Live Concert

Oggi

Domenica
27 Maggio

Filippo Graziani - I Graziani

Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard

Ojm

ABRUZZO Eugenio Finardi • Rino Gaetano Band CALABRIA Eugenio Bennato CAMPANIA Scott Henderson Blues Band • Almamegretta • Bugo EMILIA ROMAGNA Kurt Elling • Radiofreccia • I Matti Delle Giuncaie • Morrigan's Wake • Losfuocos • Small Jackets • The Lords Of Altamont LAZIO Marco Mengoni • Joy Garrison • Charalambides • Bobby Soul • Zibba E Almalibre • Donpasta • Urban Clothes • The Traveller - Massimiliano Forleo • Dream On • The Niro LIGURIA Franco Morone • Max De Bernardi • Veronica & The Red Wine Serenaders • Gabor Lesko • Federico Sirianni • Francesco Buzzurro LOMBARDIA Tim Burton Show The Spleen Orchestra • Tambourine Men • Egokid • W.i.n.d. • Regina Queen Tribute Band • I Luf • Isaia & L'orchestra Di Radio Clochard • Pocket Chestnut • Crifiu • Wallis Bird MARCHE Dimartino • Brunori Sas • Michael Angelo Batio • Le Bollicine • Barboni Animati • Marcello Allulli Trio • Marracash • Danilo Rea • Aedi MOLISE Gianmaria Testa PIEMONTE Shary Band • Disco Inferno PUGLIA Nicolò Carnesi • Gianluca De Rubertis SICILIA Asian Dub Foundation TOSCANA Martinicca Boison • Fiorella Mannoia • Frankie Hi Nrg • Total Chaos TRENTINO ALTO ADIGE Ed Laurie • Zippo VALLE D'AOSTA Very Short Shorts VENETO Mike Melillo • Rumatera • Spaccailsilenzio! • Lower Dens • Thundermother

Domani

Lunedì
28 Maggio

Manuel Mota

Martedì

29 Maggio

La Otracina

Mercoledì

30 Maggio

Vasco Real Tribute

Giovedì

31 Maggio

The Ex + Brass Unbound

Il Pan Del Diavolo

CAMPANIA Maria Antonietta EMILIA ROMAGNA Codeine • Rangzen • Littlefoot • Civil Civic • La Otracina • Pater Nembrot • Ed • Edda FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA Leydis Mendez Y Carretera LAZIO Lo Stato Sociale • Peppe Fonte • Noyz Narcos • La Coka Nostra • Milagro Acustico • Complessino Vazca • Turbolenti LIGURIA Paolo Bonfanti • Bobby Soul • The Moorings LOMBARDIA Rain • Ettore Giuradei • Zibba E Almalibre • Lomè • Vinile - Cover 360 • Eugenio Finardi • Riff Raff • Isaia & L'orchestra Di Radio Clochard • Massimo Priviero • Gang MARCHE Daddy Blues • Francesca Lago • The Lotus • Francesco Patella PIEMONTE Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson SICILIA Marco Parente TOSCANA Roy Paci & Aretuska • Venus In Furs • Ozric Tentacles UMBRIA Rino Gaetano Band VENETO Dilaila • The Sunny Boys • Queen Mania

