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Capone , along with seven Neapolitan percussionist start a sound research Lab that focus all of its energy into transforming, perfecting and adapting junk/found object into instruments, following their belief that every object has a sound, a voice. The work consist into building/assembling, according to playing capabilities; wood plastic, rubber and metal discards to create instruments .
2000 – Friday March 31, opens in Napoli their first show : ‘BungtBangt: percussionists at the junkyard’. Follows the first Italian tour in a lot of Italian cities and prestigious Festivals. The critics and the public reacts favourably to this show structured as a research into the feel and sound of the urban environment.
2001 – The project goes on and finds ulterior development. Capone starts the first recording to release a cd of the gig. Contemporarily the group is preparing a new show that leaves behind the theatrical connotations, and verges more and more clearly into the concert realm. In the month of June starts the ‘BungtBangtStreetTour’ more than thirty concerts around Italy with audiences of 60.000 people .
2002 – The group is given charge to realize the radio jingle for the 13th edition of the music author’s festival of Recanati. A single called ‘Bungt & Bangt’, produced by Gigi De Rienzo is chosen for the task. In the June starts the ‘BumBumTour’, the third for the group. In July they are given a prize for ‘irony and originality’ existing in their work, by the ‘Massimo Troisi Award’. In August the second single is realised: ‘Uaiò’ by Capone, in duo with the Cuban pop singer Patrix. In September they realize a particular version of ‘Caravan Petrol’ for the first edition of the ‘Renato Carosone Award’ of Napoli. At the end of November comes out ‘Junk!’, the first album produced by Chiara Sun Music and Rai Trade, and distributed by Edel Italia.
2003 – Still winter, starts a long radio-television tour of Italy. The group is many time guest of Italian e satellite TV Programs, playing live at radio programs . A really success! In spring the video for ‘Uaiò’ ( from the album ‘Junk!’) is produced, directed by Francesco Patierno. Then the summer tour starts in Lugano ( Switzerland ). During the periods another prize touch their way: ‘Focus Award’ for creativity and intelligence. Along with Gilberto Gil and Lucio Dalla they are invited to the ‘Caruso Award’, on Rai Uno TV, as representatives of the new musical scene in Italy. They share the stage with known musicians such as Jamiroquai, Tambourus du Bronx, Taiko Drums, etc.
2004 – In January Capone went to Cuba, supported from Cuban Culture Department to start a stage for the Cuban children using only ‘rubbish’. This stage was great, so now it become an annual appointment as a twining between Italy and Cuba. In May started the new Tour 2004 with 35 gigs. In July issue a new single ‘Sciakkallakka’ a great success for the Italian radio.
2005 – The new album “Lisca di pesce” comes out (Camion Records / Chiara Sun Music recording company distributed by Sony Music). Capone recovers his ability as song writer and the CD receives a great appreciation by the press and people, nobody can believe that this songs are played with no musical instruments! In november the band goes to Tokyo. The Japanese people are amazing by the energy and by the uniqueness of the concert, a great success that shows the universality of the Capone & Bungt Bangt’s music. 2006 – After a great tour in Italy, BungtBangt where guest in several TV program asserting still more their notoriety. In September was release the single ‘Su di noi…c’era una volta’ a cover’s song of the famous songs ‘Su di noi’ of Pupo (camion records/chiara sun music – Sony Bmg ). 2007 - In February , guest of the Sanremo music Festival, the most important competition of Italian pop music, BungtBangt has invited from the great Italian artist, Daniele Silvestri, to play his song ‘ La paranza’, whose version with BungtBangt, has been the most downloaded of the festival In May issue a new single ‘ 6’ waiting the new album, of course… all played with rubbish..! |
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Workshops
Along with the activities of composer, singer and performer, Capone is experimenting and researching a new way to communicating his ideas about creating music. His workshops are open to all people, from children to university teachers. He also covers ecological issues through his capacity to build up musical instruments out of recycled materials. He founded a children’s orchestra, The Little Bungt Bangt, stemmed from his permanent workshop on the degraded outskirts of the city of Naples.
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