Guappecartó is a group of peppy Italians, who create

Guappecartó is a group of peppy Italians, who create with harbitten efficiency, an
out of line and vitriolic universe. They interpret an unconfined, timeless and
personal repertoire, in which classical, film, jazz and world music live.
The Guappecartós play as they live, with an innate feeling of stage, with
spontaneity and open-minded spirit, with Italian elegance and enthusiasm, with a
kind of ageless cabaret-punk touch. Let yourself carried away by the
Guappecartós, you will with no doubt be touched…
Here come five boys ready to insufflate a new
dynamism into the musical scene.
A violon, an
accordion, a guitar, a string bass, percussions… The
Guappecartós are as gifted in shaking things up as in
making
vibrate
their
instruments.
Their
own
compositions hover between South-American rhythms,
waltz, Gypsy and – recalling their native Italia –
Mediterranean flavors.
Formed in 2004 in Perugia, trained in Italian streets
and bars, The Guappecartós launched an attack on
France in August 2005, with, as sole luggage, faith in
life and charisma. Here they come, six years later, with
a first album to be released, “L’Amour c’est pas
grave” (Love is no serious matter ? j’ai besoin de plus
pour traduire correctement…), and with an enthusiastic
and ever growing public.
Their music comes from a research far inward
themselves and their instruments. No leader stands
up here. Only a will of personal feelings and
experiences’ genuine expression. All this can bring us
very far. In far-off lands where instruments can start
dreaming, sometimes cry, before starting a wild and
frenzied dance.
From Italy, they keep the roots, the presence and
a particular style. From Gypsy culture, they borrow
the flavors, a form of life’s confrontation, and a
limitless moving nature. From all the rest, they draw
an always renewed energy and inspiration.
Line - up
Dr ZINGARONE : Accordion
O’MALAMENTE : Violon
FRANK COSENTINI : Guitar
PIERRE LA BRAGUETTE : String bass
‘O PROFESSOR : Percussions
L’amour c’est pas grave
1- Delicate infiorescenze
2- Saint-Denis
3- Ariataliana
4- L ’arraggia
5- Nuit à Monte-Carlo
6- Solo
7- Valzerino
8- Sciamarata
9- Dix minutes de vie
10- Silence SVP
11- Voce al vento
Recorded in Paris (studio CBE) and Milan (Officine Meccaniche) « L’amour c’est pas
grave » is the band’s first album.
11 original soundtracks that finalize those last years of compositions and concerts.
An immersion into their musical universe, with the exceptional collaborations of
composer and pianist Nico Morelli, bass player GP Cremonini (Sanseverino, Barbara Luna,
Têtes Raides, Wasis Diop,...), and percussionist Mauro Durante.
A first opus that will delight all the fans !
Guappecarto'
1- Ora Mai
2- St. Denis
3- Il Treno dei Guappi
4- RockFort
5- In due
6- Walter Carosello
7- Ye bell
8- Notte a caso
9- Tu si...
10- Per Bach
11- Feminis
Recorded in Paris (Midilive studio) in February 2012, this homonymous
"Guappecartò" does not disappoint, reintroducing the group in large
form and not more as a trio but as a quintet.
"Guappecartò" is an album full of imagination and sensitivity, with eleven tracks
marking eleven stages each one with its own peculiar physiognomy, or it would
be better talking about 'color', along a fascinating and ever-changing way.
PRESS REVIEW
“Guappecartó accepts no definition whatsoever, but it’s
first of all caracterized by an unrestrained energy.”
L’Oreille d’un Sourd – Yvan Amar / Mars 2008
France Culture
« GUAPPECARTO, LE BASTARO JAZZ
“Sometimes one can find moments of grace where
everything’s fine, when all the elements that surround us
seem to be in the right place. (...) It is not classical music,
and it is also radically far away from the mediocrity that
one hears everyday (...). Their story bristling with pitfalls
and difficulties seem to be reflected on their instruments.
At the same time slow then wild, flowing and jerky, one
can experience all states of mind while listening to their
tracks...”
Le Mur du Son – Blog / Février 2010
http://murduson.centerblog.net/
“Guappecartó : Italian musicians fantastically endearing
and inventive”
Tri Sélectif / édition du 18 Février 2010
http://www.triselectif.net
We played here...
New Morning
Paris – 75010
Festival Fairplaylist
Paris – 75020 avec Piers Faccini
MJC Corbeil-Essonnes
Montreuil - 91100
Festival Des Accordés – Théâtre des 3
Vallées
Palaiseau - 92
Fest. Il Suffit de Traverser le Pont
Paris - 75012
Festival Bobines Sociales
Paris - 75020
Le Studio de l’Ermitage
Paris - 75020
Festival Toumélé
1ère partie des Blaireaux de Ravel
Maule - 78
Le Divan du Monde
Paris - 75018
La Bellevilloise
Paris - 75020
La Péniche El Alamein
Paris - 75013
Festival Guinguettes Compagnies
Chilly Mazarin - 91
Théâtre Firmin Gémier
Anthony - 92
Centre Culturel Maurice Eliot
Epinay-sous-Senart - 91
L’Alimentation Générale
Paris - 75011
L’Auditorium del Conservatorio
Matera - Italie
Le Monacelle
Matera - Italie
Festival Onde Mediterranee
Marano Lagunare (Udine) - Italie
Festival Folkwest
San Vito al Tagliamento - Italie
Teatro No’Hma
Milano - Italie
Without forgetting all european bars
that opened us their doors during all
those years...
CONTACTS
guappecarto@yahoo.it
facebook.com/pages/Guappecarto/359803970499
myspace.com/guappecartomusica
Booking: Guappecarto’
+33 (0)6 81 18 43 37 - +39 320 2836454
booking@guappecarto.com
Presse: Fabrice Peineau +33 (0)6 16 09 86 84
fab@koudju.com
Management: Guappecarto’
+33 (0)6 81 18 43 37 - +39 320 2836454
guappecarto@yahoo.it
WEBSITE
Guappecarto.com