Alessandro Pace (born May 20, 1977), better known by his stage name Alex Vega, is an Italian
musician
A musician is a person who composes, conducts, or performs music. According to the United States Employment Service, "musician" is a general term used to designate one who follows music as a profession. Musicians include songwriters who wri ...
and part-time
DJ. Founder of the musical project
The Foreshadowing, he was previously associated with the bands
Dope Stars Inc.
Dope Stars Inc. is an Italian alternative and industrial rock band from Rome, formed in 2003. The band was founded by Victor Love, Darin Yevonde, Grace Khold and Brian Wolfram. They have five albums and three EPs released, with the latest being re ...
and
Klimt 1918
Klimt 1918 is an indie rock, indie/alternative rock band from Rome, Italy. Founded in 1999 by brothers Marco and Paolo Soellner, the band is named for Gustav Klimt and the date of his death in 1918. The musical style is a melancholic alternative ...
. Pace assumed the name Alex Vega in 2005 when he joined Dope Stars Inc. as a replacement guitarist for Brian Wolfram. Pace left Dope Stars in 2007 and left an earlier project, Klimt 1918, a year earlier in 2006. Currently, Pace is only involved in his own band The Foreshadowing.
Biography
Pace was born May 20, 1977, in
Rome
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, Italy.
He grew up there where he began playing guitar casually in
death metal
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bands in the early 1990s. In 1996 he joined the band Spiritual Ceremony until he quit soon after. He soon began writing his own songs for an unnamed
doom metal
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and
gothic
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People and languages
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**Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths
**Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...
band which never got past development stages due to trouble with finding band members. In 2001, Pace joined
Spiritual Front
Spiritual Front is a five-part neofolk act from Rome. Its members describe their music as "nihilism, nihilist suicide pop music, pop", although elements of neoclassical and rock music, melancholic folk, as well as tango are prevalent, along with ...
as guitarist. He got to play live shows with them and he felt it was a good learning experience. He recorded a 7” EP with Hauruck and a split EP with
Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio
Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio (ORE) is a neofolk and martial industrial music group from Stockholm. The band is composed of its founding member and vocalist Tomas Pettersson, and Rose-Marie Larsen, who replaced Chelsea Krook on backup vocals. In 2008 ...
until he joined
Klimt 1918
Klimt 1918 is an indie rock, indie/alternative rock band from Rome, Italy. Founded in 1999 by brothers Marco and Paolo Soellner, the band is named for Gustav Klimt and the date of his death in 1918. The musical style is a melancholic alternative ...
in April 2002.
Pace left Spiritual Front in 2003 and went on to record two studio albums with Klimt 1918;
Undressed Momento in 2003 and
Dopoguerra in 2005. Also in late 2004, Victor Love, lead singer of
Dope Stars Inc.
Dope Stars Inc. is an Italian alternative and industrial rock band from Rome, formed in 2003. The band was founded by Victor Love, Darin Yevonde, Grace Khold and Brian Wolfram. They have five albums and three EPs released, with the latest being re ...
and friend of Pace through other bands, asked Pace to join the band as a replacement guitarist for former member Brian Wolfram. Pace agreed and finished up recording for their debut album,
Neuromance
''Neuromance'' (stylized as ''://Neuromance'') is the debut studio album by Italian industrial rock band Dope Stars Inc. and is also the first project by the band released under the Trisol Music Group label. Lyrically it focuses on traditional c ...
, which released in mid-2005. Love stated that Wolfram did not quit but that they wanted a new guitarist and that Pace completed the line-up and that "he contributed a lot for Neuromance even if he joined so late."
With Dope Stars, Pace assumed the stage name Alex Vega that would stick with him during his time with the band.
Pace kept with Klimt 1918 until 2006 where he quit and became exclusive to Dope Stars. He then recorded the EP
Make a Star
''Make a Star'' is the second EP album by Italian industrial rock band Dope Stars Inc. It was released on August 4, 2006. Following suit of their previous albums, the EP was released under the Trisol Music Group label as well as being distribute ...
and the full album
Gigahearts
''Gigahearts'' is the second studio album by Italian industrial rock band Dope Stars Inc. Lyrically it focuses on traditional cyberpunk beliefs and themes. The album was released in 2006 first in Europe and in other countries including North Ame ...
with them, both of which released in 2006. In 2007, soon after the release of Gigahearts, Pace left Dope Stars Inc. for "personal reasons"
Meanwhile,
The Foreshadowing, a band that Pace had begun in 1997 but never officially formed joined together in 2006 and have since released a full album,
Days of Nothing, have recently finished to work on their second album,
Oionos, which has been released in April 2010. Pace is now a part-time
disc jockey
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and plays exclusively for The Foreshadowing.
Discography
With
Spiritual Front
Spiritual Front is a five-part neofolk act from Rome. Its members describe their music as "nihilism, nihilist suicide pop music, pop", although elements of neoclassical and rock music, melancholic folk, as well as tango are prevalent, along with ...
:
*
No Kisses on the Mouth' – (Hau Ruck! 2003)
Satyriasis– (Cold Meat Industry 2005)
*''Angel of Ashes: a Tribute to Scott Walker'' – 2006
With
Dope Stars Inc.
Dope Stars Inc. is an Italian alternative and industrial rock band from Rome, formed in 2003. The band was founded by Victor Love, Darin Yevonde, Grace Khold and Brian Wolfram. They have five albums and three EPs released, with the latest being re ...
:
*
Neuromance
''Neuromance'' (stylized as ''://Neuromance'') is the debut studio album by Italian industrial rock band Dope Stars Inc. and is also the first project by the band released under the Trisol Music Group label. Lyrically it focuses on traditional c ...
(Trisol Music Group 2005)
*
Make a Star
''Make a Star'' is the second EP album by Italian industrial rock band Dope Stars Inc. It was released on August 4, 2006. Following suit of their previous albums, the EP was released under the Trisol Music Group label as well as being distribute ...
(Trisol Music Group 2006)
*
Gigahearts
''Gigahearts'' is the second studio album by Italian industrial rock band Dope Stars Inc. Lyrically it focuses on traditional cyberpunk beliefs and themes. The album was released in 2006 first in Europe and in other countries including North Ame ...
(Trisol Music Group 2006)
With
Klimt 1918
Klimt 1918 is an indie rock, indie/alternative rock band from Rome, Italy. Founded in 1999 by brothers Marco and Paolo Soellner, the band is named for Gustav Klimt and the date of his death in 1918. The musical style is a melancholic alternative ...
:
*
Undressed Momento (My Kingdom Music 2003)
*
Dopoguerra (Prophecy Productions 2005)
With
The Foreshadowing:
*
Days of Nothing – (Candlelight Records 2007)
*
Oionos – (Cyclone Empire Records / Metal Blade USA 2010)
*
Second World
The Second World is a term originating during the Cold War for the industrial socialist states that were under the influence of the Soviet Union. In the first two decades following World War II, 19 communist states emerged; all of these were at ...
– (Cyclone Empire Records / Metal Blade USA 2012)
* Seven Heads Ten Horns – (Cyclone Empire Records / Metal Blade USA 2016)
References
External links
official Dope Stars Inc. websiteofficial Klimt 1918 websiteofficial The Foreshadowing website
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1977 births
Living people
Italian rock guitarists
Italian male guitarists
Italian heavy metal guitarists
Italian DJs
Industrial musicians
Synth-pop musicians
Alternative rock musicians
Musicians from Rome
Electronic dance music DJs
21st-century guitarists
21st-century Italian male musicians