Arctic Plateau is an Italian

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and

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one-man band formed by Gianluca Divirgilio in 2006. He released part of his early raw songs on

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and signed with Prophecy Productions in 2008. Divirgilio describes his music as "Music Explicitly Dreamed".

Biography

The first song, "Eight Years Old", was composed in June 2006. In the same year, Gianluca composed other instrumental tracks, and recorded two songs called "Coldream" and "On a Sad Sunny Day"; he released part of these raw songs on

. In March 2007, he decided to record a promo CD in Emerald Recordings Studio in Rome, with the help of Fabio Fraschini on bass (previous session man for Novembre), Cesare Petulicchio on drums (Bud Spencer Blues Explosion), and Luigi Colasanti Antonelli as a sound engineer. Gianluca sent the promo to the attention of European labels and on March 13, 2008, he signed a contract for five albums with

Prophecy Productions Prophecy Productions is an international record label, founded in Germany by Martin Koller in 1996. It proclaims promoting "transcendental ..captivating music".

. The first

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, ''On a Sad Sunny Day'', was released on June 12, 2009. All songs for his first

were composed and written by Divirgilio himself.

Discography

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On a Sad Sunny Day ''On a Sad Sunny Day'' is the debut album by Arctic Plateau released in 2009 by Prophecy Productions. The artwork was done by Fursy Teyssier from Les Discrets Les Discrets is a French post-rock project created and led by Fursy Teyssier as a ...

'' (full-length, 2009) *''

Les Discrets / Arctic Plateau ''Les Discrets/Arctic Plateau'' is a split record by les Discrets and Arctic Plateau released in 2011, giving an insight in the artists upcoming releases, '' Ariettes oubliées...'' and'' The Enemy Inside'' respectively. The artwork was done by ...

'' (

split EP A split album (or split) is a music album that includes tracks by two or more separate artists. There are also singles and EPs of the same variety, which are often called "split singles" and "split EPs" respectively. Split albums differ from "v ...

with

Les Discrets Les Discrets is a French post-rock project created and led by Fursy Teyssier as a "platform gathering music and art." Teyssier was the sole member of the band until 2009, when he was joined by Audrey Hadorn and Winterhalter. Les Discrets release ...

, 2011) *'' The Enemy Inside'' (full-length, 2012)Arctic Plateau: Recordings to "The Enemy Inside" finished
prophecy.de. February 25, 2011. Retrieved on September 17, 2011. *'' Songs of Shame'' (full-length, 2022)

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* {{Authority control Italian post-rock groups Italian shoegaze musical groups Musical groups established in 2006 2006 establishments in Italy One-man bands