Port Royal (band)

Infobox musical artist
Name = port-royal

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Alias = Up The Royals!
Origin = Genoa (Italy)
Country = Italy
Genre = Electronica
Post-Rock
Shoegaze
Ambient
Trance
Years_active = 2000 - present
Label = Rersonant Recordings
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URL = [http://www.port-royal.it/ Official Website]
Current_members = Attilio Bruzzone
Ettore Di Roberto
Michele Di Roberto
Emilio Pozzolini
Giulio Corona
Sieva Diamantakos

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Port-Royal is a Genoa, Italy-based post-rock band started in the year 2000 by Attilio Bruzzone (Guitar, Keyboards) and Ettore Di Roberto (Piano, Keyboards). They would soon be joined by Ettore's brother Michele Di Roberto (Drums), Emilio Pozzolini (Keyboards, Sampling), and Giulio Corona (Bass). They are known to have a unique approach to their music, with an emphasis on instrumentals over lyrics; a style resembling Mogwai and M83.

History

In the year 2000, childhood friends Attilio and Ettore from Genoa, Italy, decided to form a band during a party. Their first practice session is Ettore's bedroom which had a piano and an acoustic guitar with a TASCAM 4 Track cassette recorder. Months later, Ettore's brother and fellow drum player Michele joins the band and finds a name for the project. More sessions take place in the so called "Saletta" nothing but a basement in the old genovese city-center. Songs are written and some will be the melodic basis of future tracks, others will be forgotten. Throughout the years the band would experience a shift in band members, but the music would always be the same.

Band members

Current members

*Attilio Bruzzone (Guitar, Keyboards, Programming) 2000-Present
*Ettore Di Roberto (Piano, Keyboards, Programming) 2000-Present
*Emilio Pozzolini (Samplers, Programming) 2001-Present
*Michele Di Roberto (Drums) 2000-2005
*Giulio Corona (Bass) 2003-Present
*Sieva Diamantakos (Visuals, Videos) 2007-Present

Discography

LPs

*"Flares" (Resonant Recordings 2005)
*"Afraid To Dance" (Resonant Recordings 2007)
*"Flared Up - Remixes" (Resonant Recordings 2008)
*"Magnitogorsk" - split LP with Absent Without Leave, 4 tracks each artist (Sound In Silence 2008)

EPs

*"Kraken EP" (Marsiglia Records 2002)
*"Honved EP" (Chat Blanc Records 2007)
*"Anya: Sehnsucht EP" (Chat Blanc Records 2008)

Compilations

*"Bias Illumination Over Diffracted Hearts" (2003)
*"Milk In My Cup" (Green Fog 2004)
*"Losing Today" (Not On Label 2005)
*"The Wire Tapper" (Not On Label 2005)
*"First Past and the Post" (Not On Label 2005)
*"Zenatron" (De Vega De Ferrari 2006)
*"These Waves" (Sound In Silence Records 2006)
*"Let's Talk About Muerte Pop" (Muerte Pop 2007)
*"I Am You Are Me - Millimetrik Remixes & Unreleased" (Chat Blanc Records 2007)
*"Chat Blanc 3rd Anniversary Compilation" (Chat Blanc Records 2007)
*"Festival Elektroni [k] Septième Édition" (Not On Label 2007)
*"Little Darla Has A Treat For You Vol. 25 - Endless Summer 2007-08" (Darla 2007)
*"Lost Days, Open Skies And Streaming Tides - Manual Rarities & Remixes" (Darla 2007)
*"Treatment Effects" (Chew-Z 2007)
*"Merry6mas 2007" (Make Mine Music 2007)
*"We Believe Vol. 2" (9.12 Records 2007)
*"PostRockNotes.com Compilation" (Not On Label 2008)
*"Alternative Trippin Vol. 2" (Chaos Management - Emi Poland 2008)
*"Northwest Passage's New Era - Millimetrik New Album" (Make Mine Music 2008)

External links

* [http://www.port-royal.it/ Official Website]
* [http://profile.myspace.com/uptheroyals Band MySpace]