La Sintesi, two new tracks mark the return of the quartet led by Lele Battista

Among the bands on Italy's late-Nineties “alternative” scene that came within a hair's breadth of mainstream success, La Sintesi return with two new tracks, “Stravinskij” and “Finale”. After twenty-two years on hiatus, Lele Battista, Giorgio Mastrocola, Giseppe Sabella and Michele Sabella have switched the lights back on: the double single is available in an exclusive 45rpm / 12-inch crystal-clear transparent vinyl edition, pressed on 180 grams, limited and numbered to just 500 signed copies. Artistic production is by Davide Ferrario, who helped craft a new sound for the band; longtime collaborator Max Lotti was brought in at the mixing desk.

After the debut album “L’eroe Romantico”, released in 1999 by Sony Music – Mescal and produced by Morgan, the band embarked on a long tour that took in most of Italy's major live clubs, including several shows as support act for none other than Bluvertigo. La Sintesi became one of the leading acts of the so-called “MTV Generation”, taking part in various initiatives organised by the fledgling music channel. In 2002 La Sintesi also competed in the 52nd edition of the Sanremo Festival with “Ho mangiato la mia ragazza”, a track that anticipated their second album “Un curioso caso”, again released through Sony Music – Mescal and recorded and produced by Pino Pischetola, a sound engineer with credits including Depeche Mode, Robert Palmer and Franco Battiato. The band played its last show on 2 December 2002 in Palermo, before deciding to call it quits in January 2003.