ATARAXIA este un grup de artisti italieni care exploreaza si creeaza muzica, poezie si momente teatrale, dedicandu-si viata in totalitate artei. Acesti muzicieni “trubaduri” se inspira nu numai din calatoriile lor “geografice” ci si din cele interioare ce poarta amprenta grea a secolelor trecute. ATARAXIA pare a fi o rascruce intre culturile Mediteraneene si Celtice, creand o mixtura ciudata dintre sacru si profan, divin si experimental, contemporan si muzica veche. Italienii se inspira de multe ori din legendele Europene si miturile Grecesti si Latine. Contemplarea, experientele onirice, atmosfera elegiaca si miscarile rituale, toate sadite in misterioasa gradina a Psihicului si Dorintei definesc muzica trupei. La fel si ciudatele texturi de note combinate romantic cu ecouri de sound clasic. Versurile au fost scrise de-a lungul istoriei trupei in multe limbi, fie vechi, fie contemporane, aducandu-se astfel la iveala comorile si revelatiile ascunse de fiecare limba in parte.

La trei ani dupa ultimul lor album de studio, Ataraxia s-a intors cu un minunat nou album! Llyr-ul este instrumentul muzical sacru al Barzilor si a poetiilor lirici din Grecia. Llyr reprezinta o noua poveste, inspirata de miturile pagane, de celebrari feminine ale Mamei Natura si de traditii estice si celtice. Ataraxia si carismatica lor vocalista, Francesca Nicoli, au creat un nou si neobisnuit gen de muzica: un dark-folk cosmogonic tinzand catre Frumusetea Absoluta.

Cele mai interesante ritualuri “live” ale trupei ATARAXIA au loc intr-o ambianta naturala sau arhitecturala speciala – acolo unde magia curge la fel ca intr-o drama primordiala. Pietrele si apa ne vorbesc. In timpul live-show-urilor trupa exploreaza si calatoreste impreuna cu publicul spre regate din alte vremuri. Inainteaza, de altfel, pe o poteca a carei origini dateaza din timpuri stravechi. Spiritele Imemoriale inca ne vorbesc.

Discografie, turnee si concerte

Ataraxia a lansat 20 de albume si a sustinut aproape 250 de concerte in Europa si America. In curand vor ajunge in China.

SHOW-UL DIN BUCURESTI

Prima parte – “LLYR” – fantasy, folk, ethereal

Protagonistul acestei balade semnate ATARAXIA, Siqillat, este un spirit al luminii, un tamaduitor si un saman care poate lua infatisari diferite si poate calatori in timp din toate epocile si pana in zilele noastre. Traversand diferite timpuri (ca si cal nobil, veche padure, munte urias, toba sacra, preoteasa, abis adanc, sursa sacra sau ca vant) si traind diferite experiente in locuri indepartate geografic si cu traditii si credinte foarte diferite, samanul nostru a contiuat sa-si urmeze calea, pastrandu-si faclia arzand si avand credinta intr-o noua constiinta care poate balansa legile cosmosului – prin muzica si prin cantat, caci vocile sunt facute pentru a celebra, a vindeca.

Ataraxia canta la urmatoarele instrumente, pe acest album: chitara clasica, chitarra battente, clape, flaut, gemelan, daf, tobe, santoor, tblas, zard si clopot. Vocalizele feminine sunt intretaiate cateodata de cele masculine.