Venerdì

01 Giugno

Littlefoot

L'orso

Gang

The Moorings

ABRUZZO La Otracina • The Niro • Gto CAMPANIA Epo • Modena City Ramblers • Abulico • Sabba & Gli Incensurabili • Yes Daddy Yes • Dioniso Folk Band • Kalamu EMILIA ROMAGNA Salmo • Drink To Me • Still Rings True • Babaman Aka Irieman • Belzebass • Clementino • Complessino Vazca FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA Disco Inferno • Arbe Garbe • The Ex + Brass Unbound LAZIO The Reggae Circus • Banda Bassotti • Maria Antonietta • Ozric Tentacles • Everqueen • Lino Patruno • Jazzsteppa • Iosonouncane • Sigue Sigue Sputnik • Wire LIGURIA Jambalaya • Brusco LOMBARDIA Arisa • Dino Fumaretto • Obituary • The Traveller - Massimiliano Forleo • Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson • Folkstone • Quasiviri • Sakee Sed • Vallanzaska • Sulutumana MARCHE Nicolò Carnesi • Francesca Lago • Peperoncino Power Rock • Sud Sound System • Stri PIEMONTE Dado Moroni • J-Ax • Roberto Gatto • Rosario Giuliani • Fabrizio Bosso • Paolo Bonfanti • Francesco Patella PUGLIA Franco Morone • Regina Queen Tribute Band • White Queen • Ohm Italian Pink Floyd • Alex Carpani SARDEGNA The Cyborgs SICILIA Ghemon • Oratio • La Coka Nostra • Marco Parente • Brunori Sas TOSCANA Stefano Bollani • Carlo Monni. Bigazzi. Odori & Bigazzi “Nottecampana” • Enrico Rava • Noze • Diaframma Federico Fiumani • Litfiba • Last Killers • Xtreme Team • The Cleopatras • Ensi TRENTINO ALTO ADIGE Deniz Tek • Rezophonic • The Sunny Boys UMBRIA Edda • Airesis VENETO Maci's Mobile • Joe Dibrutto • Ojm • Sir Oliver Skardy Meets Fahrenheit 451 • Muleta • Bugo • Moving Mountains • Controllo Elettronico Della Velocita' • Bud Spencer Blues Explosion

Sabato

02 Giugno

Alessandro Benvenuti. Antonio Superpippo Gabellini

Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson

Freaky Mermaids

Ozric Tentacles

SVIZZERA Nomadi • Edoardo Bennato • Trenincorsa ABRUZZO Regina Queen Tribute Band BASILICATA Toti Poeta CAMPANIA Giuliano Palma & The Bluebeaters • Ava Mendoza • Il Teatro Degli Orrori • Humanoalieno • Maria Antonietta • Onirica • Corde Oblique • Guido Maria Grillo EMILIA ROMAGNA The Moorings • Ray Daytona And Googoobombos • La Coka Nostra • Le Minigonne • Gattamolesta • Thomas Melchior • The Ex + Brass Unbound • Disco Inferno • The Doormen FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA Erica Mou LAZIO Billy Bros • La Otracina • Rino Gaetano Band • Assalti Frontali • One Love Hi Pawa • S.c.u.m. • Minnie Minoprio • Obituary LIGURIA The Wavers • The Rock'n'roll Kamikazes LOMBARDIA The R's • Max De Bernardi • Rockodrilli • Le Man Avec Les Lunettes • Lo Stato Sociale • Gigi Cifarelli • Ettore Giuradei • Veronica & The Red Wine Serenaders • Ras Tewelde MARCHE Still Rings True • The Inteli-Gents • Le Bollicine MOLISE 99Posse PIEMONTE Gli Splendidi • Fabrizio Bosso • Clementino • Kiave • Davide Van De Sfroos • Tormento • Ghemon • Almamegretta & Raiz • Onemic • Salmo PUGLIA Sud Sound System • Edda • Franco Morone • White Queen SARDEGNA The Cyborgs • Francesco Piu • Eugenio Finardi • Four Vegas SICILIA Max Gazze' • Adel's TOSCANA Il Parto Delle Nuvole Pesanti • Kevin Saunderson • The Zen Circus • Harmonia Ensemble • Funk Off • Aucan • Appaloosa • Dance For Burgess • Diaframma Federico Fiumani TRENTINO ALTO ADIGE Mellow Mood • Ojm UMBRIA Punkreas • Area X Ligabue Tributo • Nobraino • Pornoriviste VENETO Unorsominore • Ultimo Attuale Corpo Sonoro • Giardini Di Miro' • Arianna Antinori And The Turle Blues • L'orso • Cabeki • Sir Oliver Skardy Meets Fahrenheit 451 • Dente • Caspian • Controllo Elettronico Della Velocita'

