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KIRLIAN CAMERA
SIDE-PROJECTS AND
GUEST PARTECIPATIONS
(Revision: 17.1 / November 2003)

This part of discography will try to cover all the extra partecipations of Kirlian Camera, in particular the works of
Angelo Bergamini (side-projects) and main artists involved in the band along the time (guest partecipations).

SIDE-PROJECTS

GUEST PARTECIPATIONS

1973	Lega Metallica	1981	Krishna Das
1974	Alta Marea	1984	East Wall
1974	Sepulcrum Dei	1985	Paul Sears
1979	Suicide Commando	1988	This Mortal Coil
1982-1984	Hipnosis	1988	XIF
1984-2000	Various soundtracks	1993-1998	Andromeda Complex
1984-1988	Ordo Ecclesiae Mortis	1994	Bel Am
1986	Zentral Friedhof	1995	White Legion
1991-1997	T.A.C.	1995-2001	Limbo / Metaform
1992	Alien Martyr	1997	:Wumpscut:
1995-2000	Uranium USSR 1972	1997-2003	Leutha
1997-2003	Stalingrad	1998	Second Decay
1998-1999	January Zero	1999	Catarsi
2003	Camera Artica	1999	Jormungand
		2000	Criminal Asylum
		2001-2003	Siderartica
		2003	Y-LUK-O

Official Discography

Compilation Appearances

Bootlegs

Merchandise



Side-Projects

1973 Lega Metallica

Bergamini joined this band as roadie in 1972 and then became official member
in 1973, playing his first gigs. Better info will be appreciated.


1974 Alta Marea

First live appareance of Bergamini was in February 1974, joining
this dark-metal-progressive band, now dead. Better info will be appreciated.


1974 Sepulcrum Dei

First own band of Bergamini, now dead. Principally metal/new wave, some
concerts. This band was dead around 1978. The old material should be released
soon in a low-price double CD set. Better info will be appreciated.


1979 Suicide Commando

The early nucleus of Kirlian Camera.
Initially formed by Bergamini, Fabrizio Chiari and Mauro Montacchini, the band
played various gigs with good reviews. A demo was also recorded.
In May 1980 Simona Buja joined the band. The gig of the official debut was
unsuccessful, due technical problems, so the band decided to change monicker and
Kirlian Camera, proposed by Montacchini, rose.


1982-1984 Hipnosis

Successful Italian techno-disco band in the early '80s, born in Parma and founded
by Stefano Cundari. The line-up included Ugo Solenghi and Pauls Sears (that later
joined Kirlian Camera).
Particularly popular in Germany, thank to the Vangelis cover of Pulstar.
Angelo Bergamini was the keyboardist from 1982 to 1984. He left the band
(then splitted) because it was too distant from his real musical interests.

The releases of this band are:

1983 1984 1984 1984 1988 1991

Pulstar Oxygene Astrodance Hipnosis Droid The Best Of Hipnosis

7" & 12" & CD3" 7" & 12" 12" LP & CD 12" & MCD LP & CD

Memory Records (I) / ZYX (D) Memory Records (I) / ZYX (D) Memory Records (I) / ZYX (D) Memory Records (I) / ZYX (D) Memory Records (I) / ZYX (D) ZYX (D)

1984-2000 Various Soundtracks

Particularly prolific is the making of scores for not well-known movies.
Several collaborations especially for documentaries produced by Officinema.
Soundtracks by Kirlian Camera include:

Year	Title	Kind	Note
1983	The Return Of The Dieux Vivants	Videoclip	Complete soundtrack Directed by Kampah for Kampah Productions Presented at "Salsomaggiore Film and Video Festival 1984" in Salsomaggiore, Italy
1984	Pirata!	Movie	"Scena Due" unreleased track, plus collaborations and arrangements Directed by Paolo Ricagno for Finzioni Presented at "Biennale del Cinema di Venezia 1984" in Venice, Italy
1986	I Ragazzi Di Torino Sognano Tokyo E Vanno A Berlino	Movie	"Edges" and "Blue Room" Directed by Vincenzo Badolisani Finzioni Available in Italy on VHS
1991	Guido Mazzoni	Documentary	Complete soundtrack Produced by Officinema and Soprintendenza Belle Arti Modena Released by Virgin Music Running time: about 30 minutes Available in Italy on VHS, released in 1995 Also available in 82 countries on "The Roland Collection" VHS Presented at "Media Save Arts 1991" (Rome, Italy), "3eme Biennale Internationale du Film sur l'Art 1992" (Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France) and "14o Festival del Cinema di Arte di Asolo" (Asolo, Italy)
1991	Ipotesi Arte Giovani	Documentary	"Alles Klar - Alles Klar", complete soundtrack Originally composed for a special edition of Flash Art (Italian contemporary art magazine) Released by Virgin Music
1991	Colorno, La Versailles dei Duchi di Parma	Documentary	Complete soundtrack Directed by Marco Speroni Produced by Officinema Released by Virgin Music Running time: about 22 minutes Available languages: Italian, English, German Available in Italy on VHS, also in a double box with Maria Luigia
1992	Marie Louise: Herzogin von Parma, Piacenza, und Guastalla (jpg 13k)	Documentary	Complete soundtrack Directed by Marco Speroni Produced by Officinema Released by Virgin Music Running time: about 27 minutes Available languages: Italian, English, French, German Available in Germany and Austria on VHS Also available in Italy on VHS as "Maria Luigia, Duchessa di Parma, Piacenza e Guastalla", also in a double box with Colorno and in double box (jpg 10k) with documentary "Viaggio A Parma"
1992	Rochetta E Saloni Ottocenteschi	Documentary	Complete soundtrack Produced by Officinema
1992	El Bosco	Music for the ballet	4 unreleased tracks, remixes and production
1993	Gli Anni Trenta	Documentary	Complete soundtrack (music by Erik Satie) Produced by Officinema Available in Italy on VHS
1997	Cosa C'Entra Con L'Amore (jpg 14k)	Movie	Complete soundtrack Directed by Marco Speroni Released by Medusa - Mondadori Video Running time: about 80 minutes Awarded of Premio Solinas 1997 for best screenplay Available in Italy on VHS
1997	Boiled Body	Short Movie	2 tracks Directed by Fabian Klatura
1998	Nowhere In Particular	Movie	Part of soundtrack
2000	Himre Bakai	Short Movie	Entire soundtrack Directed by Antonio Bocchi Running time: about 15 minutes Presented at "San Giovanni Valdarno Film Festival 2000" in San Giovanni Valdarno, Italy

1984-1988 Ordo Ecclesiae Mortis

Side-project of Kirlian Camera, it's linked to the next side-project Zentral Friedhof.
This because contemporary at the great success obtained with the single Blue Room,
the less pop side of Kirlian Camera continued to pulse, and the band decided to record
new material under these names and contemporary content the label that forced for
commercial songs.
The result of these sessions is partially represented on 1985-1986, together with material
recorded under the name Zentral Friedhof. In an interview Angelo Bergamini said he
would like to release the other "missing" tracks, before or after.


1986 Zentral Friedhof

See above Ordo Ecclesiae Mortis for better details.


1991-1997 T.A.C. (Tomografia Assiale Computerizzata)

Project of Simon Balestrazzi, born in 1981 in Parma, Italy.
It also sees the presence of Bergamini as keyboardist and producer and Emilia
Lo Jacono since 1991.

The releases that see all together are:

1992 1993 1994 1995 1997

Pioggia Su Carne Di Cavallo A Circle Of Limbs (jpg 60k) Hypnotischer Eden (jpg 37k) La Nouvelle Art Du Devil (jpg 72k) Apotropaismo (jpg 50k)

MCD 3" CD Digipak CD Digipak CD CD limited edition

Heaven's Gate (I) - Neuro Habitat Cthulhu Records (D) Discordia (D) Discordia (D) Old Europa Café (I)

1992 Alien Martyr

Side-project of Bergamini now dead. The only official production was the song
Dying Alone for the compilation Fall From Light.


1995-2002 Uranium USSR 1972

Side-project of Bergamini. An official track was released on Absentee,
released under the name Kirlian Camera. This track is really a collaboration
between these two bands, even if the presence of Paolo Varola in the credit
notes of this track makes think the involving of this artist for this side-project.
First live appearance was the improvisation show at the contemporary art
center Artandgallery in Milan (Italy), on July the 9th 2002.
Better info will be appreciated.


1997-2003 Stalingrad

Side-project of Bergamini, Elena Fossi and Ivano Bizzi.
First official appearance was in 1998 with the track Der Letzte Flug, released
on Thorak compilation and then re-released on a few of other compilations
(World Of Gothic, Nightingale Vol.2).
The release of an untitled split vinyl with Criminal Asylum was deleted, while an
album called Court-Martial was released by June 2002, after many delays and
working title of Neither Honour Nor Glory.


1998-1999 January Zero

Side-project with Barbara Boffelli, never started officially.


2003 Camera Artica

Collaboration between Kirlian Camera and Siderartica.
First official appearances on FOS III MCD.


Guest Partecipation

1981 Krishna Das

Angelo Bergamini helped this band from Italy founded by Marco Piazza,
partecipating to a studio sessions for the release of the MC "Samadhi".
They also played live some concert together.
It's rumoured that a CD edition of the album exists.