A doua parte – “Paris Spleen” – dark cabaret featuring Ataraxia, Madame Bistouri si Paul Patchy

Inspiratia sta ascunsa in poezie, in special cea care transforma cea mai incurcata si chinuita realitate (cea a ciudatilor, a bufonilor, a cantaretilor abulanti sau a nefericitilor) intr-un fel revelatie lirica. Prin acest show am incercat sa exploram o perioada si un mediu care ni s-a parut intotdeauna captivant: cea a “cabaretelor macabre” si a parcurilor de distractie de la inceputul secolului XX din Paris. Cine a reusit oare, mai bine ca Baudelaire sa cuprinda aceasta atmosfera ciudata in versurile sale? Ne-am inspirat din „Spleen-ul Parisului” si am imprumutat chiar niste versuri pentru piesele noastre. Apoi ne-am documentat temeinic despre cabaretele fantoma de pe Boulevard de Clichy. Astfel am descoperit o lume nocturna apasatoare si tot odata stralucind in culori aspre, o dimensiune distorsionata unde fiecare masca, drama, gluma sau lacrima se transforma subit intr-o reprezentare groteasca si amplificata a vietii. Barbati, caini, parfumuri exotice, acrobati decazuti, frumoase cu ochii verzi, vanzatori de nori, toti fac parte dintr-o lume aparent divina ascunsa dupa o cortina rupta. Identificandu-ne cu artistii din acea perioada, vom avea placerea sa cantam o colectie de cantece care ar fi putut fi interpretate si la inceputul secolului XX intr-un fel de Cabaret Ceresc. Gratie bandoneon-urilor, musetelor, tobelor, tambalului si vocii dramatice a lui Madame Bistouri, il vom canta pe Baudelaire care, la randul lui, a omagiat, in trecut, artistii neprivilegiati de pe Montmartre. Acest show exploreaza trasaturile celor patru muzicieni care vor aduce inapoi la viata grotescul, ciudatul si irelevantul din “Le Spleen de Paris”.

ATARAXIA are a few Italian artists who explore and create music, poetry and theatre and who dedicated their lives to art. They are travelling  musicians inspired by their geographical and inner voyages in places still owning the charge of centuries. They feel to be like crossroads among the Mediterranean and Celtic cultures and they create an unusual mix of sacred and profane, heavenly and experimental, contemporary and early music. They make researches into European legends, Greek and Latin myths. Contemplation, dream experiences, elegiac atmospheres, ritual movements float in the mysterious garden of Psyche and Desire where peculiar  textures of notes meet the embracing echo of classic sounds. Their lyrics have been written in many ancient and contemporary languages as they like to bring to surface the hidden  treasures and revelations that each language owns.

Three years after the last studio album, Ataraxia is back with a beautiful new album! Llyr is the name of the sacred musical instrument of the Bards and the Greek lyrical poets. Llyr is a new story inspired by pagan myths, feminine celebrations of Mother Nature, celtic and eastern traditions… Ataraxia  and her charismatic singer, Francesca Nicoli, have created their peculiar genre of music: a cosmogonic dark-folk  praying for Beauty.
ATARAXIA best performances take place in fascinating natural or architectural environments where magic flows as it happened in the primordial drama. The stones and the water speak to us.

During our live-acts we explore and travel with our listeners in primeval kingdoms.

We walk along a path that finds its origins in very far times. The Ancient Spirits are still speaking .

Discohraphy, tours and concerts

Ataraxia have released 20 albums and have performed 250 concerts all over Europe and America.

Soon they will be in China.

SHOW IN BUCHAREST:

Ist part – “LLYR” – fantasy, folk, ethereal

Siqillat, the protagonist of this new musical voyage of ATARAXIA is a spirit of light, a healer and a shaman who has taken different forms and bodies travelling all over the ages till nowadays. Crossing different times (as noble horse, a centuries-old forest, a huge mountain, a sacred drum, a prophetess, a deep abyss, a holy source, a wind), living experiences in places very far the ones from the others with different traditions and beliefs, our shaman, kept on following his path keeping his flame alight, always believing that an awakening, a new awareness in balance with the laws of cosmos can be still achieved. Through music as well and through singing, as voice is made to celebrate, to heal…

Ataraxia, in this voyage, play the following instruments: classical guitar, chitarra battente, keyboards, flute, gamelan, daf, frame drums, santoor, tablas, zard and bells. Female vocals are sometimes accompanied by male vocals.