Giugno
2012

Exodus

Ettore Giuradei

Sick Tamburo

Kutso

Jambalaya

Pilgrims

Overkill

• Dirotta Su Cuba REP. SAN MARINO Uppercut SVIZZERA Popa Chubby REP. SAN MARINO Bluesmobile SVIZZERA Selton ABRUZZO Raster • Radiodervish • Kardia • Pino Scotto • Fratelli Calafuria • Banda Bassotti • Extrema • Fabrizio Coppola BASILICATA Blue Cat Blues • Rino Gaetano Band • Bandabardò CALABRIA A 67 • Oratio CAMPANIA Foja • Klogr • A Toys Orchestra • Paolo Di Sabatino • Guano Padano • Grazia Di Michele • Onirica • Fabio Concato • Alice Tambourine Lover • Musica Nuda / Petra Magoni + Ferruccio Spinetti EMILIA ROMAGNA Fun K Monks • Rain • Antonella Lo Coco • Ilenia Volpe • La Dispute • Epo • Rashomon • Aedi • Sarah Jane Morris • Riccardo Maffoni FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA Xxl (Larsen + Xiu Xiu) • Ronin • Matt Bianco • Egschiglen • Chris Cornell • Emir Kusturica & No Smoking Orchestra LAZIO Iori’S Eyes • Peppe Barra • Butcher Mind Collapse • Zebrahead • Bobo Rondelli • Mellow Mood • Adriano Bono • Dimartino • Tre Allegri Ragazzi Morti LIGURIA Les Sanpapier • Mattia Cigalini • Raphael & Eazy Skankers • Eva Mon Amour • Lo Stato Sociale • Edda • Slick Steve & The Gangsters • Treves Blues Band • Maurizio Giammarco • Daniele Franchi Trio LOMBARDIA Guns N'roses • Traveling Orkestra • Gallows • The Peawees • Camillore’ • Ensi • Grimoon • Thony • Club Dogo • Daisy Chains MARCHE Gattamolesta • The Hard Beat • Muffx • Maria Antonietta • La Fame Di Camilla • Sun King • The Little Pills • Dadamatto MOLISE Bisca PIEMONTE Francesca Lago • John Digweed • Munadjat Yulchieva & Group • Carlot-Ta • Gli Splendidi • Dave Kelly • Clementino • Machinedrum • Le Man Avec Les Lunettes • Derozer PUGLIA Ohm Italian Pink Floyd • Malevolent Creation • The Horrible Porno Stuntmen • Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino • La Combriccola Di Vasco • Raiz & Radicanto • Rainbow Bridge - Jimi Hendrix Tribute Band • Noyz Narcos • White Queen SARDEGNA Punkreas • Rezophonic SICILIA Blatta & Inesha • Pietro Tonolo • Eildentroeilfuorieilbox84 • Giovanni Mazzarino • Adel's • Francesco Cafiso • Necrodeath • Mauro Negri TOSCANA I Matti Delle Giuncaie • Bugo • Waines • Matrioska • The Cyborgs • Piet Mondrian • Io & I Gomma Gommas • Bat Sabbath Cancer Bats Playing Black Sabbath • Fulvio Sigurta E Claudio Filippini TRENTINO ALTO ADIGE Le Orme • Silvia Bolognesi • Nuju • Hot Water Music • Dot Vibes • Mad Caddies • Paul Collins Beat • Talco • Kamikaze Queens • Malika Ayane UMBRIA Subsonica • The Backseat Boogie • Nina Zilli • The Dub Sync • Radici Nel Cemento • Iseiottavi • Echotime • Nate And The Dagos • Four Vegas • Osteria Popolare Berica VALLE D'AOSTA Pfm Premiata Forneria Marconi • Bob Corn VENETO Riul Doamnei • Muleta • Ghostrider • Skanners • Hate Boss • Marcio Rangel • Kani • White Skull • Le Braghe Corte • Folkstone

