BIO

1993

April: born of the group composed by Fabio Zuffanti ( bass, vocals ), Stefano Marelli ( guitars, vocals ), Boris Valle ( keys ), Marco Cavani ( drums ) and Sergio Grazia ( Flute )

June / September: Concerts in Liguria

1994

January: Recording of the first demo tape with 2 songs ( Asia and Cantoantico )

June: Finisterre signed a contract with indipendent italian label Mellow Records and record the first CD

1995

January: The first cd "Finisterre" comes out

March / September: Concerts in Italy

October: Cavani and Grazia left the group replaced by Francesca Biagini ( Flute ) and Marcello Mazzocchi ( drums )

1996

january: Recording of the second CD

June: The second cd "In limine" comes out

June / September: Concerts in Italy

October: Francesca Biagini left the group

1997

January: Marcello Mazzocchi left the group replaced by Andrea Orlando

March / July: Concerts in Italy and France

August: Finisterre played in North Carolina ( USA ) at Progday 1997 with Sergio Grazia ( the flute player of the first CD ) as guest musician

September: A live CD ( recorded during the Italian and French concerts ) comes out. The CD is entitled "Ai margini della terra fertile"

1998

June: Finisterre signed for a new Italian label called Iridea Records and recorded the new cd under the direction of the italian producer Roberto Colombo

August: Concerts in France

1999

January: The new CD "In ogni luogo" comes out

May / June: Concerts in Italy

September: Boris Valle left the group replaced by Agostino Macor

2000

Febraury / june: Concerts in Italy and Spain

July: Leonardo Palkovic, director of the American Label Moonjune Records became Finisterre's International Manager

September: Finisterre are joined by singer Raffaella Callea

December: The "Live at Progday 1997" CD on a limited edition ( 500 copies )is out for Proglodite records

2001

Febraury / March: Tour in Mexico

March: The reissue of the Live at Porgday 1997 is out for Moonjune records with a new title: "Storybook"

September: Finisterre stop temporary their musical activities and their components works separately in other projects. Orlando and Callea left the group 

2002

January: A new double-CD compilation of rarities and live numbers entitled "Harmony of the spheres" come out for Mellow records

Settembre: Finisterre start again working togheter. The group is re-joined by Boris Valle and by first dummer Marco Cavani 

October: Reunion concert in Milan

November: Finisterre starts working on some new composition for the next studio CD

2003

January / July: Works on new songs

July: Finiterre joins Immaginifica label

September/December: Recordings of the new CD

2004

January / April: Recordings of the new cd

November: The new cd "La meccanica naturale" comes out. The cd is produced by Franz Di Cioccio for his label Immaginifica

2005

January / September: Concerts in Italy and Belgium

Finisterre is an italian group born in 1993. Their music is a crossover of different styles like Rock, Prog, Electronic, Classical, Jazz, Folk, Ambient, Contemporary and Minimalism

Finisterre recorded ( for now ) 3 studio and 2 live CDs

Finisterre played live concert in Italy, France, Spain, Belgium, USA and Mexico.

Finistere's works are very acclaimed by the critycs and by the people. Their CDs sell very well and had all very good rewievs. The group is well-know like one of the most important progressive group coming from Italy

 

Finisterre are composed by :

STEFANO MARELLI. guitars, vocals

BORIS VALLE. piano, electronic keyboards 

FABIO ZUFFANTI. bass, bass pedals, choirs

AGOSTINO MACOR. synthetisers, mellotron, organ, choirs