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“Anonimix is a rare Anglo-Sicilian blend of cultures and styles, where north meets south, acoustic meets electronic and elements of pop, rock, folk and jazz embrace each other on a vibrant bed of Mediterranean and Latin- American rhythms. Thoughtful lyrics, eclectic piano, mellow sax and lively percussion blend together harmoniously to create a distinctly original sound that escapes easy classification but assures an enjoyable listen.”

Anonimix was born late one evening in the autumn of the year 1999 in a small converted garage in the rugged, lava-black foothills of Mount Etna, on the east coast of Sicily. An only child of mixed parentage, Anonimix’s infancy was strongly marked by the regular, structured, pop/rock influences of an English father and the looser jazz/ethnic influences and rhythms of a Sicilian mother. Raised and nurtured on such classic childhood development aids as Cubase and Stylus, Anonimix began at an early age to explore the delicate art of blending the acoustic instrumentation of those critical formative years with more modern, carefully selected electronic sounds. Timid by nature, Anonimix is not known for extravagant live exhibitions, preferring the quiet intimacy of the garage/studio to fashion and shape with calm reflection their songs and instrumental tracks.

ITALIANO
“Anonimix e’ una rara miscela anglo-siciliana di culture e stili, dove il nord incontra il sud, l’acustico incontra l’elettronico, ed elementi di pop, rock, folk e jazz si abbracciano su un letto vibrante di ritmi mediterranei e sud-americani. Testi intensi, pianoforte eclettico, sax caldo e percussioni vivaci si miscelano armoniosamente per creare un suono distinto e originale che sfugge da una facile classificazione ma garantisce un ascolto piacevole.”

Anonimix è nato in una tarda serata nell’autunno dell’anno 1999, in un piccolo garage convertito, nelle colline aspre e nere ai piedi dell’Etna, sulla costa orientale della Sicilia. Figlio unico di genitori di nazionalità diverse, l’infanzia di Anonimix fu fortemente segnata dalle influenze regolari e strutturate, pop/rock di un padre inglese e le influenze e ritmi più sciolti, jazz/etnici di una madre siciliana. Cresciuto e nutrito con degli strumenti di sviluppo classici per l’infanzia come Cubase e Stylus, Anonimix cominciò da giovane ad esplorare l’arte delicata di miscelare la strumentazione acustica di quei importanti anni formativi con dei suoni elettronici più moderni, attentamente selezionati. Timido di natura, Anonimix non è conosciuto per spettacoli stravaganti dal vivo, preferendo l’intimità tranquilla del garage/studio per creare e formare con calma riflessione le loro canzoni e brani strumentali.

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Gianni Rosini was born in Gioia del Colle (Bari) on 31.05.61, in a family that was already contaminated by the music virus; the evidence lying in the splendid performance of his mother, Vera Greco, in “Ie te vurria vasà”. Right from the start Gianni and his brother Mario, runner-up with “Sei la Vita Mia” (You’re my Life) in the 2004 Sanremo Festival, showed their musical talent and found their first admirer and supporter in master Procino.
The Rosini brothers started to attend master Partipilo’s music school and, thanks to their natural gift and young age, were soon participating in song festivals for children and later as a festival attraction in the surrounding villages and towns. At the age of eighteen, Gianni Rosini decided to leave Gioia del Colle and moved to Milan where his artistic abilities were soon noticed and he also began to receive invitations to perform abroad. As a consequence he started to perform in important venues in a number of major European capitals (Vienna, Berlin, Paris etc.) with a repertoire that ranged from international hits to classic Italian songs. Success and its inevitable entourage created in Gianni the urge, the need, to return to his native land and his roots.
Once home, Gianni gathered around him a number of talented musician friends: his brother Mario, an extraordinary pianist, the drummer Mimmo Campanale and the bass player Paolo Romano (currently involved in numerous jazz and pop projects), and formed a group that very quickly made itself known to the public thanks to its musical intensity and the charismatic stage presence of Gianni himself, a real showman. The formation of the group was followed by a long period of concerts in all the major festivals in southern Italy.
In the meantime Gianni nurtured his creative inspiration composing music which was to find favour amongst musical experts in general and in particular with Claudio Rispoli, aka Mozart, musician and producer, who endeavoured to persuade Gianni to record his first album. Unfortunately, Gianni’s restlessness, so typical of true artists, led him to flee from this first contact with the record industry and to enter an important period of artistic maturation triggered by his desire to experience Africa and her sonority. At this point Gianni took up residence for a period in Dakkar in direct contact with the real Africa, a country where extreme hardship merges with joy and with beauty of the truest deepest nature. All this can be found in the album “Giovanni”, in tracks such as “Africa”, “Splendida” or “Cico Bom Bom”. It was all that Gianni needed.
On his return to Italy, Gianni’s desire and need to shout out his emotions became possible in 2004 when his path crossed that of Michele Fazio, Mino Petruzzelli and Pino Mazzarano. These long-standing musician friends, each with a long and important musical experience both as soloists and in groups (the album “Bye Bye Patty Live”, the soundtrack to S. Rubini’s film “Tutto l’amore che c’è”, the tour with Ronnie Jones, Teo Teocoli, Gianluca Grignani etc.) were instantly enchanted by Gianni’s music and his project. This new formation, with the addition of the percussionist Francesco Pelizzari and the young bass player Pierpaolo Giandomenico, finally gave rise to Gianni’s long-awaited debut album, “Giovanni”.
The production of such a long-suffered and much loved creation could not be entrusted to anyone other than to Gianni’s first true supporter, Claudio Rispoli, whose understanding of the importance of the project led to his total dedication. This true life story, with its ups and its downs, its joy and its sufferance, has become the album “Giovanni”, a genuine product, like its author.

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Maurizio Metalli is a keyboard player, composer and arranger. He started to study piano at the age of 7 and grew up to the sound of the 70’s symphonic progressive rock bands - Genesis, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Yes, Jethro Tull, Gentle Giant - as well as fusion, jazz-rock bands and artists such as Yellow Jackets, Spyro Gyra, Jeff Lorber, Larry Carlton, Dave Grusin, Gino Vannelli.

He started to work as session man at the age of 20, also appearing in several italian broadcasts on RAI (italian national television) such as Discoring, Domenica In and others. Widely-known as the keyboard player for the italian progressive rock band “Formula 3″ (with Alberto Radius and Tony Cicco), for many years Maurizio has been touring and appearing on national TVs (RAI and Mediaset): La vita in diretta, Taratata’, Sanremo Estate, Sarabanda etc and working in studio recordings: “La Formula 3 a Sarabanda” (1998) and “La folle corsa” (2000).
He has worked as arranger for Vincenzo Incenzo (songwriter, Michele Zarrillo, Renato Zero, PFM), appearing in the famous italian TV broadcast “Help” (TMC2, 1999).
He has toured with Little Tony, Nadia Cassini, Luca Sardella and has made jingles and music for advertising and documentaries for national TVs (RAI and Mediaset).
He recently released instrumental music for “Xis Chillout Compilations” (Portugal, 2005) and recorded for Filippa Giordano (www.filippagiordano.net) in the “Primadonna” album that won the Gold Disc in Japan (2005) and in Mexico (2006).

He’s planning to record a solo album in the next future…

listen to “Pacific Trip”