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Topic: Doracor Posted: November 18 2011 at 16:20
DORACOR is an anagram/pseudonym for keyboardist and drummer Corrado Sardella. Segni Premonitori (1998) and Antiche Impressioni (1999) are the 2nd and 3rd Doracor albums. These are high-caliber, primarily-instrumental symphonic rock albums, with Corrado handling most of the instruments himself, with assistance from guest musicians. These have a very full-band sound and a 1970's orientation. The best way to think of them is as the albums Tony Banks could make if Tony made progressive rock solo albums instead of trying to match the chart success of Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford.
I got in touch with Corrado Sardella and here is what he had to say about his band.
Doracor was born in 1995, first as a solo project
(Doracor is an anagram of my name, Corrado), and then became a real band.
Did any of you, past and present members, play in any other
bands before joining up in your band ?
I played with several bands (pop, rock, blues,
fusion) in many places in Rome, then played with Lamia, a cover band of Marillion and IQ, founded by the drummer
Walter Strappolini.
Milton Damia played guitars in Overdrive's album, "The
human machine", issued by Musea in 1990, then played with Synkro (a metal prog band in the vein of Dream Theater) and other
metal prog bands such as Idra.
Riccardo Mastantuono played (pop/rock) guitars, violin
and bass with many famous italian artists such as Pino d'Angiò, Roby
Crispiano, Kim (ex Cugini di Campagna's
singer), Cristina Orsi, Elis Lovric, Jho Jenkins, Piera Pizzi, Toni Magli,Toni
Santagata, Le Strade Nomadi
etc.
Vincenzo Antonicelli played saxes with famous italian
jazz musicians such as Nicola Arigliano, Franco Cerri, Felice Mezzina, Nicola
Pisani and many others.
Nicola Di Già (sound engineer and guitarist) played
with many famous artists such as Francesca Schiavo, Nicola Piovani, Anonimo Italiano, Carla Boni, Nada, Aleandro Baldi, Milk
and Coffèe, Marco Conidi, Il Balletto di Bronzo, I Cugini Di Campagna, Pippo Pollina, Claudio Lolli, Luis Bachalov
etc.
Vittorio Riva (a famous italian drummer) played with
many famous artists such as Zucchero, Giorgia, Gino Paoli, Mia Martini,
Roberto Vecchioni, Ornella Vanoni, Gigi
D'Alessio, Edoardo Bennato, Fabio Concato, Toquinho, Niky Nicolai,
Roberto Murolo, Zizi Possi, Netinho,
Edoardo De Crescenzo, Teresa De Sio, Alan Sorrenti, Paola Turci, Peppino Di
Capri, Marco Armani, Massimo Ranieri
etc.
Stefano Marazzi (a famous italian drummer) played with
many famous artists such as Pino Daniele, Mario Biondi, Fiordaliso, Gazebo, Marco Armani, Serena Autieri, Giorgio
Panariello, Nathaniel Peterson, Don Grusin, Alfredo Paixao, Flavio Faria, Otmaro Ruiz, Amit Chatterjee, Randy
Bernsen, Walt Disney, Kelley Dolan, Jeff Cairns, Rene Toledo, Stefano Caprioli, Pinuccio Pirazzoli, Franco Piersanti,
Emanuele Friello, Sandro Comini, Nicola Colabianchi, Giorgia, Stefano Masciarelli, Greg e Lillo, Rita Marcotulli,
“Amici” Live Band, Jazbeat etc.
Titta Tani (a famous italian prog drummer and singer)
played with Daemonia (Dario Argento Tribute), DGM,
Astra, Virtual Mind, Claudio Simonetti (Goblin),
Mistheria, Arthur Falcone, Progressive Experience etc.
Which bands were you influenced by ?
I like Genesis, Yes, Synkopy, IQ, Arena, Marillion,
Dream Theater, PFM, Pooh and all the other great prog bands of the past and
present, known and unknown.
This is an archive based interview also intended for the fans
you get well after both you and I have passed away so let's
go straight to your albums. Please tell us more about.....
The Long Pathway from 1997
An imaginary journey through the pathway of an
imaginary life... maybe!
Segni Premonitori from 1998
Warning signs Inspired by all those mysterious
aspects related to religion and the human mind
Antiche Impressioni from 1999
Ancient impressions A journey through the land
where my grandparents were born, called Monti della laga (Mountains of the
lake)
Transizione from 2001
Transition My old memories and new
perspectives...
Evanescenze from 2005
Evanescences In memory of my father, Federico
Sardella (died in 2003)
Onirika from 2007
The true story of a man who had some incredible
visions during his coma
Lady Roma from 2008
A journey through my old hometown,
Rome.
And your new album La Vita che Cade
La vita che cade (The falling life) talks about the
earth and its progressive changes, until the beginning of a new
era... The earth is personified by a
woman.
How is the creative processes in your band from coming up with
an idea to it's being recorded ?
I compose all songs using my keyboard sequencer
(Roland Fantom X), then we all together arrange and record them,
sometimes in separate studios (e.g.
Vittorio Riva lives in Naples).
You are from Italy, but your sound is not the typical Rock
Progressivo Italiano (Le Orme, PFM, Banco) sound. You sounds much more like the English symph prog scene. But never
mind my opinions. Do you feel yourself and your music being a part of the Italian scene and how would you
describe your music ?
I really don't care about music labels. Among other
things, i'm sure i'm just playing what i have already heard in other
lifes/dimensions...
You released La Vita che Cade earlier this year. What have you
been doing since finishing recording this album ? What is your current status and what is your plans for this
year and beyond ?
I have just been resting my mind... :o) I don't know
what i am going to do in the future. I do
not derive any profit from my music (like most prog musicians) and life is
hard, so i think it will be very difficult to find the time to
play.
To wrap up this interview, is there anything you want to add
to this interview ?
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