd compilation “Notes on Frame” (Strade Del Cinema, 2003).
Further, Fonderia composed music for theatre, and for documentaries by Italian National Television (RAI), collaborating also with Baffo Banfi (from the 70’s Italian band Biglietto per l’Inferno).
The group performed many concerts around Italy, participating to important festivals such as Arezzo Wave, Villa Celimontana Jazz, Lecco Art Lab, Strade del Cinema, and collaborating with other artists as Rodolfo Maltese (Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso), Mauro Pagani (PFM), actress-singer Angela Baraldi and film-director Gabriele Salvatores.