Biography of Ghiribizzi

Biography Discography Line-up Chronicle of Pan'ta Rhei Ghiribizzi's interview Date of passage to TPE Biography GHIRIBIZZI is the name of a Belgian prog band, which was founded by Frank Centauri, Dario Frodo and Yves Simmah. After the publication of the first album in 2001, they were joined by three new musicians. Interesting parts of keyboard can be located in their compositions. The voices are at the same time theatrical and powerful, sometimes pointing out the beginning of  Marillion or  Kayak: sometimes the vocal harmonies make think of  Queen. Melodic, their music is a progressive mixture of new and progressive metal of the Seventies and Eighties. We can find some influences of the classical music, cosmic music, metal, rock and the pop one. In September 2006, the band had the occasion to promote their album  «Pan'ta Rhei» on the European roads in support of Polish band  Quidam. Top of page Discography Zep Tepi (2001) : Pan'ta Rhei (2005) : Top of page Line-up Gino Bartolini (Drums) : Frank Centauri (Keyboards, Choruses) : Dario Frodo (Vocals, Guitar) : Little John (Bass) : Pete Mush (Vocals, Keyboards, Choruses) : Yves Simmah (Keyboards, Percussions) : Top of page Chronicle of Pan'ta Rhei 73 minutes: it is the  « time » of happiness which Ghiriribizzi proposes to you on his last album  «Pan'ta Rhei». Even if the remainder of the album is tasted, «Time» is really the title which offers good time to us.  «Time», as «Farewell to God» already present on the preceding album «Zep Tepi» benefited from a musical check-up because it missed a sound quality on«Zep Tepi» but this album is to be listened for its musical genres very, to see completely different from one piece to another: that goes from the rock to the ballade while passing by classical music to music of cabaret! The new album loses a little this diversity (even if for example on «Asian Love», the title which opens the album, is intersperced by other music styles) but gains in the field of the recording. Even if some bring closer this band with  Genesis for the side  Peter Gabriel in the voice, Ghiribizzi defined itself as an band with mixed music, would have been influenced by the Hungarian band… Panta Rhei ? Top of page Ghiribizzi's interview At the time of the excellent concert of Mindgames, on February 25, 2006, we met one of the members of Ghiribizzi: Dario Frodo which well gladly join itself in our interview. Dario Frodo answered all our questions in French. TPE : The people who already heard your albums bring the voice of the singer (Frank Centauri) closer to that of  Peter Gabriel. What do you think about it? Dario Frodo : Apparently, there is of it much which notices it, some also say that the voice a little also looks like the voice of  Fish. Perhaps that it is true, and we are happy, but in any case it is natural, our singer does not try to sing « at the manner of». TPE : New members were added to your band. Why and how that it occurred? D.F. : At the release of the album  «Zep Tepi» in 2001, we were only three and we wanted to play this album in concert but for that, it we missed musicians. We had a drummer Mario Pauwels of the band  Ostrogoth and the bass player of the band  Hellfire (two bands of the Eighties) but we had minor problems together and we changed musicians. We found Gino Bartolini and Pete Mush both belonging to the band Quantum Fantay, as Little John who is bass player, then they joined in the band. TPE : Thus there was no concert since your first album? D.F. : Not, the first album was just to show what we were as musicians, to show that we were able to make music, to do something special. We can say Pan'ta Rhei is our debut album. TPE : It is that, you consider  «Pan'ta Rhei» as your first album? D.F. : Yes. TPE : The recording of the last album has a sound much more clean that your first album. Did you profit from a better material? Did you change producer? D.F. : Both. We used the Ace studio in Aartselaar near Antwerp, the same studio that  Mindgames and we have also the same producer:  Frank Van Bogaert qBogaert which is very good musician himself and which knows music. He understands when we speak about keyboards, prog, of specific musics, … he knows what he must do. On  «Zep Tepi», we did everything ourselves, we did not have material, knowledge, we tested and with the material which we had at this time there it was not so badly.  Naturally new CD has a better sound and there is also the role of Frank Van Bogaert which was very very important. At some points he said « no, stops, we will do that like that », « we will change that », « we will try to make more like that or like that », he really played a very productive part. TPE : And therefore there's two pieces of the old album which were worked over again on Pan'ta Rhei ? D.F. : We always thought that these two songs were more or less the best of the CD and also more or less the songs which were most compatible with the new pieces, for that we took again  «Time» and «Farewell To God».It is possible that on next CD envisaged in at the end of 2007, we also finds a few pieces of «Zep Tepi» with other arrangements because I find that there are still pieces on «Zep Tepi» which are sufficiently good to restructure them with our producer in a studio of good quality. TPE : I see that  «Zep Tepi» is close to one's heart D.F. : Of course, it is our first signs of life, we worked very very hard for this album but we find that there are still pieces which we can remake. It will be perhaps in our projects, we will see… TPE : A band called  Panta Rheiis existing, I suppose that you are with the current? D.F. : No no, I did not know that. It is a prog band too?  TPE : Yes, prog with classical influences. D.F. : Ah! And they have an album called  «Ghiribizzi» ? TPE : No, they have only one album  «Epilogus». Therefore, obviously, no influence with this Hungarian band  Panta Rhei ? D.F : No, the title comes from the Greek and means that all the things change all the time and that corresponds very well with our music. It is a little special title, like Ghiribizzi besides, whereas the other bands choose English names. TPE : And from which the name Ghiribizzi comes? D.F. : It is a classical theme, there is many ghiribizzi on the guitars. Paganini, the violonist wrote many ghiribizzi, they are classical pieces which change all the time, which is … heu … in English we say  « capricious ». TPE : Yes, in French it's also capricious, we say for example that the women are capricious! D.F. : Yes, we often say that! TPE : Aside on May 6 in Tournai, do you have other concerts envisaged? D.F. : Yes, on April 8 we play in Lokeren in a small club. TPE : UA little bit like here, with the Auberge? D.F. : It is larger, the stage also is a little larger. TPE : From do the point of view of venues, you have more space in Flandres, not? D.F. : Yes but it is necessary when we have for example three keyboards. There, and then we play here and we are very happy of that. TPE : Us too. D.F : For us this is a way to play in Wallonie, it is very different. We are known on our region but we must also look to the other sides: in Wallonie, in France, this is important. We saw the public this evening, it was very enthusiastic and thus we are very proud to come to play here. Top of page Date of passage to TPE On May 6, 2006 : Auberge de Jeunesse de Tournai Visit their site Top of page Back to biographies

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