Krisma
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| Krisma | ||
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 Krisma: Christina Moser and Maurizio Arcieri.
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | Italy, Switzerland | |
| Genre(s) | New Wave Music, Electronic Music | |
| Years active | 1976-present | |
| Label(s) | Polydor, CGD, Carosello | |
| Website | http://www.krismatv.net/ | |
| Members | ||
| Maurizio Arcieri Christina Moser |
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| Former members | ||
| Hans Zimmer Peter Maben |
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Krisma (formerly Chrisma) is an Italian musical New Wave - electronic group founded by Maurizio Arcieri and Christina Moser in 1976.
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[edit] Career
[edit] 1976-1979
1976: Maurizio Arcieri and his wife Christina Moser form the duo Chrisma (in 1980 they changed the band's name to Krisma). The two move from Milan to London and record "U" and "Amore" with the producer Nico Papathanassiou and his brother Vangelis.
1977-1978: the collaboration with Nico and Vangelis continues. The duo records the album "Chinese Restaurant". The single "Lola" enters the Top 10. During the promotional "Chinese Restaurant Tour" Maurizio experiments the notorious "finger-job" (a finger is cut on stage with a razor). The accident resolves in anticipated end of the tour.
1979: Maurizio and Christina record their second album, "Hibernation", which gets a good success also at international level. They are definitively established in London.
[edit] 1980-1989
1980: Third album for the band (with Hans Zimmer - now Oscar winning composer - at synthetizers programming): "Cathode Mamma". The single "Many Kisses" is a hit that climbs the European charts. Krisma develop the first minisequencer: Krismino.
1981: the Arcieris - now Krisma - leave Polygram for CGD and start to work in Holland at a new album that will be completed among an Alpine chalet and Milan.
1982: the experimental "Clandestine Anticipation" album is released. The album deals with water in all of its forms (liquid, frozen, at the state of vapor, fog, snow or rain) and is supported by a series of videos filmed in tropical locations. The clips were first shown in it:Carlo Massarini's Mister Fantasy program.
1982/1986: Krisma move to New York City. In the USA they will be authors of three videos for MTV; subsequently they begin to work for France 2. In Italy they often appear within different episodes of the program "Be Bop a Lula" hosted by Red Ronnie for Italia Uno.
"Nothing To do With the Dog" (of which an international version exists: "Fido") and "Iceberg" are released. "Nothing To do..." lyrics are by Krisma and Arto Lindsay.
1987/1989: their last work on vinyl, "Non ho denaro", is released. It's one of the hardest-to-find Krisma records.
[edit] 1991 to present
1991/1999: their first records are remastered. They continue to work as free lance for Italian state broadcasting company Rai Tre (Blob, Sat Sat) and take care of the special effects for Nitrato d'Argento a movie by Marco Ferreri. Maurizio and Christina also design several video-art installations and are consultants for Benetton's Centro Ricerca Comunicazione. Since July 22, 1998, satellite television KrismaTV reaches, through Skyplex, Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and the Arabic Countries.
1999/2000: KrismaTV is now broadcasted from Eutelsat. In June 2000 opens www.krismatv.net and Maurizio comes back with the solo project Re-Birth.
2001: Kara - CD single - is released in italian and english version.
[edit] Discography
[edit] LPs
- (1977) Chinese Restaurant - Polydor (as Chrisma)
- (1979) Hibernation - Polydor (as Chrisma)
- (1980) Cathode Mamma - Polydor
- (1982) Clandestine Anticipation - CGD
- (1982) Clandestine Anticipation - CGD (Custom Promo Box)
- (1982) Chrisma - Armando Curcio Editore (Collection)
- (1983) Nothing To Do With The Dog - Franton Records
- (1983) Fido - Atlantic
- (1983) Iceberg - Carosello
- (1989) Non Ho Denaro - Bollicine
[edit] Singles
- (1976) Amore / Sweet Baby Sue - Polydor (as Chrisma)
- (1977) U part. I / U part. II - Polydor (as Chrisma)
- (1977) Lola / Black Silk Stocking - Polydor (as Chrisma)
- (1977) C-Rock / Mandoya - Polydor (as Chrisma)
- (1979) Gott Gott Electron / Vetra Platz - Polydor (as Chrisma)
- (1979) Aurora B. / Hibernated Nazi - Polydor (as Chrisma)
- (1980) Many Kisses / Rien Ne Va Plus - Polydor
- (1980) Cathode Mamma / Rrock - Polydor
- (1982) Water / Samora Club - CGD
- (1983) Nothing To Do With The Dog / Find A Friend - Franton Records
- (1985) Be Bop / Be Bop (rep.) - Carosello
- (1985) Iceberg / Skyline - Carosello
- (1987) Signorina / Hotta Choccolata - Carosello
[edit] CDs
- (1994) Chinese Restaurant - Polydor (as Chrisma)
- (1994) Clandestine Anticipation - CGD-URLO
- (1999) Many Kisses e altri successi - Polydor (Collection)
[edit] Collaborations
- (1980) Suffocation, track included in Vangelis' LP See You Later - Polydor
- (2002) Nuova Ossessione, track included in Subsonica's CD Amorematico - Mescal / Sony
- (2004) Odore di Polvere da Sparo, 23 Coppie di Cromosomi, Apparenza e Realtà , tracks included in Franco Battiato's CD Dieci Stratagemmi - Columbia / Sony Music
- (2006) Australia, track included in Garbo's tribute CD Congarbo - Photographic / Venus
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- http://www.krismatv.net Official KrismaTv site
- http://krisma.mayancaper.net/index.html Krisma Music Samples & Videos
- http://krisma-news.mayancaper.net/index.html Krisma Updated News
