Hovering between synthetic music and the instruments of classic rock, Granato is an electronic duo, based in Rome, whose components are the musicians and composers Francesco Bianco (vocals, guitar, electronics) and Alessandro Cicala (guitar and elaborations).
In 2017 they released the album Corrente (Kappabit Music): «It’s difficult to place Corrente within a specific genre; its roots are where rock and electronics come together. It is a way to look at the world from within, a struggle for the creation of ‘possible alternative balances’. It is a path of discovery and growth, a reflection on the current condition of making music and how to position yourself in a way that the public can understand and that artists can express themselves. The record reflects on the social context that surrounds us: the violent dominance of Western ideologies over the rest of the world, the man/machine relationship, the relationship between interiority and exteriority, and some of the consequences of the capitalist and consumerist social model».
During the Corrente Tour, the duo was joined by Dario Giuffrida, a drummer and producer. The tour took them around Italy and they played as protagonists on the stages of various festivals and clubs such as Wishlist, Evol, Metro core, Teatri di Vetro, Transponder happening, Troppo tempo perso and Meeting del Mare.
Granato took part in the MEI Music Day in Matera and received an honorable mention at Sotto il cielo di Fred; they were semifinalists at the Crotone Social Music Contest and they participated in the selections of Sanremo Rock and Rock Targato Italia.
After the intense activity of the Corrente Tour, the band returned in 2020 with two singles/videos: “Europe” (released as an exclusive preview on OndaRock and mentioned among the July 2020 singles recommended by the Sherwood Festival) and “Ultra”, both reviewed by dozens of Italian and foreign trade magazines, such as ExitWell, MEI - Meeting degli Indipendenti, Italia Rock, Relics - Controsuoni, Radiocoop, the newspaper Il Mattino and Home Cooking Share, a French magazine.
Their second studio album, “Canzoni per giovani adulti” (made together with Dario Giuffrida, who also worked on mixing and mastering) will come out soon. It veers towards an electrowave inspired by Kraftwerk, and the Italians Matia Bazar and Franco Battiato of the early ‘80s, Bluvertigo of “Zero” and the electronic songwriting of the Baustelle, in a mixture of electronics and Mediterranean pop: «Our songs express the world around us, and they talk about situations that are real and specific, but also generalized and, at times, symbolic; they refer to the idea of freedom, but also to intimate and existential experiences».
