Ronin

the band from Italy. Bruno Dorella, Nicola Manzan, Roberto Villa and Alessandro Vagnoni
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BRUTO MINORE

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Ronin - Bruto Minore

Bruto Minore

2019 Black Candy Records
Ronin - Adagio Furioso

Adagio Furioso

2014 Santeria / Tannen Records
Ronin - Fenice

Fenice

2012 Santeria / Tannen Records
Ronin - L'Ultimo Re

L'Ultimo Re

2009 Ghost Records
Ronin - Vogliamo anche le rose

Vogliamo anche le rose

2008 Rhino Records / Warner Music
Ronin - Lemming

Lemming

2007 Ghost Records
Ronin - s/t

Ronin

2004 Ghost Records
Ronin - EP

Ronin EP

2002 Bar La Muerte

Bruto Minore

2019 Black Candy Records

1. Capriccio
2. Oregon
3. Ambush
4. Bruto minore
5. Scherzo quasi maggiore
6. Scherzo
7. Wicked
8. Tuvan Internationale
9. Bryson

STARRING

Bruno Dorella: chitarra
Nicola Manzan: chitarra, violino
Roberto Villa: basso
Alessandro Vagnoni: batteria

Adagio Furioso

2014 CD Santeria / LP Tannen Records
Distribution: Audioglobe


1. La Cinese
2. Ravenna
3. Gilgamesh
4. Caligula
5. Far Out
6. Adagio Furioso
7. Catfish
8. Preacher Man
9. Ex

STARRING

Bruno Dorella: chitarra, steel drum
Cristian Naldi: chitarra
Diego Pasini: basso
Matteo Sideri: batteria, percussioni

CON

Francesca Amati: voce e accordion su "Far Out"
Nicola Ratti: synth e chitarra acustica su "Far Out"
Glauco Salvo: chitarra su "Far Out" e "Catfish"
Claudia Muratori: flauto su "Gilgamesh"
Nicola Manzan: archi su "La Cinese"
Matt Howden: violino su "Adagio Furioso”
Bruno Dorella, Cristian Naldi e Matteo Sideri: organo hammond, Rhodes e pianoforte qui e là

Tutti i brani sono di Bruno Dorella, arrangiati da Ronin tranne “Far Out” (Amati/Ratti/Dorella)
Registrato da Andrea Scardovi e Ivano Giovedì presso i Duna Studio, Russi (RA)
Mixato da Tommaso Colliva presso Toomi Labs, London
Masterizzato da Giovanni Versari presso La Maestà, Tredozio

Artwork: Rocco Lombardi
Layout: Cronogramma

Fenice

2012 CD Santeria / LP Tannen Records
Distribution: Audioglobe


A1 Spade 5:14
A2 Benevento 4:44
A3 Selce 5:18
A4 Jambiya 4:28
B1 Fenice 5:01
B2 It Was A Very Good Year 5:08
B3 Gentlemen Only 2:13
B4 Nord 4:58
B5 Conjure Men 4:05

Recorded at home by Paolo Mongardi. Mixed at CHE Studio by Tommaso Colliva. Mastered at La Maestà by Giovanni Versari. All songs written and composed by Bruno Dorella, arranged by Nicola Ratti, Chet Martino and Paolo Mongardi. It Was A Very Good Year by Ervin Drake. Horns arrangements written and composed by Enrico Gabrielli, strings arrangements written and composed by Nicola Manzan.

STARRING

Bruno Dorella: guitars
Nicola Ratti: guitars
Chet Martino: bass
Paolo Mongardi: drums & percussions

WITH

Emma Tricca, vocals on It Was A Very Good Year.
Enrico Gabrielli, flute & saxophone on Conjure Men, clarinet on It Was A Very Good Year and piano on Jambiya.
Raffaele Kohler, trumpet on Conjure Men.
Luciano Macchia, trombone on Conjure Men.
Nicola Manzan, strings on Fenice.
Umberto Dorella, electric organ on It Was A Very Good Year.

THANKS

Enzo Rotondaro, Carlotta Morelli, Francesca Morello, Dario Neri.

Artwork: Legno.

