Antonio Bartoccetti (
Macerata
Macerata () is a city and ''comune'' in central Italy, the county seat of the province of Macerata in the Marche region. It has a population of about 41,564.
History
The historical city centre is on a hill between the Chienti and Potenza ri ...
, 18 December 1946) is an Italian musician and composer, and leader of the musical groups,
Antonius Rex
Antonius Rex was an Italian progressive rock band founded in 1974 in Milan by Antonio Bartoccetti. It is the same band as Jacula with a different name.
Biography
Jacula formed in 1968 and released its debut album, '' In Cauda Semper Stat Venen ...
,
Jacula
Jacula was an Italian rock music, rock band founded in 1969 in Milan as an experiment by Antonio Bartoccetti, Doris Norton, organist Charles Tiring and Mediumship, medium Franz Porthenzy.
Jacula's music was considered innovative for the time in p ...
, Dietro Noi Deserto and Invisible Force.
Biography
Beginning in 1968, his primary focus has been
progressive rock
Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Init ...
. His bands, notably Antonius Rex, have published numerous LPs.
In recent years, four other albums have been released on CD and digital download: ''Magic Ritual'', ''Switch On Dark'', ''Per Viam, Pre Viam''. As producer, Antonio Bartoccetti has also produced all albums and singles by his son
Rexanthony. He is married to musical pioneer,
Doris Norton.
Discography
With Dietro Noi Deserto
* 1969 – ''Dentro me/Aiuto'' (45 RPM,
Decca Records
Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis (Decca), Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934 by Lewis, Jack Kapp, American Decca's first president, and Milton Rackmil, who later became American ...
)
With Invisible Force
* 1971 – ''Morti vident/1999 mundi finis'' (single)
With Jacula
* 1969 – ''
In Cauda Semper Stat Venenum'' (
Black Widow Records
Black Widow Records is an Italian record label founded in Genoa in 1990 and taking its name from the British progressive rock band Black Widow. It was originally a rarities shop focusing on collectable records and reissues. After a few years t ...
, BWR 051)
* 1972 – ''
Tardo Pede in Magiam Versus
''Tardo Pede In Magiam Versus'' is the second album by the Italian rock band Jacula. The album was recorded in Milan, Italy. Gualtiero Guerrini and others helped with the recording in Studio Angelicum, which had a church organ. After the limited ...
'' (Rogers, TRS 010001; re-issued on CD on Mellow Records, MMP 136)
* 2011 – ''
Pre Viam
''Pre Viam'' is the third studio album by the Italian rock band Jacula, released in 2011 nearly four decades after previous work. In the interim, the band's leader, Antonio Bartoccetti, had formed a new band, Antonius Rex. When Bartoccetti br ...
'' (
Black Widow Records
Black Widow Records is an Italian record label founded in Genoa in 1990 and taking its name from the British progressive rock band Black Widow. It was originally a rarities shop focusing on collectable records and reissues. After a few years t ...
, BWR 135CD)
With Antonius Rex
* 1977 – ''Zora'' (re-issued on CD in 1994 and 2010)
* 1978 – ''Ralefun'' (re-issued on CD in 1994 and 2011)
* 1979 – ''Anno Demoni'' (re-issued on CD in 2002)
* 1980 – ''Praeternatural'' (re-issued on CD in 2003)
* 2002 – ''Neque Semper Arcum Tendit Rex'' (2002)
* 2005 – ''Magic Ritual'' (2005)
* 2006 – ''Switch On Dark'' (2006)
* 2009 – ''
Pre Viam
''Pre Viam'' is the third studio album by the Italian rock band Jacula, released in 2011 nearly four decades after previous work. In the interim, the band's leader, Antonio Bartoccetti, had formed a new band, Antonius Rex. When Bartoccetti br ...
'' (2009)
* 2012 – ''Hystero Demonopathy''
References
Bibliography
* Gino Castaldo (ed.), ''A Dictionary of Italian Song'', Curcio , Rome, 1990; Voices of ''Jacula'', by Roberto Ruggeri, p. 845, and ''Antonius Rex'', by Marco Giorgi, p. 46
* Paolo Barotto, ''The Return of Italian Pop'', Stilgraf Publishing,
Luserna San Giovanni
Luserna San Giovanni (Occitan: ''Luzerna e San Jan'', Piedmontese: ''Luserna e San Gioann'', French: Lucerne Saint-Jean) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located in the Val Pellice a ...
, 1989; entries re. ''Antonius Rex'', pp. 21–22, and ''Jacula'', pp. 64–65
External links
Antonius Rex Official WebsiteAntonius Rex discography on ProgArchives*
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Progressive rock guitarists
Electronic musicians
Progressive rock musicians
Italian musicians
1946 births
Living people