Paolo Baltaro

Paolo Baltaro is an Italian musician, singer, songwriter, producer, and founder of Banksville Records.

Career

As producer, he has worked with Jazz Bigbox, Even Vast, Gabriel Delta, McAllan, Arcansiel, Roulette Cinese, Società Anonima Decostruzionismi Organici, Mhmm, Sorella Maldestra, Terry Dene and Lica Cecato.
While living in Italy, Baltaro joined the Neo Prog band, Arcansiel, at the time of their third album, Normality of Perversion, which was followed by Swimming in the Sand. In 2008, he formed the experimental nu-jazz quintet S.A.D.O. as a spin-off of Arcansiel.
With S.A.D.O., he was made the 12th "Tribute to Demetrio Stratos" and also won the "Darwin award of Italian non-conventional music".
In 2010, he was awarded best progressive producer of the year by the Prog Award webzine for the conceptual bilingual album, Weather Underground. In 2008, he released Do Not Disturb, a blues album with Mhmm for Banksville Records as songwriter, producer, singer, bassist and keyboardist.
In 2011, Baltaro released Low Fare Flight to the Earth, his solo album, as singer and composer, playing all instruments, for Musea Records. Now based in London, Baltaro is also the drummer of Laura Guidi and of the Italian punk band, Sorella Maldestra.
In 2016, he released his first book in Italian, Gli Ambienti Teorici Multidimensionali, with an English language edition available. In the same year, he released his second solo album, The Day After The Night Before. and played the guitar in the Sound Wall Project album "Drunk, led by Andrea Bonizzi, with Colin Edwin of Porcupine Tree on bass and Angelo Bruschini of Massive Attack.
In 2017, he produced the original soundtrack of La Tempete, a movie by Ricky Mastro. In January 2019, he released with the S.A.D.O. Società Anonima Decostruzionismi Organici, Musiche per signorine da marito – Cura uditiva della narcolessia in forma Sentenziale, a double experimental album, in English and Italian versions on the same record, formed of nine songs, recorded in Sentential format.
In August 2019, he released with the Brazilian singer Lica Cecato Call Porter – A time warp into Cole Porter's music, made of songs written by Cole Porter, with arrangements based on rock, pop, progressive rock, chill out, electro-punk, Merseybeat, heavy metal and various experimental elements, including elements of contemporary music in the same record. The record was released as by "Lica Cecato and Paolo Baltaro's orchestra".

Discography

1994: Normality Of Perversion
1991: Esperimenti di Free Jazz
1994: Lisciometal à Go-Go
1994: Implosioni
1995: Teratoarchetipia
1999: Hear Me Out –
2001: La Differanza
2003: Che Fine Ha Fatto Baby Love
2004: Swimming in the Sand
2007: Holzvege
2008: Do Not Disturb
2009: Maltempo
2009: Low Fare Flight to the Earth
2009: Imprescindibile Momento di Cultura Italiana
2010: Weather Underground
2011: The Rock Is Rolling Again con Terry Dene and Gabriel Delta
2012: Ortoboia
2012: Il Lato A della Serie B – Salutate 7 Scudetti
2015: Herpes – 200145 -ristampa-
2016: DRUNK with Sound Wall Project prod. Andrea Bonizzi, feat. Angelo Bruschini e Colin Edwin PKMP1602
2017: The Day After The Night Before – Original soundtracks for imaginary movies kmp 1601
2017: La Tempete – Original Soundtrack BR4500217
2018: Live Pillheads PKMP 01791
2019: Musiche per signorine da marito – Cura uditiva della narcolessia in forma Sentenziale BAA-38178
2019: Call Porter – A time warp into Cole Porter's music by Lica cecato and Paolo Baltaro's orchestra PKMP1991
2022: A New World? by Gabriel Delta Paolo Baltaro & Daniele Mignone PKMP01681
2023: TANATOFOBIA Vaccino uditivo contro la paura di morire in forma sentenziale PKMP01682
2024: Digitare Prima dei Pasti PKMP68510

