PILLHEADS
45rpm Sei una mente creativa? - Baby are you creative?
Euro 12
PILLHEADS -
Digitare prima dei pasti
“Sei una mente creativa?”
(versione italiane e inglese), primo
brano in Italia composto in featuring con l'intelligenza artificiale
che, oltre ad essere il soggetto del testo, compare materialmente in
parti del brano duettando con il gruppo.
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@thepillheads3935
PILLHEADS -
Digitare prima dei pasti 45 RPM single featuring
Baby are you creative? (Italian and English version), the first song composed in collaboration with artificial
intelligence ever, which, besides being the subject of the lyrics, appears
materially in parts of the song, duetting with the band. The music of Pillheads consists of thoughtful lyrics
inspired by the great Italian singer-songwriters, highlighting the discomfort of
contemporary man. The music is inspired by the world of British rock, with
various and unexpected stylistic combinations, resulting in a unique and
recognizable sound. Pillheads are a new musical entity from Italy. The story
began years ago in London, where Paolo Baltaro, former leader of Arcansiel and
S.A.D.O., with two solo albums to his credit, was working as a composer and
producer for his label Banksville Records, releasing albums by various
unconventional Italian and international artists. Initially, the band composed
in English and frequented the British underground scene until their return to
Italy in 2020, when Paolo and bassist Daniele Mignone decided to give the
project a new direction by writing new lyrics in Italian, while maintaining the
dual English version for the entire production line (songs, videos, and various
content) for the European market. In 2023, the group was completed with Giuseppe
Garavana on guitar. The name Pillheads comes from an idea by Phil Strongman (former
director of the Sex Pistols and close collaborator of Malcolm McLaren), with
whom the group produced the live album "Live Pillheads" (Musea Records) in 2018.
PILLHEADS means "those who take medications without real need," a metaphor that
takes on many meanings in the messages contained in their lyrics, also supported
by the immaterial presence of Quentin McPill, the band's virtual avatar
represented by a man with a pill head. The artistic concept of Pillheads
revolves around the alienated condition of humanity, the designated victim of an
unstoppable global transformation aimed at eliminating any points of reference,
values, and well-being created by 20th-century analog culture. Man, now forced
to live in a state of constant emergency (economic, health, environmental),
becomes both commodity and guinea pig of his unpredictable destiny. The "pills"
of the Pillheads represent, if not a cure, a question, a point of reflection, an
opportunity to consider music and song as tools of knowledge and not of vacuous
entertainment for its own sake. The band has opened for nationally and
internationally renowned artists, including Area, Banco, Pierpaolo Capovilla,
Dirty Honey, and Jiro Okabe.
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@thepillheads3935 |
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