Corde oblique

Corde Oblique are one of the main Ethereal Progressive Neofolk band from Italy. They are the solo project of Riccardo Prencipe (composer, art historian) with vocal contributions from numerous female singers and actresses. They play ethereal music in a neoclassical dark wave style, with heavenly vocals. Their music is inspired by the ancient Italian visual arts. They have released 6 albums; their last studio album is called "I maestri del Colore", and was conceived as a wooden palette used for mixing colors with sounds, the sounds of the colors are evoked by using lot of different musical instruments and musical styles. Almost all existing music tonalities have been used for the songs; moreover every title refers to a different color and the graphic design is inspired to one of the most famous Italian art history encyclopedias released in the '60s.