Hello PanoPeople!
After a Friday with male rockers, Saturday at PIN III will be dedicated to more melodic sounds, and female vocalists.
Probably lots of you (certainly all Italians) already know them,
at least for their single Pop Porno, but let us present the headliners,
big sensation of Italian indie-pop,
Il Genio!
Il Genio got together at the beginning of 2007, when Gianluca De Rubertis (formerly keyboards player of Studiodavoli) and Alessandra Contini decided to give life to their songs, composed on computer, home of the new millennium.
The project starts quickly: only two months after, they are already playing live, not only in Salento (where they both come from), but also in big cities such as Milano, Roma and Bologna, reaching a really high number of visit/friends on their official myspace.
In September 2007, the record deal with Disastro Records, rapidly followed, two months after, by the recording session of their debut album, Il Genio.
Artistic supervisors are Davide D'Antuono (A&R for Disastro), Marco Fasolo (Jennifer Gentle) and Stefano Manca (Sudestudio).
It has been recorded at Ectoplasmic Garden, dark oasis of Jennifer Gentle, on tape, using every sort of vintage equipment, and mixed by Stefano Manca.
The atmosphere is ironic and sexy, elegant but winking to punk, with lyrics that are never banal. Il Genio plays electro-pop music with a retro atmosphere, singing in Italian and French. It's easy-listening but at the same time refined and elegant, between chansionniers français, modern melody of bands such as Blonde Redhead and Stereo Total's irony.
The single Pop Porno has been one of the biggest hits of last year, and the band has become the new sensation of Italian pop.
Il Genio are now touring with a full band, including Andrea Garbo on guitar and Paolo Mongardi, and starting to look outside Italy: they will also play in Paris and Brussels.
Cya there!!!
Panoplie Team
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