II part – “Paris Spleen” – dark cabaret featuring Ataraxia, Madame Bistouri and Paul Patchy

We are inspired by poetry, mainly the one that transforms the most turbid and tormented reality, the one of the wretches, the freaks, the buskers and the buffoons in a sort of lyrical revelation. With this show started exploring an historical period and environment that have always appealed to us : the ‘cabarets macabres’ and fun fairs of the beginning of the XXth century in Paris. And who, better than Baudelaire, has managed to portray that peculiar universe within his verses ? “The spleen of Paris” has been our guide and some of its lines have become the lyrics of our songs. Carrying out an accurate research about the ‘ghost cabarets’ that animated the nights of Boulevard de Clichy, we disappeared into a nocturnal environment both gloomy and sparkling of innatural colours, a distorted dimension where each mask, drama, jest and tear turned into a grotesque and amplified representation of life. Men, dogs, exotic perfumes, acrobats in decay, green-eyed enchantresses, cloud sellers, heavenly places come into existence behind the threadbare fabric of a torn curtain rather than on the unnailed planks of a worm-eaten stage. Identifying ourselves with the artists of that time, we will perform a collection of songs that could have been played at the beginning of the xxth century in the Cabaret of Heaven rather than in the Tavern of Crooks.

Thanks to the sound of bandonéons, musettes, big-drums and cymbals and the dramatic voice of Mme Bistouri, we will sing Baudelaire who, in his turn, had sung Paris of the imaginative and under-privileged artists of Montmartre. This music show features four musicians and a performer who bring back to life the grotesque, bitter and irriverent words of “Le Spleen de Paris”.


DISCOGRAPHY

* 1994 ‘ Simphonia sine Nomine ‘
Cd by Energeia – Apollyon – Italy/Germany

* 1994 ’Ad perpetuam rei memoriam’
Cd by Apollyon – Germany

* 1995 ‘La malédiction d’Ondine’
CD by Energeia – Italy

* 1995 ‘The moon sang on the April chair’
CD by Apollyon – Germany

* 1995 ‘In amoris mortisque’
10 inches split by Apollyon – Germany

* 1996 ‘Il fantasma dell’Opera’
CD by Avantgarde – Italy

* 1996 – 2009 new edition – ‘Concerto N. 6’
Cd by Apollyon – Germany

* 1998 ‘Historiae’
CD/LP by Cold Meat Industry – Sweden

* 1998 ‘Orlando’
Maxi Cd by Prikosnovenie – France

* 1998 – 2009 new DVD edition – ‘Os Cavaleiros do Templo – Live in Portugal’
Live video + CD by Symbiose – Portugal

* 1999 ‘Lost Atlantis’
CD by Cold Meat Industry – Sweden

* 2001 ‘Sueños’
Cd by Cold Meat Industry – Sweden

* 2001 ‘A Calliope, collection ‘
Cd by Future Insights – Brazil

* 2002 ‘Mon Seul Désir’
Cd by Cold Meat Industry – Sweden

* 2003 ‘Des Paroles Blanches’
Digisingle by Arkadyss – France

* 2004 ‘Saphir’
Cd by Cold Meat Industry – Sweden

* 2005 ‘Odos eis Ouranon’
double acoustic Cd by Equilibrium – Portugal

* 2005 ‘Arcana Eco’
Book + Cd by Ark records- Italy

* 2006 ‘Paris Spleen’
acoustic Cd by Cold Meat Industry – Sweden

* 2007 “Sous le blanc rosier”
double collcetion album by Shadowplay – Russia

* 2007 ‘Kremasta Nera’
Cd by Ark Records – Italy

* 2008 ‘Nosce te Ipsum’
Cd by Twilight Records – Argentina

* 2008 ‘Oil On Canvas’
Book + Cd by Ultramail Prod – Hong Kong

* 2010 ‘Llyr’
CD by Prikosnovenie – France

My Space:

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Youtube:

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