Torre (plurals torri and torres) means tower in six Romance languages (Portuguese, Spanish, Galician, Catalan, Italian and Corsican) and may refer to:

Biology[link]

• Muir-Torre syndrome, the inherited cancer syndrome
• Sypharochiton torri, a Mollusc

Chess[link]

• Torre Attack a chess opening strategy
• An alternative name for a Rook in chess.

Places[link]

Brazil[link]

• Torre, a neighborhood in the metropolitan area of Recife

England[link]

• Torre, Devon, a hamlet in the county of Devon
• Torre, Somerset, a hamlet in the county of Somerset

Italy[link]

• Torre Annunziata, a comune in the province of Naples in the region of Campania
• Torre Boldone, a comune in the province of Bergamo in the region of Lombardy
• Torre Bormida, a comune in the province of Cuneo in the region Piedmont
• Torre Canavese, a comune in the province of Turin in the region Piedmont
• Torre de' Busi, a comune in the province of Lecco in the region Lombardy
• Torre del Greco, a comune in the province of Naples in the region of Campania
• Torre Mondovì, a comune in the province of Cuneo in the region Piedmont
• Torre Pallavicina, a comune in the province of Bergamo in the region of Lombardy
• Torre Pellice, a comune in the province of Turin in the region Piedmont

Other variants

• Torri del Benaco, a comune in the province of Verona in the region of Veneto
• Torri di Quartesolo, a comune in the province of Vicenza in the region of Veneto
• Torri in Sabina, a comune in the province of Rieti in the Italian of Latium
• Torri Superiore, a medieval village in the commune of Ventimiglia in the province of Imperia in the region of Liguria
• Campolongo al Torre, a commune in the province of Udine in the region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia
• Largo di Torre Argentina, a square in the ancient Campus Martius, Rome
• San Vito al Torre, a comune in the province of Udine in the region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Mexico[link]

• Martínez de la Torre, Veracruz, a municipality in the State of Veracruz

Portugal[link]

• Torre (Amares), a civil parish in the municipality of Amares

Spain[link]

• La Torre, a municipality in the province of Ávila, autonomous community of Castile and León
• Torre Alháquime, a village in the province of Cádiz, autonomous community of Andalusia
• Torre-Cardela, a municipality in the province of Granada, autonomous community of Andalusia
• Torre de Arcas, a municipality in the province of Teruel, autonomous community of Aragon
• Torre de las Arcas, a municipality in the province of Teruel, autonomous community of Aragon
• Torre del Compte, a municipality in the Matarraña/Matarranya in the province of Teruel, autonomous community of Aragon
• Torre los Negros, a municipality in the Matarraña/Matarranya in the province of Teruel, autonomous community of Aragon
• Torre-Pacheco, a municipality in the autonomous region of Murcia
• Torre de Loizaga, a Castle in the autonomous community of the Basque Country

Switzerland[link]

• Torre, Switzerland, a municipality in the district of Blenio, canton of Ticino

Music[link]

• Torre De Babel, an album

Geographic features[link]

Elevations[link]

• Cerro Torre, a mountain in the Patagonian Ice Field
• Torre de Aspa, an elevation on the coast of Portugal
• Torre de Cerredo, a peak in Spain
• Torre (Serra da Estrela), the highest point of the Mainland Portugal

Islands[link]

• Torre Astura, island near Anzio

Streams[link]

• Torre River, tributary of the Isonzo

People[link]

• Arath de la Torre, Mexican actor
• Carlos María de la Torre, Cardinal of Ecuador
• Carlos Torre Repetto (1905–1978), chess grandmaster from Mexico
• Della Torre, an Italian noble family
• Diego de la Torre, Mexican football player
• Eugenio Torre (born 1951), Filipino chess grandmaster
• Francisco de la Torre (fl 1483–1504), Spanish composer
• Frank Torre (born 1931), American baseball player
• Joe Torre (born 1940), manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team
• José Aponte de la Torre, Puerto Rican politician
• José Manuel de la Torre, soccer player
• José María Torre, Mexican actor
• Karl Wilhelm von Dalla Torre, Austrian entomologist
• Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, Argentine film director
• Lisandro de la Torre, Argentine politician
• Manuel de la Torre, Mexican football player
• Marie Torre, American TV personality
• Oscar Torre, Cuban-American actor
• Pio La Torre, Italian statesman
• Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, Peruvian political leader

