Am 31.10. laden Claudio Simonetti's GOBLIN zu einer "Giallo Halloween"-Show Berliner Lido - ihrem einzigen Deutschland-Konzert 2019. Bei einem der raren Auftritte der GOBLIN-Version um Simonetti wird die Band ein spezielles Horrorfilm-Set spielen und dabei auf ihr Soundtrack-Repertoire zu FIlmen wie unter anderem "Suspiria", "Deep Red" und "Dawn Of The Dead" zurückgreifen. Weitere Informationen findet ihr unten in der englischsprachigen Ankündigung.

Legendary Italian prog rock band GOBLIN leaded by the original member Claudio Simonetti will be performing in Berlin on the Halloween evening. The only show in Germany.

After a long career mainly marked by composing the soundtracks for Dario Argento’s movies, Claudio Simonetti and his band have returned on stage touring worldwide the most successful hits which made Italian progressive rock and horror movies soundtracks history.

Goblin first captured the attention of the world on their collaboration with Dario Argento for his 1975 film Profondo Rosso (Deep Red). Their score for Suspiria has been hailed as a masterpiece and is one of the most recognized pieces of music in the history of horror.

Expect 2h show of the cult soundtracks with scenes from the movies on the big screen of the former cinema Lido.

Please let me know if you are is interested to list the event in your agenda, do an interview with Claudio Simonetti (Claudio is in Berlin on 30th October already!), cover the event in your media. We can provide you a guest list, mentioning you in the event.

Our event is already supported by Berlino Magazine, Digital in Berlin, CINEMA OBSCURE, 100 Years of Terror, Neon Zombie, DEADLINE - DAS FILMMAGAZIN

Details:
date 31.10.2019
doors 19:00
show 20:30
venue Lido, Cuvrystrasse 7, 10997 Berlin
facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/327808434819959/
web-link: https://www.lido-berlin.de/events/2019-10-31-claudio-simonetti-s-goblin

Italian prog-rockers Goblin contributed eccentric riffage to Dario Argento's brutal and beautiful Deep Red (standout track: Death Dies), but they really hit the motherlode on their second Argento collaboration, Suspiria (1977). If ever a film set out to disprove the argument that the best film music is that which you don't hear, this is it. Built around a melody that drags Tubular Bells into a cackling Mittel-European whirlwind, Suspiria is a demonic assault that only the stone deaf could fail to notice. Film critic Alexander Walker famously referred to Goblin's contribution as the sound of "500 cats having their tails trampled on in unison". The key word there is "unison" – make no mistake, there's method in Goblin's cacophony, if not always in their film choices. Like Morricone, they occasionally gave brilliant work to dumb movies. The Guardian.

GOBLIN were formed in the early ‘70s inspired by prog bands like Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, Gentle Giant and Emerson, Lake & Palmer. In the early 1975 the band was called in to replace the composer Giorgio Gaslini – who had left the film Profondo Rosso (Deep Red) after an argument with director Dario Argento – and rewrote most of the score, including the famous main theme. The success exceeded all expectations: more than one million copies sold, enjoying 52 weeks on the Italian charts and ranking no.1 in both the singles and LP categories. This launched a highly successful period for the band. Between 1975 and 1976 Goblin released the instrumental progressive rock album Roller. In 1977 the band was called once again from Dario Argento for his new film Suspiria, which became a cult movie. In 1978 Goblin recorded another successful soundtrack for the movie Zombie directed by George Romero and a concept album about drugs Il Fantastico Viaggio Del Bagarozzo Mark. During the following years, despite their success, after a series of line-up changes Goblin broke up temporarily, but there were partial reunifications for Argento’s Tenebrae (1982) and Non Ho Sonno (2000).

CLAUDIO SIMONETTI started his solo carrer and began to work as a producer. In the 1978 he wrote songs for and produced the band Easy Going Claudio Simonetti & Dario Argento The successful collaboration with the director Dario Argento continues in 1984 with the soundtrack “Phenomena” (Creepers), in 1985 “Demons” and in 1988 with “Opera”. All these records reached the top in the Italian charts.

After years of live concerts with his group, Claudio Simonetti has recorded in 1991 the album called: “Simonetti Horror Project”. In the first few weeks after its release the album has sold more than 120.000 copies and it is at the top of all the Italian charts In 1999, Simonetti formed the heavy metal band Daemonia, which has recorded updated versions of Goblin favorites in addition to original material. Daemonia has also contributed tracks to U.S. DVD releases of Italian horror movies. He composed the title track “Mater Lacrimarum” for The Mother of Tears soundtrack in 2007, which features background vocals by Dani Filth. In 2009, Claudio collaborated with the Los Angeles heavy metal band Rusty Eye. He played keyboard on “Mondo Cane” and “Wings of the Demon” from the album Possessor. In 2013, he also played keyboard on the “Aggregat 4″ track from the Simulakrum Lab album, a vintage synhesizers music project created by Paolo Prevosto

Links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Simonetti
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goblin_(band)
https://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/lectures/claudio-simonetti-gothic-disco-godfather