AA.VV. - 1979 il concerto Omaggio Demetrio Stratos (1989)

Artist...............: Various Artist
Album................: 1979 Il Concerto Omaggio a Demetrio Stratos
Genre................: Progressive Rock
Source...............: Cd
Year.................: 1989
Ripper...............: Exact Audio Copy
Codec................: APE
Information..........: TntVillage
Covers...............: Front
Total Size...........: 414 Mb


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Efstratios Dimitriou (Greek: Ευστράτιος Δημητρίου; April 22, 1945 – June 13, 1979) better known as Demetrio

Stratos was a Greek-born Italian lyricist, multi-instrumentalist, music researcher, and co-founder,

frontman and lead singer of the Italian progressive rock, jazz fusion band Area – International POPular

Group.

Born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt, of Greek parents, he studied piano and accordion at the "National

Conservatoire". In 1957 he was sent to Nicosia, Cyprus, and, at the age of 17, moved to Milan, Italy, to

attend the Politecnico di Milano University at the Architecture Faculty, where he formed his first musical

group. In 1967, Demetrio Stratos joined the Italian beat band I Ribelli, and in 1972, founded Area.

Stratos recorded many records, and toured festivals in Italy, France, Portugal, Switzerland, Netherlands,

Cuba, U.S. with Area, as well as a solo artist and in collaboration with other artists. He worked together

with musicians, singers, writers, poets, directors, men of learning such as Mogol, Lucio Battisti, Gianni

Sassi, Gianni Emilio Simonetti, Juan Hidalgo, Walter Marchetti, John Cage, Tran Quang Hai, Merce

Cunningham, Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, Grete Sultan, Paul Zukofsky, Nanni Balestrini, Claude Royet-

Journoud, and Antonio Porta.

He studied ethnomusicology, vocal extensions, Asian music chant, compared musicology, the problem of ethnic

vocality, psychoanalysis, the relationship between spoken language and the psyche, the limits of the spoken

language. He was able to reach 7,000 Hz, and to perform diplophony, triplophony, and also quadrophony.

Daniel Charles has described him as the person who decimated monody by the demultiplication of the acoustic

spectrum. His vocal abilities were explored and documented.

Stratos died in New York City Memorial Hospital on June 13, 1979 at the age of thirty–four. His mission was

to free vocal expression from the slavery of language and pretty melodies. He considered the exploration of

vocal potential as a tool of psychological and political liberation. His study of the voice used as a

musical instrument carried him to reach for the limits of human capabilities. The amazing research of

Stratos brings many suggestions of unexplored fields of research that are still to be studied.


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Tracklist
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Disc 1
01. Kaos Rock - Basta, basta
02. Area - Danz(A)nello
03. Francesco Guccini - Per un amico
04. Eugenio Finardi - Hold On
05. Roberto Ciotti - Shake It
06. Venegoni & Co. - Coesione
07. Angelo Branduardi - Il funerale
08. Carnascialia - Europa Minor
09. Adriano Bassi e Italo Lo Vetere - Nero su Bianco

Disc 2
01. Antonello Venditti - Bomba o non bomba
02. Skiantos - Ehi Sbarbo; Ehi Buba Loris; Come faccio a farmi fare
03. Gaetano Liguori e Tullio De Piscopo - Tarantella del vibrione
04. Giancarlo Cardini - Novelletta
05. Giancarlo Cardini - 'Cardini' Solfeggio parlante per voce sola
06. Roberto Vecchioni - Figlia
07. Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - E mi viene da pensare
08. Area - L'Internazionale