DRAMA SOCIETY BIOGRAPHY

Drama Society is an artistic affair between the two italians Luca Baldini (from “Moody Preachers” project) & Sergio Ricciardone (from Xplosiva clubnights crew). From the beginning (autumn 2002) Luca and Sergio shared the same interests and passion for Italian arts and drama (from Italian composers like Morricone to obscure Italian movies like Pasolini’s "Theorema" and novels by Dino Buzzati, Pirandello & Moravia…). Obsessed by the idea of drama in the daily life, they decided to put their vision of life into electronic music.

jTheir first single "Liars" (including "Liars", "Teorema", "Polaroid") was released in November 2003 on Turbo Recordings.
Tiga introduced their single with these words: "I was blown away by a refreshing take on the minimal sound. DRAMA SOCIETY are tastefully and subtly creating dancefloor techno that manages to combine the purity of minimal with the character of electro. Turbo is proud to present their first 12inch, three tracks of slightly experimental dance floor minimalism that defies genre. The first from a talented duo that we will all be hearing a lot about in the future".

The single got great reviews from international music magazines like The Wire, Dj Mag (which also featured half page interview in its "What's Next?" section), Jockey Slut, Muzic,Groove, Raveline, Rumore, Blow Up, and many others,as well as gaining support and props from DJ’s as diverse as Ricardo Villalobos, Agoria, Jeff Mills, Laurent Garnier, Angel Molina, Michael Mayer, Dj Hell, Roman Flugel, Jennifer Cardini, Chloe and many others.

Their second single "Crying Hero", released last October 2004, and spiced up by sensual vocals from Turner (Mute rec.), also features a remix from Tiga and a bonus track: "Papa Luciani's Strange Death”.
From Tiga: “The 'SOCIETY are back in effect and this time they decided to make a pop-dance anthem just because they can... Crying Hero is like the best bit of Underworld, but with an updated, minimal and totally original sound. I can't really compare it to anything. I do know that everyone is playing it".
"Crying Hero" has sold more than 5000 copies so far, and has been included in loads of playlists, charts and very recently in last "Global Underground" compilation by Danny Howell.

After falling in love with the b side "Papa Luciani's Strange Death", Tiefschwarz have decided to include the track in their latest DJ mix compilation called "Mish Mash", as well as the "Crying Hero" Tiga remix.

That brought Sergio & Luca to sign to Fine Recordings for two singles. "The Accident"/"Orphan Elle", a double a-side ep, is the first one and has been released in December 2004.
From Tiefschwarz: "DRAMA SOCIETY from Turin and Milan are amazing with their releases on Turbo and Fine... they just surprise everybody - we love this north Italian techno vibe".
From Trax magazine: "The Accident's got a fantastic energy!".
Ivan Smagghe, Damian Lazarus, Luke Slater, Layo, James Holden, Craig Richards, Phil Hartnol (Orbital), The Hacker, Headman, Undo & Vicknoise have all been strongly supporting the record.

With some amazing live performances (including SONAR in 2003 which was broadcasted live on John Peel’s BBC1 - RIP) and touring as DJ’s the best clubs and festivals throughout the world in 2003 and 2004 including cities like Montreal, Barcelona, Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Milan, Turin, Lausanne, Hamburg and so many more, the future looks very busy for Drama Society.

In the meanwhile, Luca just spent three weeks in studio with Pet Shop Boys,programming the new material which will form the duo long-awaited new abum scheduled for March 2006!

After a couple of weeks of sessionworks in Luca’ “Disco Delirio Studio”, Drama Society have now completed the follow up to "The Accident". Their new single on Fine will be released in June 2005 and will feature new vocals from Turner and a very special Alex Smoke mix.
The track is called "CRESCENDO" and is already getting massive response!

After that, an ep on French label Initial Cuts, another ep on Turbo, and a remix for Spanish label Factor City will follow just after summer.

The Drama duo is also currently working on their debut album.

Selected clubs & festivals:
Le Triptyque (Paris) Pulp (Paris) Watergate (Berlin) Loft & Lolita (Barcelona) Moog (Barcelona) Sonar 2003 (Barcelona) Meg (Montreal)
Paradiso (Amsterdam) Tanzhalle (Hamburg) The Key (London) Magazzini Generali (Milan) TDK Dance Marathon (Milan) Goa (Rome) 'lektrika (Rome) Xplosiva (Turin) Maffia (Reggio Emilia) Link (Bologna) Cassero (Bologna)…

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