Il Rovescio della Medaglia, or RDM, were an Italian
hard rock
Hard rock or heavy rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest hard ...
and
symphonic rock band. They are most famous for their symphonic rock piece ''
Contaminazione'', released in 1973. It contained four pieces from
Bach's ''
Well-tempered Clavier
''The Well-Tempered Clavier'', BWV 846–893, consists of two sets of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach. In the composer's time, ''clavier'', meaning keyboard, referred to a variety of in ...
'' seamlessly integrated with RDM's own music, which often was inspired by rock or hard rock. In 1974 the record was released in an English version, ''
Contamination'', with the group's name simplified to RDM, although still written in full on the back of the LP jacket.
The band was produced by
Luis Enríquez Bacalov
Luis Enríquez Bacalov (30 August 1933 – 15 November 2017) was an Argentine-born film composer. He learned music from Enrique Barenboim, father of Daniel Barenboim the conductor of the Berlin, and Chicago orchestras, and also Berta Sujovolsky ...
.
The band split up in 1977, but reformed in 1993.
Personnel
As listed on ''Contamination'':
*Gino Campoli - percussives
*Enzo Vita - guitar
*Stefano Urso - bass
*Franco di Sabbatino - keyboard
*Pino Ballarini - vocals
Discography
*''
La Bibbia'' (1971)
*''
Io come io'' (1972)
*''
Contaminazione'' (1973)
[The Italian-language version features Johann Sebastian Bach on the cover of the LP and CD. The album's full title is ''Contaminazione di alcune idee di certi preludi e fughe del Clavicembalo ben temperato di J. S. Bach'' (English: ''Contamination of some ideas from certain preludes and fugues from ''The Well-Tempered Clavier'' of J. S. Bach'').]
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Contamination'' (English version of ''Contaminazione'', 1975)
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Giudizio avrai'' (1988)
*''
Vitae
''Vitae'' is a Latin word, meaning or pertaining to life.
* Aqua vitae, archaic name for a concentrated aqueous solution of ethanol, distilled spirits
* Arbor vitae (disambiguation), "tree of life"
* ''De Brevitate Vitae'', work of Roman philo ...
'' (1993)
*''
Il Ritorno'' (1995)
CD releases
*''Contaminazione''
:South Korea, Si-Wan Records SRMC 1002, 1992. Booklet in Korean and (original) Italian.
See also
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Italian progressive rock
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Il Balletto di Bronzo
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Il Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
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I Cervello
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La Locanda delle Fate
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Le Orme
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Osanna
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Nova
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La Premiata Forneria Marconi
Italian progressive LPs re-recorded in English
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Felona e Sorona
''Felona e Sorona'' is an album by the Italian progressive rock band Le Orme. It was released in 1973.
Named one of the "finest examples of Italian progressive rock", it is a concept album pivoting on the story of two planets which revolve one a ...
'' by
Le Orme
*''
Per un amico
''Per un amico'' ("''For a Friend''") is the second album from the Italian progressive rock band Premiata Forneria Marconi.
Released in 1972 by all the initial members of the group, it is considered their breakthrough album that put them on the ma ...
'' by
Premiata Forneria Marconi
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L'isola di niente
''L'isola di niente'' ("The Isle of Nothing") is the third studio album by Italian progressive rock band Premiata Forneria Marconi, released in 1974. Like the group's previous albums, it is sung in Italian and performed well in Italy. An English ve ...
'' by Premiata Forneria Marconi
*''Maxophone'' by
Maxophone
Maxophone are an Italy, Italian progressive rock band formed in Milan in 1973. They released one self-titled album in 1975. The group was one of the few rock artists signed by the Produttori Associati record label, which focused mostly on film ...
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