IL TEMPIO DELLE CLESSIDRE is an Italian rock band, whose style draws inspiration from the hard and progressive rock of the Seventies and seeks to recreate that sound blending it with a typically Italian taste for melody as well as a distinctly modern approach. Great attention is paid to the integration between the music and the lyrics, with particular reference to the emotional sphere, nature and tradition.
The band was born in 2006 starting from an idea by the Genoese keyboardist Elisa Montaldo, who contacted Stefano "Lupo" Galifi, singer on the album `Zarathustra' by the Italian prog-band MUSEO ROSENBACH, regarded as a masterpiece of the genre. After completing the line-up, the band performed live the entire Museo album and started writing its own compositions.
The first self-titled album was released in October 2010 on the Italian label Black Widow Records and gave the band an immediate success in the RPI niche, granting them the participation in important concerts and festivals in Italy and abroad (among the others the prog festival in Veruno a gig in Seoul, South Korea, filmed on a DVD released in 2014, and the prestigious NEARfest, in Pennsylvania, USA). It contains a song dedicated to Boccadasse, a beautiful ancient district in Genova, and a recitative by the Genoese songwriter Max Manfredi, and at this point it has reached a fourth reprint.
In 2013, with the new singer Francesco Ciapica, the band released the second album, `alieNatura', dealing with the complex and conflictual relationship between Man and Nature. The cover was painted by Alessandro Sala, a Genoese painter very sensitive to these issues. Other live performances and festival invitations followed (Spirit of 66 in Belgium, Crescendo Festival and Prog'Sud in France).
In 2014 an acoustic version of some songs taken from the first two albums has been performed live, gaining a good response from critics and audience. The same show was also successfully performed at the Verona Prog Fest in 2015.
In 2016 Mattias Olsson, drummer from the well known Swedish band ÄNGLAGÅRD joined the band.
On May 14th 2017 the band released their third studio album, `Il-lûdĕre', presenting songs that alternate a strong rock character and a more immediate perception to the soundtrack or traditional music atmospheres, while maintaining the richness of the arrangements and the depth of the topics that have always characterized the band. The new work is an exhortation to take life with a light-hearted and funny mood, a kind of `filter' to be applied to reality to turn it into a fantastic and playful thing. Progarchives
IL TEMPIO DELLE CLESSIDRE [2010]
1. Verso l'Alba (2:52)
2. Insolita Parte Di Me (7:21)
3. Boccadasse (5:21)
4. Le Due Metà Della Notte (5:19)
5. La Stanza Nascosta (5:10)
6. Danza Esoterica Di Datura (6:13)
7. Faldistorium (6:02)
8. L'Attesa (4:36)
9. Il Centro Sottile (10:40)
10. Antidoto Mentale (3:49)
Total Time: 57:23
Line-up / Musicians
- Stefano "Lupo" Galifi / lead vocals
- Giulio Canepa / guitars
- Elisa Montaldo / piano, organ, keyboards, concertina, vocals, Fx
- Fabio Gremo / bass
- Paolo Tixi / drums
With:
- Antonio Fantinuoli / cello (5)
- Max Manfredi / narration (7)
Notes
Artwork: Maurilio Tavormina with Fabio Gremo (concept) and Elisa (logo) & Andrea Montaldo
LP Black Widow Records - BWR 123 (2010, Italy)
CD Black Widow Records - BWR 123CD (2010, Italy)
IL TEMPIO DELLE CLESSIDRE - Alienatura [2013]
1. Kaze (Ciò Che Il Vento Porta Con Sé) (4:15)
2. Senza Colori (8:30)
3. Il Passo (9:25)
4. Fino Alla Vetta (7:42)
5. Onirica Possessione (9:08)
6. Notturna (2:40)
7. Il Cacciatore (14:50) :
- I. La Vera Preda
- II. Volo Di Rapace
- III. La Lince
- IV. Il Lupo
- V. Il Cacciatore
Total Time: 56:30
Line-up / Musicians
- Francesco Ciapica / lead & backing vocals
- Elisa Montaldo / lead & backing vocals, keyboards, piano, ethnic tools
- Giulio Canepa / acoustic, classical & electric guitars, backing vocals
- Fabio Gremo / bass, Classical guitar, backing vocals
- Paolo Tixi / drums, backing vocals
With:
- Yoshiko Kase / narration
Notes
Artwork: Alessandro Sala with Andrea Montaldo
LP Black Widow Records - BWR 160 (2013, Italy)
CD Black Widow Records - BWRCD 160-2 (2013, Italy)
IL TEMPIO DELLE CLESSIDRE - IL-LūDĕRE [2017]
Tracks Listing
1. Le Regole Del Gioco (The rules of the game) (1:50)
2. La Parola Magica (The magic word) (4:54)
3. Come Nelle Favole (Like in fairy tales) (5:10)
4. Dentro La Mia Mente (Inside my mind) (7:21)
5. Spettro Del Palco (Spectre of the stage) (4:52)
6. Prospettive (Perspectives) (6:37)
7. Manitou (5:22)
8. Nuova Alchimia (New alchemy) (4:35)
9. La Spirale Del Vento (The whirl of the wind) (8:43)
Bonus track
10. Gnaffè (In my faith) (6:19)
Total Time 55:43
Line-up / Musicians
- Francesco Ciapica / vocals
- Giulio Canepa / electric & Classical guitars, backing vocals
- Elisa Montaldo / keyboards, backing vocals
- Fabio Gremo / bass, Classical guitar, backing vocals
- Mattias Olsson / drums, percussion, keyboards, processed sounds
With:
- Anna Holmgren (Anglagard) / flute (7)
- Andrea Montaldo / percussion (10)
Notes
The title of the album is a word pun made of the Latin verb "lūdĕre" (play) and the prefix "il", considered as the first part of the verb "illudere" (create an illusion).
LP Black Widow Records - BWR201 (2017, Italy)
CD Black Widow Records - BWRCD 201-2 (2017, Italy) With a bonus track
IL TEMPIO DELLE CLESSIDRE - Discography
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