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cafeAmaro = Diane Peters+Apo( tech)

Diane Peters - harp and vocals Andrea Ponzoni - electronica and keys

(LA VERSIONE ITALIANA, SOTTO RIPORTATA ) Born out of an improvisation duo of d.j. and harp, cafeAmaro has now become an album of all original music, and an articulated electro-acoustic project with no boundaries of genre, floating between ambient, soundscape, electronica, nu-jazz and pop.

A dreamlike journey of harp, voce and electronica. The live performance is accompanied by faded random super 8 images, giving a special atmosphere to the nocturnal lounge sound. 

  “cafeAmaro is a successful combination of art between video, elettronica music, voice and harp , poetry and emotion in the moment. ” 

Vincenzo Zitello   “ ... I heard moments of Cinematic Orchestra e Craig Armstrong, Bohren und der Club of Gore and Angelo Badalamenti, Pat Metheny, Tortoise and Dead Can Dance.”   A.Giulio Magliulo 

“..a constant exchange entwined with information resulting in a high end refined instrumentale music….including layers of detached avantguard electronica, exploring the use of the harp resulting in a discovery of  a music of high quality” Marco Zordan- review

BIOS: cafeAmaro has performed many concerts, and important events such as Vinitaly in the format of d.j. and harp. Concerts in and around Verona e.g. Red Zone Art and Bar. On their “Summer tour 2015” presented the evolved version of the project with their addition of video projections performing in the Viggianese International harp festival 2015, in the province of Basilicata and in concert at Castel Arezzi as part of a summer festival in Salerno. In 2016 they performed with Mater ContempORAnea, an improvised music collective of FLOS. cafeAmaro have presented their CD with the event “anteprima Verona”and more Live concerts of cafeAmaro with guests follow the January 2017 release.

Diane Peters - Jazz harpist, composer Diane Peters is an artist of international level, who played in various non classical formations in Melbourne’s venues and jazz clubs. She has a BA in jazz,  improv from the VCA, and honours in Composition at Monash Uni. Melbourne, Australia. In 2001 a CD with her quintet “Diane Peters’ Archaeopteryx”of her original music was released, recorded for Radio "ABC Jazz track" at ABC studios Melbourne. She played in NY, Paris, Belgium, and Amsterdam (at the 5th European harp symposium). Other invites to play on the stages of International harp festivals include: ’98 Perugia, 2001 Arles, 2004 ANU, Australia and 2015 Viggiano.

In Italy since 2005, she has interpreted her music with musicians such as Stefano Benini, Maria Vicentini, Yuri Goloubev and Danilo Gallo. She has recorded for Nicola Conte (Blue Note Jazz artist). With her project “Harp n Bass” she has played with Antonella Mazza and Bruno Rousselet in Paris and in Australia with Nick Haywood and Lyndon Gray 2105. Composer and performer of original music for theatre, Shakespeare in Veneto 2016. Diane plays the electro-acoustic “CAMAC BLUE".

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Diane Peters, Andrea Ponzoni: CafeAmaro

Read "CafeAmaro" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


I termini con cui usiamo definire le forme musicali sono sempre meno efficaci quando entriamo in quei territori di confine dove convivono nu-jazz, ambient, lounge, elettronica e strumentazione acustica. Il compito è ancor più difficile quando in un disco come questo ogni traccia si presenta con una propria identità, offrendo un mix cangiante e fantasioso. Prodotto tra Verona e Brescia con musicisti di estrazione diversa (significativa è la presenza di musicisti eclettici con un forte retroterra jazz ...

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•“cafeAmaro is a successful combination of art between video, elettronica music, voice and harp , poetry and emotion in the moment. ” Vincenzo Zitello ( festival director)

•”Un disco fatto di lentezza e trasparenze, da meditazione, ....e anche sensuale, come in Nostra Bossa" https://giuliozine.wordpress.com/2017/01/11/cafeamaro-berlo-con-lentezza/ A.Giulio Magliulo

•“..a constant exchange ... high end refined instrumentale music….including layers of detached avantguard electronica" http://indiepercui.altervista.org/diane-petersandrea-ponzoni-cafeamaro- autoproduzione/

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CafeAmaro

Self Produced
2017

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