Franco Battiato  

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"Franco Battiato's 1970s output showed influences from electronic music. While his first albums can be called symphonic or progressive rock, his work became increasingly inaccessible, incorporating musique concrète and serial music. The willingness to experiment culminated in L'Egitto prima delle sabbie in 1978, where one chord is repeated throughout each LP side. After this, he turned more commercial, eventually earning huge national success."--Sholem Stein

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Franco Battiato (23 March 1945 – 18 May 2021) was an Italian composer, singer-songwriter, filmmaker, and painter. Battiato's songs contain esoteric, philosophical and religious themes, and have spanned genres such as experimental pop, electronic music, progressive rock, and new wave.

He was for decades one of the most popular singer-songwriters in Italy. His unique sound, song-crafting and especially his lyrics, often containing philosophical, religious, and culturally exotic references, as well as tackling or painting universal themes about the human condition earned him a unique spot on Italy's music scene, and the nickname of "Il Maestro" ("The Master" or "The Teacher"). His work includes songwriting and joint production efforts with several Italian and international musicians and pop singers, including the long-lasting professional relationship with Italian singer Alice.

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Discography

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1970s

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1980s

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1990s

  • Una vita scellerata (1990, soundtrack)
  • Come un cammello in una grondaia (1991)
  • Caffè de la Paix (1993)
  • Unprotected (1994, live)
  • L'ombrello e la macchina da cucire (1995)
  • L'imboscata (1996)
  • Gommalacca (1998)
  • Fleurs (1999)
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2000s

  • Campi magnetici (2000, soundtrack)
  • Ferro battuto (2001)
  • Fleurs 3 (2002)
  • Last Summer Dance (2003, live)
  • Dieci stratagemmi (2004)
  • Un soffio al cuore di natura elettrica (2005, live)
  • Il vuoto (2007)
  • Fleurs 2 (2008)
  • Inneres Auge (2009)
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2010s

  • Apriti sesamo (2012)
  • Del suo veloce volo - with Antony and the Johnsons (2013, live)
  • Joe Patti's Experimental Group (2014)
  • Le nostre anime (2015, collection)
  • Live in Roma - with Alice (2016, live)
  • Torneremo ancora (2019)
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Singles

  • 1965: L'amore è partito (Love's gone) - as Francesco Battiato
  • 1965: E piu ti amo (The more I love you...) - as Francesco Battiato
  • 1967: La torre / Le reazioni (The tower / The reaction)
  • 1967: Triste come me / Il mondo va così (Sad like me / The world goes like this)
  • 1968: È l'amore / Fumo di una sigaretta (It's love / Smoke of a cigarette)
  • 1969: Bella ragazza / Occhi d'or (Beautiful girl / Golden eyes)
  • 1969: Sembrava una serata come tante / Gente (It seemed it was an ordinary evening / People)
  • 1971: Vento caldo / Marciapiede (Warm wind / Pavement) - recorded 1968
  • 1972: Energia / Una cellula (Energy / A cell)
  • 1972: La convenzione / Paranoia (The convention / ...)
  • 1973: Love / Soldier - as Springfield
  • 1978: Adieu / San Marco - as Astra
  • 1979: L'era del cinghiale bianco / Luna indiana (The era of the white boar / Indian moon)
  • 1981: Bandiera bianca / Summer on a Solitary Beach (White flag / ...)
  • 1984: I treni di Tozeur / Le biciclette di Forlì (The trains of Tozeur / The bicycles of Forlì) - with Alice
  • 1985: No Time No Space / Il re del mondo (... / The king of the world)
  • 1985: Via Lattea / L'animale (Milky Way / The animal)
  • 1996: Strani giorni (Strange days)
  • 1996: Strani giorni (Remix)
  • 1997: La cura (The cure)
  • 1997: Di passaggio (Passing by)
  • 1998: Shock in My Town
  • 1998: Il ballo del potere (The Dance of Power)
  • 2001: Running Against the Grain
  • 2007: Il vuoto (The emptiness)
  • 2007: Il vuoto (Stylophonic Remix)
  • 2008: Tutto l'universo obbedisce all'amore (The entire universe obeys love)
  • 2009: Inneres Auge
  • 2012: Passacaglia
  • 2013: Del suo veloce volo (Of its rapid flight) - with Antony and the Johnsons
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Operas

  • Genesi (1987)
  • Gilgamesh (1992)
  • Messa arcaica (1994)
  • Il cavaliere dell'intelletto (1994) - unreleased
  • Telesio (2011)
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Filmography

  • Perdutoamor (2003)
  • Musikanten (2005)
  • Niente è come sembra (2007)
  • La sua figura (2007)
  • Auguri Don Gesualdo (2010)
  • Attraversando il Bardo (2014)
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Bibliography

  • Tecnica mista su tappeto, Conversazioni autobiografiche (1992)
  • Evoluzione evoluzione evoluzione (1998)
  • Parole e canzoni (2004)
  • In fondo sono contento di aver fatto la mia conoscenza (2007)
  • Musica e spiritualità (2008)
  • Io chi sono? Dialoghi sulla musica e sullo spirito (2009)
  • Temporary Road. (una) Vita di Franco Battiato. Dialogo con Giuseppe Pollicelli (2018)
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