Tazenda

Tazenda
Tazenda live in Arbus, 2014
Background information
Origin	Sardinia, Italy
Genres	Pop rock, ethnic music, folk rock, pop
Years active	1988–present

Members	Gigi Camedda Gino Marielli Nicola Nite

Past members	Andrea Parodi Beppe Dettori

Website	tazenda.it

Tazenda is a Sardinian ethnic pop-rock band. The group was formed in Sardinia in 1988 by Andrea Parodi, Gigi Camedda and Gino Marielli. The group's music is characterized by the influence from traditional Sardinian music; the lyrics of most of its songs are in Sardinian language (especially in its Logudorese dialectal variety) rather than Italian.

The name of the band was taken from Second Foundation, a novel of the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov. In the novel the planet "Tazenda" (the name of which comes from the English expression "Star's End") plays an important role. The choice, according to Tazenda, of this name was because of an assonance with their own language.

Discography

Studio albums

1988 - Tazenda
1991 - Murales
1992 - Limba
1995 - Fortza paris
1998 - Sardinia
2005 - ¡¡¡Bum-ba!!!
2007 - Vida
2008 - Madre Terra
2012 - Ottantotto
2021 – Antìstasis

Compilation albums

1997 - Il sole di Tazenda

Live albums

1993 - Il popolo rock
2001 - Bios – Live in Ziqqurat
2006 - Reunion
2009 - Il nostro canto - Live in Sardinia
2011 - Desvelos tour
2015 - Il respiro live

Singles

1988 – "A sa zente/S'urtima luche"
1990 – "Carrasecare"
1991 – "Spunta la Luna dal monte (Disamparados)" (feat. Pierangelo Bertoli)
1991 – "Mamoiada"
1993 – "Il popolo rock"
1997 – "Scaldaci Sole"
2003 - "Bandidos"
2007 - "Domo mia" (feat. Eros Ramazzotti)
2007 - "La ricerca di te"
2008 - "Madre Terra" (feat. Francesco Renga)
2009 - "Piove luce" (feat. Gianluca Grignani)
2008 - "L'aquila"
2012 - "Mielacrime"
2013 - "Il respiro del silenzio" (feat. Kekko Silvestre from Modà)
2015 - "Amore nou"
2018 - "Dentro le parole"

External links

Official site (in Italian)
Article on Andrea Parodi, Repubblica.it, 18 October 2006. (in Italian)
Article on Andrea Parodi death, Corriere della Sera, 18 October 2006. (in Italian)

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