Arctic Plateau
Encyclopedia
Arctic Plateau is an Italian
post-rock
and shoegaze
one-man band formed by Gianluca Divirgilio.
. In March 2007, he decided to record a promo CD in Emerald Recordings Studio in Rome, with the help of Fabio Fraschini on bass (previous session man for Novembre
), Cesare Petulicchio on drums (Bud Spencer Blues Explosion), and Luigi Colasanti Antonelli as a sound engineer. Gianluca sent the promo to the attention of European labels and on March 13, 2008, he signed a contract for five albums with Prophecy Productions
.
The first studio album
, On a Sad Sunny Day, was released on June 12, 2009. All songs for his first studio album
were composed and written by Divirgilio himself.
The author describes his music as "Music Explicitly Dreamed".
Italy
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post-rock
Post-rock
Post-rock is a subgenre of rock music characterized by the influence and use of instruments commonly associated with rock, but using rhythms and "guitars as facilitators of timbre and textures" not traditionally found in rock...
and shoegaze
Shoegazing
Shoegazing is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged from the United Kingdom in the late 1980s. It lasted there until the mid 1990s, with a critical zenith reached in 1990 and 1991...
one-man band formed by Gianluca Divirgilio.
Biography
The first song, "Eight Years Old", was composed in June, 2006. In the same year, Gianluca composed other instrumental tracks, and recorded two songs called "Coldream" and "On a Sad Sunny Day"; he released part of these raw songs on MyspaceMyspace
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. In March 2007, he decided to record a promo CD in Emerald Recordings Studio in Rome, with the help of Fabio Fraschini on bass (previous session man for Novembre
Novembre
Novembre is a progressive death metal/gothic doom metal band.-Biography:Starting out in 1990 as an Italian death metal band , Novembre grew to develop a unique, atmospheric sound. Although most of their lyrics are in English, vocalist Carmelo Orlando sings in Italian occasionally in many of their...
), Cesare Petulicchio on drums (Bud Spencer Blues Explosion), and Luigi Colasanti Antonelli as a sound engineer. Gianluca sent the promo to the attention of European labels and on March 13, 2008, he signed a contract for five albums with Prophecy Productions
Prophecy Productions
Prophecy Productions is a German record label located in Zeltingen-Rachtig, founded by Martin Koller in 1996. It proclaims being a "label for eerie emotional music", which roughly comprises artists with a dark metal, black metal, or neofolk background, but a unique and unconventional approach to...
.
The first studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
, On a Sad Sunny Day, was released on June 12, 2009. All songs for his first studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
were composed and written by Divirgilio himself.
The author describes his music as "Music Explicitly Dreamed".
Discography
- On A Sad Sunny Day (full-length, 2009)
- Les Discrets / Arctic Plateau (split EP with Les DiscretsLes DiscretsLes Discrets is a French post-metal band/musical project that was formed in 2003 by Fursy Teyssier as "a platform gathering music and art." The band embraces a musical style similar to that of fellow French acts like Alcest and Amesoeurs and released their first full-length album in...
, 2011) - The Enemy Inside (full-length, TBA)