If (Spain)

Not sure about their sound yet, but I'll be reviewing their album over the next two weeks.

from http://www.ifsounds.com:

“The mad man is the happiest one but he frightens the right-minded world”

if sounds are the images of our dreams and our nightmares. Music is just the shape into we turn stories, hopes and fears.

if is a project that joins the talents of five musicians very different each other in order to create a sound that could express an emotion, that could describe a state of mind, that could tell a story, that could allow anyone of us to make an inside trip.

if sounds try to reproduce not only the world around us, but the world inside of us, because everyone of us creates his own reality and his own lifeline.

 

Biography.

1993-2000 The band started its activity playing covers (from Pink Floyd, Queen, Police, etc.) and some new composition. Franco Bussoli on bass guitar, Pietro Chimisso on drums, Claudio Lapenna on piano and keyboards and Dario Lastella on guitars are if’s “MACK I”. The band played usually in Rock Festivals and High School parties, meanwhile they tried to record some rough demo tape.

2004 Old bandmates without Pietro Chimisso joined together again after 4 years. if recorded the album In the cave. Paolo De Santis  was the new vocalist.

2005 The album if was released. The band re-arranged and re-recorded some of the tunes written in the oldest years.

2006 The song I wish reached #1 on “Classical” charts of iacmusic.com. It stood on the top for about two months. 
The song You was nominated for the Golden Kayak Award in “Easy Listening” category.
if were awarded by the web www.primonumero.it as the best band in their zone.
The album The Stairway was released in December.

2007 On February 6 songs from The Stairway reached Top 10 on “Progressive Rock” charts of iacmusic.com. Close your eyes reached #1.
A cover of I wish by Scottish singer Raymond Porter reaches #1 on General charts of iacmusic.com after just 2 days from its release.
Don’t go and It’s just me were nominated for the Golden Kayak Award in “Progressive Rock” category.
The band starts working on the new album Morpho Nestira. Drummer Luca “Pingu” Di Pardo joined the project.

2008 Morpho Nestira is about to be released…

andrea wrote: There's already a thread about this band...   http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=54003&PID=3073724#3073724

Wrong , this is If from Spain (not to be confused with your If from Italy, and the one from UK that is already included in the archives. Thanks for pointing out the other one though - I'll probably write a PA blog about 'the Ifs of the Progressive World' some time.


Edited by Angelo - December 18 2008 at 14:05

Ok, you win