Semiramis propose an old looking postcard from the past as first single taken from the album “La fine non esiste”:
the image of Airship Italia standing out against “Tenda Rossa” (Red Tent), that is the song subject.
The track is about the Italian long-haul aviator Mr Umberto Nobile who wanted to “cercare l’impossibile” (look for
the impossible) in 1928, but unfortunately fell down with his airship on the North Pole pack. Nobile managed to
survive together with few men of his crew thanks to the Red Tent.
The lyrics celebrate, illustrate, question: “dov’è la verità di quel disastro? “ (where does the truth about that disaster
lie?); music, on the other hand tries to describe the characters’ feelings: anguish, terror, resignation and final relief in
a pure prog evolution.
Please click here to watch “Tenda Rossa” lyric video https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=sDGF6OaX-
k0&ab_channel=SemiramisOfficial
Semiramis were born in 1971 in Centocelle district in Rome starting from a Maurizio Zarrillo, Marcello Reddavide and
Memmo Pulvano’s idea. Shortly after, in view of the forthcoming concert in Villa Pamphili in Rome, Maurizio asks his
brother Michele to join the band as a guitar player and singer: with this line up they perform during one of the
festival’s events. Memmo Pulvano leaves the band in 1972 while Giampiero Artegiani and Paolo Faenza recruited by
Michele join the band in turn. It takes a whole year to the band to compose the 7 songs that will be included in the
full length “Dedicato a FRAZZ”, based on the literary work by Marcello Reddavide. FRAZZ is a psychopath that takes
his name from the initials of the band’s members. After several important shows with well known bands such as
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, Osanna, Rovescio della medaglia, Raccomandata Ricevuta di Ritorno, Balletto di Bronzo,
the band disbanded in 1974 also because of their inexperience due to their young age. They bequeathed that only
italian progressive rock milestone.
Paolo Faenza decides to recreate the band in 2013. Therefore many relevant lives follow (Rome, Genoa, Japan), and
many changes in the line up as well, also because of sudden departures.
The line up becomes stable in 2023 and records “La fine non esiste” with the following members: Paolo Faenza
(drums, vibraphone), Ivo Mileto (bass), Emanuele Barco (electric guitars), Marco Palma (acoustic guitars), Giovanni
Barco (voice) and Daniele Sorrenti (keyboards, organs, synth, flute). Physical copies are available in vynil or
eventually in digipack CD on the most important online stores, on the label BTF website or by contacting the band on
their official Facebook page; digital version is available on all main streaming platforms.
Semiramis online:
Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100041829017941
Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1BvgJiLVo_A-gU25y7pl1A
Bandcamp https://semiramisgroup.bandcamp.com/album/la-fine-non-esiste
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