Artist Name
Franco Battiato

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Joe Patti's Experimental (2014)	Apriti sesamo (2012)	Telesio (2011)
Inneres Auge: Il tutto è (2009)	Fleurs 2 (2008)	Il vuoto (2007)
Dieci stratagemmi (2004)	Fleurs 3 (2002)	Ferro battuto (2001)
Fleurs (1999)	Gommalacca (1998)	L'imboscata (1996)
L'ombrello e la macchina (1995)	Messa Arcaica (1994)	Caffé de la Paix (1993)
Gilgamesh (1992)	Come un cammello in una g (1991)	Fisiognomica (1988)
Genesi (1987)	Mondi lontanissimi (1985)	Orizzonti perduti (1983)
L'arca di Noè (1982)	La voce del padrone (1981)	Patriots (1980)
L'era del cinghiale bianc (1979)	L'Egitto prima delle sabb (1978)	Battiato (1977)
"Clic" (1974)	Fetus (1971)

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Origin
Jonia, Italy

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Style
Rock/Pop

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1945

Active
--- 2021

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4 users Franco Battiato - Ruby Tuesday
4 users Franco Battiato - Centro di gravità permanente
4 users Franco Battiato - Voglio vederti danzare
4 users Franco Battiato - Bandiera bianca


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Francesco "Franco" Battiato (Italian: ; 23 March 1945 – 18 May 2021) was an Italian singer-songwriter, composer, filmmaker and, under the pseudonym Süphan Barzani, also a painter. Battiato's songs contain esoteric, philosophical and religious themes.
He is and has been for decades one of the most popular pop singer-songwriters in Italy. His unique sound, song-crafting and especially his lyrics, often containing philosophical, religious, and culturally exotic references, as wells as tackling or painting universal themes about the human condition - unusual subjects for pop songs - earned him a unique spot on Italy's music scene, and the nickname of "Il Maestro" ("The Master", or "The Teacher").
Especially, but not only, at the beginning of his career, in the 70s and early 80s, his work was standing out sharply against the rest of Italian pop scene with sarcastic, provocative, and dark attitude and lyrics attacking ignorance, lack of professionalism, and the common expectations of popular audiences, including his own public.
His works often contained exotic cultural influences.
His work includes songwriting and joint production efforts with several Italian and international musicians and pop singers, including the long-lasting professional relationship with Italian singer Alice.
His collaborations from 1994 onward with the nihilistic-cynical philosopher Manlio Sgalambro have added lyrical references to Emil Cioran, Friedrich Nietzsche and other anarchistic thinkers.
Together with Alice, Franco Battiato represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 with the song "I treni di Tozeur".


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