Well… Dari are a band who plays a genre called “emotronick” but what is it this new genre? As already said several times in their interviews, the word “emo” means the emotions of sing-songwriting, while the word “tronick” comes from electronic music, therefore their playing style.
One of the band, as per their own definition, of niche, but of who everybody talks about. Many people appreciate them and many criticize them, but everyone talks about them… maybe also thanks to their third place at the “MTV-The summer songs 2010”.
However we must remember, that, they didn’t pass auditions of “Sanremo giovani” (wrong choice in my opinion).
Dari, name of art of Dario (even if there are doubts on his name, some people say it’s Massimo) Pirovano, born in Aosta, in 1982. Dario gave his name to the band, in fact the project was born as a garage solo artist. Subsequently it grew bigger when Fabio and Cadio joined from other bands, as well as Willy, a drummer, who after “Wale tanto Wale” unfortunately left them and after several auditions they found Fasa, also thanks to the web. The project started in 2004, all ideas are shared and it is a democratic project. Dari is the lead singer and guitarist (electric guitar). When they were at school Dari and Fabio were in two rival bands. Dario had a punk-rock band, and his friend called him the “compa-punk”. Their musical influence are electro-dance and electronic in general, as well as the song of Alberto Camerini “Rock’n’roll robot”, which they still play in their concerts.
Fabio, is always been unpopular because of his purple hair, seen as an eccentric in a small city like Aosta. His real name is Fabio Cuffari and he is the bass player and the second singer of the group. In the past he was a member of a punk-rock band. His music is influenced by Depeche Mode.
Cadio, the real name is Andrea Cadioli, is the keyboard player. He did lots of voluntary work (entertainer, but now he stopped because he has no time) for the catholic church. Surely he is every mother’s dream for their daughters, but he doesn’t agree as he said in an interview: “definitely not, my appearance maybe too fastidious, mothers says me as someone who has something to hide, so my clothes are too colorful and I could talk about make-up and hair products with them. There for these are not topics discussed by a potential boyfriend”, but it’s not true, a lot of mother would like someone like you…
He likes TV-series a lot (light one, such as Ugly Betty).
Fasa, his real name is Daniel Fasano, is the drummer, he was born in Vercelli, unlike the others who come from Aosta. His music is influenced by Chemical Brothers and Metal in general. He joined the project thanks to the web. His hobby is playing and he spends 5 or 6 hours per day at the drum.
Record Company: they started with Bliss&Co and now they are with Emi.
Normal boys who come from different musical experiences.
Many songs in many different styles, however always perfect, which is rare for singers today.
So lets analyze their most popular songs.
Wale tanto Wale their debut song. At the time many people wondered why they used the “W” and they honestly and naively answered: “ because the “v” didn’t work on the computer keyboard”… It is called “sms” song because of the schematic language used by the band in the text. A language which is very closed to that used by teenagers everyday. This song was definitely a big success in the summer of 2007, sung and heard by everybody.
Lei al centro %, this song was written by Dari for the auditions of “Sanremo festival 2009”. When they got the news the boys with their production manager, Mimmo Capuano, decided to work on a new song, especially for Sanremo. They worked on the song all night and in the morning they had “Lei al centro %”. The video for the audition was filmed a November morning in 2008. Dari were rejected from the selections of Sanremo 2009 (although there is a gossip on the web that they auditioned in 2007 with “wale tanto wale” but they were rejected too). This song will became one of the most loved song of Dari.
Più di te, this song, Dari latest success, of summer 2010, became very popular among teenagers thanks again to the third place at the “MTV-The summer songs 2010”. The song speaks about capital sins.
Non pensavo, this song is written by Dari, and sung with Max Pezzali. When you first hear it, it reminds you of Max’s songs, but unfortunately this is not the case. The song describes the weakness of a boy who has been dumped, but he is still very much in love with her.
Other songs are: Cercasi Aaamore, Casa casa mia, Tutto regolare, Minimale maxibene, Moltiplicato 10, Diventa come un fiore, Phorse and many more.
Well we can say they are set to became number one. So why do they remain a niche phenomenon? Why are they more criticized than appreciated?
In my opinion they will be remembered, and will became a world phenomenon…
