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5 unusual facts about Paolo Baltaro


Paolo Baltaro

Paolo went back on stage with Arcansiel, jazz-prog-rock band as producer, singer and songwriter on the occasion of their fourth album Swimming in The Sand (Musea), that gathers their best songs (plus an unpublished work), all re-recorded in 2003.

As producer he worked with Jazz Bigbox (Banksville Records), Even Vast (Black Lotus), Gabriel Delta (Banksville Records), McAllan (Ariston), Arcansiel (Musea), Roulette Cinese (Toast Records), Società Anonima Decostruzionismi Organici (Btf-Ams), Mhmm (Banksville), Sorella Maldestra (Banksville) and Terry Dene.

With the experimental jazz combo Società Anonima Decostruzionismi Organici he was awarded awarded as winner of the 12th “Tribute to Demetrio Stratos”, the "Darwin award for Italian non-conventional music" in 2008 and, as producer, he was awarded as winner of the 2010 edition of the Prog Award as best producer of the year for Weather Underground.

In 2010 he releases Swimming in The Sand, his soloist album, as singer and composer, playing all instruments, for Musea records, recorded in Manchester and London.

Società Anonima Decostruzionismi Organici

The S.A.D.O. (Società Anonima Decostruzionismi Organici, Anonymous Society of Organic Deconstructionisms) band took shape in 1994 in Italy, from the Arcansiel group (Gianni Opezzo, Paolo Baltaro and Sandro Marinoni), with Diego Marzi on percussion.


Banksville Records

Banksville Records is a recording company founded in 2005 by producer Paolo Baltaro, awarded as winners of the 12th “ Tribute to Demetrio Stratos”, the “ Darwin award for Italian non-conventional music in 2008 and, as producer, he was awarded as winner of the 2010 edition of the Prog Award as BEST 2010 PRODUCTION for Weather Underground.


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