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The Dining Rooms
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The Dining Rooms are Stefano Ghittoni and Cesare Malfatti. Stefano Ghittoni, resident DJ at Magazzini Generali in Milan, spurred the initial creative process behind the duo’s musical direction in 1998. Cesare Malfatti, on the other hand, is a founding member of the post-blues project ‘La Crus’. Both Stefano and Cesare come from the punk/new wave scene and they have played in several underground bands in earlier years.
In early 1999, through the electronica label Milano2000, The Dining Rooms release their debut full-length album: “Subterranean Modern Volume 1”. The record is characterized by hip hop/funk-inspired rhythms flowing alongside bluesy guitar textures and melancholic, minor-key atmospheric elements.
As a side project to this record, Stefano Ghittoni works with videomaker Maria Arena on the ‘Ambient Blues Caffe’’ project, an ambient sonorization project for turntables and video performed all over Italy and Europe.
The second Dining Rooms album, “Numero Deux”, which features a multimedia section with videos by Maria Arena (one of which is dedicated to J.L.Godard), is released in January 2001 and picks up the stylistic streak of “Subterranean Modern Volume 1”, enriching its sound with the addition of jazz atmospheres and introducing vocal parts performed by the minimal-soul duo “Sepiatone” (Hugo Race and Marta Collica). In summer 2001 “Numero Deux” was also released in the US, Japan and Germany through Guidance Recordings.
In early 1999, through the electronica label Milano2000, The Dining Rooms release their debut full-length album: “Subterranean Modern Volume 1”. The record is characterized by hip hop/funk-inspired rhythms flowing alongside bluesy guitar textures and melancholic, minor-key atmospheric elements.
As a side project to this record, Stefano Ghittoni works with videomaker Maria Arena on the ‘Ambient Blues Caffe’’ project, an ambient sonorization project for turntables and video performed all over Italy and Europe.
The second Dining Rooms album, “Numero Deux”, which features a multimedia section with videos by Maria Arena (one of which is dedicated to J.L.Godard), is released in January 2001 and picks up the stylistic streak of “Subterranean Modern Volume 1”, enriching its sound with the addition of jazz atmospheres and introducing vocal parts performed by the minimal-soul duo “Sepiatone” (Hugo Race and Marta Collica). In summer 2001 “Numero Deux” was also released in the US, Japan and Germany through Guidance Recordings.
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The Dining rooms - Hear Us Now
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The Dining Rooms - No Problem
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The Dining Rooms - Dreamy Smiles
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la_lee wrote:
luv it..
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claudia_l wrote:
hotel costes group :)
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jazzzzzyman wrote:
very good music!
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Winch30 wrote:
great stuff
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alpiniade wrote:
Wow, whatever they touch, the result is magic!
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Keneticshark wrote:
Lovely. Real smooth.
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saft3000 wrote:
very nice music!
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bergamina wrote:
Where can I find the lyrics of DR's songs??? I can't find them!!! :( Thank you!!
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koniii wrote:
meraviglioso
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Gibifiu wrote:
rare, quality, ill music
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Marthe-Ma wrote:
This is amazing music. Some of the very best of it's kind.
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kiiterecords wrote:
To The Dining Rooms: Such downtempo excellence in subtle ways... hope to hear some of your tracks here soon...
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mauiboy86 wrote:
Awesome!
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ich liebe es :D
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Nymphenburg wrote:
Fantastic music. M. Dupont is simply brilliant, I could listen to it over and over again.
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lounge-radio wrote:
brilliant ! thumbs up from the http://www.lounge-radio.com/ crew
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you may enjoy this www.last.fm/music/Tilen
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groove73billy wrote:
super vibes
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Quan-chid wrote:
good.
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VenusTreat wrote:
Really really sad that you can't hear their tracks on Last.fm. People are missing out on some really good stuff. Tsk Tsk.
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