Real name: Antonio Infantino

Effective period / Period of releases: 1975

Italian musician, poet and artist. Born in Sabaudia (Latina) April 6, 1944, passed away in Firenze, January 30, 2018, lives and grows in Tricarico (in the province of Matera) where roots a deep attachment to the values ​​and the sounds of traditional rural life. His genres range from ethno-folk to classical "tarantella" although his musical roots are in the period of the beat generation. Between 1984 and 1987 he signs the soundtrack of the movies Vincere Per Vincere and Ternosecco directed by and featuring Giancarlo Giannini. In 1989 he composes the music for the show Tricolore Triste by theater group "Nieuwe Scene" from Antwerp, Belgium. In 1991 for the same theater group writes and composes the music and designs the costumes for La Nave dei Folli (The Ship of Fools), a show that traces the evolution of comedy through the ages. Also in Belgium he practices painting, investigates the relationship between music and color painting, receiving an honorary degree by the Royal Belgian Literature, Sciences and Fine Arts. In 1996 he presents at the European Parliament in Brussels the exhibition Cosmic Dance, Sound, Color. Succhà, an anthology of poems, is published in 1998 by Lawrence Ferlinghetti's City Lights Bookstore.