CHRISTINE PLAYS VIOLA

About CHRISTINE PLAYS VIOLA

The Christine Plays Viola is a band Abruzzo dedicated to a darkwave / post punk articulated and nuanced. After appearing on several compilations and after scoring three self-produced EP, in 2011 the band reached an agreement with the German label Af Music for the release of their first full length Innocent Awareness. The album gets a good response in the darkwave scene, with many songs played by DJs in european darkclubs. In the polls is considered one of the best productions of the year from radio, websites and magazines: even the guru Mick Mercer includes it in its top 30 of 2011.
For The song Witch Of Silence, is made a video clip directed by Loreto Valente.
In June 2012 the band released a new EP of four songs including Keep My Scorn Warm in collaboration with vocalist Rosetta Garri of The Spiritual Bat.
In January 2013, the CPV were the band of the year for the German site “Static Magazin Germany".
In recent years they have gained a good experience live mainly abroad (Germany, France, Austria areas more jokes) sharing the stage with bands like Clan Of Xymox, Chameleons, She Past Away, NFD, Lotus Feed, The Last Cry, Vendemmian , etc.
To report their presence to the world's first great festival organized with crowdfunding, the ALT FEST: the band was selected alongside superstars such as Marilyn Manson, The Cult, Fields Of The Nephilim, Killing Joke, Peter Murphy , Peter Hook, Gary Numan, Damned, Dead Kennedys, etc. This event was to be held 15 to 17 August 2014 in Boughton Estate, Kettering, Northamptonshire (England), then was deleted cause of organizational problems.
In May 2014, the German label Cold Insanity Music, was released the second full length of Christine Plays Viola entitled Vacua, an ambitious concept album inspired by the series of "Black Paintings" by the great Spanish artist Francisco Goya.
For the song Slaughter Of The Black Sun, a new video clip is shot by director Mauro John Capece.
The band is now engaged in the composition of a 7 '' that will see the light at the beginning of the year 2015 and is committed to the promotion of live.