Compilations

1992: Sanscemo 92
2008: Guitars dancing in the light con il medley Jingo / Moonflower / Tales Of Kilimangiaro
2013: More Animals at the Gates of Reason – A Tribute to Pink Floyd
2013: ''Musiche Per Viaggiatori Distratti''

Collaborations

1992 – Donatella Rettore – Son Rettore e canto –
1992 – Gibì Franco – Ragazzo del '67 –
1992 – Quintetto Steu Battezzato – Esperimenti di free jazz –
1993 – Velivolivolanti – promo –
1993 – Maken B – 45gg "Droga Rock – Cosa vuol dire?"
1992 – Mortuary Drape – Into The Drape – Decapitated Records
1993 – Point of View – Misguided Confidence – INAUDITO 9
1994 – Opera IX The Call of the Wood – Miscarriage Records
1994 – Point of View Grey – Mele Marce Records
1995 – Chaos and Technocracy Abstract... and More – Nosferatu Records
1996 – Nemici dell'Igene – From Rock-a-Boom to Water Close
2000 – PG2000 – I Grandi Successi – Peoplesound Records
2001 – Cesare Bardelli – Remasters
2002 – Toxic Poison – Nothing's Forever Banksville Records
2003 – Strumpazzizzy – Notes
2004 – Fabrizio Consoli – singolo L'amore non-paga, for Fred Buscaglione Jr.
2004 – Riarangià – Riarangià,
2005 – Faber Per Sempre – un progetto di Per Michelatti su musica di Fabrizio De André
2006 – Toxic Poison – Cold Hate Hot Blood – Banksville Records
2006 – Matrioska – Stralunatica – Produzione Pier Michelatti
2010 – Toxic Poison – The Beast Is Back – Banksville Records
2010 – Enrico Ruggeri – Vivi – Universal Music Italia Srl
2011 – Smodati – La gloria è nei momenti – Brit Beat
2012 – Mauro Ermanno Giovanardi Ho Sognato Troppo L'Altra Notte? Sony Music 88697718372
2013 – Francesco Sarcina
2013 – Garrison Fewell – versione di "Everytime we say goodbye"
2014 – Leigh de Vries – singoli: Dead City e Saw Blade
2015 – Frenky dei Rogers – singolo To You
2015 – Lica Cecato –
2017 – Sound Wall Project –
2018 – Laura Guidi – The Point –

Publications

Guido Michelone, Vercelli Nel Juke Box, Editrice White Light, alla voce Paolo Baltaro, pag 128 e Arcansiel, pag 128
Massimo Forni, Lungo Le Vie Del Prog, Editrice Palladino, pag. 177
Federico Guglielmi, Il Punk, Editrice Apache, voce Sorella Maldestra
Andrea Parentin, An introduction to Italian Progressive Rock,, pag. 315
Paolo Baltaro, Gli Ambienti Teorici Multidimensionali, Editrice Banksville Books

Soundtracks

1990: Il Ritorno della Cicogna Bianca di Carlo Donis, documentary – prod. Piero Angela, Quark / Rai 1
1990: The Tree by Achaz Hardnberg, cartoon, MXM productions
1998: Claas international, industrial documentary, prod. Tecnomovie
1995: Caro cavallo, homevideo, International Press – Polyeditor
1995: La lampada di Aladino, cartoon, prod. Tecnomovie- Polyeditor
1996: I Nemici dell’Igene – The Movie, feature film, Pinkstudio / Banksville Records
1998: La patente B in video, homevideo course, prod. Tecnomovie Polyeditor – International press
1998: RIV-SKF, industrial documentary, prod. Tecnomovie
1999: CLAAS, it's all about the soil, industrial documentary, prod. Tecnomovie
2012: Il museo delle cere, theathral show by G. Pacella
2013: Artica Biancaneve, theathral show by G. Pacella
2013: Mamà by Raul Donovan, short film, Banksville Records
2015: Intrecci d’arte, theathral show, co-production Paolo Baltaro e G. Pacella
2016: L’Attache by Magica Aidan, directed by Gianni Opezzo and Paolo Baltaro, Banksville Records
2017: La Tempete – Original Soundtrack, short film, Banksville Records
2022: L'Anniversario- a movie by Gabriel Maius Stancu Original soundtrack by The Pillheads