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Ubi Maior took life in 1999. The nucleus of the band was formed when Lorenzo Marotta (voice) and Stefano
Mancarella (guitar) joined forces together with the keyboard player Gabriele Manzini.
The bass player Walter Gorreri came few weeks later and in the same time Gabriele brought his friend and
old bandmate. Alessandro Di Caprio to play drums.
Alter some months focused on the learning the compositions of Un Biglietto per l´inferno, Le Orme, PFM,
Balletto di Bronzo and Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, some new original traces were born “Messia”, “Vendetta”
and “Terra Madre”, were a perfect mixture between symphonic rock and hard rock and these traces remain
like a cornerstone fro the evolution of the band.
In 2001 they put these three tracks on CD and recorded their first demo Frontiere. In the same year Gabriele
Manzini joined Genesis-like band The Watch as keyboard player and played and recorded with them until
the end of 2004.
In 2002, Lorenzo Marotta, left the band to study bel canto and Mario Moi took his place.
During 2004 Ubi Maior joined the numerous festivals which Un Biglietto per l´inferno promoted for their 30th
years boxed-set.
The performances were very strong and Ubi Maior received the praise of both public and press. In the same
year they recorded a cover of “Prince Rupert Awakes” for the Letters a tribute to King Crimson released by
Mellow Records.
Alter some gigs during the spring they recorded just before summer a new demo called Atto Primo – Atto
Secondo, featuring new versions of old traces, and new long composition which paved the way for the debut
CD.
In January 2005 Ubi Maior placed at the Prog day festival in Lecco (north of Italy), a tribute concert for
Un Biglietto per l´inferno, and share the stage with famous Italian artists as Rodolfo Maltese (Banco),
Patricio Fariselli (Area), Tony Pagliuca (Le Orme) and Mauro Gnecchi (Un Biglietto per l´inferno).
By the beginning of 2005 the track “Veteran Cosmic Rocker” was recorded for the new Mellow Records
tribute “Higher and Higher – a tribute to The Moody Blues” which will be available by the end of 2005.
Finally the debut CD Nostos is released in October 2005 and it features also cover of Balletto di Bronzo “la
tua casa comoda” which has received the appreciation of the leader of Balletto, Gianni Leone.
Contacts
Web site: www.ubimaiorweb.it
Management Gabriella Rossi
Infoubimaior-pr@yahoo.it
Gabriele Manzini: gabrymanzo3@email.it
Rocksinfonico.com
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