Area (band)

Area
Area
	Area performs in Castelmassa (Rovigo), Italy, 1978
Background information
Origin	Milan, Italy
Genres	Progressive rock; art rock; free jazz; jazz fusion; experimental; electronic;
Years active	1972–1983, 1993–1999, 2009–present
Labels	Cramps, Ascolto, Sony
Members	Patrizio Fariselli; Ares Tavolazzi; Paolo Tofani; Walter Paoli;
Past members	Demetrio Stratos; Giulio Capiozzo; Eddie Busnello; Leandro Gaetano; Johnny Lambizzi; Patrick Djivas; Massimo Urbani; Pietro Tonolo; Sara Borsarini; Guido Guidoboni; Larry Nocella; Paolo Dalla Porta; Pietro Condorelli; Angela Baggi; Marco Micheli;
Website	area-internationalpopulargroup.com

Area – International POPular Group, most commonly known as Area or AreA, is an Italian progressive rock, jazz fusion, electronic, experimental group^[1] formed in 1972 by singer Demetrio Stratos and drummer Giulio Capiozzo. They are considered one of the most respected, innovative and important bands of the blooming 1970s Italian progressive rock scene.

^ Young, Richard A. (2002). "From cantautori to posse: Sociopolitical Discourse, Engagement and Antagonism in the Italian Music scene from the 60s to the 90s". Music, Popular Culture, Identities. Amsterdam: Rodopi. p. 35. ISBN 90-420-1249-8. OCLC 51296962. a) In this panorama of the individual, the cantautor who affirms the collective utopia, perhaps no other group was able to acquire legitimacy as the expression of emancipatry political collectives than Area, with singer, writer, and performer Demetrio Stratos. In keeping with the political dimension of engaged music, the group Area consolidated in their albums, and especially through their live performances (multi-genre musical expressions: free jazz, rock, electronic, instrumental and vocal experimentation) the foregrounding of desires and needs of a generation engaged in restructuring socio-political realities:
b) "It was the mid-1970s and live events roused enthusiasm as never before; they fulfilled the need to be together and the illusion of continuing as a person. Area ... (was) a head above the rest. Not only because they seemed to be more attentive to the themes outside the world of music ... nor due to their interest in the use of instruments which seemed vaster and futuristic, but above all because ... (of) an incomparable coherence in their everyday work and in the steadfastness (sic) with which thay faced even their contradditions." –"Riflusso," resistances, unoccupied roads
c) By the time Demetrio Stratos died of leukemia in 1979.

[Young_Richard_A-Music_Popular_Culture_Identities-1] Young, Richard A. (2002). "From cantautori to posse: Sociopolitical Discourse, Engagement and Antagonism in the Italian Music scene from the 60s to the 90s". Music, Popular Culture, Identities. Amsterdam: Rodopi. p. 35. ISBN 90-420-1249-8. OCLC 51296962. a) In this panorama of the individual, the cantautor who affirms the collective utopia, perhaps no other group was able to acquire legitimacy as the expression of emancipatry political collectives than Area, with singer, writer, and performer Demetrio Stratos. In keeping with the political dimension of engaged music, the group Area consolidated in their albums, and especially through their live performances (multi-genre musical expressions: free jazz, rock, electronic, instrumental and vocal experimentation) the foregrounding of desires and needs of a generation engaged in restructuring socio-political realities:
b) "It was the mid-1970s and live events roused enthusiasm as never before; they fulfilled the need to be together and the illusion of continuing as a person. Area ... (was) a head above the rest. Not only because they seemed to be more attentive to the themes outside the world of music ... nor due to their interest in the use of instruments which seemed vaster and futuristic, but above all because ... (of) an incomparable coherence in their everyday work and in the steadfastness (sic) with which thay faced even their contradditions." –"Riflusso," resistances, unoccupied roads
c) By the time Demetrio Stratos died of leukemia in 1979.

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