Biography
Neri Per Caso emerged in Salerno during 1992 as the first Italian group to top the charts entirely through a cappella performances. The sextet brought together siblings Ciro Caravano and Gonzalo Caravano, their cousins Diego Caravano and Domenico Pablo “Mimì” Caravano, plus longtime associates Mario Crescenzo and Massimo de Divitiis. Drawing from 1950s doo-wop traditions, the members launched their career with local shows in Salerno and aboard cruise ships. A Rome concert led them to producer Claudio Mattone, who would shape their early recordings.
Their breakthrough arrived in 1995 when they captured the New Artists category at the Sanremo Music Festival with “Le Ragazze.” The track anchored the album of the same name, which also featured the single “Sentimento Pentimento” alongside a cappella interpretations of well-known Italian pop numbers. Their distinctive unaccompanied harmonies and memorable melodies quickly propelled them to the summit of the Italian charts. The following year the group returned to Sanremo with the ballad “Mai Più Sola” and issued their second album, Strumenti, the first release to incorporate both acoustic and electronic instrumentation behind their vocals.
Also in 1996 they issued the holiday collection And So This Is Christmas. Their self-titled third album, Neri Per Caso, appeared in 1997; a Spanish-language counterpart followed in 1998. In 1999 the band embarked on an extensive tour across Asia and Latin America. Their fifth studio effort, Angelo Blu, surfaced in 2000 and contained the single “Sarà,” an Italian adaptation of Tavares’ “Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel.”
Marking a decade of activity, Neri Per Caso unveiled the 2002 anthology La Raccolta, which gathered their major hits, added two new recordings, and featured “Quando” from the Italian soundtrack of Disney’s 1996 animated feature The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Subsequent years found the group focused on live work, including appearances in Singapore and Latin America. In 2008 they returned with Angoli Diversi, an album of Italian song covers performed alongside the original artists Mario Biondi, Lucio Dalla, Pooh, Gino Paoli, and Claudio Baglioni.
Their breakthrough arrived in 1995 when they captured the New Artists category at the Sanremo Music Festival with “Le Ragazze.” The track anchored the album of the same name, which also featured the single “Sentimento Pentimento” alongside a cappella interpretations of well-known Italian pop numbers. Their distinctive unaccompanied harmonies and memorable melodies quickly propelled them to the summit of the Italian charts. The following year the group returned to Sanremo with the ballad “Mai Più Sola” and issued their second album, Strumenti, the first release to incorporate both acoustic and electronic instrumentation behind their vocals.
Also in 1996 they issued the holiday collection And So This Is Christmas. Their self-titled third album, Neri Per Caso, appeared in 1997; a Spanish-language counterpart followed in 1998. In 1999 the band embarked on an extensive tour across Asia and Latin America. Their fifth studio effort, Angelo Blu, surfaced in 2000 and contained the single “Sarà,” an Italian adaptation of Tavares’ “Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel.”
Marking a decade of activity, Neri Per Caso unveiled the 2002 anthology La Raccolta, which gathered their major hits, added two new recordings, and featured “Quando” from the Italian soundtrack of Disney’s 1996 animated feature The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Subsequent years found the group focused on live work, including appearances in Singapore and Latin America. In 2008 they returned with Angoli Diversi, an album of Italian song covers performed alongside the original artists Mario Biondi, Lucio Dalla, Pooh, Gino Paoli, and Claudio Baglioni.
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