ArX
The italian female fronted power pop band featuring Alessia Mattalia, the most renowned italian female drummer.
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Hello Baby Hello Baby
First ArX recording with new singer Elisabetta Beiletti on vocals.
We are a female-fronted band (despite we're italian our lead singer comes from Portorico) featuring Alessia Mattalia, the most renowned italian female drummer specialist of double bass.
Our style ranges from Power Pop to Heavy Metal. We just do what we like!Band/artist history
1989 ArX founded by Marcello Giordano (keyboards, bass) with Elisa Ayres (vocals) and Monica Caron (drums)
1994 During the recording sessions of a never marketed album called UNO, ArX tape a dance arrangement of a new song called I WISH YOU. The track is published and released by Proprio Records (actually Stese Records) and credited to a nicknamed LIES IN A BOX band. Over 45,000 copies are sold in Europe.
1998 J-Bird Records releases ArX first full-length CD AIRWAVES. Editors press release defines the work the summa of ArXs stylish way of rock.
1998 In September Monica Caron quits, substituted by Alessia Mattalia, the most renowned Italian female drummer and former member of Ital-ian pop band B-NARIO, opening act of Michael Jacksons gig at Milan stadium of S. Siro (18/6/97) and of the whole european summer tour of Eros Ramazzotti in June/August 1998.
1998 In October, soon after the arrival of the new lead singer Alessia Ceglia (A modern Janis Joplin K. Harris, MadHits.com) the band releases a MiniCD called THUNDERBOLT (Independent Records), which reaches #11 in Mp3.com Top Selling Chart (#1 in Alternative Category).
2000 ArX are the only European band invited to play at the STOP THE VIOLENCE BENEFIT CONCERT (Orlando, Fl November 11-12).
2001 Four new tracks recorded in December are available since February 2001 in digital format on ElineMusic.com website, alongside with the newest releases of such artists as the late John Entwistle, Guess Who, Billy Squire and Pat Cooper. In March ArX are Band of the week on English portals Live Club and Butler Music and the song NAZI RAUS is Track of the day on Garageband in the alternative category.
2001 Alessia Mattalia is the first Italian female drummer to be featured in the US magazine MODERN DRUMMER (June issue, ON THE MOVE column).
2001 In March 432Miles begins the promotion of I WISH YOU in the college radio stations of US North-East. The track is charted on WLFR for 3 months consecutively, while receiving medium and heavy rotation in 50 other stations.
2002 In April for 4 months consecutively I WISH YOU is the ending track of the radio program DEMO, broadcasted by Channel 1 of RAI, the Ital-ian national broadcasting company. DEMO is the most renowned Italian ra-dio daily program about independent music (about 1 million listeners per day).
2002 On December 14 ArX open in Torino the charity concert for Telethon, with an audience of 5.000 persons and live TV broadcasting of the first 10 minutes of their exhibition.
2003 In April Edel and RAI Trade release THE BEST OF DEMO, a compilation featuring the best 16 tracks broadcasted in 2002 by radio program DEMO and demo tapes by famous Italian artists such as Litfiba, 99 Posse and Enrico Ruggeri. The compilation includes ArXs I WISH YOU.
2003 In April satellite TV channel RAISat includes ArXs AIRWAVES videoclip in its daily video program ROCKSHOW.
2003 The Italian magazine PERCUSSIONI features drummer Alessia Mattalia in April and May issues.
2004 Alessia Ceglia quits. The new singer is Elisabetta Beiletti, a young teen from Portorico, who records her great voice on the new single HELLO BABY only 1 week after becoming part of the band.Have you performed in front of an audience?Yes, about 5/7 gigs a month, mainly South France and North Italy. Special moments: opening act of Telethon 2002 in Torino (December 14, audience of about 15,000). Not to forget, our drummer (when she was part of italian pop band B-Nario) opened Michael Jackson's gig at Milan's stadium in 1998 (audience of 85,000, something she'll remember forever unless we'll become more famous than M.J.)
Your musical influences
Toto, The Beatles, The Who, Madonna, Prodigy.Contact
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Comments (2)
La buona musica a volte prende strane strade. Vi ho trovato per caso, cercando tra le "band concittadine" e riconoscendo qualche nome gia' sentito prima... e non me ne sono pentito: complimenti, la vostra canzone e' ben suonata, con un ottimo aggancio e cantata bene... il sound elettronico un po' distorto e' buono... insomma: complimenti!
In short (for english readers): sound is catchy, the song is well played and well singed and I want to send you my compliments!
Very cool stuff. The vocals are awesome I must say, interesting mix with all the electronic elements in "Hello Baby." Enjoyed it all the way through, keep em' coming!
