La Locanda delle Fate
Encyclopedia
La Locanda delle Fate is an Italian
progressive rock
band from the end of the Italian prog rock movement. They encountered little success with their first album Forse le lucciole non si amano più
(1977) and disbanded shortly thereafter. Decades later the band reunited without their lead vocalist, releasing the album Homo Homini Lupus
(1999).
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
progressive rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
band from the end of the Italian prog rock movement. They encountered little success with their first album Forse le lucciole non si amano più
Forse Le Lucciole Non Si Amano Più
Forse le lucciole non si amano più is the debut LP of Italian progressive rock band La Locanda delle Fate. The CD reissue was released 1994 with the bonus track "New York".-Track listing:#"A volte un istante di quiete" – 6:31...
(1977) and disbanded shortly thereafter. Decades later the band reunited without their lead vocalist, releasing the album Homo Homini Lupus
Homo homini lupus
Homo homini lupus est is a Latin phrase meaning "man is a wolf to [his fellow] man." First attested in Plautus' Asinaria , the phrase is sometimes translated as "man is man's wolf", which can be interpreted to mean that man preys upon man...
(1999).
Original Line-up
- Leonardo Sasso: lead vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
- Ezio Vevy: 12-string guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, vocals, fluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening... - Alberto Gaviglio: acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, vocals
- Michele Conta: piano, MoogMoog synthesizerMoog synthesizer may refer to any number of analog synthesizers designed by Dr. Robert Moog or manufactured by Moog Music, and is commonly used as a generic term for older-generation analog music synthesizers. The Moog company pioneered the commercial manufacture of modular voltage-controlled...
, clavinetClavinetA Clavinet is an electrically amplified keyboard instrument manufactured by the Hohner company. It is essentially an electronically amplified clavichord, analogous to an electric guitar. Its distinctive bright staccato sound has appeared particularly in funk, disco, rock, and reggae songs.Various...
, synthesizerSynthesizerA synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones... - Oscar Mazzoglio: HammondHammond organThe Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company. While the Hammond organ was originally sold to churches as a lower-cost alternative to the wind-driven pipe organ, in the 1960s and 1970s it became a standard keyboard...
, piano, Moog, synthesizer - Luciano Boero: bass guitar, Hammond
- Giorgio Gardino: drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, vibraphoneVibraphoneThe vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a musical instrument in the struck idiophone subfamily of the percussion family....
Discography
- Forse le lucciole non si amano piùForse Le Lucciole Non Si Amano PiùForse le lucciole non si amano più is the debut LP of Italian progressive rock band La Locanda delle Fate. The CD reissue was released 1994 with the bonus track "New York".-Track listing:#"A volte un istante di quiete" – 6:31...
(1977) - Live (1993) (recording of 1977 performance)
- Homo Homini LupusHomo homini lupusHomo homini lupus est is a Latin phrase meaning "man is a wolf to [his fellow] man." First attested in Plautus' Asinaria , the phrase is sometimes translated as "man is man's wolf", which can be interpreted to mean that man preys upon man...
(1999)