The Progressive-Ethereal-Folk band directed by the guitarrist-composer RiccardoPrencipe, Graduated from the Conservatoire of Naples San Pietro a Majella.
- Since 2000 he published seven full-lenght albums with severallabels, distributed in Europe and World:
Corde Oblique - "Per le strade ripetute"
(The stones of Naples Rec./Audioglobe - 2013)
Corde Oblique - "A hail of bitter almonds"
(Edizione francese: Prikosnovenie/Audioglobe -Francia - 2011)
(Edizione italiana: Progressivamente/Egea/Suonorec. - Italia - 2011)
(Edizione russa: Shadowplay rec. – Russia -2011)
Corde Oblique - "The stonesof Naples"
(Prikosnovenie/Audioglobe - Francia - 2009)
Corde Oblique - "Volontà d'arte"
(Prikosnovenie/Audioglobe - Francia - 2007)
Corde Oblique - "Respiri"
(ARK records/Masterpiece - Italia - 2005)
Lupercalia - "Florilegium"
(Equilibrium Music/Audioglobe - Portogallo - 2004)
(World Serpent Distribution - Inghilterra – 2000)
(Ristampa: ARK records/Masterpiece - Italia - 2009)
- Since 1999 till 2009Riccardo Prencipe was invited to join several compilations, released from labels and music magazines in Italiy,Russia, France and Germany:
2013 Sonic Seducer (Germany - Magazine)Corde Oblique "My pure amethyst"
2011 Rock Oracle (Rock OracleMagazine, Russia)
Corde Oblique, “A hail of bitteralmonds”
2009"Fairy World V" (Prikosnovenie - France)
Corde Oblique: "Nostalgica avanguardia"
2009"New Age" (New Age magazine - Italia)
Corde Oblique: "Cantastorie"
2007"In the Dark Room - Vol. 1" (Darkroom magazine - Italia)
Corde Oblique:"Tempesta di sapori"
2007 "Lanuit des fees" (Prikosnovenie - France)
Corde Oblique + Pinknruby: "Klara"
2007"Fairy World IV" (Prikosnovenie - France)
Corde Oblique: "Cantastorie"
2006"Influence" (Shadowplay - Russia)
Corde Oblique: "Orme"
2003"The Suns of Lutetius" (Oktagon - Italia)
Diazeusis: "Spacing..."
2002 "Ritual" (Ritual Magazine - Italia)
Lupercalia:"FormisMelaraSanctusFilix" (promo version)
2001 "Astan" (Astan Magazine compilation - Germany)
Lupercalia: "FormisMelaraSanctusFilix"
2000"Intimations of Immortality - Vol. 5" (Energeia - Italia )
Lupercalia: "Normandia"
Riccardo also wrote the soundtrackfor the DVD-documentary:
"I Longobardi del sud"
attached to the catalogueof the omonimous exibition done in Rende (CZ) during 2008.
Riccardo Prencipe's musicwas also used as soundrack from the italian national TV RAI:
- RAI 2 music forthe 72ma Fiera del Levante.
- RAI 3 (TG-R) music for thepresentation of the Farnese Collection (Museo Archeologico Nazionale diNapoli).
- RAI 2 (TG2 Mizar)
Riccardo Prencipe performedwith his band in several locations, here some places where he proformed in thelast 5 years:
2013
28/11 - Roma - Casa del Jazz
2/11 - Parma - Oratorio San Quirino
13/07 – Modena – Giardini estensi
27/6 - Napoli - Chiostro dei Girolamini
24/5 - Bacoli - Sacello degli Augustali (SOLD OUT)
17/2 - Napoli - Milonga Portena (SOLD OUT)
26/1 - Roma - San Gregorio al Celio (SOLD OUT)
2012
28/10 – Napoli - Villa Pignatelli (SOLD OUT)
21/9 – Piano di Sorrento – Villa Fondi
9/9 Nola – Castello Cicala
27/6 – Baia – Batis
25/5 – Lipsia (Germania) – Wave Gotik Treffen –
19/4 – Roma – Casa del Jazz
17/3 – San Giorgio a Cremano – Villa Bruno
14/2 – Piano di Sorrento – Marianiello Jazz
19/2 – Modena – Teatro Tempio
21/1 – Napoli – Teatro Instabile
2011
11/11 – Piano di Sorrento – Marianiello Jazz
4/11 – Itri – Portanova Club
16/10 – Napoli – Museo di Capodimonte (Auditorium)
3/9 – Roma – Museo Montemartini
26/8 – Ancona – Festival Adriatico Mediterraneo
9/4 – Napoli – Casa della Musica
20/3 – Radio Tre – dal vivo per “Zazà”
19/2 – Napoli – Tinghel Tanghel
12/1 – Roma – Casa del Jazz
2010
6/2 – Barrio – Milano
5/2 – Bergamo – Caffè Letterario
13/3 – Bacoli – BAG
26/3 – Napoli – Museo Madre
7/5 – Caserta – Oddly Shed
18/7 – Isolabona – Antico Frantoio
31/7 – Brienza – dal vivo con gli Intillimani
11/9 – Pompei – Pompei Lab
2/10 – Firenze – Università degli Studi di Firenze
10/10 – Caivano – Auditorium Caivano Arte
2009
29/3 – Rising South (Napoli)
03/4 – StazioneBirra (Roma)
29/4 – Archivio di Stato (Napoli)
17/4 – OddleyShed (Ethereal-folk festival, Caserta)
17/5 – Nordhofen (Germania)
23/5 – Les Brumes de Mai (Huy, Belgio)
30/5 – Leipzig (Wave Gothic Treffen - Germania)
26/6 – Danny Cavanagh (Anathema) + Corde Oblique (Caserta)
27/6 – Le Scimmie (Milano)
17/7 – Chiostro dell'ex Monastero di San Giovanni (Cava de'Tirreni - Salerno)
26/9 – La nuit des fees (Clisson - Francia)
25/10 – FNAC - Showcase (Napoli)
30/10 – Cross Roads Live Club (Roma)
The band shared the stageand performed in festivals together with bands like: Bauhaus,Anathema, Opeth, Coph Nia, Moonspell, Ataraxia, Persephone, Spiritual Front,QNTAL, Kirlian Camera, Of the Wand and the moon, and more. In Riccardo's albums there are lot of guests,some of them from the following bands: Anathema, Daemonia Nymphe, Officina Zoé, Spakka Napoli,Anathema, Synaulia, Spiritual Front, Argine, Ashram, Pinknruby, Gothica,Hexperos, Mediavolo, Dwelling.
Hundreds reveiews andinterviews in Magazines and Onlinemag.:
"IL MATTINO", "METROPOLIS", "LAREPUBBLICA", "L'INTERNAZIONALE", "NEW AGE", "BLOWUP", "AUDIOVIDEOFOTOBILD", "METAL SHOCK","RITUAL", "ROMA", "CHITARRE","ROCKERILLA", "RUMORE", "ORKUS" (Germany), "ZILLO"(Germany), "ROCK ORACLE" (Russia), "Xnoizemag", "BlackMagazine" (Germany), "Rockit", "CoolClub","Kronic.it", "Chaindlk", "Side-line","Hard-wired" (UK), "Elegy" (France), "Zicazic"(France), "Kro" (France), "Inanna naked", and much more...
http://www.cordeoblique.com
https://www.facebook.com/cordeoblique
http://www.youtube.com/user/cordeoblique
Contacts:
info@cordeoblique.com
federica.giordano@cordeoblique.com