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The Wimshurst's Machine is an award-winning 8-members italian chillout orchestra who plays warm, environmental music, crossing from chillout to rock, from world fusion to progressive electronica. As this music is an ideal soundtrack, several movies and stage plays did use it this way (we particularly proud of the great british production "The Quiet Assassin", directed by Alex Hardcastle, who used TWM's "Freedom Calls" as main titles).
A review said: "Listening to the TWM you will travel into a relaxing world of good music. TWM plays a mix of acoustic and electronic music, sometimes inspired by ancient or traditional tunes (Irish, indian or spanish), mixed with modern sounds, from chill-out to jazz, with a mix of acoustic and electronic instruments. The music of TWM is something that will make you dream. A dream you won't forget."
TWM is a project born by the music passion of each component and a mad idea, developed between friends and colleagues (many from the pro music scene, from jazz, funky, classical, electronica and even metal bands) to make film music and chillout together.
The band has already 4 CDs published by Indie labels, all of them entered the Top10 sold on the italian iTunes store (#2 electronica in january 2005 for "A traveller who didn't ask for glory" and Top10 in May 2005 for "The Alchemist") the 3rd one, "Time Traveller" is an award-winning double album (37 tracks!). "Secret Gardens" (2009) is the actual new release of the band. The band mantain 100% rights & exclusive on their music, at the moment.
The Wimshurst's Machine won the IOMA 2006 (International Online Music Awards) in the category "best instrumental artist", was final nominee at the IOMA 2007 as "best artist" overall, won the "Music Aid 2006" for Italy and too many more awards to be mentioned in just one page.
Members are:
Augusto Chiarle (sax, synth, woodwinds)
Roberto Canone (sax, clarinet, keyboards)
Fabio Rodi (keyboards, synth)
Elvis Bergero (keyboards)
Duilio Chiarle (acoustic & classic guitars)
Daniele Scerra (electric guitar and electric bass)
Massimiliano Baudissard (drums)
Antonio Rapacciuolo (trumpet & cornet)
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Pain in Pleasure (with Sally Cooper)
A longe-chillout remix TWM made for the great voice of Sally Cooper. A song who will appear in the next CDs of both Sally and TWM...
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Lounge Jazz
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Missing You
Baritone saxophone and some other instrument for a soft, lounge "smokie" jazz tune who can easily be out from the ssoundtrack of a "noir" movie.
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Lounge Jazz
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Cimmeria
A chillout, smooth jazzy track, a relaxed, sexy atmosphere of guitar and piano.
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Chillout
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Rise and Fall of the Anasazi
An ambitious very long "progressive" track, with a long "new ageish" intro played by piano and wooden flute, dedicated to the history of the Anasazi.
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NewAge SpaceProgRock
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Whistle and Luke
A traditional irish track became a jazzy one!
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World Jazz
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Magic Lights (Live, 2005)
One of the "Most wanted" tracks of TWM here in a special "live edition" we donated for charity to "The Butterfly Collection", who raise funds for mental cares in Scotland (the "littlewing project", who runt out of funds).
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Live Chillout Concert
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Freefall
Destinated to our 3rd album (the double album "Time Traveller", the song will appear in the second CD, "Future"), this is a chillout track with smooth jazz elements, somehow typical of our music.
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Chillout/Lounge
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Wind Sailer (radio edit)
This is the "radio edit" version of our opening track "Wind Sailer" from our 2nd album, "The Alchemist". The main difference from the album version is that the intro is quite shortened.
Ethnic sounds, electronic environment and acoustic drums, this song ideally describes a flight, the flight of some kind of wind sailer, maybe a Leonardo-styled flyer. Ambient guitars, ethnic percussions, acoustic drums & electronic sounds, for a song that reminds at the 1st listen something of The Art of Noise
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Electro-ethnic chillout
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Charming Mechanics
A chillout melody, with a warm, edgy tenor saxophone, creates a "sexy lounge" atmosphere. This chillout melody is full of ethnic and modern sounds, with a charming saxophone and a warm Bb trumpet who gently accompain it, in our electro-acoustic style. It starts very slow, then it accelerate but without become a crazy rhytm, since we liked a gentle, sexy and relaxing mood...
