Neri Per Caso

有著”a cappella”唱法頂尖水平的意大利樂團, Neri Per Caso于1992年成立于意大利薩勒諾.由一對兄弟(Ciro&Gonzalo)和他們的堂兄弟(Diego&Domenico)以及他們的朋友(Mario&Massimo)組成.從上世紀50年代興起的doo-wop(“嘟”-”嗚”等聲唱詞)唱法中獲得靈感.
　　Neri Per Caso在薩勒諾舉行了第一次公演.一次音樂會后,他們在羅馬遇見了”伯樂”-----Claudio Mattone.1995年Neri Per Caso以一曲”Le Ragazze”在薩勒諾音樂節(jié)上贏得了最佳新人獎和可觀的贊譽,這首歌被收錄在同名專輯中.同時還有一些以”a cappella”方式演奏的有影響力的意大利流行歌曲. 例如單曲”Sentimento Pentimento”.通過獨特的音樂風格(演奏中不使用任何樂器,單純使用人聲)和動聽的旋律,他們直達意大利排行榜榜首.第二年, Neri Per Caso攜浪漫抒情的 “Mai Più Sola”重返薩勒諾音樂節(jié),隨后發(fā)表了第二張專輯”Strumenti”,并第一次使用音響和電子樂器伴奏.
　　同年,他們發(fā)表了”圣誕歌曲選集”- “And So This Is Christmas”.隨后在1997年, Neri Per Caso錄制了這張專輯的西班牙文版并于次年發(fā)布.1999年他們在亞洲和拉丁美洲舉行了巡演.第五張唱片集”Angelo Blu”于2000年發(fā)行,收錄了單曲”Sarà”(意大利文,翻唱自Tavares的”Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel”).
　　為了慶祝成立十周年, Neri Per Caso在2002年發(fā)行了精選集”La Raccolta”包括了2首新曲目和之前所有的主打曲目以及成名曲,其中”Quando”出自1996年迪士尼公司出品的動畫電影”巴黎圣母院”意大利文版原聲帶.在其后幾年中,樂團把主要精力放在了舉行演唱會上---在新加坡和拉丁美洲的公演;
　　2008年Neri Per Caso發(fā)行了新的專輯”Angoli Diversi”,完整地收錄了各個版本的著名意大利歌曲翻唱并加入了他們有獨創(chuàng)性的理解,包括Mario Biondi, Lucio Dalla, Pooh, Gino Paoli, and Claudio Baglioni.
The first Italian band to reach the top of the charts singing a cappella, Neri Per Caso formed in Salerno in 1992, their lineup consisting of brothers Ciro and Gonzalo Caravano, their cousins Diego and Domenico Pablo "Mimì" Caravano (brothers themselves), and friends Mario Crescenzo and Massimo de Divitiis. Inspired by 1950s doo wop, they played their first gigs in Salerno and on cruise boats. After a concert in Rome they met their future producer, Claudio Mattone. In 1995 they achieved considerable fame winning the New Artists section of the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Le Ragazze," included in the album of the same title, along with the single "Sentimento Pentimento" and some a cappella renditions of famous Italian pop songs. Thanks to their unusual vocal style (without any instrument to back them) and their catchy tunes, they immediately reached the top of the Italian charts. The following year they returned to the Sanremo Music Festival with the romantic ballad "Mai Più Sola" and then released their second album, Strumenti, in which for the first time their voices was accompanied by both acoustic and electronic instruments.
That same year they released a collection of Christmas songs, And So This Is Christmas, followed in 1997 by Neri Per Caso, for which they also recorded a Spanish version that was released one year later. Then, in 1999, Neri Per Caso toured Asia and Latin America. Their fifth effort, Angelo Blu, came out in 2000, and included the single "Sarà" (an Italian translation of Tavares' "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel"). To celebrate their tenth year of activity, in 2002 Neri Per Caso released the anthology La Raccolta, which included two new tracks and all their greatest hits -- one of them being "Quando," from the soundtrack of the Italian version of the 1996 Walt Disney animated feature The Hunchback of Notre Dame. During the following years, the band concentrated on playing live, with gigs in Singapore and Latin America; then in 2008 Neri Per Caso released a new album called Angoli Diversi, entirely comprised of cover versions of famous Italian songs performed along with their original interpreters, including Mario Biondi, Lucio Dalla, Pooh, Gino Paoli, and Claudio Baglioni.