Datura (band)

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Datura
Origin Bologna, Italy
Years active 1991 – present
Genres Electronic
Members Ciro Pagano
Stefano Mazzavillani

Datura is an electronic band from Bologna, Italy that came to life in 1991 by the musicians Ciro Pagano & Stefano Mazzavillani (ex-members of the Italian electro pop group "Gaznevada" , one of the most importants in the decade of 1980) and the DJs Ricci (Riccardo Testoni) and Cirillo (Carlo Andrea Raggi).who is one of Italy's most famous Dj's & continues to work in Italy, Ibiza Morocco England. First single was "Nu Style", in the summer of 1991, followed by smash-hits as "Yerba Del Diablo", a cover of Visage's Fade to Grey & "Eternity". With "Angeli Domini", in 1995, DJ Ricci has left the group for others, and more techno, independents projects. The name "Datura" is taken from an hallucinogen plant used by Jacqui's Tribe for see & talk with the Gods in a "visionary trip".

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