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live: Ronin (I)
dj markus koavo
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BIOGRAPHY
The birth of Ronin can be traced all the way back to July 1999 when Bruno Dorella, at the time drummer for Wolfgang, dreamed of forming a group that would unite Morriconeian western, guitar isolationism and certain Mediterranean and Balkan folk. One evening that July, he was about to play a Festival in Pesaro when a storm blew up and stopped the show. The only ones who played were some Hungarians who moved under the beer tents and entertained everyone with Balkan acoustic music for a couple of hours. Struck by this experience, Dorella decided to start his project. It took some time for him to find the right musicians considering his punk background, but in 2003 the first EP came out, titled simply: Ronin. This same EP became the soundtrack to the medium-length film “Rocca Petrosa” by Cosimo Terlizzi. The group immediately started playing live extensively in Italy and Europe. 2004 saw the arrival of a contract with Ghost Records who released the group’s first album (again using the band’s namesake). One of the album’s songs, “I Am Just Like You”, was used on the soundtrack to the film “Tu Devi Essere Il Lupo” by Vittorio Moroni. The second album, “Lemming”, was released in 2007 by Ghost Records and was listed as album of the month by both music magazines Rumore and Blow Up. Some of the tracks of this album were used in the soundtrack to the film by Alina Marazzi, “Vogliamo Ance le Rose”, for which Ronin also wrote the original soundtrack which was released by Rhino/Warner Music Italia. Other songs from “Lemming” were used on the soundtrack to “Via Selmi 72” by Mauro Diciocia and were used on various TV programs and series. In 2009 the third album, “L’Ultimo Re”, was released and acknowledged on a European level and allowed the group to once again appear on stages across Europe and Italy. Apart from Bruno Dorella (renowned also as the drummer of both OvO and Bachi Da Pietra), the group’s lineup, which has been through several changes, consists of; Chet Martino on bass (Quasiviri), Nicola Ratti on guitar (active both as a solo sound artist and as a member of the duo Faravelliratti and Bellows) and finally the aforementioned Paolo Mongardi.
www.myspace.com/ronintheband
www.facebook.com/pages/Ronin/32566940991
www.lastfm.it/music/Ronin