Luglio
2012

La Fame Di Camilla

Subliminal Crusher

Pat Metheny Steve Mantovani

Bandajorona

Andead / Andrea Rock

Keith Jarrett Trio

Municipal Waste

REP. SAN MARINO Margo'80 SLOVENIA White Skull SVIZZERA Neal Black & The Healers Snfu SVIZZERA Gotthard • Royal Southern Brotherhood • Luciano Ligabue • Donnie Romano REP. SAN MARINO Jim Hall SVIZZERA Elton John • Lenny Kravitz ITALIA The Subways • Pennywise SVIZZERA Paolo Tomelleri • Status Quo • Africa Unite REP. SAN MARINO Tony Hadley Band (Ex Spandau Ballet) ABRUZZO Al Di Meola • Subsonica • Alain Caron • Regina Queen Tribute Band • Camillore’ • Benny Green • Maurizio Giammarco • Kenny Barron Trio • Lo Stato Sociale • Mistolana CALABRIA Adel's • Banda Osiris • Nino Bruno E Le 8 Tracce • Rosalia De Souza CAMPANIA Sarah Jane Morris • Epo • Jeff Cascaro • James Senese • Humanoalieno • Pino Daniele • Dimartino • Pink Martini • Yes Daddy Yes • Mo’Horizons And The Banana Soundsystem EMILIA ROMAGNA Ray Daytona And Googoobombos • Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso • Glen Hansard • Mandolin Brothers • Kamikaze Queens • The Crookes • Joycut • Filippo Graziani - I Graziani FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA Damien Rice • The Strange Flowers • Orange • Dave Weckl • Mystery Jets • Sud Sound System • Mike Stern • Madness • My Brightest Diamond • Beth Jeans Houghton LAZIO Piotta • California Guitar Trio • Simone Cristicchi • Pfm Premiata Forneria Marconi • Alessandro Mannarino • I Cani • Kocani Orkestar • 2:54 • Sonata Arctica LIGURIA Ben L’Oncle Soul • Daniele Franchi Trio • Francesco Cafiso • Slam & Howie • Rino Gaetano Band • Planet Funk • Jambalaya LOMBARDIA The Stone Roses • Morrigan's Wake • Kurt Vile And The Violators • Arianna Antinori And The Turle Blues • James Morrison • Elliott Murphy • The Last Fight • Breton • Bob Corn • Ray Manzarek & Robby Krieger Of The Doors MARCHE Le Bollicine • The Kingstones • Fabrizio Bosso • Le Trame Di Rino • Spyro Gyra • I Pupazzi • Le Strisce • The Natural Dub Cluster • Caro De Andre' • Javier Girotto PIEMONTE Casino Royale • Maria Antonietta • Take 6 • Piatcions • Sadist • Boom Boom Vibration • Franco Morone • L'orso • Divina • Bob Dylan PUGLIA Vanessa Peters • Max Gazze' • Negrita • Fabio Concato • Symbolyc • Calibro 35 • Bothers • Kenos • Matt Bianco SARDEGNA Litfiba • John B • Radici Nel Cemento SICILIA Omer Avital Quintet • Stanley Clarke • Dario Deidda • Eddie Gomez • Victor Bailey • John Patitucci • Stewart Copeland • Pippo Matino TOSCANA Nina Zilli • No Code • Nick Becattini • Marco Notari & Madam • Erica Mou • Radiohead • No Remorse • One Way Ticket • Vince Vallicelli • Vinicio Capossela TRENTINO ALTO ADIGE Mito New Trolls • Gianmaria Testa • Andrea Massaria Newtime Trio • Peter Pan Speedrock • Patrizia Laquidara • P-Funking Band • Gonzales • Paddy And The Rats • The Dandies • Fanfara Tirana UMBRIA Joey Baron • Ital • Zibba E Almalibre • Habib Koite' • Stefano Di Battista • Crifiu • Massimo Moriconi • Eric Bibb • Al Jarreau VALLE D'AOSTA Vincenzo Zitello • Electric Ceili • Wayne Shorter • Enrico Ruggeri • Pablo E Il Mare • Maceo Parker • Francesco Renga • Dolcenera • Malika Ayane VENETO The Hypergroovers • Antonello Venditti • Brian Auger & The New Oblivion Express • Nomadi • Adriano Bono • Tolo Marton • Alanis Morissette • Derozer • Verdena

