Demetrio Stratos

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Demetrio Stratos, 1978

Demetrio Stratos (actually Efstratios Dimitriou , Greek Ευστράτιος Δημητρίου , born April 22, 1945 in Alexandria ; † June 13, 1979 in New York City ) was a Greek poet, multi-instrumentalist, musician, and co-founder and lead singer of the Italian band Area - International POPular Group . He became known for his playful and experimental handling of the human voice.

Life

Efstratios Dimitriou was born to Greek parents and grew up in Alexandria , Egypt . He learned piano and accordion at the National Conservatoire . Already in 1957 he went to Nicosia , Cyprus and in 1962 he moved to Milan , Italy to visit the Politecnico di Milano , where he formed his first band. Demetrio Stratos took part in the Italian beat band I Ribelli in 1967 and founded the progressive rock band Area in 1972 .

Stratos made many records and performed as a soloist, but also with Area and other artists at festivals in Italy, France , Portugal , Switzerland , the Netherlands , Cuba and the USA . He worked with artists such as Lucio Battisti , Giovanni Hidalgo , Walter Marchetti, John Cage , Merce Cunningham , Jasper Johns , Andy Warhol , Grete Sultan , Paul Zukofsky , Nanni Balestrini , Claude Royet-Journoud and Antonio Porta .

Stratos died in Memorial Hospital in New York City on June 13, 1979 at the age of 34 of complications from aplastic anemia .

Discography

single

  • 1972: Daddy's Dream / Since You've Been Gone (7 ", Numero Uno)

Albums

  • 1976: Metrodora (LP, Cramps)
  • 1978: Cantare la voce (LP, Cramps)
  • 1979: Le Milleuna (LP, Cramps)
  • 1979: Rock And Roll Exhibition, with Mauro Pagani , Paolo Tofani (LP, Cramps)
  • 1980: Recitarcantando - "Cremona 21 Settembre 1978", with Lucio Fabbri (LP, Cramps)
  • 1995: Concerto All'Elfo (CD, Cramps)

Compilations

  • 1995: Area / Demetrio Stratos - The Real Jazz Rock (CD, Jazz & Τζαζ)
  • 1999: Alla Ricerca Della Voce-Musica (CD, Cramps)
  • 2002: Stratosfera (box set with the albums Metrodora, Cantare la voce, Recitarcantando, Le Milleuna, Concerto All'Elfo) (5CD, Cramps)

Video

  • 1994: Suonare la Voce (VHS, Cramps, DVD 2006)

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d https://digilander.libero.it/extempore_ag/htm/non_vedenti/html/cronologia.htm
  2. http://gnosis2000.net/reviews/areainfo.htm
  3. http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=3046
  4. https://www.antonellapavese.com/2006/10/the-life-and-times-of-demetrio-stratos/