1984 East Wall

Band of Fabrizio Chiari, ex keyboardist of Kirlian Camera.
Produced by Charlie Mallozzi (involved into the band, see biography for details),
the work of this band were the Eyes Of Glass 12", released by No Comment (I) /
ZYX (D), that became hit-single in Germany and saw the collaboration of Angelo
Bergamini and the Silence LP, released by Elettrica Dischi (I).


1985 Paul Sears

Ex-member of the band (see biography for details), after his split he released the
The Spirit Of The Age 7" & 12", released by Italian Records (I), label of Kirlian
Camera in that period.


1988 This Mortal Coil

Angelo Bergamini was invited by John Fryer to recordings of the third album of
this band, Blood, but was forced to drop for health problems. John Fryer however
rechanged the courtesy producing part of Eclipse Das Schwarze Denkmal album
in the same year.


1988 XIF

Co-production of an album and a single for this pop group band, whose
singer was Ugo Solenghi.


1993-1998 Andromeda Complex

Various collaborations with this band, apart the split work of 1993.

The releases that see these collaborations are:

1993 1996 1998

Be Kind With Your Executioner (jpg 70k) Forsaken Worships Pt.1 Last Trackes Of Forsaken Worships

CD MCD CD

Discordia (D) Discordia (D) Discordia (D)

Co-produced and partially written by Bergamini Produced and played by Bergamini Tracks ordered by Bergamini

1994 Bel Am

Band is involved in one track of the album "Fresh Deadly Roses" CD by
Discordia (D), that was also produced by Bergamini.


1995 White Legion

On MCD "La Transfiguration De L'Ange" by Discordia (D) (jpg 59k),
Angelo Bergamini is credited for "artistic direction" and Simon Balestrazzi
is credited for "graphic project".


1995-2001 Limbo / Metaform

Apart the collaborations for some works (Pictures From Eternity,
Unidentified Light, Absentee), various collaborations occoured in
works of this artist:

1995 1995 1996 1999

Production by Angelo Bergamini for the Metaform collage side-project's "Plays Discordia" CD by Discordia (D) that also includes samplers from Kirlian Camera works on tracks #01, #05 and #06 and from Ordo Ecclesiae Mortis on track #06 and #07. Production of Angelo Bergamini for "Siliciolatria" CD by Discordia (D) Support by Angelo Bergamini for "Sein Und Zeit" CD by Discordia (D) Collaborations for the track "Obedience" released in "Cospiratorium: The Ice Line" CD by Energeia (I)

1997 :Wumpscut:

Apart the collaboration between the two bands on the album Solaris The
Last Corridor, Kirlian Camera remixed "She's Dead" (6.45) for the 2CD
re-release of Music For A Slaughtering Tribe (jpg 46k) (originally released
in 1993) by Beton Kopf Media (D) / Nova Tekk (D) / Metropolis (USA),
then re-released in 2002.


1997-2003 Leutha

Angelo Bergamini performed tracks "Thinking", "Pain" and "Lato Acqua"
of her debut CD Accusa Di Un Delitto Infinito (jpg 83k) released by Triton (D).
He also produced this album together with Leutha (Roberta Astolfo). Emilia
Lo Jacono and Ivano Bizzi are also credited as production assistants.
Leutha also was part of live line-up of Kirlian Camera in 2002 and 2003.


1998 Second Decay

Remix of "I'm Leaving" (7.04) released in the 2CD version of De Luxe (jpg 44k)
by Frame / Nova Tekk (D).


1999 Catarsi

Remix for the second album CD "2" by Energeia (I).


1999 Jormungand

Collaborations for the self-produced debut CD "Original Soundtrack Of Your Death".


2000 Criminal Asylum

Angelo Bergamini produced their debut CD Choice (jpg 61k) released by Radio
Luxor (I), and the entire band is involved in track 11 - Guilt (Kirlian Camera Re-Mix)
(6.12).


2001-2003 Siderartica (http://go.to/siderartica)

Musical project by Elena Fossi (female singer of Kirlian Camera), Andrea Savelli
(already collaborator of Kirlian Camera) and Andrea Fossi.
This band also supports Kirlian Camera live performances.
Debut album called Night Parade was out on August the 29th 2002 on Shadowlab (I).
A 102 hand-numbered copies special UFO box edition was out in June 2002.


2003 Y-LUK-O

Kirlian Camera remixed the track S.K.E.S. Part 3 (À La Queen Remix By Kirlian
Camera) (4.21) for their remix album Kerion Celsi by Sonic-X.


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