Agosto
2012

Bmb

Tigran Hamasyan

Foreign Beggars

Mz Dee And The Soundsville

Almamegretta

Re-Ve

Placebo

Derozer

ITALIA Jazzsteppa SVIZZERA Norelax UNGHERIA Roy Paci & Aretuska • Bud Spencer Blues Explosion • Ministri SVIZZERA Max De Bernardi UNGHERIA Anna Calvi REP. SAN MARINO Ivo Papasov & His Wedding Band ABRUZZO Paolo Conte • Paolo Fresu • Yo Yo Mundi • Ludovico Einaudi • Talco • Memorie Di Adriano • Il Teatro Degli Orrori • Dado Moroni • Max Ionata • Maurizio Giammarco BASILICATA Musica Nuda / Petra Magoni + Ferruccio Spinetti • Nicolò Carnesi • Riccardo Tesi & Banditaliana CALABRIA Fragil Vida • Adel's • Nuju • Ettore Giuradei CAMPANIA Ambrogio Sparagna • Humanoalieno • Low-Fi • Billy Cobham • Mito New Trolls • Legittimo Brigantaggio • The Walrus • Nidi D'arac • Michele Rabbia EMILIA ROMAGNA Marta Sui Tubi • Heike Has The Giggles • Kaos One • Agnostic Front • Giancarlo Frigieri • Alborosie & Shengen Clan Band • Donpasta • Giardini Di Miro' • Death By Stereo • Bluto Blutarsky Band FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA Playa Desnuda • Foo Fighters • Extrema • Aim • Pink Holy Days • Les Tambours Du Bronx • Mario Biondi • The Zen Circus • The Mojomatics LAZIO Piotta • Trois Satyres • Sarah Jane Morris • Kiave • Noemi • Stefano Di Battista • Ghemon • Alex Britti LIGURIA Massimo Priviero • Arianna Antinori And The Turle Blues • Amavo LOMBARDIA Tricky • Tim Burton Show The Spleen Orchestra • Caparezza • Samuele Bersani • Dellera • Fat Freddy's Drop • Guignol • I Cosi • Mxpx All Stars • Stanley Jordan MARCHE Folkantina • A Classic Education • Vinicio Capossela • Mortimer Mc Grave & The Barelliers • A Toys Orchestra • Edible Woman • Serpenti • Le Bollicine • Gastone Pietrucci & La Macina MOLISE Them The Belfast Blues Band • One Man 100% Bluez • Sud Sound System PIEMONTE Gli Splendidi • Seven Vision • Nicolas Joseph Roncea • Hate Boss • Lou Seriol • The Astrophonix PUGLIA Africa Unite • Unearth • Sick Tamburo • Sick Of It All • Rosalia De Souza • I Calanti • Muffx • Camillore’ • Sizzla • Municipal Waste SARDEGNA The Cyborgs • Paolo Angeli • Omar Sosa • Simone Cristicchi • Joey Negro • Marco Bardoscia • Trilok Gurtu • Steve Mantovani • Raffaele Casarano SICILIA Shabazz Palaces • We Were Promised Jetpacks • Afterhours • Fuck Buttons • T.o.k. • Barrington Levy • Raiz & Radicanto • Stephen Malkmus • Akron Family + Kid Millions Oneida TOSCANA I Matti Delle Giuncaie • Camillocromo • The Rock'n'roll Kamikazes • Nomadi • 7 Seconds • Roberto Ottaviano • Pfm Premiata Forneria Marconi • Bobo Rondelli • Stefano Benni & Fausto Mesolella • Andrea Valeri TRENTINO ALTO ADIGE Mandolin Brothers • Irene Grandi • Stefano Bollani • Gianluca Petrella • Gnu Quartet • P-Funking Band • Enrico Rava • Canadian Brass • Enrico Ruggeri • Ofeliadorme UMBRIA J-Ax • Killer Queen • James Senese • Gattamolesta • Meganoidi VALLE D'AOSTA Al Di Meola • Negrita VENETO The Sunny Boys • Le Strisce • Raiz • Manodopera • The Horrible Porno Stuntmen • Shandon • The Temper Trap • Vincenzo Fasano • Modena City Ramblers • Makako Jump

