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Alex Carpani
12+ albums
Progressive rockrockItalyitalian progressive rocksymphonic progressive
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Alex Carpani Band biography Some bands start by accident, but in this case it was literally an accident which caused the formation of THE ALEX CARPANI BAND. The Italian keyboardist and composer Alex Carpani suffered an ankle fracture and during the three weeks on rest he composed, arranged, performed and recorded all the parts of his debut conceptual album called "Waterline". His first intention was to make it an instrumental but he sent the demo to the legendary Aldo Tagliapetra from the Italian band LE ORME to take the lead vocals who accepted the challenge. During the next years under the production of Cypher Arts, Paul Whitehead (known for his Genesis, VDGG and Le Orme artworks) created the cover art for the album for this project and after a couple of years of hard work, the album is released in the year 2007. Before the album being issued Alex Carpani formed in late 2006 the official lineup of his band for the live performance of "Waterline", including some top musicians of the Italian new Prog scene: Alex on keyboards and vocals, Ettori Salati (Former The Watch) on guitars an bass pedal; Marco Fabbri (The Watch - Odessa - Eclat) on drums and Fabiano Spiga (bass, acoustic guitar & vocals), with the collaboration of several well known musicians. The sound of the band is clearly influenced by Italian Symphonic pioneers in addition to a strong GENESIS feeling, with a massive mellotron use "a la Banks" and some ELP touches. The band has made an extended and brilliant t
