Fiamma Fumana is an Italian world music ensemble. Formed in 1999 in Northern Italy, their name translates from Italian as "flame fog" or "fire mist". Their music mixes traditional

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. Starting out as a three-piece (Fiamma, Alberto, Marco), they added two members (Jessica, Medhin) for their second album, 2001's ''Home''. The group played at the WOMAD festival and the

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Members

*Fiamma Orlandi - vocals *Alberto Cottica - accordion (formerly of

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) *Marco Bertoni - electronics *Lady Jessica Lombardi - bagpipe, flute, bass *Medhin Paolos - vocals - electronics *Missy Jay - DJ

Discography

*''1.0'' ( Omnium Records, 2001) *''Home'' (Omnium, 2003) *''Contatto'' (

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, 2004) *''Onda'' (Mescal, 2006)

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