Settembre
2012

Colapesce

Banda Osiris

Andrea Valeri

ITALIA Ed CALABRIA Adel's CAMPANIA Javier Girotto • Ghemon EMILIA ROMAGNA Massimo Priviero • Paolo Toso • Gang • Gli Atroci • Green Day • Nikola Parov Quartet • Bouncing Souls • Francesco De Gregori • Riccardo Tesi & Banditaliana • Ridillo LAZIO Enrico Capuano • Norah Jones • Gattamolesta • Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto LOMBARDIA Shandon • Max De Bernardi • Io?drama • Veronica & The Red Wine Serenaders • I Camillas • Blascover • I Luf • Bandabardò • Renato Franchi & Orchestrina Del Suonatore Jones MARCHE Giovanni Falzone • Intercity • I Pupazzi • Folkantina PIEMONTE Ambrogio Sparagna • Nicolas Joseph Roncea • Lou Seriol • The R's PUGLIA White Queen • Sarah Jane Morris SARDEGNA Nomadi • Donpasta TOSCANA The Astrophonix • Negrita • The Zen Circus TRENTINO ALTO ADIGE Le Braghe Corte • Franco Morone E Raffaella Luna • Giardini Di Miro' UMBRIA I Matti Delle Giuncaie • A Toys Orchestra • Heike Has The Giggles VALLE D'AOSTA Francesca Lago • Claudia Is On The Sofa VENETO Giorgia • Deus • Battisti Project Rock Tribute • Mark Lanegan • Mandolin Brothers • Franz Ferdinand • Sigur Ros • Bmb • Hate Boss • Mogwai

Ottobre
2012

Drum Wars - The Music Of Carmine & Vinny Appice

SVIZZERA Nemesi EMILIA ROMAGNA The Backseat Boogie • Antonello Venditti • Severe Torture • Varg • Korpiklaani • Fausto Mesolella LAZIO Jo Hamilton • Pino Daniele LIGURIA The Last Resort LOMBARDIA Surfer Joe & His Boss Combo • Lady Gaga • Therion • Dead Can Dance • Halestorm • I Luf MARCHE Hugo Race & The Fatalists PIEMONTE Servillo - Girotto - Mangalavite Trio • Gli Atroci • Javier Girotto • Franco Morone • The Tallest Man On Earth PUGLIA Radicanto TOSCANA I Gatti Mezzi • Spaccailsilenzio! • Europe TRENTINO ALTO ADIGE Biagio Antonacci VALLE D'AOSTA Above The Tree & The E-Side • Emma Tricca • Lovespoon VENETO Francesco Piu • Blue Cat Blues • Filippo Graziani - I Graziani • Morgan • Randy Hansen • Wilco • The Watch

Novembre
2012

Dragonforce

EMILIA ROMAGNA Swallow The Sun • Moonspell • Pain • Kamelot LAZIO Nomadi • Everqueen • Stadio LOMBARDIA Priscilla La Regina Del Deserto • An Cafe • The Casualties • Calexico • Diana Krall • Alex Carpani • Florence And The Machine PIEMONTE Mike Terrana • Tankard • Arturo Fiesta Circo TOSCANA The Maccabees VENETO Tony Levin Stick Man • W.a.s.p. • Wednesday 13 • Marracash • Mz Dee And The Soundsville

Dicembre
2012

LOMBARDIA Ul Mik Longobardeath • Laura Pausini PIEMONTE The Black Keys TOSCANA My Dying Bride VENETO Aldo Tagliapietra

Live Band

BOTANICA

Presentato da:

ESTRAGON BOOKING

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Acquista biglietti concerto BOTANICA

