Almamegretta

Almamegretta
Almamegretta 2009
Background information
Origin	Naples, Italy
Genres	Dub World Reggae
Years active	1987–present
Labels	CNI BMG Sanacore
Members	Gennaro Tesone "Gennaro T" Lucariello Zaira Zigante Paolo Polcari Fefo Forconi Mario Formisano
Past members	Gemma Aiello Raiz Patrizia Di Fiore Gianni Tonino Ash Stefano "D.RaD" Facchielli (deceased)
Website	www.almamegretta.it

Almamegretta are a dub group from Naples, Italy. Their lyrics are in Napoletano. Their music became quite successful within the European Trip hop scene, leading to collaborations with Massive Attack and Adrian Sherwood, who also remixed their album "Sanacore".

History

The band was established by Gianni Mantice (guitar), Patrizia Di Fiore (vocals), Gemma Aiello (bass) and Gennaro T (drums) in 1987. In 1990 Di Fiore left the band and was replaced by Raiz (also spelled Rais and Raiss) and Paolo Polcari (keyboards). D.Rad (Stefano Facchielli) later joined the group as dubber. In 2003 Raiz left the band to pursue a solo career, although he briefly reunited with the band for their 2013 effort Controra.^[1] In 2004 D.RaD died after falling off his scooter while riding in the rain.^[2]

Discography

• Figli di Annibale (1992, Anagrumba/CNI/BMG)
• Animamigrante (1993, Anagrumba/CNI/BMG)
• Fattalla (1994, Anagrumba/CNI/BMG)
• Sanacore (1995, Anagrumba/CNI/BMG)
• Indubb (1996, BMG)
• Lingo (1998, BMG)
• 4/4 (1999, BMG)
• Imaginaria (2001, BMG)
• Venite! Venite! (2002, BMG)
• Sciuoglie 'e Cane (2003, Sanacore) (live)
• Almamegretta presents Dubfellas (2006, Sanacore)
• Vulgus (2008, Sanacore)
• Controra (2013, Universal)^[3]
• EnneEnne Dub (2016, Sanacore)
• Senghe (2022, Saifam Music)

References

1. "Almamegretta new album".
2. (in Italian) Almamegretta, fan in lutto per la morte di D.RaD , Corriere della Sera, 3 November 2004, p. 38 (url accessed 13-2-2011)
3. "Controra".