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Sarastro Blake
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I learnt to play the guitar back in 1974. I took my first lessons from a professional teacher who was involved with the successful Italian band New Trolls. After discovering Yes, I moved to bass guitar and began playing in my first band called Black Out. \nIn the mid 80s I began recording demos of my songs. I released my first solo album (produced by Tiziano Cantatore) entitled Lonely Days, it featured guitarist Riccardo Zappa and session men like Mark Harris (of Fabrizio De Andrè, Pino Daniele and Al Jarreau fame) plus several members of the Eros Ramazzottis band. \nIn the early 90s I released a solo album called The Barrett of The Drake where I played all the instruments. \nIn the 2000s I started playing bass with the Celtic Harp Orchestra. We were mainly a live act but whilst in the orchestra we recorded and released an album. It was there that I met first and played with Luca Briccola. \nIn the early 2008 I was invited to join the band Mogador. In 2009 we released our first album, quickly followed in 2010 with the second and rather successful All I Am Is Of My Own Making. \nI started the solo project Sarastro Blake in the autumn of 2011 when I found myself with enough songs for a full-length album. Luca Briccola of Mogador became involved as arranger, producer and contributing player. \nI didnt want to make a traditional solo album, but rather a collaborative project bringing in other musicians around the world, making the most of the song sharing possibilities of the internet. \nIn keeping with the desire not to do conventional solo album, I decided to give myself a nome darte in Sarastro Blake. It sounded nicely vague and not immediately identifiable. Hopefully it might become a good "brand name" for the project. \nIn January 2012 - actually the night the Costa Concordia cruise ship sank in the Mediterranean Sea - I started recording the first tracks on an acoustic guitar, followed by the other instruments. I had Odessa by the Bee Gees in mind at the time, thinking back! \nSoon after, I started thinking about the idea of "special guest" musicians more seriously. For me it was very important to have the right special guest each song. In this way I hoped that each artist would have the right feel for the music and bring something of their own to my songs. In the end I managed to invite a longish list of guests who brought their talents to the tracks, interpreting the songs in their own ways. \nIf you would like to know the background behind the writing and making of each individual song, then please go to the following link and you will found out more in "The Making Of The Album" section of the website.
I learnt to play the guitar back in 1974. I took my first lessons from a professional teacher who was involved with the successful Italian band New Trolls. After discovering Yes, I moved to bass guitar and began playing in my first band called Black Out. \nIn the mid 80s I began recording demos of my songs. I released my first solo album (produced by Tiziano Cantatore) entitled Lonely Days, it featured guitarist Riccardo Zappa and session men like Mark Harris (of Fabrizio De Andrè, Pino Daniele and Al Jarreau fame) plus several members of the Eros Ramazzottis band. \nIn the early 90s I released a solo album called The Barrett of The Drake where I played all the instruments. \nIn the 2000s I started playing bass with the Celtic Harp Orchestra. We were mainly a live act but whilst in the orchestra we recorded and released an album. It was there that I met first and played with Luca Briccola. \nIn the early 2008 I was invited to join the band Mogador. In 2009 we released our first album, quickly followed in 2010 with the second and rather successful All I Am Is Of My Own Making. \nI started the solo project Sarastro Blake in the autumn of 2011 when I found myself with enough songs for a full-length album. Luca Briccola of Mogador became involved as arranger, producer and contributing player. \nI didnt want to make a traditional solo album, but rather a collaborative project bringing in other musicians around the world, making the most of the song sharing possibilities of the internet. \nIn keeping with the desire not to do conventional solo album, I decided to give myself a nome darte in Sarastro Blake. It sounded nicely vague and not immediately identifiable. Hopefully it might become a good "brand name" for the project. \nIn January 2012 - actually the night the Costa Concordia cruise ship sank in the Mediterranean Sea - I started recording the first tracks on an acoustic guitar, followed by the other instruments. I had Odessa by the Bee Gees in mind at the time, thinking back! \nSoon after, I started thinking about the idea of "special guest" musicians more seriously. For me it was very important to have the right special guest each song. In this way I hoped that each artist would have the right feel for the music and bring something of their own to my songs. In the end I managed to invite a longish list of guests who brought their talents to the tracks, interpreting the songs in their own ways. \nIf you would like to know the background behind the writing and making of each individual song, then please go to the following link and you will found out more in "The Making Of The Album" section of the website.