Structures[link]

Modern skyscrapers[link]

• Torre Agbar, a building in Barcelona, Spain
• Torre Bicentenario, planned and cancelled building of Mexico City
• Torre Caja Madrid, a new skyscraper in Madrid, Spain
• Torre Caney, planned skyscraper of the Dominican Republic
• Torre de Collserola, uniquely designed tower in Barcelona
• Torre de Cristal, skyscraper in Madrid
• Torre Espacio, a new skyscraper in Madrid, Spain
• Torre Europa, skyscraper of Madrid
• Torre Fundadores, planned skyscraper of Monterrey, Mexico
• Torre Latinoamericana, a building in Mexico City, Mexico
• Torre Mapfre, skyscraper in Barcelona
• Torre Mayor, skyscraper of Mexico City
• Torre Picasso, a skyscraper in Madrid, Spain

Telecommunications towers[link]

• Torre Entel, located in Santiago, Chile
• Torre España, located in Madrid

Tramway towers[link]

• Torre Jaume I, tramway tower of Barcelona
• Torre Sant Sebastia, tramway tower in Barcelona

Other[link]

• Torre degli Asinelli, the highest of the Towers of Bologna in Italy
• Torre Abbey, a building in Britain
• Torre Ader, monumental tower of Buenos Aires
• Torre della Ghirlandina, a bell-tower in Italy
• Torre del Oro, medieval watchtower in Seville
• Torre di Moravola, hotel in Umbria Italy
• Torre railway station, in the United Kingdom
• Torri, structures from which the Torréen Culture on Corsica is named

Other[link]

• Torre, one of 17 contrade of Siena

See also[link]

• Torres
• Torres (disambiguation)

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De Staat
Background information
Origin	Nijmegen, Netherlands
Genres	Alternative rock, Electronic rock, Experimental rock
Years active	2006 (2006)
Website	www.destaat.net
Members
Torre Florim Vedran Mircetic Jop van Summeren Rocco Bell Tim van Delft

De Staat is a Dutch alternative rock band, formed in Nijmegen in 2006.

Biography[link]

De Staat were started as a one man project by leadsinger, Torre Florim, who later brought the band together. Their first demo was made in 2007 and recorded in Florim's apartment. Before they were even signed they were already a full grown band, because of their well received live performances in the Netherlands. They were also the supporting act of the popular Belgium band dEUS. De Staat were signed by Excelsior Recordings in 2008 and they released their debut album Wait for Evolution early in 2009, all the songs were written and produced by Torre Florim. He wrote the album as a graduating project for a "Music Production" course. Not only did Florim produce his own album, he also produced the debut album EP of another Dutch band Go Back To The Zoo in 2008. Within a year De Staat's popularity rose and they were performing at festivals such as Dot to Dot,^[1] Glastonbury,^[2] Sziget and Lowlands. When they performed at Lowlands, they were spotted by Chris Goss, a music producer. Goss introduced them to Mascot Records, which released Wait for Evolution internationally in the spring of 2010. After their international debut, they toured extensively. Machinery the band’s second album was released in 2011.

Members[link]

• Torre Florim (leadsinger and guitarist)
• Vedran Mircetic (leadguitarist)
• Jop van Summeren (bassist and vocals)
• Rocco Bell (pianist and vocals)
• Tim van Delft (drums)

Awards[link]

Winner[link]

• Live XS magazine - Best Album of 2009
• 3VOOR12 Award 2009 - Best Album in the Netherlands
• "Duiveltje" - Best vocalist 2009

Nominated[link]

• Edison Award for Best Album 2010
• 3FM Award 2010
• 3FM Award 2011

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• Wait for Evolution (2009)

1. Sleep Tight
2. The Fantastic Journey Of The Underground Man
3. I Am Here To Lose Control
4. Wait For Evolution
5. Habibi
6. We're Gonna Die
7. My Blind Baby
8. Kill The Man
9. Meet The Devil
10. You'll Be The Leader
11. Taste It
12. Love It

• Machinery (2011)

1. Ah I See
2. Sweatshop
3. I'll Never Marry You
4. Old MacDonald Don't Have No Farm No More
5. I'm A Rat
6. Keep Me Home
7. Tumbling Down
8. Psycho Disco
9. Rooster-Man
10. Serial Killer
11. Back To The Grind

