RadioSpia records
RadioSpia records is a small Italian record company active since 2012. It takes its name from an old radio program [1] produced in Foggia, Puglia (Italy) which had the purpose of promoting new musical talents in that area, making them interact with other artists while respecting the contents and a wider music market.
RadioSpia was founded by the sound engineer Marco Maffei and follows an artistic line that aims to internationalize its productions [2]. The current catalog contains seventeen record releases and seven official video clips, mainly distributed on digital music download and streaming platforms (Apple music, Amazon, Spotify, Deezer, Rhapsody, 7 digital, Qobuz, YouTube, etc.).
The musical genres covered range from acoustic pop, electronic, Celtic, new age, pop rock, folk, dark wave, funk rock, comedy rock and patchanka [3], with a common thread that favors artistic quality and uncompromising sound for each release.
Since 2020 RadioSpia also has a sub-label, called Actarus Records [4], mainly for Italian productions.
Artists part of the label's releases
- The Charmin' Elf[5]
- The Alpha States[6]
- Madame Butterfly and Mr. Bear[7]
- Andrea Chimenti (with The Alpha States)[8]
- Pseudofonia[9]
- Domenico Montino[10]
- Emanuele Menga[11]
- Andrea Ruscitti[12]
- Valentino Corvino[13]
- Lucio Pentrella (with The Alpha States)[14]
- Giovanni Mastrangelo (even with The Alpha States and The Charmin' Elf) [14]
- Alba Francesca Battista[15]
- Esposito Gennaro Panettiere Fornaro's Blues Band[16]
- Sis Felix[17]
- Dandy Bestia (with Esposito Gennaro Panettiere Fornaro's Blues Band) [16]
- Maurizio Rana[18]
- Angelo Cavallo[19]
- Hunkies[20]
- Norm-A[21]
- Piero Monterisi (with The Alpha States)[22]
- Giovanna Russo[23]
- Torindo Colangione [23]
Music Catalogue
- The Charmin' Elf - She’ll Wear My Ring (2012)
- The Alpha States - Solitude Standing (2013)
- Madame Butterfly and Mr. Bear - What a Wonderful (2013)
- The Alpha States & Andrea Chimenti - Ashes to Ashes (2014)
- Pseudofonia - Kunz (2014 Remaster edition) (2014)
- Madame Butterfly and Mr. Bear - My Blue-Eyed Guy (2014)
- One Carl is Undead: An Ideal Today for Carmina Burana (2015)
- Sis Felix - Motionless Thinking (2016)
- Esposito Gennaro Panettiere Fornaro's Blues Band - Ungheria (2016)
- Giovanni Mastrangelo - Albert Camus (2017) [1]
- Maurizio Rana - Music For Handpan (2018) [2]
- Maurizio Rana - Hypnos (2019) [3]
- Angelo Cavallo - Storie Da Un Altro Mondo (2019) [4]
- Pseudofonia - 30 (2019) [5]
- Hunkies - What Do You Think About This World? (2020) [6]
- [Actarus records 01] Norm-A: La Strada (2020) [7]
- The Alpha States & Andrea Chimenti - What a Wonderful [8]
- Maurizio Rana - At Night [9]
Other Projects
On April 26, 2017 the label released its tenth release (Giovanni Mastrangelo - Albert Camus) with audio in 7.1. The release was presented by the journalist Damir Ivic.
They also announced on the Facebook page that begun the production of a live show with native surround sound, a project currently still unreleased. Their eleventh production, an E.P. by the handpan player Maurizio Rana, represents a starting attempt to evolve this young instrument, so particular and yet to be explored.
On 7 and 9 May 2019 "Hypnos", the album by Maurizio Rana, was presented to a public audience, with an ensemble of musicians who performed a particular performance in acoustic surround, which fascinated the audience.
In 2020, Actarus Records sub-label was also born, which aims to produce and enhance rap, trap and funky music for the Italian market, far from the clichés of traditional trash-trap. At the moment, it only released a single called "Norm-A: La Strada".