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Chillout Electro-Jazz
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The Moon (feat. Queenie)
We are proud to have a singer such as Queenie to enrich with such an amazing voice our music. :-) Music by Roberto Canone (sound engineering by Fabio Rodi and Augusto Chiarle), vocals and lyrics by Queenie.
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Ambient Pop
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Ghosts of Fallow Ground
A traditional Celtic song rearranged to become a haunting, delicate, melancholic song, with a tip of Enya's style (some says Loreena McKennit).
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Celtic New Age
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Freedom Calls
Ambient sounds, acoustic drums, warm saxophone and amazing female vocalist, for a song you'd not forget easily. After have wrote "Magic Lights" and have started our project, our very good Fabio decided to compose a brand-new song with the same style. Just heard the "sketch" of the song, everybody wanted to add his instrument, so now you may hear clearly many electronic instruments, an edgy acoustic drum kit (played by our great Max) and Augusto's melodic tenor saxophone.
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Ambient/Trip Hop
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Celtic Death Ballad
A traditional irish tune transormed completely to become a club-jazz melody. I've always been interested into irish traditions and tunes, so while searching for a new song, I just had the crazy idea to transform an Irish tune into some kind of Jazz.
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World Jazz
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Prisoner
Soft, Club-Jazzy song with Augusto's brand-new (& amazing) Mason Bari Sax.
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Lounge Jazz
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Romanza
A mellow acoustic guitar-only work, relaxed and with south-american influences (Joao Gilberto, mostly) with a classical feeling.
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Mellow Guitar
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Meditations
Electronics and acoustic for an acid Jazzy and cool song destinated to our new album. Edgy muted trumpet and an emotional cornet over a groovie rhytm.
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Dance Jazz
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Indian Shores
Warm electronic atmosphere, indian sound, ethnic drums and a warm saxophone, for a song with particular flavors.
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World Fusion
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Mystical Sea
Here you'd listen to a warm alto saxophone, played by the sea, together with a good acoustic piano and charming female vocals.
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New Age Ambient
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Bayside Waltz
A direct evolution of a traditional irish tune, this waltz is a typical production of our band: ethnical and acoustic elements together with ambient soundscapes and electronica.
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Up to the road and back again
This is an irish traditional song, rearranged to become a soothing ambient tune, with the usual electro-acoustic mix that's typical of The Wimshurst's Machine style.
The voice is of julie Murphy, under licence AMG. At the bagpipe, Paul James, also under licence AMG.
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Celtic New Age
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New Horizons
Relaxing tune made of nature sounds, classic guitar and flute, for relax, meditation and healing, where just closing your eyes you'll find yourself into a peaceful environment. Nature sounds, a jungle, a classic guitar and a flute, for a relaxing tune. Relaxing tune made of nature sounds, classic guitar and flute, for relax, meditation and healing, where just closing your eyes you'll find yourself inside a tropical environment, full of creatures and green, and where the music will try to let you
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New Age
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Rise from the Ashes (feat. TruLaLa)
Urban-styled vocals and pop arrangement, this track is a collab between The Wimshurst's Machine and the american singer TruLaLa - www.soundclick.com/trulala
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R&B Pop Crossover
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The Battle of Qadesh
Destinated to our "Time Traveller", is a classical composition, a soundtrack-intended instrumental track vaguely in the style of Danny Elfman.
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Soundtrack
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Fatherland
Warm, smooth atmosphere for an intruguing chillout melody that at the end become an egdy solo.
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Chillout Electro-Jazz
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Dance of the Earth (feat. J.P. Sharp & D. Long)
If you did ask to Salvador Dalì to make you a portrait, then you couldn't ask him to avoid surrealistic elements, such his famous melted clocks. So, when we asked to the talented experimental artist named John Paul Sharp, we expected something weird... And here we are.
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Magic Lights
This song was one of the very 1sts of the TWM project. Keyboards, synth and acoustic drums, making the mix of acoustic and electronics that's typical of our band, for a catchy sound you won't easily forget.
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Ambient/Trip Hop
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Afterlife (feat. Queenie and Corrado Rossi)
A dark ambient track we are particularly proud of, and a collab with two talented artists: Corrado Rossi (at the piano) and Queenie (every vocals and lyrics).
