Talco (band)
Talco is an Italian ska-punk band from Marghera, Venice, which was founded in 2000 /2001. The band's name comes from the Italian name for talc, which have fooled around his own words in their infancy, the band members.
History
Under the name of " Talco Mentolato " Talco began in 2000 to play their first gigs. So they also won in April 2001 with "Aurora on Stage" a band competition. In the same year they released the first studio demo and changed their name to " Talco ". Then they played initially only live until they " Tutti Assolti " published in 2004. The line-up changed several times easily.
After further tours in Italy, Germany and Switzerland in early 2007 was released with "Combat Circus" their second album, for the song " La Carovana " a video also was produced. Will be followed by performances at the "Move against G8 " Festival in Berlin and a small tour in Germany in the fall. After this tour, a small break in the band took place, as with Terra (trumpet ) and Keko (bass), two long-time members left the band.
The band set out with high-pressure equal to the new album, released in the form of " Mazel Tov " in April 2008. The record release party was like during the two predecessors held in their hometown on April 25, the day of the liberation of Italy from fascism. It was followed by two Germany tours in May and November, as well as numerous festival appearances during the summer.
The culmination of the successful year the beginning of 2009 as they sold out the legendary SO36 in their stronghold Berlin and gave a similarly big show in their hometown of Venice. After tours in Spain and Croatia they were to be seen in the summer of 2009, almost every weekend at festivals and gave further concerts in Germany in the fall. In September 2009, Talco changed their record company and have since the Berlin label Destiny Records, where the last two albums were reissued in late 2009.
In October 2009, the charity single was released St. " Pauli "on the next to the version known already from the album Mazel Tov also sung in German variant is (after the publication of the song was played often in Millertor stadium). The proceeds from this single go completely to the Fanräume V. In the spring of 2010, the band was back in the studio to record her new album. In the period until the publication performances followed at numerous festivals throughout Europe, such as the Force Attack Festival, where Talco had previously earned a lot of attention.
On 25 August 2010, the new album " La Commedia Cretina " appeared - a concept album with 13 songs, which is dedicated to the left-wing activists and mafia critic Giuseppe " Peppino " Impastato. The cover is an homage to the And out come the wolves of the band Rancid, and the first EP by Minor Threat - a reference to Talcos punk rock and hardcore roots. Musically the disc is characterized by a further refinement of style and greater variety.
Since the release, the band - whenever it allow the jobs of members - go live. Due to this fact Talco play unlike other bands often many short trips or weekends, but spread over the whole year. In the summer of 2011, they were seen to over 20 festivals, including the Tauber Valley Festival, Open Flair or the Woodstock Stop in Poland.
In November 2012, the fifth and latest album currently Talco appeared. It's called " Gran Galà " and includes a total of 15 songs. Since the release of her album Talco has given all 77 concerts from December 2012 until the end of 2013 throughout Europe and Russia. A popular destination for Italians is always Germany.
Style
The band plays clean, some fast ska with some punk influences. The music is extremely danceable and very influenced by the band Ska -P and by Italian folk music. The band members describe their music as Patchanka with origins and influences of bands like Mano Negra, Gogol Bordello but also influences from modern Balkan beats. In Italy they are often referred to as "Combat Ska ", which expression is not very common in Germany. He will be mainly used for bands like Banda Bassotti, Redska or indeed Talco, which are often faster, political and punky, as many of the 2-Tone influenced ska bands.
The band knows how to arrange both fast and slow songs with not too intrusive brass. In addition to the usual cast the ska-punk guitars and instruments come through on the album Mazel Tov for the first time a fiddle to use, also an accordion- like sound effect is created in some songs with the keyboard. The songs " Diari Perduti " from the album "Combat Circus " and " Il Lamento del Mare " to " Mazel Tov " were combined with the female voice of Federica Gozzo, a friend of the band with Argentine roots, added. The lyrics are completely in Italian, the band is, however, anxious that their texts are understood internationally, therefore contain the booklet of the album each song an English translation. The lyrics are mostly from work experience, many of the songs also contain a political statement, as some works by Talco are addressed to the initiators of the Iraq war. Talco have released five albums, " Tutti Assolti " in 2003, "Combat Circus " (2006), " Mazel Tov " (2008), " La Cretina Commedia " (2010) and " Gran Gala " (2012).