Singles[link]

• "The Fantastic Journey of the Underground Man" (2010)
• "Wait For Evolution" (2010)
• "Sweatshop" (2011)

References[link]

• De Staat at Allmusic

External links[link]

• Official website

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Franco Battiato
Background information
Birth name	Francesco Battiato
Born	(1945-03-23) 23 March 1945 (age 67)
Origin	Riposto, Sicily, Italy
Genres	Beat (1965/1970) experimental, new wave, musique concrète, progressive rock (1971–1979) synthrock (1980–1987) pop, new age, opera, classical (1988–1996) alternative rock, synthrock, pop/rock (1997–)
Occupations	Musician, filmmaker, painter
Instruments	Vocals, piano, guitar
Years active	1965–present
Labels	Ricordi EMI Sony Music
Associated acts	Alice, Juri Camisasca, Giuni Russo, Milva
Website	www.battiato.it

Francesco (Franco) Battiato (born 23 March 1945 in Riposto) is an Italian singer-songwriter, composer, filmmaker and, under the pseudonym Süphan Barzani, also a painter. Battiato's songs contain esoteric, philosophical and religious themes. His collaborations from 1994 onward with the nihilistic-cynical philosopher Manlio Sgalambro have added lyrical references to Emil Cioran, Friedrich Nietzsche and other anarchistic thinkers.

Together with Alice, Franco Battiato represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 with the song "I treni di Tozeur".

Biography[link]

Early years and experimental period[link]

Franco Battiato was born in 1945 in Riposto (in the former municipality of Jonia, that included also Giarre) in the province of Catania, Sicily.

At the age of 20 he moved to Milan and in 1967 he obtained the first musical contract. His single La Torre was released and Battiato appeared on TV to perform the song. He scored some success with the romantic song È l'amore. After further covers of pop songs, he met the experimental musician Juri Camisasca in 1970 and collaborated with Osage Tribe, an Italian psychedelic-progressive rock band. As a solo artist, he released the science-fiction single La convenzione (The convention), one of the finest Italian progressive rock songs of the 1970s.

Starting from 1971, Battiato devoted much of his efforts to experimental electronic music, producing a series of LPs that remained almost unknown at the time, but are now eagerly sought by collectors worldwide. Starting out with electronic Progressive Rock with some emphasis on vocals, his music became increasingly experimental, gradually moving into the realms of musique concrète and minimalism: Foetus (1971, its cover was censored), Pollution (1972), Sulle Corde di Aries (1973), Clic (1974) and M.elle le “Gladiator” (1975). Clic is a haunting yet largely conventional exploration in the electronic style reminiscent of Philip Glass and even German experimental rock band Can.

In 1975, he moved to the Dischi Ricordi label, producing Battiato (1975), Juke Box (1976) and the experimental L'Egitto prima delle sabbie (Egypt Before the Sands, 1977), which won the Stockhausen award for contemporary music.

National success[link]

After the Ricordi label failed to re-sign him, Battiato signed with EMI. He abandoned the Prog Rock experiments of the previous years and moved to a more pop-oriented style which afforded him ever increasing popularity with Italian audiences. In this period his albums were usually in collaboration with the renowned musician and violinist Giusto Pio, whose two later albums were produced by Battiato.

After L'era del cinghiale bianco (The Era Of The White Boar, 1979) and Patriots (1980), Battiato obtained astounding success with La voce del padrone (His Master's Voice) in 1981, which was the first Italian LP to sell more than one million copies. The commercial success was confirmed by L'arca di Noè (Noah's Ark) in 1982. Songs like "L'era del cinghiale bianco", "Prospettiva Nevskij" ("Nevsky Perspective"), "Centro di gravità permanente" ("Permanent Gravity Centrepoint"), "Bandiera bianca" ("White Flag"), "Voglio vederti danzare" ("I Want To See You Dance") which were characterized by an original mix of middle-eastern melodies, lyrics which touched upon philosophical themes and electro-pop rhythms, established Battiato as one of the most popular musicians in Italy, with his strange mixture of Pop songs and intellectual attitude. Many of the songs of this era contained some lyrics in English and, most notably Arabic, a language that Battiato had started to study after a trip to Turkey. Battiato's albums were also released in Spanish and English versions.

