''Giardini di Mirò'' is an Italian rock band from

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. The group's music is a mix of

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, and

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Background

Giardini di Mirò was formed in 1995 from a collaboration between university friends Corrado Nuccini and cartoonist

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. In 1998, they released their first self-produced EP and began performing live. The band has published seven studio albums and a number of EPs. They have collaborated with various musicians, including Sara Lov Hood,

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, DNTL, Alias, Hermann & Kleine, Styrofoam, Apparat, Piano Magic, Isan, and Paul Anderson.

Band members

Current * Jukka Reverberi – vocals, guitar, bass, live electronics (1996–present) * Corrado Nuccini – vocals, guitar (1995–present) * Luca Di Mira – keyboards (1995–present) * Andrea Scarfone – bass (2020–present) * Emanuele Reverberi – violin, trumpet, live electronics (2002–present) * Lorenzo Cattalani – drums (2013-presente) Past * Alessandro Raina – vocals (2003) * Lorenzo Lanzi – drums, percussion (1998–2003) * Francesco Donadello – drums, live electronics, programming (2003–2011) * Andrea Mancin – drums (2011–2013) * Andrea Sologni – bass * Mirko Venturelli – bass, clarinet, saxophone (1997–2020)

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Rise and Fall of Academic Drifting'' (2001) * ''Punk... Not Diet!'' (2003) * ''Dividing Opinions'' (2007) * ''Il fuoco'' (2009) * ''Good Luck'' (2012) * ''Rapsodia Satanica'' (2014) * ''Different Times'' (2018)

EPs

* ''Giardini di Mirò'' (1998) * ''Iceberg'' (1999) * ''The Soft Touch'' (2002) * ''Split with Deep End'' (2002) * ''North Atlantic Treaty of Love, Pt. One'' (2005) * ''North Atlantic Treaty of Love, Pt. Two'' (2006) * ''Del tutto Illusorio'' (2021)

Soundtracks

* ''Sangue - La morte non esiste'' (2006)

Compilations

* ''The Academic Rise of Falling Drifters'' (2002) * ''Hits for Broken Hearts and Asses'' (2004)

References

External links

* * Italian rock music groups Italian post-rock groups {{Italy-band-stub