Francesca Chiara
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Francesca Chiara Casellati (born March 25, 1972 in Padua
, Italy
) is the singer and songwriter of the Italian band The LoveCrave
.
The Italian name "Francesca" corresponds to "Francis" and "Chiara" means "bright" in Italian.
, and she descends from a Venetian
noble family, the Pisani. Her grandmother's name was Adriana Pisani.
Francesca Chiara spent her childhood going to Venice
every weekend and this is why she has always been fascinated by dark
and silent atmospheres, where her music finds inspiration. She currently stopped from the music she is pregnant and is waiting of her first child.
At 17 years old she spent one year in San Francisco, California graduating at Castro Valley High School
and she began to sing seriously and to play guitar.
She returned to Italy and founded the band Mystery
, with Simon Dredo and Mauro Lentola, producing a four song hard rock EP.
At 19 years old she moved from Padova to Milan
and started studying music for three years in a music school but then she left it. She worked in a wedding agency, sold wine through the phone and worked in a concert agency to survive and pay the rent.
She met Tank Palamara
in a metal club and they started to collaborate. Their first band was called The Flu in 1996 and it was a new punk metal band. They played all over Italy and participated to the Sanremo Music Festival in 1999.
The first album Il Parco Dei Sogni came out in Italian as a concept album
with Sony Music Italy that also produced the video of the song “Streghe” (witches). This is a concept album
and the story takes place in the future, after a war. Three girls find themselves in the Old Zone of the city and meet an old lady that brings them through a gate and shows them a wonderful park that was there before the war. There they start living the stories of the people that used to go to that park. Love, death, drugs, loneliness, jealousy and they realize that there is always a hope and that wars can't change the deep essence of mankind. It was released in 1999, it includes the songs Streghe and Ti Amo Che Strano that was presented by Francesca Chiara at the famous Festival di Sanremo in 1999.
After various experiences into electronic and alternative music Tank and Francesca created in year 2003 the new gothic rock
band The LoveCrave
with Bob Machine on drums and Simon Dredo on bass and released with the band 2006 the album The Angel And The Rain
.
Padua
Padua is a city and comune in the Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Padua and the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua's population is 212,500 . The city is sometimes included, with Venice and Treviso, in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area, having...
, Italy
Italy
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) is the singer and songwriter of the Italian band The LoveCrave
The LoveCrave
The LoveCrave is an Italian gothic metal band from Milan. The LoveCrave means "Hundredth Rave of Love"...
.
The Italian name "Francesca" corresponds to "Francis" and "Chiara" means "bright" in Italian.
Biography
Francesca Chiara's parents are teachers (English and Mathematics) and they still live in Padova, where Francesca was born. Her grandparents lived in VeniceVenice
Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
, and she descends from a Venetian
Venice
Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
noble family, the Pisani. Her grandmother's name was Adriana Pisani.
Francesca Chiara spent her childhood going to Venice
Venice
Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
every weekend and this is why she has always been fascinated by dark
Dark
Dark commonly refers to darkness, the absence of light.Dark may also refer to:*Evil, sinister or malign*Dark , a term used to describe a broadcasting service that has ceased transmission...
and silent atmospheres, where her music finds inspiration. She currently stopped from the music she is pregnant and is waiting of her first child.
Musical career
She wrote her first novel at the age of 10 and she wrote her first song at 13 years old. It was called "Survivor".At 17 years old she spent one year in San Francisco, California graduating at Castro Valley High School
Castro Valley High School
Castro Valley High School is a comprehensive public high school for grades 9 to 12 and is located in the unincorporated suburban community of Castro Valley, California, U.S. Named a National Exemplary School in 1984-85 and 1988–89, it was a California Distinguished School in 1987-88 and 2000-01...
and she began to sing seriously and to play guitar.
She returned to Italy and founded the band Mystery
Mystery (band)
Mystery are a Canadian Progressive Rock band formed in 1986 by guitarist/keyboard player Michel St-Pere. Originally the band had no stable lineup, but in 1990 a lineup formed featuring Pere on guitars, along with Raymond Savoie on vocals, Stephane Perreault on drums, and Benoit Dupuis on Keyboards...
, with Simon Dredo and Mauro Lentola, producing a four song hard rock EP.
At 19 years old she moved from Padova to Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
and started studying music for three years in a music school but then she left it. She worked in a wedding agency, sold wine through the phone and worked in a concert agency to survive and pay the rent.