Orizzonti perduti (Lost Horizons, 1983), which Battiato himself called a kipper, was followed by the successful Mondi Lontanissimi (Faraway Worlds, 1985), which featured a solo version of the popular "I treni di Tozeur" ("The Tozeur Trains)", originally a duet with Alice performed at the 1984 Eurovision Song Contest, the science-fiction/metaphysical "Via Lattea" ("Milky Way") and "No Time No Space".

1988's Fisiognomica (Physiognomy) sold more than 300,000 copies and it confirmed Battiato's success. The album, considered by Battiato himself his best work for the balance between music and lyrics, contained the hit "Nomadi" ("Nomads"), originally recorded by Alice and written by his old friend Juri Camisasca, who in the meantime had retired to a Benedictin monastery. The album also included the songs "E ti vengo a cercare", which was performed by director/actor Nanni Moretti in his 1989 movie Palombella Rossa, and "Veni l'autunnu" with lyrics entirely in the Sicilian and Arabic languages.

Come un cammello in una grondaia (Like a Camel In The Gutter, 1991), was divided into two parts, the second made up by classical German lieder. Among the pop songs, "Povera patria" ("Poor Homeland"), a poetical denouncement of Italy's lack of culture and honesty, became a kind of hymn of the civil society rebelling against the 1992 mafioso bomb attacks against judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino.

Pio and Battiato also worked as composers, musical arrangers and producers for several singers, including Alice and Giuni Russo, and for two of Milva's albums.

Starting from 1987, Battiato also produced several classical operas: Genesi (1987), Gilgamesh (1992) and Il Cavaliere dell'Intelletto (1994). In 1990 he also began to experiment with painting, initially under the pseudonym of Süphan Barzani.

Collaboration with Manlio Sgalambro[link]

In 1994 Battiato began to collaborate with the Sicilian philosopher Manlio Sgalambro, who was to write almost all the lyrics of his following albums.

After the tentative L'ombrello e la macchina da cucire of 1995, in 1996 the duo published what is considered their best work so far, L'imboscata, containing the romantic hit "La cura" ("The care"), elected best Italian song of the year.

Gommalacca (1998, with an unusual stress on hard rock), Ferro battuto (2000) and Dieci stratagemmi (2004) continued on the same path, with variations mainly set by Battiato's unceasing desire for musical experimentation.

In 2003 Battiato released his first feature film, Perduto amor (Lost love), for which he also composed the soundtrack. The movie won the Silver Ribbon for the best debutant director. However, heavy criticism struck against his following movie, Musikanten, a rather experimental work about Beethoven's last four years of life. The German musician was played by the Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky.

In 2004 he hosted a cultural show named Bitte, keine Reclame for a satellite channel of RAI, the Italian state network.

Battiato in concert during the Notte Bianca 2007 in Rome

Personal life[link]

Battiato is not married; he had been very attached to his mother Grazia, who died in 1994. He prefers spending time in a personal retreat in Milo, a little town near Mount Etna, rather than socializing with the so-called "cultural elite".

Trivia[link]

• In 1999 Battiato released a collection of covers of Italian love songs, Fleurs. He repeated the experiment three years later with an album inexplicably numbered Fleurs 3. The median album Fleurs 2 was released unexpectedly in November 2008.
• Battiato's cover of The Rolling Stones' "Ruby Tuesday", originally released on Fleurs, is prominently featured in the 2006 film, Children of Men.
• In his album Fleurs 2 (2009) Anthony Hegarty performs, in Italian, "Del suo veloce volo", Battiato's cover of Antony and the Johnsons' song "Frankestein".

Discography[link]

1970s[link]

• La Convenzione (single, 1971)
• Foetus (1971)
• Pollution (1972)
• Sulle corde di Aries (1973)
• Clic (1974)
• M.elle le “Gladiator” (1975)
• Feed Back (1975)
• Battiato (1976)
• Juke Box (1977)
• L'Egitto prima delle sabbie (1978)
• L'era del cinghiale bianco (1979)

1980s[link]

• Patriots (1980)
• La voce del Padrone (1981)
• L'arca di Noè (1982)
• Orizzonti perduti (1983)
• Mondi Lontanissimi (1985)
• Echoes of Sufi Dances (1985, in English)
• Ecos de Danzas Sufi (1985, in Spanish)
• Nomadas (1987, in Spanish)
• Fisiognomica (1988)
• Giubbe Rosse (1989, live)

