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Cudù
12+ albums
art rockambientnew waveexperimentalitalian
about
Cudù was an experimental / art rock band from Florence, Italy. The group started in 1985 with a experimental new wave style (similar to A Certain Ration, Contorsions, etc.) with a definitive post-punk / funk / no wave effect. First formation consisted of: Ignazio De Stena (ex Esprit Nouveau) on vocals, Pierfranco Maturo on keyboards / synths, Walter Scarnicci (ex I Refuse It) on drums, Paolo Lotti on guitars / sax / flute, and Luca Mazzantini (ex Alpha Centauri) on bass. Andrea Bini joined the band on the first album titled "Neck". After this very good work the band will remain soon composed by three elements: Paolo Lotti (the composer of the great numbers of the tracks), Andrea Bini and Luca Mazzantini. This formation will start to make a lot of appreciated concerts and will release the second work on studio: "Delivery" (1988). A record very different from the first work, a sort of electro-jazz mix with neo-prog inclinations. This year is the best period of the band with the important partecipation to the Arezzo Wave festival. The next year Andrea Bini leaves the project. Paolo Lotti and Luca Mazzantini will produce together other two very good avant-rock records: "Vivo" (1989) and "Waterplay" (1990), the second with the collaboration of three great musicians as Steven Brown (Tuxedomoon), Luc Van Lieshout (Tuxedomoon) and Christian Burchard (Embryo). Cudù ended their activities in 1990. Paolo Lotti after the end of the group will produce a solo album titled "Nuda solitu
