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INFO on: www.ilgenerale.it
Coming from the hills of Florence, Italy, IL GENERALE is one of the historical personas of the Italian reggae scene. He was indeed one of the very first to release reagge and ragamuffin songs in Italian language in the late Eighties (his 1989 single, Non è un Miraggio Roberto Baggio/San Marco Skanking was the first 7 single singed in Italian). He became very popular in the early 90ies thanks to his own records (the albums Stupefacente and Guarda la Luna e Non il Dito printed by Wide Records respectively in 1990 and 1992), and after some crucial combinations (Raggasoldati with Jaka, Pupilla with Tax, the latter a former member of the harcore punk band Negazione). He also participated then to collective projects (as Lega la Lega of Torino Posse) and gigs all around the country.
IL GENERALE is actually still active both as singer and as reggae journalist. In this latter figure he writes about reggae and global hip hop for two Italian magaziens called Superfly and Basement: He is interested on listening reggae and hiphop bands from all over the world, so please contact him here: [email protected]
As musician he is actually working with Toni Moretto and the One Drop Band and a new album will be avalaible at the end of 2006.
The One Drop Band is a backing band which collects some of the best musicians of the Tuscany area: Toni Moretto himself (vocals and guitar), Daddy Wally (drums), Irie V (bass) and Ludus Pinski (keyboards and electronics) The show of Il Generale, Toni and 1db consists in a powerful selection of roots and dancehall tunes.
A Brief discography (not including singles):
Stupefacente (1990) Wide Records
Guarda La Luna e Non il Dito (1992) Wide/RTI
In Transito ... Briciole del Generale (2001) Heartcore
Più Che Mai (2003) Heartcore
Cafè Revolucion (2007) Goodfellas
For more info about IL GENERALE, TONI & the ONE DROP BAND:
www.ilgenerale.it
