port-royal (band)

For other uses of the term, see Port Royal (disambiguation).

port-royal
Also known as Up The Royals!
Origin Genoa, Italy
Genres Electronica
Post-Rock
Ambient
Trance
Years active 2000 - present
Labels Resonant Recordings
Chat Blanc Records
n5MD
debruit&desilence
Sleeping Star
Isound Labels
Klik Records
Sangre D'Encre
Sound In Silence
Website Official Website
Members Attilio Bruzzone
Ettore Di Roberto
Emilio Pozzolini
Sieva Diamantakos
Past members Giulio Corona
Michele Di Roberto

port-royal (intentionally written without capitalization and with the "-" between "port" and "royal") is a Genoa, Italy-based electronica and post-rock band formed in the year 2000 by Attilio Bruzzone (Guitar, Keyboards) and Ettore Di Roberto (Piano, Keyboards). Soon after they were joined by Ettore's brother Michele Di Roberto (Drums), Emilio Pozzolini (Keyboards, Sampling), and Giulio Corona (Bass). The band's music emphasizes instrumentals over lyrics; a style resembling other instrumentally focused bands, such as Mogwai and M83.

History

In the year 2000, childhood friends Attilio (who is also a philosopher, Ph.D, and co-founder of the band Diamat, which released 2 albums via n5MD) and Ettore from Genoa, Italy, decided to form a band 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 (never affecting the main members though), but the music would always preserve the same rigorous attitude and unique style, granted by experimenting a lot and mixing together various genres without never being swallowed up in one single direction/genre. In the last 8 years port-royal experienced an extensive live activity together with the production of all their major works: they have been playing in all Europe, former Soviet Union, former Yugoslavia and the United States.

Band members

Current members

Discography

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EPs

Compilations

Remixes

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