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Their discographic birth came with Figli di Annibale (Hannibal’s children), a soundtrack for the movie carrying the same title, directed by Davide Ferrario: it was a success, both public and critics praised it, which led to the release of a mini cd MMACARIE attached to a book (published by an independent-alternative label) focusing on the phenomenon of tarantismo and the new wave of ethnic music in Italy.

Their second work, RONDE NOE- microchips sulla terra del rimorso, can instead be considered a real cultural journey taking off from Salento and ending up in the Middle East passing through Albania. Thanks to rhythms and sonorities of the new World Beat, it suggests electronic experimental covering pizzica, traditional lyrics and a ‘Salento version’ of Ragga.

Their third work TARANTULAE (which keeps the same phonetics in Latin, English and in the Salento dialect) is not only a very sophisticated and original cd, but it also tracks down a new, and yet universa, linguistic and aesthetic code, and, reaching out to those characteristics which are of modernity, it brings the popular reality of the south to be appreciated all over the world as one of the most ancient and charming ethnic cultures of our ‘Global Village’.

JENTU, released by V2 Records, suggests a sophisticated glimpse through the Mediterranean civilisation opening to the Maghreb, the Balkans, Syria. Musically multifaceted and original, JENTU showcases Balkanic brass, Salento drums, tarabuches, sitar, in a powerful dialogue with contemporaneity for a common horizon of knowledge and exchange.

ST. ROCCO’S RAVE is the latest work by NIDI D’ARAC released by V2 Records in September 2005. Nidi d’Arac continue exploring the multiples connections between the new and the ancient inspired by technological developments and a growing club culture. By forging a more than ever stronger dialogue between traditional folk music and digital sounds, ever guided by their deep respect for tradition, Nidi d’Arac have reshaped the traditional sounds of pizzica by employing dub's ability to distort and colour sound while retaining its ancient soulful beauty.

COMPILATIONS:
ITALY
AA. VV. SILA IN FESTA (1998), AA. VV. ENZIMI (1998), AA. VV. LA NOTTE DEL DIO CHE BALLA (1999),
AA. VV. FANGO (Legambiente 1999), AA. VV. CNI COMPILATION 2 (1999)
AA. VV. RADIO EDIT (1999), AA. VV. CANZONI PER L' AMBIENTE - SPECCHIO / LA STAMPA (2000)
AA. VV. TARANTULA RUBRA - RADIO ONDA ROSSA (2000), AA. VV. RADICI [suoni e canti delle] (2000)
AA.VV. L’ESPRESSO (2002)


SPAIN
AA.VV. QUINCHOS, nunca mas un niño en la calle


FRANCE
AA. VV. ITALIA NUOVE INDYE - CROSS RECORDS


BRASIL
AA. VV. NEW MILLENIUM ETHNIC - NEWWORLD


GERMANY
AA. VV. A MUSICAL JOURNEY TO ITALY - WELT WUNDER RECORDS


OTHER RELEASES:


ENGLAND
BASS, SWEAT AND TEARS, GAUDI feat A.Coppola in “Ci fice lu mundu” (INTERCHILL records- Mariko Music publish. 2004, UK)


WORLDWIDE
NIDI D’ARAC Volume 1 (DISCMEDI 2005)
THE ROUGH GUIDE TO ITALIA NOVA (World Music Network 2004)