L'Ultimo Re

2009 CD Ghost Records
Distribution: Venus


1 L'Ultimo Re 6:31
2 Fuga Del Prete 2:41
3 Meandro 3:22
4 Lo Spettro 7:52
5 Tre Miniature 3:49
6 Bleedingrim 2:41
7 Venga La Guerra 4:01
8 Morte Del Prete 3:43
9 Morte Del Re 7:24

Tutti i brani scritti e composti da Bruno Dorella, arrangiati dai musicisti.
Bleedingrim è un omaggio ai Concrete (R.I.P.).
Registrato e mixato tra Gennaio e Marzo 2009 da Ivan A. Rossi all’Apricot Studio di Milano.
Editato e masterizzato da Giovanni Versari al Nautilus di Milano.

STARRING

Bruno Dorella: chitarra, steel drum, percussioni, fischio, cori
Nicola Ratti: chitarra, elettronica, cori
Chet Martino: basso, contrabbasso, cori
Enzo Rotondaro: batteria, percussioni, cori

WITH

Nicola Manzan: violino, viola
Giordano Geroni: basso tuba, organo
Ivan A. Rossi: field recordings

Artwork: Ango the Meek Dead. Layout: Chet. Ronin logo: Alessandro Baronciani.
Edizioni musicali: Warner Chappell Music Italiana S.r.l/Independent Entertainment Group S.n.c & C.

Vogliamo Anche Le Rose

2008 CD Rhino Records / Warner Music

1 Tema Di X (Intro) 2:00
2 Tema Di Anita 3:37
3 La Casalinga Pasticciona 1:28
4 La Danza Degli Uomini 2:02
5 Cinegiornale 2:48
6 Here's To You 4:14
7 Tema Di Teresa 2:45
8 Sogni Di Teresa 1:56
9 La Fabbrica Delle Bambole 2:17
10 Tema Di Valentina 3:46
11 Governo Vecchio 3:37
12 Grandi Pensatori 2:33
13 Dema Di X (Titoli Di Coda) 4:26

Soundtrack to a film by Alina Marazzi.
Tutti i brani scritti e composti da Bruno Dorella, arrangiati dai musicisti.
Registrato e mixato da Ivan A. Rossi all’Apricot Studio di Milano.

STARRING

Bruno Dorella: Guitar, Voice, Percussion, Cello
Chet Martino: Bass, Voice
Enzo Rotondaro: Drums, Percussion, Voice
Nicola Ratti: Guitar, Voice
Luca Galuppini: Saw, Voice
Cristina Abati: Viola
Paolo Pascolo: Flute
Giordano Geroni: Piano
Marco Anicio: Guitar
Andrea Cajelli: Cymbal
Ivan A. Rossi: Sound design

Lemming

2007 Ghost Records
Distribution: Audioglobe


1 I Pescatori Non Sono Tornati 6:12
2 La Banda 6:05
3 Mantra Infernale 6:37
4 Il Galeone 4:28
5 Portland 2:15
6 You Need It, Then It Comes 4:06
7 L'Etiope 2:34
8 Mar Morto 4:40
9 Lemming 9:05

Tutti i brani scritti e composti da Bruno Dorella, arrangiati dai musicisti, eccetto "You Need It, Then It Comes" di Coleen Kinsella, arrangiata da Bruno Dorella. "Il Galeone" reinterpretato sulla base del testo di Belgrado Pedrini nella versione di Paola Nicolazzi.
Registrato e mixato alla Sauna Recording Studio da Andrea Cajelli e Marco Sessa, editing & mastering by Kramer at Noise Miami.

STARRING

Bruno Dorella: Chitarra, tamburello, timpano, violoncello, voce
Chet Martino: Basso, voce
Enzo Rotondaro: Batteria, tamburo, gong, voce
Nicola Ratti: Chitarra, voce
Marco Anicio: Chitarra
Lorenzo Rizzi: Fisarmonica, voce
Luca Galuppini: Sega, voce
Giordano Geroni: Basso tuba
Andrea Cajelli: piatti
Federica Maglioni: Fagotto

Grafica Alessandro Baronciani/Francesca Grilli. Foto Francesca Grilli.

