Cosimo Alemà

Cosimo Alemà (born 1970) is an Italian film director and music video director.

Biography

Cosimo Alemà began working in music videos in the early 1990s, and after several years as an assistant director, he founded his own production company "The Mob". He has directed some 250 music videos for Italian and foreign artists. He has worked with, amongst others Zero Assoluto, Le Vibrazioni, Paola e Chiara, Max Pezzali, i Tiromancino, Anna Tatangelo, Nek, Finley, J-Ax, i Gemelli Diversi, Tiziano Ferro, Ligabue, Giusy Ferreri, Fabri Fibra, Marracash, Subsonica, Gianna Nannini, The Styles and TruceKlan, Club Dogo, and in 2009 Mina.

2011 saw the release of Cosimo's debut feature film 'War Games: At the End of the Day' which was distributed by Universal Pictures.

Music

Since 2008 he has played guitar and keyboards in New Wave Indie band, Qali. They have produced one album.

Partial Filmography

Fabri Fibra

Fabri Fibra (born Fabrizio Tarducci; 17 October 1976) is an Italian rapper.

Discography

With Uomini di Mare

With Qustodi del tempo

With Basley Click

With Piante grasse

With Rapstar

Solo career

Singles

Solo career

Carmen Consoli

Carmen Consoli (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkarmen ˈkɔnsoli]; born September 4, 1974 in Catania) is an Italian singer-songwriter. She has released 11 studio albums, one greatest hits, one soundtrack album, two live albums, four video album and 33 singles, selling 2 million copies in Italy, certified by M&D and FIMI with a multiplatinum disc, 11 platinum and two gold certifications.

She earned three nominations at the Sanremo Music Festival, one Targa Tenco, one Lunezia Award, seven Italian, Wind & Music Awards, one Telegatto , one David di Donatello , and two Nastri d'argento, and several other awards. In 2012 Consoli has been appointed as a Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.

Life and biography

Consoli was born in Sicily, near the city of Catania, in the small town of San Giovanni La Punta. She started playing guitar at the age of fifteen and in 1996 she recorded her first album, Due Parole, including Amore di plastica, the song she presented during her first participation in the Festival of Sanremo.

Zero Assoluto

Zero Assoluto is an Italian pop rock duo comprising Thomas De Gasperi (born Rome, June 24, 1977) and Matteo Maffucci (born Rome, May 28, 1978). They met each other when they were teenagers and became best friends.

History

Their first single, Ultimo capodanno was released in 1999. Scendi, containing Mezz'ora and Minimalismi, followed in 2004.

During the summer of 2005 they entered the Italian Top 40 chart with "Semplicemente", which reached the number two. The success of this song allowed them to participate at the 56th Sanremo Music Festival where the group performed "Svegliarsi la mattina" in the "Band" category – the single eventually reached the top spot on the Italian Top 40 chart. Additional hit success followed with the song "Sei parte di me", which also reached number 1.

Matteo Maffucci also works as a DJ for the national radio network RTL 102.5. Together with band mate De Gasperi he hosts Suite 102.5 and has hosted RTL 102.5 Television 3° piano-internoB.

Also to Maffucci's credit are the books Ore a Caso and Ultimo Stadio and his third book, "Spielberg ti odio" on the market from January 10, 2007. As well as collaborations with the magazines Tutto, Rockstar and GQ.

Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group, Inc. (legally known as UMG Recordings, Inc., abbreviated as UMG) is an American-French worldwide music corporation that operates as a subsidiary of Paris-based French media conglomerate Vivendi. It claims to be the largest music corporation in the world. UMG also owns Universal Music Publishing Group, which is cited as the second largest music publishing company in the world. Universal Music Group's global corporate headquarters are in Santa Monica, California, United States.

History

Early history

Universal Music was once the music company attached to film studio Universal Pictures. Its origins go back to the formation of the American branch of Decca Records in 1934. The Decca Record Co. Ltd. of England spun American Decca off in 1939.MCA Inc. merged with American Decca in 1962. The present organization was formed when its parent company Seagram purchased PolyGram in May 1998 and merged it with Universal Music Group in early 1999. However, the name had first appeared in 1996 when MCA Music Entertainment Group was renamed Universal Music Group. The PolyGram acquisition included Deutsche Grammophon which traces its ancestry to Berliner Gramophone making Deutsche Grammophon UMG's oldest unit. UMG's Canadian unit traces its ancestry to a Berliner Gramophone breakaway firm the Compo Company.