Francesco Banchini
| Francesco Banchini | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 September 1974 |
| Origin | Pozzuoli, Italy |
| Genres |
neofolk darkwave neoclassical darkwave |
| Occupation(s) |
musician songwriter |
| Instruments |
clarinet chalumeau flute saxophone piano guitar |
| Labels |
Prikosvénie Alula Felmay |
Francesco Banchini (born 24 September 1974, Pozzuoli, Italy) is an italian musician who plays many instrumens, primarily clarinet. His main infuences are the Medieval, Italian, Eastern European and Middle Eastern music. At the age of 14 he began to learn in the Conservatorio di San Pietro a Majella of Naples. Between 1989 and 1995 he was an active live musician as a soloist and with a clarinet trio, what split up in 1998.
He founded Gor in 1992. He plays every instrument on its releases, but plays concerts with guest musicians.
He was a session musician between 1999 and 2003 in Ataraxia, mainly as percussionist and singer.
He founded Mescla with Davide della Monica also in 1999, to play Mediterranean and Eastern European folk music as street musicians.
Releases
Gor
- Christos (1993)
- Genocidio di Ordine Religioso (1994)
- Cybernos (1995)
- Iniziazione (1996)
- Entrar sen braz (1997)
- Dicearchia (1997)
- Ruha d'Qudsha (1998)
- Solitudo corpus (1999)
- Bellum Gnosticorum (2000)
- Ialdabaoth (2001)
- Phlegraei (2002)
- Qumran (2003)�
- Temporis Recurrens (DVD) (2003)
- Croisades (2004)
- Amore & Tradimento (2004) – (Released in the US under the title Ciganko in 2005.)
- Baqshish (2007)
- Greta (single) (2012)
Film scores
- Honey (2004)
- Ramallah (2005)
- Sur (2005)
Contributions
Lys
- Roi Lune (2001)
- Mélisse (2004)
Ataraxia
- Suenos (2001)
- Mon Soul Desir (2002)
- A Calliope... collection (2002)
Others
- Soleil (w/ Jack or Jive) (2002)
- Love Sessions (2002)
- Segesta (w/ Lino Cannavacciuolo italian violinist) (2002)
- Alabaster (w/ Louisa John Krol) (2003)
- Three living Three dead (w/ The Soil Bleeds Black) (2003)
- Babilon (w/ Morpheus, a spanish band) (2003)
- Enrico Del Gaudio (2003)
- Love Sessions 2 (2004)
- U'Ciuccio (w/ Massimo Ferrante italian singer/guitarist) (2005)
- The Spirit Rises (Khvarena) (2007)
References
External links
- Worldmusiccentral.org
- Gothic.hu
- Last.fm
- Last.fm
- Discogs.com
- Discogs.com
- Web.archive.com
- Web.archive.com
- Prikosnovenie/com
- Felmay.it