Fonderia

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director: Antonello Schioppa; d.o.p: Ugo Perazzini; 1°assistant: Roberto DeSimone; costume designer: Giulia Giannini; film editor: Antonello Schioppa; starring: Stefano Fregni, Anna Martino, Chiara Cabello, Debora Negrini, Luca Gaggi;

location manager: Maurizio Schenatti Filmed in Lanzada (So) - Chiesa in Valmalenco (So) - Italy DvcProHD + Canon 7D

The work behind FONDERIA's third album, MY GRANDMOTHER'S SPACE SUIT (english language)
produced by Marco Migliari in the legendary Real World Studios in UK.

Directed by Antonello Schioppa

Dietro le quinte (lingua italiana) della realizzazione del terzo disco della FONDERIA, MY GRANDMOTHER'S SPACE SUIT,
prodotto da Marco Migliari nei leggendari Real World Studios in UK.

Regia di Antonello Schioppa

PIAZZA VITTORIO (2004)

Taken from the album "FONDERIA"

Directed by Antonello Schioppa

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LOADED GUN (featuring Barbara Eramo) - from "MY GRANDMOTHER'S SPACE SUIT" (BIZ 2010)

RE-ENTER - from "RE>>ENTER" (VMS/BTF 2006)

GRANDI NOVITA' (featuring Rodolfo Maltese) - from "RE>>ENTER" (VMS/BTF 2006)

PIAZZA VITTORIO - from "FONDERIA" (BIZ/BTF 2003)

DUBBIO II - from "FONDERIA" (BIZ/BTF 2003)

My Grandmother's Space Suit

My grandmother's space suit is the third album by Fonderia. Released four years after Re>>enter, this work marks a major change in the band's professional perspective, a musical challenge, and it is characterized by many new features, as the band decided to produce the record in UK to get a different and richer sound.
The album was produced with Marco Migliari (Peter Gabriel, Sigur Ros, Genesis, Robert Plant, Massive Attack, Stereophonics, ...), producer and former senior-engineer at Real World. It was recorded live at REAL WORLD STUDIOS (Box, UK) in November 2009, and mixed in January 2010. Mastering was carried out by Tony Cousins (Peter Gabriel, Crowded House, Richard Ashcroft, Genesis, Elton John, ...) at METROPOLIS (London, UK).
For the first time vocals are featured in Fonderia music. Two songs were composed with special guest singers. Loaded Gun, the first single from the album, was composed and performed with Italian singer Barbara Eramo, with lyrics taken from two poems by Emily Dickinson. The result is an intense and vibrating song, a deep soundscape experience with amazing vocals floating over the music. For this track a videoclip was directed by Antonello Schioppa, who already collaborated with the band.
The second song is I Can't Believe This is Just a Pop(e) Song, coming from a collaboration with Belgian composer/singer/guitar player Emmanuel Louis (Funk Sinatra). A surprising and bizarre pop tune, spiced with humour and surrealism.
The other seven instrumental tracks picture various and evocative musical landscapes, with a blend of many different influences as usual for Fonderia, and all focus on the main theme of the album, which is the paradox of viewing the past and the future mixed together.
The whole record was recorded live to capture the energy and the feeling of the band. The atmosphere of Real World Studios and the peculiar techniques used by producer Marco Migliari were precious to build up such a sound. The result is an album which is definitely a step ahead in the evolution of the sound of Fonderia, different and new but at the same time coherent with the idea of mixing forward-moving experimentation and deep emotional impact.

TRACKLIST

Moebius Onion Rings
Istanbul
Loaded Gun (feat. Barbara Eramo)
Gravity Wave
Liquid
A Billion Electric Sheep
Gojira
I Can't Believe This is Just a Pop(e) Song (feat. Emmanuel Louis)
Doctor's Hill

Emanuele Bultrini - guitars
Federico Nespola - drums
Luca Pietropaoli - trumpet
Stefano Vicarelli - keyboards

Claudio Mosconi - bass
Barbara Eramo - vocals on #3
Emmanuel Louis - vocals and guitars on #8
Cristiano De Fabritiis - vibes on #1