Ataraxia (band)

Ataraxia
File:Ataraxia at Rossena.jpg Ataraxia performing live in 2006
Background information
Origin	Italy, Modena
Genres	neo-folk darkwave
Years active	1985 - present
Labels	Prikosvenie Cold Meat Industries Equilibrium Music Ark Records Infinite Fog Shadowplay Sleaszy Rider
Associated acts	Gor

Ataraxia is an Italian neoclassical band who combine modern technology with archaic instrumentation over various media, founded by Francesca Nicoli and Michele Urbano in November, 1985. In the first five years there were many musicians in the band, until finally Francesca Nicoli, Vittorio Vandelli, and Giovanni Pagliari became the basic line-up until today.

They have dedicated their lives to art, to explore the nobleness of centuries in many possible ways (music, poetry, theatre, and photography).

They define themselves as 'craftsmen of the sound' because they create an unusual mix of sacred and profane, atmospheric and experimental, contemporary and early music, using acoustic and electric instruments as well, always with such language which fits best to the actual work.

Members

Current

• Francesca Nicoli - vocal, flute, recorder (since 1985)
• Vittorio Vandelli - guitars, percussion, vocal (since 1986)
• Giovanni Pagliari - keys, vocal (since 1990)
• Riccardo Spaggiari - percussion, vocal (since 2003)

Past

• Michele Urbano - bass (1985 - 1992)
• Donato - guitar

Contributors

• Lorenzo Busi - actor and dancer (1991 - 2003)
• Livio Bedeschi - photographer and graphic designer
• Nicolas Ramain - speech and guitar in the song "Strange Lights"
• Francesco Banchini - clarinet, flute, percussion, vocal (1999 - 2003)

Releases

Full-length Albums

• Prophetia (1990)
• Nosce te ipsum (1991)
• Arazzi (1993)
• Sub ignissima luna (1993)
• Simphonia sine nomine (1994)
• Ad perpetuam rei memoriam (1994)
• Il fantasma dell'opera (1995)
• La malédiction d'ondine (1995)
• The Moon Sang on the April Chair (1995)
• Il fantasma dell'opera (1996)
• Concerto N.6: A baroque plaisanterie (1996)
• Historiae (1998)
• Lost Atlantis (1999)
• Suenos (2001)
• Mon seul désir (2002)
• Saphir (2004)
• Paris spleen (2006)
• Kremastra nera (2007)
• Llyr (2010)
• Spasms (2013)
• Wind at Mount Elo (2014)
• Ena (2015)

Live Albums

• Os cavaleiros do templo (VHS + CD) (1998)
• Strange lights (2009)

Others

• Orlando (maxi CD) (1998)
• "Des paroles blanches" (digisingle) (2003)
• Arcana eco (book + CD) (2005)

Videos

• Nosce te ipsum (1991)
• Would the Winged Light Climb? (1995)
• Concerto No. 6. - A baroque plaisanterie (1997)
• Os cavaleiros do tempolo (1998, 2009)
• Spirito ancestrale (2002)

External links

• Official Website
• Ataraxia discography at MusicBrainz
• Ataraxia discography at Discogs
• Gor info page at website of its label Prikosvenie
• interview with the band (in french)