Led by erstwhile Firewater co-conspirator and international piano man Paul Wallfisch, Botanica is a band named for those mysterious stores stocking spells, potions and artifacts of ritual. Botanica makes punk rock chamber music for the 21st century. Paul's gypsy past has taken him to 40 countries, including performances of various sorts in in China, Finland, Indonesia and Guinea--where he became an overnight sensation lipsynching on the only TV show in the land. Past lives saw collaboration with Love & Rockets, Congo Norvell, Stiv Bators, Syl Sylvain, Stan Ridgeway and a parade of French people as diverse as Anne Pigalle and Johnny Hallyday. Bridging the gap between Secret Machines and The Dresden Dolls, Botanica produces dark, gritty, epic, and sexy music that is neither blind to politics nor ignorant of romance. Called the sonic equivalent of an Aki Kaurismaki film by Intro Magazine (Germany), Botanica's music was also recently described in the New Yorker as "...trafficing in sonic noir with an undercurrent of sinewy menace...sinister sophisticates providing the perfect soundtrack to the after-hours, urban experience." For Malediction, (Checkered Past Records), Botanicas first album, front-creature Wallfisch joined forces with legendary bass goddess Abby Travis (Beck, KMFDM), and Ivan Knight (Friends of Dean Martinez,). The illustrious guests included Daniel Ash (Bauhaus, Love & Rockets), Frankie Infante (Blondie), and Kid Congo Powers (Nick Cave, Cramps). "Grandeur, sweep, romance & edge", wrote the Boston Globe. "Dark & angry fun", added The Big Takeover. "Tabloid narratives about dysfunction dementia and doom...lush beauty you can sink your teeth into," from The L.A. Weekly. Botanica toured nationaly from 1999-2002, including support dates with 16 Horsepower, Super Furry Animals and Rocket From the Crypt. With All Seven Fingers (Subway Records/Alive), the bands second album, was released across Europe to rave reviews in October 2002. Recorded on tour in Chicago and in Brooklyn at both Martin Bisis legendary cave and Tamir Muskats (Big Lazy) Vibramonk. With All Seven Fingers picked up where Malediction left off, casting its spell through twelve magic tracks of sultry grooves, leering waltzes, fragile beauty and flat-out rock n roll. The opening track, "Complicated Life", boasts a little conversation between Al Sharpton and superstar of the future Roman "baby doc" Casper. Kid Congo takes a star turn as the Barry White of indie rock on the spellbinding "Power." Planning insurrections from their current home in New York, Botanica first invaded Europe supporting 16 Horsepower to sold-out theatres in 5 countries. The band has since returned to Europe six times in the last 4 years. The L.A. Weekly wrote that Botanica "should be inducted into the underrated hall of fame." Positivirages (France), wrote of the "...incomparable songwriting, Botanica delivers a veritable masterpiece reminiscent of the best of Nick Cave and Tom Waits. Visions (Germany), gave the album 9 out of 10 stars and With All Seven Fingers was in the top ten on their critics list. Botanica contributed the track "Broken Bicycles" to the Tom Waits tribute album New Coat of Paint released on Manifesto Records and also featuring Screaming Jay Hawkins, Carla Bozulich, Lydia Lunch and Sally Norvell accompanied by Paul at the ivories. Botanica's music has been used in several films including "Men Cry Bullets" (Phaedra), and The Takedown (Dimension/Miramax). Botanica, (with ex-Jesus Lizard David Sims), is featured in Greg Pritikens film "Dummy" (Artisan Entertainment), starring Adrien Brody and Milla Jovovich. Paul also scored the film. (Soundtrack on Jellybean/SONY) Summer 2003 found the band touring France for the first time and returning to Germany to begin recording their third album Botanica vs. the Truth Fish, a vivid collection of sexy, swampy political mayhem that puts Botanica in a class by itself. The album, completed at Pete Mins Fallout Shelter in Brooklyn and Pauls basement in Harlem, features cameos from guitarist Oren Kaplan (Gogol Bordello, Firewater) and the Meredith Yayanos string trio (Walkmen, Wilco); and a cover courtesy of renowned Brithish painter Dexter Dalwood. Following a recent Tonic appearance, Trifecta Newsletter wrote: "Botanica might be the best band in Manhattan right now: eerie, reverb guitar, macabre piano, powerful vocals, intense lyrics and a riveting, uncompromising live show." B. vs. the T.F. was released on Rent A Dog/Alive (Germany) in Feb. 05. Among TV and radio appearances in several countries, the band taped a full concert for the legendary Rockpalast show on Germanys WDR. "Berlin Hi-Fi" Botanica's 4th album came out in May '06 and was featured as a Visions Magazine "Beauty of the Month." Botanica's latest is "The Magnetic Waltz," comes out May 1st 2007. (Rent A Dog/Alive/Itunes etc...) 4 weeks from first note recorded to mastering, the new album is the best damn mashup we've produced to date--if we do say so ourselves. And Herr Bongers mastered the doghouse bass in not much more time than it took to buy the tape--(yes tape). From Pop to Purgatory in 11 easy pieces. And featuring La Valse Magnetique en francais. European tour presented by Visions Magazine, Westzeit and Motor FM begins May 10. www.botanicaisaband.com www.myspace.com/botanica