Francesca Nicoli

ICE QUEEN: Francesca Nicoli
BAND: Ataraxia
ORIGIN: Italy
GENRE: Darkwave
ACCOMPLICES: Vittorio Vandelli (classic, synth and medieval guitars, vocals), Giovanni Pagliari (keyboards, harmonizing, piano, vocals), Ricardo Paggiari (percussions), Lorenzo Busi (light and dance acts).
DISCOGRAPHY: "Simphonia Sine Nomine" (1994), "Ad Perpetuam Rei Memoriam" (1994), "La Malédiction d'Ondine" (1995), "The Moon Sang On The April Chair" (1995), "Il Fantasma Dell'Opera" (1996), "Concerto N.6: A Baroque Plaisanterie" (1996), "Orlando" (1996), "Historiae" (1998), "Lost Atlantis" (1999), "Sueños" (2001), "A Calliope... Collection" (2001), "Mon Seul Désir" (2002), "Des Paroles Blanches" (2003), "Saphir" (2004), "Odos Eis Ouranon" (2005).
INFLUENCES: Mediaeval, Baroque, Renaissance

IMHO: These guys make such weird stuff. It totally reminds me of Diamanda Galás. Very bizarre operatic medieval/modern music. It really makes you look out of the window and make sure you're in the right century. Love that feeling.

FAVOURITE SONG: It has to be Kate Bush's "Wuthering Heights" cover, which they call "La Nuova Margherita". It's a trip.
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WHAT OTHERS SAY: This is fresh from their website when self describing their music...
"We love to define us as craftsmen of the sound, we create an unusual melange of sacred and profane, Mediaeval and Renaissance, ethereal and atmospheric, contemporary and early music. We have inherited the treasures of History and Time and through our music we make researches into the European and Eastern legends crossing the ancient Greek and Latin myths. We try to preserve the past in order to give it back to the present. "