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Years active
  
2005–present

Website
  
www.cordeoblique.com

Record label
  
Prikosnovenie

Labels
  
ARK, Prikosnovenie

Origin
  
Naples, Italy (2000)

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Albums
  
I maestri del colore (Jewel Case Standard Edition)

Members
  
Riccardo Prencipe, Alfredo Notarloberti

Genres
  
Neoclassical dark wave, Folk music

Similar
  
Luigi Rubino, Ashram, Daemonia Nymphe, Argine, Synaulia

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Corde Oblique are a mediterranean progressive folk band based in Italy. They are the solo project of Riccardo Prencipe (composer, art historian) with vocal contributions from numerous female singers and actresses. They play ethereal music in a neoclassical dark wave style, with heavenly vocals. their music is inspired by the ancient italian visual arts. They released 6 albums, their last one is called "I maestri del Colore", and was conceived as a wooden palette used for mixing colors with sounds, the sounds of the colors are evoked by using lot of different musical instruments and musical styles. Almost all existing music tonalities have been used for the songs; moreover every title refers to a different color and the graphic design is inspired to one of the most famous italian art history encyclopedias printed in the '60s.

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Concerts

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The band performed in festivals in Italy, China, France, Germany, Belgiu, Holland and Albania, sharing the stage with bands like: Bauhaus, Anathema, Opeth, Coph Nia, Moonspell, Ataraxia, Persephone, Spiritual Front, QNTAL, Kirlian Camera, Of the Wand and the moon, and more. Here a summ of places and festivals where they proformed since 2005: La Loco (Paris), Gotischer Saal (Berlin), Casa del Jazz (Rome), Archeological Museum (Naples),Central Theatre (Leipzig), Culture Centre (Shanghai), La Locomotive (Bologna), Museo Madre (Napol), Tanzbrunnen Theatre (Koeln), Auditorium del Museo di Capodimonte (Naples), Museum Centrale Montemartini (Rome), Theatre Mediterraneo per il Comicon festival (Naples), Stazione Birra (Rome), Giffoni Film Festival (Giffoni), Qube (Rome), Cultural Centre of Huy (Belgio), Casina Vanvitelliana (Bacoli), Teatro centrale di Valona (Albania), Villa Pignatelli (Naples), Oratorio di San Quirino (Parma), Villa Fondi (Piano di Sorrento), Arco di Traiano (Ancona), Università degli Studi (Florence), Casa della Musica (Naples), Giardini Estensi (Modena).

Collaborations with artists and photographers

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The band performed at the Comicon Festival together with the painter Milo Manara, for the presentation of his book on Caravaggio. The The cover Picture of the album "I Maestri del Colore" is a photo from one of the main italian photographers: Franco Fontana.

List of guests and contributions

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  • Caterina Pontrandolfo - Vocals on all albums
  • Duncan Patterson (Anathema) - Mandolin on "A hail of bitter almonds"
  • Floriana Cangiano - Vocals on all except Respiri and "I Maestri del Colore"
  • Simone Salvatori (Spiritual Front) - Vocals on Volontà d'arte
  • Sergio Panarella - Vocals on Volontà d'arte
  • Claudia Florio - Vocals on Volontà d'arte
  • Catarina Raposo - Vocals on Respiri and Volontà d'Arte'
  • Denitza Seraphim (Irfan) - Vocals on "I Maestri del Colore"
  • Quartetto Savinio - appearance on "I Maestri del Colore"
  • Giuseppe Frana (Micrologus) - Vocals on "I Maestri del Colore"
  • Edo Notarloberti (Argine, Ashram) - Violin on all albums

    • Studio albums

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  • Respiri (ARK Records/Masterpiece, 2005)
  • Volontà d'arte (Prikosnovenie/Audioglobe, 2007)
  • The Stones of Naples (Prikosnovenie/Audioglobe, 2009)
  • A Hail of Bitter Almonds (Prikosnovenie/Audioglobe, 2011)
  • Per la Strade Ripetute (Prikosnovenie, The Stones of Naples/Audioglobe, 2013)
  • I Maestri del Colore (Infinite fog, Audioglobe, 2013)

    • Digital albums

  • Richiami a Mezzo Mare (2013)
  • Itri (2015)
  • I Maestri del Colore, Vol. 2 (2016)

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    Songs

    Venti di saleThe Stones of Naples · 2009
    CantastorieVolontà d'arte · 2007
    Nostalgica avanguardiaThe Stones of Naples · 2009

    References

    Corde Oblique Wikipedia
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