News

August 2011
Special concert with Dan Fante on August 24th!



Hollowblue is working now with the brand new booking agency Nova Concerti!
Here

July 2011
Out the dvd of the recent concert in Pisa. By Primiera Videos.
Here and Here to see excerpts from it on youtube.

May 2011
The video "Wild dogs run" with Sukie Smith, winner at Dimension3 festival in France with the bands Irma and Ok go.
Here

March 2011
Hollowblue latest album "Wild nights, quiet dreams" now released in Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg via Dying Giraffe Recordings and Munich/V2!
Here

"Wild dogs run" clip, special event at Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose and 3D Stereo Media Festival in Belgium!

February 2011
Hollowblue on the XL magazine special dedicated to Livorno.
Here

January 2011
"Wild dogs run" clip, special event at Sundance Film Festival!

October 2010
25th
" Wild dogs run" will receive a special award at big indie music Festival MEI as first Italian 3D music promo! The event will be in Faenza, November 28th.

22th
" Wild dogs run" on "la Repubblica - Genova site".
Here

10th
" Wild dogs run" special event at CapalbioCinema International ShortFilm Festival

4th
" Wild dogs run" in heavy rotation on MTV Brand New (also in the charts)

3rd

And the winner is... WILD DOGS RUN!!!
Hollowblue & Sukie Smith 3D music video is the official winner of the Los Angeles 3DFF 2010!!! (3DFF is part of Sundance Film Festival).

Directors: Francesco Rotunno & Alessandra Vinotto
Cinematography: Giulio Pietromarchi
Art director: Alessandra Vinotto
Editing: Lorenzo Vignolo
Stereographer: Andrea Siri
Colorist: Corrado Silveri
Executive producer: Giovanna Battista Rassaval
Produced by RedEye FilmStudio
Label: aCupintheGarden
Supported by Sfera.

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September 30th - October 3rd 2010
The stereoscopic 3d music promo of the song Wild dogs run by Hollowblue and Sukie Smith selected at 3D FILM FESTIVAL in Los Angeles!
Here

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September 16th 2010
Red Eye Film Studio director Francesco Rotunno and art director Alessandra vinotto plus Hollowblue singer Gianluca Maria Sorace will be in Milan on September 16th at Top Audio Video Show, the most important italian exhibition for audio, audio-video and home automation. In PANASONIC stands will be available for the first time the vision of stereoscopic 3d version of "Wild dogs run"
Here

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September 13th 2010
The mono version of the stereoscopic 3d music promo "Wild dogs run" extracted from the Hollowblue album "Wild nights, quiet dreams" now on the site of XL magazine!
Here

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July 2010
Produced by Red Eye Filmstudio and with the directors Francesco Rotunno and Alessandra Vi, we did the first Italian stereoscopic music promo.
The song is Wild dogs run from the album Wild nights, quiet dreams with the brilliant Sukie Smith aka Madam.
Out soon!
Here

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May 2010
An entire page dedicated to Hollowblue on the official David Bowie site.
Go to May 18th.
Here

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April 2010
4 stars on Uncut Magazine, by Chris Roberts!
Here

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January/February 2010
The album in exclusive streaming here, on MTV.it
(plus epk, plus "No more shall we part" Nick Cave cover)
Here

The song "You cannot stop" in the Rockstar Magazine free compilation!
Here

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December 2009
Interview on Il Mucchio.
Here

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November 6th 2009
The song "You cannot stop" in the Rocksound Magazine free compilation!
Here

The song "You cannot stop" in the A Buzz Supreme free compilation, on Italian Embassy!
Here

Wild nights, quiet dreams is out! Search for it on Itunes, Amazon, Emusic.

Internet reviews in the press section!

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October 2009
Gianluca interviewed by Magda Di Genova. You can find also Henry Rollins, Hugo Race, Steve Piccolo and many others musicians and artists.
Here

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September 2009
Another new talented member in the band.
Sarah Mayer from Salzburg, Austria: vocals and violin.
Welcome aboard!

The new album "Wild nights, quiet dreams" will be out on November 6th!
Eleven tracks of energy, sonic violence and orchestrated melancoly.
Before that, only for the radios, the single "You cannot stop" (+ Nick Cave cover).

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July 2009
We finished to record the new album "Wild nights, quiet dreams".
It contains the song "Wild dogs run", a duet with Sukie Smith aka Madam.
The album has been recorded by Ivan Rossi (Ronin, Virginiana Miller...) and it will be released by our personal label "acupinthegarden" on Autumn 2009.
Audioglobe distribution.
More soon.

