Port Royal (band)
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| Also known as | Up the Royals! | |
| Origin | Genoa | |
| Genre(s) | Electronica Post-rock Shoegaze Ambient |
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| Years active | 2000 - present | |
| Label(s) | Rersonant Records | |
| Website | Official Website | |
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| Attilio Bruzzone Ettore Di Roberto Michele Di Roberto Emilio Pozzolini Giulio Corona |
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Port-Royal is a Genoa, Italy-based post-rock band started in the year 2000 by Attilio Bruzzone (Guitar) and Ettore Di Roberto (Keyboards). They would soon be joined by Ettore's brother Michele Di Roberto (Drums), Emilio Pozzolini (Keyboards, Sampling), and Giulio Corona (Bass). They are known to have a unique approach to their music, with an emphasis on instrumentals over lyrics. A style which resembles Mogwai and M83.
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[edit] Biography
In the year 2000, childhood friends Attilio and Ettore from Genoa, Italy, decide to form a band in during a party. Their first practice session is Ettore's bedroom which had a piano and an acoustic guitar with a TASCAM 4 Track cassette recorder. Months later, Ettore's brother and fellow drum player Michele joins the band and finds a name for the project. More sessions take place in the so called "Saletta" nothing but a basement in the old genovese city-center. Songs are written and some will be the melodic basis of future tracks, others will be forgotten. Throughout the years the band would experience a shift in band members, but the music would always be the same.
[edit] Band members
[edit] Current members
- Attilio Bruzzone (Guitar, Keyboards, Programming) 2000-Present
- Ettore Di Roberto (Piano, Keyboards, Programming) 2000-Present
- Emilio Pozzolini (Programming, Samplers) 2001-Present
- Michele Di Roberto (Drums) 2000-2005
- Giulio Corona (Bass) 2003-Present
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Kraken (EP, Marsiglia Records 2002)
- Flares (Resonant 2005)
- Honved (EP, Chat Blanc Records 2007)
- Afraid To Dance (Resonant 2007)
[edit] Compilations
- Bias illumination (2003)
- Milk in My Cup (2004)
- Losing Today (2005)
- The Wire Tapper (2005)
- First Past and the Post (2005)
- Zenatron (2006)
- Sound in Silence (2006)
- Let's talk about Muerte Pop (2007)