Ronin

2004 Ghost Records
Distribution: Audioglobe


1 Intro 1:37
2 Calavera 5:41
3 I Am Just Like You 4:38
4 Nada 4:30
5 Miniature 2:25
6 Mandrake 9:41
7 Mar Morto 2:02
8 6 A.M. Coffee 3:42
9 Lava 4:10

Tutti i brani sono scritti e composti da Bruno Dorella.
Registrato, mixato e masterizzato da Marco Milanesio.

STARRING

Bruno Dorella: Chitarra, ebow
Marco Anicio: Chitarra
Lorenzo Rizzi: Fisarmonica, contrabbasso
Jacopo Andreini: Batteria, sassofono, basso ebow
Bugo: Basso
Sara Lov: Vocals and words
Mae Starr: Vocals and words
Cinzia Mureddu Mansu: Violoncello
Brynya Ansedottir: Violoncello
Stefano Nava: Violino
Christian Rainer: Piano elettrico
Roberto Rizzo: Tastiere
DsorDNE: Elettronica
a034: Elettronica

Grafica Alessandro Baronciani.

Ronin EP

2002 Bar La Muerte
Distribution: Audioglobe


1 Ronin Theme
2 Nada
3 Canzone d'Amore Moldava
4 Ronin Theme (Storm reprise)
5 Outro

Tutti i brani sono scritti e composti da Bruno Dorella ed arrangiati dai musicisti.
Registrato e mixato da Marco Milanesio all'Acqualuce Studio di Alpignano, agosto 2001.

STARRING

Bruno Dorella: Chitarra
Marco Anicio: Chitarra
Lorenzo Rizzi: Fisarmonica
Jacopo Andreini: Batteria, sassofono
Alessandro Ruppen: Basso

L'immagine di copertina è tratta da un quadro di Stefano Migliosi
Grafica di Mirko Spino.

RONIN

Bruno Dorella: guitar
Nicola Manzan: guitar, violin
Roberto Villa: bass
Alessandro Vagnoni: drums

Read Ronin biography »

BIOGRAPHY

In 1999 Bruno Dorella was the drummer of Wolfango, when he decided to form a new band combining Morricone's western music, guitar isolationism and a certain Mediterranean and Balcan folk music. It took a while to find the right musicians, because of his punk background, but in 2003 their first self-titled EP was released.This EP became the original soundtrack of the short movie “Rocca Petrosa” by Cosimo Terlizzi.

Since the beginning, the band has performed a lot both in Italy and abroad. In 2004 they signed for Ghost records and released their first full length. The song “I Am Just Like You” was included in the original soundtrack of the movie “Tu Devi Essere Il Lupo” by Vittorio Moroni and in the final credits of the movie “Polvere” by Danilo Proietti and Massimiliano D’Epiro.

The second album “Lemming” was released by Ghost records in 2007 and it was record of the month for the italian music magazines “Rumore” and “Blow Up”. Some tracks from this album were synchronized in the documentary “Vogliamo Anche Le Rose” by Alina Marazzi, for which Ronin composed the original score as well.

The third album “L’Ultimo Re” was released in 2009, still on Ghost. The band toured extensively both in Italy and abroad. The fourth album “Fenice” was released in 2012, this time by Santeria Records, and it was followed by a long European tour. Again, it was record of the month for Blow Up magazine.

In 2013 they have released the single “Twin Peaks” in which they play two of the famous tv series themes.

After the live soundtrack for Kim Ki-Duk’s “The Isle”, commissioned by Mosaico Film Festival in Ravenna, in early 2014 they released another original movie soundtrack for “Il Terzo Tempo” by Enrico Maria Artale, the final credits tune for the movie “Tutto Parla Di Te” by Alina Marazzi and the ones for the movie “Match” by Stephen Belber.

The album “Adagio Furioso” came out in 2014, still on Santeria Records, it brought them on a long european tour in 2015. After that, they released 3 EP's (Stalingrad, I See Them – including all of their songs with Francesca Amati on vocals – and the split with Uyuni).

In 2017 they got a commission from the the Museo Nazionale del Cinema di Torino for a live soundrack of the movie “The Unknown” by Tod Browning, which was played in many cinema festivals after.

The new album “Bruto Minore” is out in September 2019 for Black Candy records, and it features a complete new line up, with Bruno Dorella still on guitar, Nicola Manzan on guitar and violin, Roberto Villa on bass, and Alessandro Vagnoni on drums.