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Dark Ambient
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Compact Disc
A traveller who didn't ask for glory
This album was #2 in Top10 Electronic Albums, and #26 all-genres albums sold on the Italian iTunes online store on january 12 and 13, 2005! "Freedom Calls" was #3 in the Top10 Electronic songs downloaded from the same store, on days 6 and 7, and in the Top10 from january 6 to january 14, 2005!
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Ambient
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Compact Disc
The Alchemist
In "The Alchemist" (TWM's second album, 2005) the storytelling is about an Alchemist, during the spanish late middle age. Also in this other album you may listen to more than 1 hour of music, ideally the soundtrack of the story the CD itself is telling (that you may also read from the inlay card), flowing as in a movie.
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Ambient
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Compact Disc
Time Traveller
Double album. Warm, environmental music, crossing from chillout to rock, from world fusion to progressive electronica. 37 tracks for a total of more than 2 hours of music, for an award-winning concept disc. An ideal soundtrack.
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Electronic
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Compact Disc
Secret Gardens
An intelligent mix of ambient sounds and acoustic instruments, influenced by jazz and even classical music.
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Ambient
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Vincenzo Pandolfi
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9/27/2009 7:46:56 PM
Best wishes for the semifinals and Congratulations!!
Auguri,
Vincenzo
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Village Jammers
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4/13/2008 5:22:39 PM
Just now getting around to add my hearty congratulations to you on your Kayak award for best guitar instrumental. TWM has an outstanding body of excellent work. I'm going to enjoy streaming your page here. Kudos.
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The Man With No Band
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4/11/2008 11:44:00 PM
Congrats on your Kayak TWM !!! ... very much deserved ...
Peace Now...
Sam
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Neil w Young and The Legendary Bear Creek Band
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4/8/2008 7:45:57 AM
Sincere congratulations on your Golden Kayak Award and best wishes for your continued success as you make your way down this great musical highway here at IAC and wherever you may travel.
The guys in the band - Ray, Gary, Ken and Steve - join with me in saying that we were honoured, humbled and privileged to share and savor this truly exciting experience and occasion with you.
What a night it was. Truly one to remember for years to come.
Yours in friendship and music,
Neil
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The Blue Voodoo
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4/7/2008 1:48:16 PM
Congratulations on your Golden Kayak Award and best from the Bluevoodoo dudes
Ted Rick Gerry and Kelly---and cheers from the Blue voodoo blues bands manager Bryon at Voodoohead Productions http://www.voodoohead.ca
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AusDisciples
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3/25/2008 3:37:25 AM
Wow! Five and a half Golden Kayak nominations!!! BIG congrats and good luck! I voted for you :-D
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Texas Willie
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3/22/2008 7:36:40 AM
Congratulations on your Golden Kayak Nominations!
Good Luck and I will see you at the Awards Broadcast!
TW
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Marc Ceccotti
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3/20/2008 9:15:39 AM
Hey TWM, Congratulations! Wishing you all the best.
Marc
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Project Overseer Productions
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12/23/2007 3:46:01 PM
Hello Augusto, its becoming a small world bro ... good to see you and know TWM's awesome music is being showcased & supported here too.
Kindest regards
Chris
(Producer/OMD Director)
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dcallen
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11/21/2007 6:08:14 PM
hey guys, thought I would invade another site with my music as well! I'll be seeing you here and there....
cheers,
dave
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Ron_D_8_Lim
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10/23/2007 5:19:23 PM
Raggazies, Amazing Music!
Thank you to be the way you are!
Always love, always no matter what!
Ron D *8* Lim -
Power Of Love Productions
House Music Is A Spritual Thing!
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if
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10/15/2007 7:10:08 AM
Ciao!
Grazie per il vostro commento e per la vostra musica... SIETE FENOMENALI!!!
Un saluto,
Dario (if).
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Catherine Fisher
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7/28/2007 6:28:55 PM
Guys, you know I'm already a fan, but the Celtic Death Ballad swept me off my feet! Again the amazing sensitive sound of the sax, the voice, and then the transformation towards jazz....Just love you for making such great music. Lots of Love, Catherine (Little Voice)
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Kopi Luwak
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5/10/2007 11:18:32 AM
Superb music :).
Kopi =o.
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Milla Kara
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5/5/2007 8:09:53 AM
Thank you for the pleasure of listening to your amazing music!
I just added some of your songs to my station MK music.
You are one of my favourite bands!
Wish you all my best!
Mila
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