TSIGOTI

(Usa, Italy)
Thollem McDonas - piano, voice
Jacopo Andreini- guitar
Matteo Bennici - bass, voice
Andrea Caprara - drums

Waristerror Terroriswar (Now TSIGOTI) is a collaborative and improvisational quazi-punk band dedicated to expressing their opposition for war, authoritarian regimes, and violent religious extremes. It's a band made up of members from two different continents with a tremendous amount of experience in a wide variety of musical situations. Their first album transpired the year after the 2006 war between Lebanon and Israel though it is not about that war specifically but war in general. Some songs were written in a few hours, and without teaching them to each other they recorded the first album "TheBrutalRealityOfModernBrutality" in 3 days. They met again this past year to record a second album "Private Poverty Speaks To The People Of The Party", play their first shows to wildly enthusiastic audiences, and reconfirm their collective skeptical optimism.

TSIGOTI (meaning 'I see' in Cherokee language) is the next step. Same people, same instruments, same improvisational spirit, now with more involvement and time to craft songs. This time war is seen from the inside, from people who suffer being attacked, trapped, imprisoned, terrorized and tricked. The music has become more complex, with guest musicians from our Valdisieve family (Edoardo Ricci, Samuele Venturin, Francesco di Mauro, and a choir of a dozen of friends). A multi-layered approach to the sound, exploiting new recording techniques and equipment, brings Tsigoti sound to your ears exploding in all its controversial spikes. The artwork is signed by master cartoonist Squaz and the album was released in december 2009 by ESP-Disk, distributed worldwide.

US Tour April 29 - June 6 2010
April 28th at Pianos NY
April 29th at New Museum with Martha Colburn NY
April 30th at Philadelphia Museum Of Art with Martha Colburn Philadelphia
May 1st at May Day Festival Greenbelt, MD
May 2nd at Garfield Artworks Pittsburgh
May 4th at Manhattan's Toledo, OH
May 5th at Le Petit Zinc Detroit
May 6th at Old Miami Detroit
May 7th at WNUR Live On-Air Performance Chicago
May 7th at Reggie's Music Joint Chicago
May 8th at Independent Media Center Urbana, IL
May 12th at KDHX FM Live On-Air Performance St. Louis
May 12th at Floating Laboratories St. Louis
May 13th at The Tap Room St. Louis
May 15th at Coalmine Kollektiv Albuquerque
May 16th at High Mayhem Santa Fe
May 18th at Echo Curio Los Angeles with DOS
May 19th at Que Sera Long Beach with MISSINGMEN
May 21st at KFJC FM SF Bay Area
May 21st at Hotel Utah Saloon San Francisco
May 22nd at The Blank Club San Jose
May 29th at The Artistery Portland, OR with MOODRING
May 30th at The Josephine Seattle, WA with ROLLERBALL
May 31st at Kenton Club Portland, OR with ROLLERBALL
June 3rd at Parish Public House, Santa Cruz CA with THE CAREERERS
June 4th at The Sub Zero Festival San Jose, CA

second album
"PrivatePovertySpeaksToThePeopleOfTHeParty"
out on ESP-Disk records

"PrivatePoverty" european tour December, 2009

10th Ravenna, Italy @ CSO Spartaco
11th Ljubljana, Slovenia @ Menza pri Koritu
12th Koper, Slovenia @ MKC
13th Firenze @ nEXt Emerson
16th Terni, Italy @ Galleria Da.Co.**CANCELED**
17th Grosseto, Italy @ Spazio72
19th Milano, Italy @ Trok!
20th Ora (Bz), Italy @ AurOra Piccolo Teatro
21st - 30th Recording 3rd album

DEBUT CD
"TheBrutalRealityOfModernBrutality"
Edgetone Records in cooperation with Burp Enterprise and San Giuseppe Records

Brutal Reality Tour 2008
July 4th - Firenze
July 5th - TagoFest - Massa
July 15th 16th, 17th recording new album 'PrivatePoverty'
July 18th CPA - Firenze
July 19th Franfresca - Lugo di Romagna
September 18th Ex-Emerson - Firenze
September 25th University - Siena
September 26th Centr'Arte - San Marino
September 27th TROK! Festival - Milano

news
- interview by Mike Watt on The Watt from Pedro show http://twfps.com/
- cover on Musicclub magazine www.musicclub.it

videos online:
http://www.youtube.com/tsigoti#p/a/u/0/kaLTn5cyMlw
http://www.youtube.com/tsigoti#p/a/u/2/JoKlua_OSWY
http://www.youtube.com/tsigoti#p/u/3/bzX4A8LC7fg
http://www.youtube.com/tsigoti#p/u/1/cgrMCVhbpSo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57SNpLrG6UI
thanks to Tab_ularasa, Tuia Cherici, Steven Baker