The Christine Plays Viola
is a band Abruzzo dedicated to a darkwave
/ post punk
articulated and nuanced. After appearing on
several compilations and after scoring three self-produced
EP, in 2011 the band
reached an agreement with the German label Af Music for the release of their first full length Innocent Awareness. The album gets a good
response in the darkwave scene, with many songs
played by DJs in european darkclubs. In the polls is considered one of the best productions of the year from radio, websites
and magazines: even the guru Mick Mercer
includes it in its top 30 of 2011.
For The song Witch Of Silence, is made a video clip directed by Loreto Valente.
In June 2012 the band released a new EP of four songs including Keep My Scorn Warm in collaboration with vocalist Rosetta Garri of The Spiritual Bat.
For The song Witch Of Silence, is made a video clip directed by Loreto Valente.
In June 2012 the band released a new EP of four songs including Keep My Scorn Warm in collaboration with vocalist Rosetta Garri of The Spiritual Bat.
In January
2013, the CPV were the band of the year for
the German site “Static Magazin Germany".
In recent years they have gained
a good experience live mainly abroad (Germany, France, Austria areas
more jokes) sharing
the stage with bands like Clan Of
Xymox, Chameleons, She Past Away, NFD, Lotus Feed, The Last
Cry, Vendemmian ,
etc.
To report their presence to the world's first great festival organized with crowdfunding, the ALT FEST: the band was selected alongside superstars such as Marilyn Manson, The Cult, Fields Of The Nephilim, Killing Joke, Peter Murphy , Peter Hook, Gary Numan, Damned, Dead Kennedys, etc. This event was to be held 15 to 17 August 2014 in Boughton Estate, Kettering, Northamptonshire (England), then was deleted cause of organizational problems.
In May 2014, the German label Cold Insanity Music, was released the second full length of Christine Plays Viola entitled Vacua, an ambitious concept album inspired by the series of "Black Paintings" by the great Spanish artist Francisco Goya.
For the song Slaughter Of The Black Sun, a new video clip is shot by director Mauro John Capece.
The band is now engaged in the composition of a 7 '' that will see the light at the beginning of the year 2015 and is committed to the promotion of live.
To report their presence to the world's first great festival organized with crowdfunding, the ALT FEST: the band was selected alongside superstars such as Marilyn Manson, The Cult, Fields Of The Nephilim, Killing Joke, Peter Murphy , Peter Hook, Gary Numan, Damned, Dead Kennedys, etc. This event was to be held 15 to 17 August 2014 in Boughton Estate, Kettering, Northamptonshire (England), then was deleted cause of organizational problems.
In May 2014, the German label Cold Insanity Music, was released the second full length of Christine Plays Viola entitled Vacua, an ambitious concept album inspired by the series of "Black Paintings" by the great Spanish artist Francisco Goya.
For the song Slaughter Of The Black Sun, a new video clip is shot by director Mauro John Capece.
The band is now engaged in the composition of a 7 '' that will see the light at the beginning of the year 2015 and is committed to the promotion of live.
Is possible to listen the entire album Vacua here:
BAND
MASSIMO CIAMPANI: Vocals
FABRIZIO GIAMPIETRO: Guitar, synth, programming
DESIO PRESUTTI: Bass
DANIELE PALOMBIZIO: Drums, synth
CONTACTS
Email: christineplaysviola@yahoo.it
Twitter: https://twitter.com/christineplaysv
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/monolitonero
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/christineplaysviola
DISCOGRAPHY
It’ll Be Cold This Winter (CD EP – Self product, 2008)
Useless To See Beyond (CD EP – Self product, 2010)
Innocent Awareness (CD Full length - Af Music, 2011)
Promo 2012 (CD EP
- Af Music, 2012)
Leocadia (CD EP - Af Music, 2013)
Vacua (CD Full length - Cold Insanity Music, 2014)
VIDEO
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ITALIAN INTERVIEW ON DARKITALIA
ITALIAN
INTERVIEW ON SOUNDS BEHIND THE CORNER
ENGLISH
REVIEW ON PEEK A BOO MAGAZINE
SPANISH
REVIEW ON LALETRACAPITAL
ENGLISH
REVIEW ON MIDNIGHTCALLING
ENGLISH
REVIEW ON DOMINION MAGAZINE
ENGLISH
REVIEW ON REFLECTIONS OF DARKNESS
ITALIAN
REVIEW ON ROCKIT
ITALIAN
REVIEW ON ONDAROCK
ITALIAN
REVIEW ON DISTORSIONI
ITALIAN REVIEW ON RUMORE
8/10
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January 2015 : Christine Plays Viola release their latest EP entitled "The Stars Can't Frighten"
Click above for a video of one of the EP tracks "The Stars Can't Frighten Part I" :
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