She met Tank Palamara
Tank Palamara
Tancredi Palamara , known professionally as Tank Palamara, is an Italian rock guitarist.-Early career:He began learning the classical guitar at early age and soon discovered rock music and became a prominent rock guitarist in Milan by the end of the nineteen-eighties.-Career:During his career he...
in a metal club and they started to collaborate. Their first band was called The Flu in 1996 and it was a new punk metal band. They played all over Italy and participated to the Sanremo Music Festival in 1999.
The first album Il Parco Dei Sogni came out in Italian as a concept album
Concept album
In music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical." Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being improvised or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing...
with Sony Music Italy that also produced the video of the song “Streghe” (witches). This is a concept album
Concept album
In music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical." Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being improvised or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing...
and the story takes place in the future, after a war. Three girls find themselves in the Old Zone of the city and meet an old lady that brings them through a gate and shows them a wonderful park that was there before the war. There they start living the stories of the people that used to go to that park. Love, death, drugs, loneliness, jealousy and they realize that there is always a hope and that wars can't change the deep essence of mankind. It was released in 1999, it includes the songs Streghe and Ti Amo Che Strano that was presented by Francesca Chiara at the famous Festival di Sanremo in 1999.
After various experiences into electronic and alternative music Tank and Francesca created in year 2003 the new gothic rock
Gothic rock
Gothic rock is a musical subgenre of post-punk and alternative rock that formed during the late 1970s. Gothic rock bands grew from the strong ties they had to the English punk rock and emerging post-punk scenes...
band The LoveCrave
The LoveCrave
The LoveCrave is an Italian gothic metal band from Milan. The LoveCrave means "Hundredth Rave of Love"...
with Bob Machine on drums and Simon Dredo on bass and released with the band 2006 the album The Angel And The Rain
The Angel and the Rain
-Single declutching:* 2006 – Zilloscope 11/06 – "Little Suicide"* 2006 – Cold Hands Seduction Vol.64 – "Vampires "* 2006 – Loud Sounds – "Nobody"* 2006 – ClubTRAX Vol...
.
Influences
Inspired by movies like The Crow, Blade Runner, Edward Scissorhands, Matrix ... FC's music has always had a mysterious and aggressive side that creates contrasts with her love for great melodies. Her biggest influences come from the eighties rock/metal (Iron Maiden, Queensryche but also AC/DC, Joan Jett and Sex Pistols...) to the nineties gothic wave (HIM, Paradise Lost...) . "Writing a melody is the hardest part cause it has to be simple, emotional and instinctive and it has to be the mirror of the words you are saying, so every great melody is an influence for me."Discography
- 1992 - Mystery - EP
- 1997 Sony Music Francesca Chiara - L’onda – single
- 1998 Sony Music Francesca Chiara – Streghe – single
- 1999 Sony Music Francesca Chiara – Ti Amo Che Strano – single
- 1999 Sony Music Francesca Chiara - Il Parco Dei Sogni - album
- 2006 Repo Records The LoveCraveThe LoveCraveThe LoveCrave is an Italian gothic metal band from Milan. The LoveCrave means "Hundredth Rave of Love"...
- The Angel And The RainThe Angel and the Rain-Single declutching:* 2006 – Zilloscope 11/06 – "Little Suicide"* 2006 – Cold Hands Seduction Vol.64 – "Vampires "* 2006 – Loud Sounds – "Nobody"* 2006 – ClubTRAX Vol...
- album - 2010 Repo Records The LoveCraveThe LoveCraveThe LoveCrave is an Italian gothic metal band from Milan. The LoveCrave means "Hundredth Rave of Love"...
- Soul Saliva - album
Collections
- 1998 - Un Disco Per L'Estate - L'onda
- 1998 - Sanremo Giovani 1998 - Streghe
- 1999 - 49° Edizione del festival Di Sanremo cd blu- Ti Amo Che Strano
- 2006 - Zilloscope 11/06 (ZILLO mag -DE) - Little Suicide
- 2006 - Cold Hands Seduction Vol.64 (SONIC SEDUCER mag - DE) - Vampires (The Light That We Are)
- 2006 - Loud Sounds (ROCK HARD mag - ITA) - Nobody
- 2006 - ClubTRAX Vol. 2 Double CD (XtraX store - DE) - Little Suicide
- 2007 - Gothic Magazine Compilation - Can You Hear Me?
- 2007 - Summer Darkness 07 (ZILLO mag -DE) - Can You Hear Me?
Video/DVD
- 1999 - Streghe
- 2006 - Zillo DVD "Dark Visions" - Fading Roses - colonna sonora
- 2007 - Zillo DVD "Dark Visions 2" - Can You Hear Me? live at M'Era Luna Festival
- 2007 - Zillo DVD "Dark Visions 2" - Can You Hear Me? colonna sonora menù