Le Vibrazioni (

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: ''The Vibrations'') is an Italian rock and pop band formed in

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in 1999. They made their breakthrough in 2003 with their debut single '' Dedicato a te'' ("Dedicated to you"), which went platinum in Italy. All their albums have been released on BMG.

Biography

The four founding members, all born in Milan or its metropolitan area, are Francesco Sarcina (guitar and vocals), Stefano Verderi (guitar and keyboards), Marco Castellani (bass), and Alessandro Deidda (drums). After many years spent playing in clubs around Milan, the group signed with BMG and debuted with the single ''Dedicato a te'', which topped the Italian charts and became one of 2003 best-selling singles. Later in the same year they published their first album, 'Le Vibrazioni', whose sales exceeded 300,000 copies and from which the singles ''In una notte d'estate'', ''Vieni da me'', ''Sono più sereno'' and ''...E se ne va'' were extracted. ''...E se ne va'' would later be included in the soundtrack of Luca Lucini's film ''Tre metri sopra il cielo'' (2004). The music video for ''Dedicato a te'' was subsequently spoofed by

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in their song '' Shpalman''. In 2008 Emanuele Gardossi replaced Marco Castellani on bass. Castellani would later rejoin the band in 2017. The band participated at the

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with the song "Dov'è".

Members

* Francesco Sarcina – singer, guitar (1999–present) *Stefano Verderi – guitar, keyboard,

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(1999–present) *Marco Castellani – bass guitar (1999–2008, 2012, 2017–present) *Alessandro Deidda – drums (1999–present)

Former members

*Emanuele Gardossi – bass guitar (2008–2012)

Discography

Albums

* Le Vibrazioni (2003) * Le Vibrazioni II (2005) * Officine Meccaniche (2006) * En Vivo (2008) * Le Strade Del Tempo (2010) * V (2018)

Singles

*2003 – Dedicato a te (ITA #1) / Video *2003 – In una notte d'estate / Video *2003 – E se ne va / Video *2003 – Vieni da me / Video *2004 – Sono più sereno / Video *2005 – Raggio di sole (ITA #3) / Video *2005 – Ovunque andrò / Video *2005 – Angelica *2005 – Aspettando / Video *2005 – Ogni giorno ad ogni ora / Video *2006 – Fermi senza forma (online only, on the website MtvOverdrive) / Video *2006 – Se / Video *2007 – Portami via / Video *2007 – Dimmi / Video *2008 – Drammaturgia / Video *2008 – Insolita / Video *2008 – Su un altro pianeta / Video *2010 – Respiro / Video *2010 – Senza indugio / Single *2010 – Invocazioni al cielo / Video *2011 – Come far nascere un fiore / Single *2012 – Il sangue e anche il resto / Single *2018 – Così sbagliato / Single

DVDs

* Live all'Alcatraz (2004) * Le Vibrazioni II (Dual Disc) (2005) * En Vivo (2008)

References

External links

* * Musical groups established in 1999 Italian pop music groups Italian rock music groups Musical groups from Milan 1999 establishments in Italy {{Italy-band-stub