1990s[link]

• Come un cammello in una grondaia (1991)
• Caffè de la Paix (1993)
• Unprotected (1994, live)
• L'ombrello e la macchina da cucire (1995)
• Battiato studio collection (1996, collection)
• L'imboscata (1996)
• Shadow, Light (1996, collection)
• Battiato Live Collection (1997, live)
• Gommalacca (1998)
• Fleurs (1999)

2000s[link]

• Campi magnetici (2000)
• Ferro battuto (2001)
• Fleurs 3 (2002)
• Last Summer Dance (2003, live)
• Dieci stratagemmi (2004)
• Il vuoto (2007)
• Fleurs 2 (2008) (3X Platinum)
• Inneres Auge – Il tutto è più della somma delle sue parti (2009) (Platinum)

Singles[link]

• 1965: L'amore è partito (Love's gone)
• 1965: E piu ti amo (The more I love you...)
• 1967: La torre / Le reazioni (The tower / The reaction)
• 1967: Triste come me / Il mondo va così (Sad like me / The world goes like this)
• 1968: È l'amore / Fumo di una sigaretta (It's love / Smoke of a cigarette)
• 1969: Sembrava una serata come tante / Gente (It seemed it was an ordinary evening / People)
• 1969: Bella ragazza / Occhi d'or (Beautiful girl / Golden eyes)
• 1970: Lacrime e pioggia (Rain and tears)
• 1971: Vento caldo / Marciapiede (Warm wind / Pavement) - recorded 1968
• 1972: Energia / Una cellula (Energy / A cell)
• 1972: La convenzione / Paranoia (The convention / Paranoia)
• 1978: Adieu/San Marco - Elektra Records, t 123 310
• 1979: L'era del cinghiale bianco / Luna indiana (The era of the white boar / Indian moon)
• 1981: Bandiera bianca / Summer on a Solitary Beach (White flag / ...)
• 1984: I treni di Tozeur / Le biciclette di Forlì (The trains of Tozeur / The bicycles of Forlì) - with Alice
• 1985: No Time No Space / Il re del mondo (... / The king of the world)
• 1985: Via lattea / L'animale (Milky Way / The animal)
• 1996: Strani Giorni/Decline and fall of the roman empire (Strange days / ...)
• 1996: La Cura (The care)
• 1998: Shock in my town
• 1998: Il ballo del potere (Power's dance)
• 2001: Running against the grain/Sarcofagia/In trance (... / ... / Into a trance)
• 2004: Tra Sesso e Castità/Le aquile non volano a stormi/Ermeneutica (Between sex and chastity / Eagles don't fly in flocks / Hermeneutics)
• 2007: Il vuoto (Vacuum)
• 2007: Aspettando l'estate (Waiting for summer)
• 2007: Niente è come sembra (Nothing is as it seems)
• 2008: Tutto l'universo obbedisce all'amore (The whole universe obeys the love)

Singles in Spanish[link]

• 1985: La estación de los amores (Love's season)
• 1991: Pobre Patria (Poor homeland)
• 1986: Yo quiero verte danzar (I want to see you dancing)

Operas[link]

• Genesi (1987)
• Gilgamesh (1992)
• Messa arcaica (1993)
• Il Cavaliere dell'Intelletto (1995) - not published on CD
• Campi magnetici (2000)
• Telesio (2011)

Filmography[link]

• Perduto amor (2003, also screenplay)
• Musikanten (2005)
• Niente è come sembra (2007)
• Auguri Don Gesualdo (2010)

Bibliography[link]

• Tecnica mista su tappeto, Conversazioni autobiografiche (1992)
• Evoluzione evoluzione evoluzione (1998)
• Parole e canzoni (2004)
• In fondo sono contento di aver fatto la mia conoscenza (2007)
• Musica e spiritualità (2008)
• Io chi sono? Dialoghi sulla musica e sullo spirito (2009)
• Sowa rigpa. La scienza della guarigione per un'alimentazione consapevole (2010)

External links[link]

• Official website
• Radio BattiatoHispano, the first radio dedicated to Battiato and to his vast collaborations
• www.battiatoweb.com BattiatoWeb, unofficial Spanish website
• Franco Battiato on Europopmusic.eu (English)
• Franco Battiato discography (Music City)
• Franco Battiato discography at Discogs