Partecipations and mentions
On 9 June 2017, on the thirtieth anniversary of David Bowie's first Italian concert, the Italian magazine Rumore released a selection of Bowie covers performed by Italian artists, which also featured "The Alpha States & Andrea Chimenti - Ashes to Ashes".[24]
External links
References
[25] Musica tra ricerca e sperimentazione
[26] Il grande ritorno degli Pseudofonia: ecco l’ep inedito della band foggiana per festeggiare i 30 anni. Omaggio ai fan con RadioSpia.
[27] Maurizio Rana, un nuovo viaggio in handpan firmato RadioSpia records: “At Night”
[28] "A trent’anni dalla nascita, l’etichetta RadioSpia records presenta 30"
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- ↑ "La Spia fa 97" (PDF) (in Italian). Inedito. Unknown parameter
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|url-status=ignored (help)CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) - ↑ https://www.mastering.it/public/test/79b.pdf (8 Jan 2020). "A ritmo patchanka riecco Pseudofonia, band inossidabile" (PDF) (in Italian). Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help)CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Actarus Records". Actarus records. radiospia.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ The Charmin' Elf, She'll Wear My Ring, retrieved 2021-04-23
- ↑ "The Alpha States - Solitude Standing". Amazon.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Album What a Wonderful Madame Butterfly & Mr. Bear | Qobuz: download e streaming in alta qualità". Qobuz (in italiano). Retrieved 2021-04-23.
- ↑ "The Alpha States & Andrea Chimenti - Ashes to Ashes". Amazon.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Album Kunz (2014 Remaster Edition) Pseudofonia | Qobuz: download e streaming in alta qualità". Qobuz (in italiano). Retrieved 2021-04-23.
- ↑ Domenico Montino, Carmina Burana, retrieved 2021-04-24
- ↑ Carmina Burana (Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi) [Est Affectus Version], retrieved 2021-04-24
- ↑ The Alpha States & Andrea Ruscitti, Welcome to Carmina, retrieved 2021-04-24
- ↑ Valentino Corvino, The Queen in My Arms, retrieved 2021-04-24
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Moscaritolo, Enza. "The Alpha States fanno una cover di David Bowie" (PDF). La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Alba Francesca Battista, À Rebours, retrieved 2021-04-26
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Labella, Stefania. "In "Ungheria" rock demenziale e altre melodie" (PDF) (in Italian). La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help)CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Radio Spia è tornata, Foggia Sis Felix (sii felice)". www.ilmattinodifoggia.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-04-26. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help)CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Maurizio Rana suona l'handpan, musica fra le stelle". Foggia Città Aperta (in Italian). Foggia Città Aperta. Feb 15, 2018. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help)CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) - ↑ Storie da un altro mondo di Angelo Cavallo (in italiano), retrieved 2021-04-29
- ↑ redazione (2020-06-16). "L'etichetta pugliese RadioSpia pubblica il singolo di esordio della band capitolina Hunkies: un interrogativo esistenziale assolutamente attuale". Musica Italiana Emergente (in italiano). Retrieved 2021-04-29.
- ↑ SanGiorgi, Giordano. "Norm-A: "La Strada" è il singolo di debutto del trapper pugliese – MEI – Meeting degli Indipendenti" (in italiano). Retrieved 2021-04-29.
- ↑ Chicco, Carlo (2021-03-04). ""The Alpha States & Andrea Chimenti: What a Wonderful". La nostra intervista". RKO (in italiano). Retrieved 2021-04-29.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 "RadioSpia records presenta "Maurizio Rana: At Night"". FoggiaToday (in italiano). Retrieved 2021-04-29.
- ↑ Redazione (2017-06-09). "Il tributo a David Bowie per i 30 anni dal suo primo live italiano". Rumore (in italiano). Retrieved 2021-04-16.
- ↑ Imperio, Salvatore. "Musica tra ricerca e sperimentazione". Resto al Sud.
- ↑ Redazione. "Il grande ritorno degli Pseudofonia: ecco l'ep inedito della band foggiana per festeggiare i 30 anni. Omaggio ai fan con RadioSpia". L'Immediato.
- ↑ Redazione. "Maurizio Rana, un nuovo viaggio in handpan firmato RadioSpia records: "At Night"". Foggia Città Aperta. Unknown parameter
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