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ITALIANO
I Vad Vuc nascono nel dicembre del 2000 da un'idea di Miske, con una formazione iniziale che comprende solamente quattro elementi: Miske, Cerno, Büti e Q. Con il passare del tempo si aggiungono nell'ordine: Jacky, Seba, Sebalter e Boss. Con questa line up la band raccoglie molte soddisfazioni vincendo svariati concorsi musicali. Il culmine raggiunto finora dai Vad Vuc è il Kleiner Prix Walo, premio nazionale quale miglior band emergente svizzera del 2003. La band ha all'attivo cinque pubblicazioni. 25.03.2003 - Murrayfield Pub, EP 26.04.2004 - Il Monastero dei Folli, Album17.03.2006 - Trans Roonkaya Express, Doppio Album08.08.2007 - Trans Roonkaya Express, Album08.12.2007 - The Vad Vuc & Little Orchestra, EP23.10.2009 - La Parata dei Secondi, AlbumDall'anno 2000 ad oggi il gruppo macina chilometri e concerti (300 circa). I Vad Vuc si sono esibiti un po' ovunque, dalla Svizzera, alla Francia, all'Italia, alla Germania e perfino una data in Inghilterra. Alla realizzazione de “La parata dei secondi” hanno preso parte anche alcuni musicisti di spessore come il violinista dei The Waterboys STEVE WICKHAM, che, oltre ad aver composto “Fisherman’s Blues”, ha suonato e collaborato con artisti quali Bob Dylan e U2 (suo, ad esempio, il violino in “Sunday Bloody Sunday”). Compaiono nella parata anche gli YO YO MUNDI, gruppo folk rock italiano che ha in “Album rosso” la sua più recente pubblicazione; MARINO SEVERINI, voce storica dei The Gang; gli GNU QUARTET, frizzante ensemble genovese costantemente impegnato con Gino Paoli, Simone Cristicchi, Afterhours e Niccolò Fabi; e tanti, tanti altri ospiti. Per quanto riguarda i testi, continua la collaborazione con il poeta ticinese Silvano Chiesa, autore di “E sparissan par sempru” e di “Quasi véll da barch”, i due brani che aprono e chiudono il disco. Da segnalare inoltre la presenza di “Un aviatore irlandese prevede la sua morte”, prima traduzione in dialetto del celebre poema “An Irish Airman Forsees His Death” di W.B. Yeats. E dopo mesi di registrazioni (effettuate fra Svizzera, Italia e Irlanda), il terzo album in studio dei The Vad Vuc (in uscita il 23 ottobre 2009) è ora pronto per sfilare.
ENGLISH
The Vad Vuc were formed on the 26th December 2000 and in short became one of the well-known and most appreciated bands in Ticino and Northern Italy. The Vad Vuc were the only band able to win three of the most important local contests for new comers (Corteglia, Locarno, Lugano), and thanks to its striking and energic live shows the band won the Kleiner Prix Walo in 2003, as best upcoming band of the year in Switzerland. They held live radio concerts and session, and one entire concert was broadcasted live in the whole country on 1st August 2004 (Swiss National Day).
6 CDs have now been released (Murrayfield Pub - 2003, Il Monastero dei Folli - 2004, Live in Cevio - 2005, Trans Roonkaya Express - 2006, The Vad Vuc & Orchestra – 2007, La parata dei secondi 2009) and The Vad Vuc have been on tour nearly every year in all Europe.
Among these, "Trans Roonkaya Express" had great success and went in the top ten during its first week, and stayed there for 11 weeks. Moreover, "Trans Roonkaya Express" was voted by the readers of CdT as best CD of the year, and best CD by a Swiss band. The same poll showed that the band was voted as best live act by a Swiss artist. Now The Vad Vuc are out with a brand new cd, "La parata dei secondi", which was released on 23rd October 2009, and it promptly entered the top ten.
"La parata dei secondi" is mainly a representation, a parade of individuals who live anonimously, and the album celebrates the beauty that can be found in the everyday. Differently from the previous albums, the band experimented new and appropriate sounds to support their meaningful lyrics. Many friends of the band joined in and recorded with them: the most famous artist is surely Steve Wickham, fiddler of The Waterboys, who plays his famous violin in Matto. Alongside with Wickham, the Gnu Quartet and Yo Yo Mundi also appear as guests of this parade, and Yo Yo Mundi, Steve Wickham and all the album guests joined The Vad Vuc during the actual tour.
The Vad Vuc have played many concerts and in many festivals in Europe, especially in Switzerland, Italy, Germany, and France alongside artists such as Ska-P, Simone Cristicchi,Misfits, No Use for a Name, Jamie Clarke, Kelly Joyce, Gotthard, Goldfinger, Neck.
The Vad Vuc, who are in constant contact with Italian, German and French bands for collaborations and apparitions, have also appeared in several places other than their official CDs. To name a few, they composed the jingles for a weekly program which was broadcasted by the Swiss National TV in 2006, one year later the song "Vaya con Dios" has been chosen as a soundtrack for the TV program "A Modo Mio". In 2008, the band caught the attention of the famous promoter and manager of Linkin Park, Mike Galaxy, who asked the band to join a compilation, and this year the band appears on a charity compilation that includes more than 40 Italian artists.
TOUR DATES 2010
03.04.2010 - IRISH NIGHT, Schüür, Luzern (Switzerland)
10.04.2010 - PALA-BELLOTTI, Via S.ta Apollonia, Coldrerio (Switzerland)
01.05.2010 - FESTA DEI LAVORATORI, P.zza Manzoni, Lugano (Switzerland)
08.05.2010 - BIASCALIVE, P.zza Centrale, Biasca (Switzerland)
04.06.2010 - RIVIERA FOLK FESTIVAL, Zona Orlando 7, Tormeno - Vicenza (Italy)
05.06.2010 - CASTELLO DI MESOCCO, Open Air, Mesocco (Switzerland)
24.07.2010 - RONAGO, campo sportivo (Italy)
25.07.2010 - LIVE AT GRAFFITI, Bern (Switzerland)
30.07.2010 - OPEN AIR AL FIUMM, Maggia (Switzerland)
Prossime date a seguire.
