Etnica

Etnica are DJ Max Lanfranconi, Carlo Paterno, Maurizio Begotti, and Andrea Rizzo. They are a well known Goa trance project from Italy.

Max Lanfranconi, Maurizio Begotti, Carlo Paterno and Andrea Rizzo met during various parties in Italy at the end of the 1980s. Max, the band leader, was a DJ at the time and had already released two singles in the mid-80's on an independent Italian label. As for Andrea, he had a solid musical background. Combined with the melodies of Carlo and Maurizio's sense of arrangement, all would soon lead to the production of some of the most celebrated electronic compositions.

The first one was published on Brainstorm label in 1995, and was titled "Big Storm in Chapora Fort". The first album, "The Juggling Alchemist Under the Blacklight", was out the same year on the German label High Society. This helped the band build a solid reputation in the Psychedelic trance scene. Their second album, the classic "Alien Protein", was released in 1996 on Blue Room Released.

At the initiative of Paterno, they launched a party-orientated side project, Pleiadians. Starting off with an EP on Symbiosis Records in 1995, they have thus far produced two albums "Identified Flying Object" (1997), and "Family of Light" (1999) in which Paterno was partially involved. A third opus called "Three Sisters" was released in 2006.

Additionally, a side project, Crop Circles, was a collaboration with the band Lotus Omega. This project's name echoes the fact that their music incorporates mostly sci-fi themes, not unlike the work they did as Pleiadians.

After the writing of the ambient-sounding album "Equator" (1999), Rizzo left the band as well. The departure of Carlo and Andrea who were in charge of the melodic aspects of the project deeply transformed the Etnica sound. The "Nitrox" (2001) and "Chrome" (2002) albums displayed an extensive use of techno sounds with very few melodies, to the dismay of many fans.

With the Southafrica 2000 event, Etnica began a business in festival organization throughout the world. Celebra Brasil 2000 followed shortly after. They also founded their own label, Etnicanet Records. Their sixth Etnica album "Sharp" was published on Solstice in 2004.

Discography

EPs

*"The Italian" (Spirit Zone Records 1995)
*"Tribute" (Blue Room Released 1995)
*"Starship 101" (Blue Room Released 1996)
*"Plastic" (Blue Room Released 1997)
*"Polar" (Spirit Zone Records 1999)
*"Andromeda" (Spirit Zone Records 2000)
*"Hell's Kitchen" (MDMT Records 2000)
*"B Sirius" (Spirit Zone Records 2002)
*"Tracktor Activity" (Etnicanet Records 2003)

Albums

*"The Juggling Alchemists Under the Black Light" (High Society Records 1995)
*"Alien Protein" (Blue Room Released 1996)
*"Equator" (Spirit Zone Records 1999)
*"Nitrox" (Spirit Zone Records 2001)
*"Chrome" (Solstice Music 2002)
*"Chrome (Western Edition)" (Etnicanet Records 2002)
*"Sharp" (Solstice Music 2004)
*"Totemism" (Etnicanet Records 2007)

ee also

*Crop Circles
*Pleiadians

External links

* [http://www.etnicanet.net/ Etnica Official Website]