Alessandro Sommella
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Alessandro Sommella is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, 1956) is an Italian
Italian people
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musician
Musician
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. He studied electric bass
Bass guitar
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, guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, violin
Violin
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and double bass
Double bass
The double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
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He played in London
London
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with the band Souled Out producing the album Shine On, and later formed the band Planet Funk
Planet Funk
Planet Funk is an Italian electronic dance musical ensemble.Members are Sergio Della Monica, Alex Neri, Domenico GG Canu, Marco Baroni, Alex Uhlmann and Alessandro Sommella , in addition to a series of guest singers in collaboration, like Dan Black, Sally Doherty, Raiz and John Graham...
with whom he won a gold disc for the album Non Zero Sumness
Non Zero Sumness
Non Zero Sumness is the debut album released by Planet Funk.Track 11 has a hidden track, entitled "Rosa Blu", which begins at the 7:05 marker.-Track listing:...
. Since 2005 he has worked as a music producer with the poet Marcella Boccia, and a number of Italian and international singers, such as Jovanotti
Jovanotti
Lorenzo Cherubini, better known as Jovanotti, is an Italian singer-songwriter and rapper.The name Jovanotti derives from the plural form of the Italian word giovanotto , i.e. giovanotti. Lorenzo Cherubini originally auditioned a band with the name "I Giovanotti", but the record producer only was...
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