Enrico Filippi is the brand new Hollowblue member. Piano and synth player. Welcome Enrico, we're happy to have you with us!

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June 2009
Ellie Young, the cello player who shared with us the past beautiful months, will not continue playing as a regular member of the band. We're very sorry for that and we wish her all the best. You can hear her on the new album where she recorded her cello parts.
We'd like to thanks Ellie for the great contribution to the sound of the band.

We have a new, amazing booking agency: Grinding Halt Concerti (Morrissey, Art Brut, The Horrors... and many others).

Press quotes

Wild nights, quiet dreams
(aCupintheGarden 2009)

Gli Hollowblue sono una signora band.
Stefano Solventi
SentireAscoltare (7.3)

Hanno dimostrato ancora di essere uno tra i gruppi più validi dell’attuale panorama musicale italiano, distinguendosi per eleganza, composizione ed originalità.
Emanuele Gessi
LostHighways (7)

Parliamo d'ispirazione e talento: gli Hollowblue ne hanno.
Marco Sideri
Blow up (7)

Savoir faire, qualità compositiva e voglia di non ripetersi o adagiarsi su lidi già conquistati sono tutte doti di cui Sorace e compagni sono ampiamente forniti
Emanuele Sacchi
Rumore (7)

Rockband profonda, con strutture solide, l'energetica urgenza, gli archi, la cura del suono... un bel discaccio di carattere.
Pier Andrea Canei
Internazionale

Stars are crashing (in my backyard)
(Midfinger Records/ Warner Chappell 2008)

Gianluca Maria Sorace sings with a sea-tossed swoon that would shame Billy McKenzie
Chris Roberts
Uncut (4stars/5)

Da ascoltare la sera, tornati
dal lavoro (se ne avete uno). Per disperarvi con stile.
Simone Cosimi
Inside Art

...un disco maturo e stra-meditato, un lavoro che aspira a sconfinare, un timbro nitido che farà parlare di se
Mauro Pietra
Freakout

Se un disco potesse essere valutato in gradazione alcolica anzichè su scala numerica, Stars are crashing (in my backyard) meriterebbe il massimo dei voti.
Sara Poma
Rumore

Capolavoro di "pittura" toscana
Mattero Chamey
Rockerilla (8)

Un disco bellissimo e struggente al di là di ogni definizione.
Ian Della Casa
Music Club

...impossibile non riconoscerne la bontà e la bellezza
Federico Guglielmi
Il Mucchio

Progetto prezioso, di gente che sa pensare, scrivere, comporre, interpretare e arrangiare canzoni guardando a modelli alti e internazionali.
MTV.IT

" Stars are crashing (in my backyard)" è frutto di una spiccata e sottile immaginazione creativa. Una piccola opera d'arte
Eleonora Chiari
Rockit

Everything is perfectly understated, allowing Sorace to convey the bulk of emotion via his expert crooning.
Michael Pearlstein
The Big TakeOver Magazine


What you left behind è per chiunque abbia voglia di guardarsi dentro, senza paura, senza muovere un sopracciglio. Eleganti maschere bruciate dal dolore, da indossare per quasi mezz’ora. Quando le si toglie, resta solo il candore.
Emanuele Gessi
Lost Highways


Hey, how often do you get to hear quality, Italian-made pop? ...I'm saying, bro!
Mike Pearlstein
BigTakeOver

...melodie affascinanti e la voce di tenebra del leader... è ricco di grandi canzoni scritte con maturità
Giuseppe Fabris
RollingStone (4stars/5)

C'è una raffinatezza fin troppo rara, in questo disco fatto di dettagli cesellati e di calore avvolgente
Davide Vèroli
Kalporz

Una proposta assolutamente affascinante
Enrico Amendola
Vitaminic

Non ci sono scuse per rimandare l'acquisto del CD
Ilaria Ferri
Rocksound (8)

La calligrafia è sovraccarica, versicolore, potente, all'insegna di una sintesi tra romanticismo ingrugnito Cave, noir sabbioso Calexico, inquietudine mitteleuropea dEUS e languore glam mutuato brit-pop come i primi Suede
Stefano Solventi
SentireAscoltare (7.2)

What you left behind
(Suiteside Records/
aCupintheGarden 2004/2008)

Sorace and his compatriots are producing a glorious sound
Helen Wright
MusicOMH


…tinte cupe e archi in primo piano. Visto che inglesi invadono la Toscana, perchè non dare il via al trend opposto?
Rossano Lo Mele
Rumore

...una capacità di muoversi tra i registri e sfumature che denota una maturità rara...
A. Besselva Averame
Il Mucchio

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