Digitalis Purpurea (band)
| Digitalis Purpurea | |
|---|---|
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Turin, Italy |
| Genres | Industrial, Black Metal, Noise, Industrial Metal, Industrial Rock, Electro Industrial, Electronica |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, Electronic Music Producer, songwriter, Sound Designer, DJ |
| Instruments | Vocals, bass, guitar, computer, Sequencer, Synthesizer |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Labels | Danse Macabre, Aural Music, Dreamcell11 |
| Website |
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| Members | Cristian Pi Greco |
Digitalis Purpurea is a one-man project created in 2003 by Cristian Marovino, an electronic music producer active in the international underground industrial music scene. Digitalis Purpurea is mixture of industrial music, electronica, and black metal. Digitalis Purpurea is signed to the German label Danse Macabre Records.
Digitalis Purpurea is involved in unconventional collaborations with artists such as Ted Jensen, Danny Saber, Das Ich, Bruno Kramm, and others.
Digitalis Purpurea is the botanic name of purple foxglove, a plant symbol of temptation, pleasant but at the same time destructive. Traditionally, the foxglove was used as medical plant but it is also poisonous and consumption may be fatal. Marovino chose the name referring to a poem by Giovanni Pascoli, "Digitale Purpurea".
Digitalis Purpurea has played in international festivals and clubs such as the Wave-Gotik-Treffen[1] in 2013 and Slimelight UK in 2012.
Digitalis Purpurea released three albums and two EPs entering the top 10 of Deutsche Alternative Charts with the record "30-hole and Fred Perry", the third chapter of the Digitalis Purpurea's "mouth trilogy". The two previous excerpts are the full-length albums "Aseptic White" and "Emotional Decompression Chamber", released by the indie label 'Aural Music'.[2]
Inspiration from by B movies and extreme artforms led Cristian Marovino to be a cult artist of the industrial music genre.
In 2014, the Digitalis Purpurea's fourth full-length studio album, "Palindrome Shapes OF Mold", a Giallo Thrilling Opera, will be released.
A Digitalis Purpurea photo shoot titled “Planet of the Velvet Samurai” has been published in the American fashion magazine "Dark Beauty Magazine".
Discography
- 2003 – Pi Squad – Demo Cd, Crypto Records
- 2004 – 19 Celebrations in 19 Mutilations – EP Crypto Records
- 2008 – Aseptic White – Full-length, "Dreamcell_11/Aural Music"[3][4][5][6]
- 2010 – Emotional Decompression Chamber – Full-length, "Dreamcell_11/Aural Music"[7]
- 2012 – 30-hole and Fred Perry – EP, "Danse Macabre Records (Germany)"[8][9]
- 2014 – Palindrome Shapes of Mold – Full-length, "Danse Macabre Records (Germany)"[10][11][12][13][14]
Contributions and remixes
- 2005 – IBM (Italian Body Music) Vol.2[15]
- 2007 – Gears of Industry (split cd)
- 2010 – Fuck 'em All Vol.7
- 2011 – The Bizarre Remixes (split cd w/No Forgiveness)
- 2012 – Sonic Seducer _ Cold Hands Seduction Vol.130[16]
- 2013 – Dunkle Frequenzen Vol.01[17]
- 2013 – Die Antwoord vs Digitalis Purpurea _Dis Iz Why I'm Hot (BitBabol Mixxx)
- 2013 – Helalyn Flowers _White Me in Black Me Out [REMIX / Alfa Matrix][18]
- 2013 – TheDubSync P.O.T. feat Fabri Fibra [REMIX / Elastica Records]
Notes
- ↑ Wave Gotik Treffen 19.05.2013 – Review
- ↑ Aural Music Records – Official Website
- ↑ Darkentries – Review
- ↑ Metal Italia – Review
- ↑ PowerMetal.de – Review
- ↑ (Italian) Metallus – Review
- ↑ Aristocrazia Webzine – Review
- ↑ Gnuch, Kym. "Digitalis Purpurea: 30-Hole And Fred Perry". Sonic Seducer (in German). Archived from the original on December 25, 2013.
- ↑ Side-Line – Review
- ↑ Danse Macabre Rec – Article
- ↑ Heymann, Peter (2014). "Digitalis Purpurea – 'Palindrome Shapes Of Mold'". Sonic Seducer. No. 9.
- ↑ Gootti – Review
- ↑ Intravenous Magazine – Review
- ↑ Gothic World – Review
- ↑ Italian Body Music – IBM – Compilations
- ↑ Cold Hands Seduction Vol.130 – Sonic Seducer compilation
- ↑ Dunkle Frequenzen Vol.01 – Gothic World compilation
- ↑ White Me In Black Me Out – CD BOX – Alfa Matrix label store
External links
- Digitalis Purpurea – official web site
- – official Facebook
- Digitalis Purpurea – official SoundCloud
- Aural Music – official label MySpace