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SEPTEMBER 12, 2011 - Conceived and composed as a requiem for a lost loved one, ALESSANDRO MONOPOLI’s critically acclaimed 2009 debut THE EMANCIPATION OF ELIZABETH established the versatile Italian born, UK based lead composer and musician as a powerful voice in the indie Goth rock world. Moving beyond the cathartic emotional process, he has formed the band CHANTRY, which includes vocalist FRANCESCA VERNACCINI and bassist LUCA ESPOSITO MISITCHELLI. Upping his production game, MONOPOLI also adds real drums, richer atmospheres, cool odd metered timings, intricate sections and the soaring, emotional vocals of Francesca to create the dynamic audio-cinematic experience CRYSTAL. One of the biggest differences between the first collection and CRYSTAL is the fact that it’s all vocal driven with a single instrumental piece—while ELIZABETH was the complete opposite. Yet MONOPOLI’s overall creative process is pretty much the same for all of his musical works. First, he writes the story, then breaks it into parts (each captured by a specific song) that he develops one by one so as to better understand what part of the story he’s trying to convey with that song. After that, he works on gathering a “color” out of each tune—a process he explains as part of being a synesthetic composer who naturally associates different senses to a stimulus. “When that is done,” he says, “and usually it happens on its own while I write the part, I compose a song that reminds me of that color.” 

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