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TILION

...old sounds in a new dream...

About Me

TILION is a new Italian PROGRESSIVE band that was founded from the ashes of PROWLERS, a group that released three albums in the nineties. Tilion consists of Roberto Bobo Aiolfi (bass), Paolo Cassago (drums), Alfio Costa (keyboards), Flavio Costa (guitars) and Andrea Ricci (vocals). The music of this group is symphonic progressive with some jazz influence and perhaps even hints of prog-metal. In July 1999, Tilion was the support-act of the DEEP PURPLE show in Pontoglio (BS) Italy. The band has recorded "LIVE DEMO 99" a document of that live performance. Their real first own release was the demo Suoni from 2000, distribuited by Musea records. This is progressive rock with Seventies influences: great atmospheares with hard-rock, folk and jazz. The debut album Insolitariamente was released in 2003, pubblicated by Mellow Records. It is an album that is very much in the seventies Italian tradition and with a prominent use of vintage keyboards. In this release there are also some guest, like VINCENZO ZITELLO the great italian celtic harpist, that plays harps and flutes. They have also participated in many tribute projects: in Canterbury tribute From Canterbury and beyond, in KING CRIMSON tribute The Letters An Unconventional Italian Guide to King Crimson (Mellow Records) and in Sergio Leone tribute The Spaghetti Epic I & II an idea by Colossus Magazine (Musea Records). At the moment Andrea Ricci has left Tilion and the band are working about the new album A.M.I.G.D.A.L.A.____________________________________________ _______________DISCOGRAPHY:Albums:2000 - "SUONI" - Self prod./Musea Records 2003 - "insolitariamente" - Mellow RecordsCompilations:1999 - "TO CANTERBURY AND BEYOND" - Mellow Records 2004 - "THE LETTERS - AN UNCONVENTIONAL ITALIAN GUIDE TO KING CRIMSON" - Mellow Records 2005 - "THE SPAGHETTI EPIC" - Musea Records 2007 - "THE SPAGHETTI EPIC II" - Musea Records

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Member Since: 7/22/2006
Band Website: WWW.TILION.IT
Band Members: ROBERTO "BOBO" AIOLFI - Fender Jazz bass, Rickenbacker 4001 bass, Frudua "five strings" bass, Godine acoutic bass, Fender fretless bass and bass effects. PAOLO CASSAGO - Drums and percussions. ALFIO COSTA - Hammond organ, Piano, Rhodes Piano, Mellotron M400S, Minimoog, Korg MS10 sinthesizer, Harmonium and sinthesizers. FLAVIO COSTA - Gibson Les Paul Standard guitar, Ibanez guitars, Landola acoustic guitar, classical guitar and guitar effects (moogerfooger MF101 etc.)
Influences: BOBO - Jaco Pastorius, Vinicio Capossela, Area, Ares Tavolazzi, Paolino Dalla Porta, PFM, Frank Zappa, Weather Report, Stanley Clarke, Michael Manring, Tony Levin, Incubus, Quinto Rigo, Elio e Le Storie Tese, Pino Daniele........PAOLO - Van Halen, Black Sabbath, E.L.&P., King Crimson, Opeth, Steve Vai, Queen, Police, Boston, Giant, Talisman, Y.J. Malmsteen, Vinnie Moore, Porcupine Tree, Goblin, Balletto di BronzoALFIO - Pink Floyd, Goblin, Balletto di Bronzo, Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, PFM, Uriah Heep, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, King Crimson, Rush, ELP, Quinto Rigo, Giovanni Allevi, Vincenzo Zitello, Ayreon, Chopin, Mozart, Beethoven, Vivaldi.....FLAVIO - Tool, Metallica, Pain of Salvation, Balletto di Bronzo, A Perfect Circle, Jeff Buckley, King Crimson, Gordian Knot, Queensryche, Anekdoten, Anglagard, Dredg, The Mars Volta, Oceansize, Rachmaninov, Pink Floyd, 50 cent, Gorge Michael, Black Sabbath, Savatage, Dream Theater, The Muse, PJ Harvey, Goblin, Opeth...
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My Blog

Amigdala: Guests part 1

TILION proudly announce that Hamadi Trabelsi and Letizia Sperzaga will be our special guests on our new album A.M.I.G.D.A.L.A.. Hamadi will sing on "Nocturnal pt1" and "Nocturnal pt2". He is the ...
Posted by TILION on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:52:00 PST

TILION in studio !

Le sessioni di registrazione di A.M.I.G.D.AL.A. inizieranno la prossima settimana. Siamo davvero felici di tornare a lavorare insieme dopo le vacanze e il matrimonio di Flavio. Siamo pronti per una nu...
Posted by TILION on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 05:32:00 PST

A.M.I.G.D.A.L.A. ... the real tracks list is here!

Hi Guys... we're working hard, but we're very happy. The new album is ready and next weeks we'll start to record with the drums sessions. Here's the tracks list: A.M.I.G.D.A.L.A. - 680819DP - Symphony...
Posted by TILION on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 02:16:00 PST

ANDREA RICCI ... UN ARRIVEDERCI ...

"Andrea Ricci, voce solista dei Tilion dal 2001, ha deciso di lasciare la band per dedicarsi a tempo pieno alla sua nuova famiglia. La scelta pur sofferta, รจ stata una consapevole presa di co...
Posted by TILION on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 06:10:00 PST

THE SPAGHETTI EPIC 2 - OUT NOW !!!

THE SPAGHETTI EPIC 2 "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (MUSEA FGBG 4604.AR)   out now!!!Tilion's new rock suite "The Ugly" is out now!Dedicated to Sergio Leone & Vesa Lattunen_ ATTO I ...
Posted by TILION on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 09:12:00 PST