Bologna Violenta

BOLOGNA VIOLENTA is a project born in 2005 from an idea of Nicola Manzan, a musician from Treviso who has since released six albums under this pseudonym, as well as various ep's, split albums and remixes. His music has always been characterized by extreme sounds and very short compositions performed with electric guitar, strings and electronic drums, evolving over the years and gradually replacing the guitars with the sole violin. The new album, entitled Bancarotta Morale, is a further step forward in the search for unusual sounds and it is the natural evolution of what has been released to date. The issues addressed are mostly related to the dramas of life, the strong contrast between the human being and the world around him, and above all, the difficult relationship between human beings themselves. In 2015 the project became a duo with the joining of Alessandro Vagnoni as a live drummer and multi-instrumentalist in the recording studio duties. BOLOGNA VIOLENTA has been the subject matter for examination in the Digital Art course at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice and the project "The Sound of..." (in which the tracks of forty different discographies are played simultaneously) was also presented at the same venue. The documentary "Uno Bianca - Mirare allo Stato" has been released in 2019 and the soundtrack includes songs from the albums published between 2010 and 2016. Nicola Manzan is a violinist, multi-instrumentalist and producer from Treviso, Italy. He has worked in studio and performed live with Italian and international artists, including Baustelle, Ligabue, Lo Stato Sociale, Fast Animals and Slow Kids, Il Teatro degli Orrori, MezzoSangue, Ronin and many others. Alessandro Vagnoni is a drummer, multi-instrumentalist and producer from Fermo, Italy. He has collaborated in the past with death metal bands such as Infernal Poetry, Dark Lunacy, Resurrecturis and other projects. He is also drummer of the band Ronin, guitarist and composer for Bushi, multi-instrumentalist in his one-man-band Drovag and active as a session drummer and sound engineer.