Colloquio is an experimental

Experimental music

Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...

-electro band founded in 1993

1993 in music

This is a summary of significant events in music in 1993.-January–February:*January 8 – The U.S. Postal Service issues an Elvis Presley stamp. The design was voted on in February 1992....

 by Gianni Pedretti in Bologna

Bologna

Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...

, Italy

Italy

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. As its main singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Pedretti is the only official member of Colloquio and remains solely responsible for its musical direction. Colloquio's music is a blend of electronic soundscapes with the Italian lyrics of Pedretti always in the foreground.

Band members

• Gianni Pedretti - vocals
  Singing
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  , piano
  Piano
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  , synthesizer
  Synthesizer
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• Sergio Calzoni - synthesizer
  Synthesizer
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  , sound-design

Guest Musicians

• Stefano Nieri - guitar
  Guitar
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• Stefano Castrucci - guitar
  Guitar
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• Stefano Lambertini - sound engineer
• Matteo Mattioli - synthesizer
  Synthesizer
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  , drum-programming

Discography

Tapes

• "Il giardino delle lacrime" (1993)
• "Inferno" (1994)
• "Le dolci carezze della tristezza" (1994)
• "Lettere a una tessitrice d'ombra" (1995 - split with Menarca)
• "Io e l'altro" (1995)

Albums

• "...e lo spettacolo continua" (1997 - selfproduced)
• "Va tutto bene" (2001 - Eibon Records
  Eibon Records
  Eibon Records is an independent record label from Milan, Italy, founded in 1996. It is owned by Mauro Berchi and primarily focuses on very fringe underground music, noise/ambient and doom metal . It is also home to Berchi's own dark ambient group, Canaan...
  
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• "Si muove e ride" (2007 - Eibon Records
  Eibon Records
  Eibon Records is an independent record label from Milan, Italy, founded in 1996. It is owned by Mauro Berchi and primarily focuses on very fringe underground music, noise/ambient and doom metal . It is also home to Berchi's own dark ambient group, Canaan...
  
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Compilations

• "Dissolution Fahrenheit" (1997 - Eibon Records
  Eibon Records
  Eibon Records is an independent record label from Milan, Italy, founded in 1996. It is owned by Mauro Berchi and primarily focuses on very fringe underground music, noise/ambient and doom metal . It is also home to Berchi's own dark ambient group, Canaan...
  
  /L'Alternative Dramatique)
• "Intimations of Immortalità Vol 4" (2003 - Energeia - featuring the track "Metamorfosi")

Soundtracks

• "Mondo Boiazzo" (1996 - featuring the track "Cisti")

Other works / Collaborations

• Alma Mater "Il parco degli arcobaleni" (1997 - Toast Records
  Toast Records
  Toast Records is an independent record label based in Turin, Italy.-Company history:Toast Records is a recording company founded in 1985 by producer Giulio Tedeschi and operated by Italian Rock. It all started in 1979 in a very “underground” style. The city of Turin saw and witnessed the birth of...
  
   - Pedretti sings in the eponymous title-track)
• Canaan "A calling to weakness" (2002 - Eibon Records
  Eibon Records
  Eibon Records is an independent record label from Milan, Italy, founded in 1996. It is owned by Mauro Berchi and primarily focuses on very fringe underground music, noise/ambient and doom metal . It is also home to Berchi's own dark ambient group, Canaan...
  
   - Pedretti sings in "Un ultimo patetico addio" and "Essere nulla")
• Canaan "The unsaid words" (2005 - Eibon Records
  Eibon Records
  Eibon Records is an independent record label from Milan, Italy, founded in 1996. It is owned by Mauro Berchi and primarily focuses on very fringe underground music, noise/ambient and doom metal . It is also home to Berchi's own dark ambient group, Canaan...
  
   - Pedretti sings in "Il rimpianto" and "Senza una risposta")
• Neronoia "Un mondo in me" (2006 - Eibon Records
  Eibon Records
  Eibon Records is an independent record label from Milan, Italy, founded in 1996. It is owned by Mauro Berchi and primarily focuses on very fringe underground music, noise/ambient and doom metal . It is also home to Berchi's own dark ambient group, Canaan...
  
  )
• Neronoia "Il rumore delle cose" (2008 - Eibon Records
  Eibon Records
  Eibon Records is an independent record label from Milan, Italy, founded in 1996. It is owned by Mauro Berchi and primarily focuses on very fringe underground music, noise/ambient and doom metal . It is also home to Berchi's own dark ambient group, Canaan...
  
  )

External links

• www.colloquio.tk - official site of the band.
• Eibon Records - record label website.