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Genres: Electronica, Folk, Ethno-Techno

Fiamma Fumana

Fiamma Fumana began as a studio project in 1999 -- a tribute to the female vocal tradition of Northern Italy (like the choirs of mondine, the rice gatherers who were all young girls) revitalized by a new generation and electronic dance music culture. The result is an intriguing blend of old Italian dance tunes played to new Italian dance grooves, traditional ballads and state-of-the art electronica. To these young urbanite Europeans, electronic beats make a natural bedrock for re-interpreting the songs of previous generations. Female vocals connect past to future with unforgettable pathos. One other key ingredient, a rare regional bagpipe called the piva Emiliana, adds an unexpected Celtic-sounding flavor to the mix. The result is clearly Italian yet broadly international in its appeal.

The band members themselves are an interesting mix. Alberto Cottica, veteran of the acclaimed Modena City Ramblers, hails from Emilia Romagna and plays accordion, guitar and piano. Tuscan Jessica Lombardi is a Celtic music devotee who plays flutes and whistles as well as the bagpipes. Also from Tuscany, lead vocalist Lisa Kant brings a background in electronic music and fashion design to the band. Medhin Paolos is the group's DJ, an Eritrean-Italian who keeps the loops and samples flowing. These dynamic contrasts are well-expressed in the band's name which translates as flame and fog, opposing elements of fiery emotion and ageless cool.

"Assured and accomplished, Fiamma Fumana cross genres and geography in a single bound." -- Chris Nickson, amazon.com

"Fiamma Fumana keeps its age-old soul rather modern." - Marty Lipp, Global Rhythm

Past members of the group include founding member Fiamma Orlandi, who at 22, was then an absolute beginner but who had been brought up musically in the Emilian countryside, by her mother and grandmother. Her singing is a unique blend of traditional style and modern sensitivity. The elements had been carefully selected and balanced: Fiamma Fumana was to be a tribute to the tradition of female vocals of Emilia and Italy in general (like the choirs of mondine, the rice gatherers who were all young girls), and that tradition was to be revitalised by a new generation and its musical culture: hence, electronica, the most natural musical expression for Fiamma and people her age in post-industrial and affluent Italy. The result was an intriguing blend of old Italian dance tunes played to new Italian dance grooves, traditional ballads and state-of-the art electronica.
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Onda

Fiamma Fumana's third album is called ONDA -- which means WAVE. "We hear a wave coming. It comes from far away, it rises, it builds in strength. Our roots are its power source... The wave moves using modern communications: diverse people, once isolated by geography, now can connect their common interests and values. Everything is about to change. Everything is already changing."

The music is changing, too. The ancestral sounds of bagpipe and accordion remain, with female vocals to the fore in energetic new vocalist Lisa Kant. Onda is produced by Peter Walsh (he's worked with Peter Gabriel, Robert Plant, and the Afro Celts). The lead track (and video) "Prendi l'Onda" features raps from Italian megastar Jovanotti & London Jamaican MC Navigator (of Asian Dub Foundation).

Onda is dedicated to the late Martyn Bennett, Scotsman, piper and DJ. In the words of one reviewer, "Fiamma Fumana keeps its age-old soul rather modern." -- Global Rhythm

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	Title	Length	Sample
	Prendi L'Onda	3:53
	Immagina	3:54
	Angiolina	4:13
	Check In	3:17
	Strade D'Appennino	3:42
	Non di Sola Andata	4:33
	Corrente Nera	3:27
	La Vien Gi�	4:12
	Mondo Grande	4:15
	Mariul�ina	3:51
	Manifesto	3:08
	Immagina (Transglobal Underground Remix)	6:06
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	Title	Length	Sample
	Mar�dem	4:02
	Mercy is dead	4:13
	Girometta	3:47
	A v�i t�r mar�	4:03
	Mondina, La	4:13
	Mixedblood	4:31
	Oasis	4:59
	Balla!	3:37
	Blackbird, The	3:30
	Hunter, The	3:51
	Bella ciao	6:28
	Home	3:52
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	Title	Length	Sample
	1.0	4:20
	Tre Sorelle/ Three Sisters	3:53
	Di Madre in Figlia/ Mother to Daughter	4:08
	Hypnananna/ Lullaby	4:13
	4 Piemontesi/ 4 Piedmontese	4:05
	Mareoceano/ Oceansea	3:38
	L.I.L.T.	4:04
	Walking Song	5:01
	Incantata/ Spellbound	5:54
	Via del Ritorno/ The Way Home	3:59
	1.0 [Fumana Folk Sound System Remix]	6:00
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