Elena Ricci decided to leave ifsounds.
The vocalist’s new professional duties are incompatible with the band’s activity.
ifsounds want to thank Elena, always a great friend of ours, for the emotions she gave us with her unique voice, appreciated by many listeners and reviewers all around the world.
We wish her the best in her personal and professional life, and we all hope that our artistic ways will meet again in the future.
Elena Ricci ha deciso di lasciare il progetto ifsounds.
La vocalist non può più conciliare i suoi nuovi impegni professionali con l’attività della band.
Ringraziamo Elena, ottima amica prima ancora che brava cantante, per le emozioni che ci ha regalato con la sua voce unica che tanti successi ha raccolto tra i critici e il pubblico di tutto il mondo.
Le auguriamo ogni successo e soddisfazione a livello professionale e personale, e speriamo tutti che i nostri percorsi artistici tornino a incrociarsi in futuro.
Bella e dettagliata recensione di Ferruccio Battini su Unprogged.
Grazie a Ferruccio e agli amici della Synpress44 Donato e Francesca.
Cinque album in sei anni ed una carriera musicale quasi ventennale: tanto è il bagaglio creativo che gli If (oraIFSounds) portano con sè, alla perenne ricerca di una identità che finalmente sembra delinearsi in tutta la sua pienezza. (altro…)
Sergio Guillén es la mente destrás de una de las mejores web musicales de España, Renacer Eléctrico que este año cumple 10 años de vida.
Esta es la reseña de Apeirophobia escrita por Sergio.
Primero nos llegó la transición de If a Ifsounds. (altro…)
Anima Mundi
Summer Breeze
Last Minutes
Aprile
Apeirophobia
Part I – Apeiros
Part II – Knowledge
Part III – Steps
Part IV – Conscience Builder
Part V – Jungle Feelings
Part VI – Another Life
Part VII – Memories
Part VIII – Home Again
Part IX – I will never be alone
Franco Bussoli – bass.
Elena Ricci – vocals.
Enzo Bellocchio – drums.
Claudio Lapenna – piano, keyboards, vocals.
Dario Lastella – guitars, synth, vocals.
Guests: Núria Palau, Alexandra Milas, Maria Miele and Armando Varriano – Strings on Aprile.
Cover design by Andrea Pinti.
Mastering by Steve Kitch (Audiomaster) – www.audiomaster.co.uk
Apeirophobia is the fear of the infinite. It could be described as “4th dimensional agoraphobia”. It is something that runs even deeper than the fear of death itself. The human brain can’t really cope with the concept of endless time and when we try to define infinity our destiny often seems to be an endless, obscure, unknown and frightening cage. It is in these moments that we suffer from Apeirophobia. While the fear of death is a basic instinct, Apeirophobia is more of a mental “short-circuit”. Most forms of philosophy and religion have tried to address the problem of the infinite in an attempt to bring this fear under control and this album is about how some of them have “filled the void”, shaping human thought throughout the centuries.
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Don Quixote – available only in the free if…sounds compilation.
Christmas Time was very busy for ifsounds.
The band worked hard recording some of the tracks you’ll find in the album we’ll try to release in this 2010.
It was a great experience: the old members of “if” (Claudio, Franco and me, Dario) started this new job with the new members (Elena and Enzo), trying hard to find a good bandship for the new band called “ifsounds”. I enjoyed a lot the rehearsals and I’m sincerely thinking that all of you fans and medias will love the new music we’re working on!
Enzo is an extraordinary drummer. We had some “technical” problem in the very first rehearsal (the gears were not completely ready!!!), but we could manage them and then we discovered a real “war machine”, who performed his drum parts with great technical precision and a lot of fantasy. I can say we’re working with another great drummer working with us after the experience with the talented Luca “Pingu” Di Pardo in “Morpho Nestira”.
But the nicest surprise of the sessions was Elena: we had already worked with her in the past and we all appreciated her job, but in the last three years she developed and improved her skills. Her voice now reached a new maturity, she’s now more powerful and expressive… in one word, Elena is perfect to shape our new sound and our music has now a new colour that I really love.
In the next days I’ll upload some video of the rehearsals on ifsounds.com. Hope you will enjoy them.
Stay tuned and have a wonderful 2010!
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