CURRICULUM

The duo is formed by a couple of twins who play different musical instruments: Francesco (Kekko) at keyboards and Federico (Kikko) at sax, flute and voice.
The two brothers, sons of sax player Germano Montefiori, a talented 60's and 70's musician, before becoming Montefiori Cocktail, have worked separately. Francesco was a producer of house and breakbeat music, while Federico played sax in many bands .
Their career as Montefiori Cocktail starts in 1997 with the release of "Raccolta n. 1" followed by "Raccolta n. 2" in 2000 and "Re*Shaken-remixes album" in 2002, published by Irma.
After three years and their move to Sir Richard Branson's V2 Records, their third album, titled "Raccolta n.3", was released in November 2003.
in 2006 release "A taste of.."like a best of... for IRMA RECORDS,
for EMI Italy they release "MONTEFIORI APPETIZER vol 1" and "MONTEFIORI APPETIZER vol 2"
and in summer 2007 a new album "4 ORCHESTRA"
Since 2005 they play in quartet with Marco Battistini on bass and Luciano Vincenzi on drums



Their music is inspired by the sound that used to be called "Easy Listening" and that has become in its modern form, "Lounge Music".
Montefiori are Italy's major representative of the easy listening evolution, offering the 60's sounds enriched with technological elements.
Their style is inspired by the 60's and the beginning of the 70's. They grasp the vitality spirit conveyed by that period music, by reproposing it in musical forms that belong to our time, through the contamination with house, breakbeat, jungle, drum 'n bass sounds, etc..
It sounds like they want to prove that good music never gets old and, as the years go by, it gains its own consistency.

Keeping this in mind, they revive the 60's cult soundtracks, music from tv commercials, while travelling ..rek's spaceship of melancholy to sail in the ocean of "de-ja vù" and easy dance. It's a music to have fun with, for relaxed people and not only.
Many of their tracks have been used for the opening titles or as a musical background at both local and international radio and tv stations, they have also been featured in famous tv commercials for well known brands and have been used in film soundtracks.
Their musical taste has attracted many artists, for whom they have composed tracks and remixes (Claudio Coccoluto, Giorgio Conte, Johnson Righeira, Roy Paci, Pizzicato Five, Quinto Rigo, Skiantos ecc...) .
They have an incredible "live" history: from 1997 up till today they played in over five hundred concerts in Italy and around the world, they took part to many important festivals like Festival Jazz in Montreux, Copenhagen Jazz Festival, Warsaw and played in locations that are considered music temples like Jazz café, Blow Up, Madame jo-jo, Cargo in London, Cabaret Savauge in Paris, Casanova Revue, VolskGarten, B72 in Vienna, many tours in Russia ,etc..
In 1997 they played in a month long tour in the States in cities like New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadelphia and many others.

Times have been exhibited to London various and above all in the former ones tempio of the Easy Listening "Madame Jo Jo" in Soho , to the WAG for the "Blow Up"night, to the Jazz Cafè and to the Cargo that is one of the premises emerged to London. This in order to onlytowns more important.
Later on in Italy will carry in tour in the more important Italian clubs (Mercati Generali-MI, Boa Goa-GE, Link-BO, Brancaleone-Rome) for two times with with in Deejays di Karminsky Experience and with the singer showman Count Indigo a show set up to the English way of the Lounge clubs and will call it "London Cocktail Party".
27 May 1998 they play in directed to RadioRai 2 from the studies of Via Asiago, 10 to Rome in the evening of Sounds and Ultrasuoni that for l'occasione will call "Ultrasuoni Cocktail" conduct from Francisco Adinolfi, in the evening has moreover participated also the Sig. Piero Umiliani (Mr. Mah na mah na) with his original quintetto (d'epoca). The collaboration with Adinolfi will continue in the time and will carry to the realization of "Cocktail Parade", that is the charts of hits of the moment in Cocktail-version from the M.C. . In a special evening this program came transmitted from the alive one from Bologna where the M.C. together to the Germano father were exhibited from the alive one realizing also together to Lucio Dalla, From of his famoust songs riarranged. Today this program comes still transmitted every saturday from 21,30 on Radio RAI 2.

M.C. March 1999 in Graz in Austria, has participated like "musical choreography" playing from the alive one in the evening of premiazione of "Diagonal 1999", the more important cinematographic review of the Austrian cinema.

May 1999 hosts to Berlin for the Bungalow Night, in occasion of the presentation of the last disc of the "" titolato "Dauerfish the crime of the century".
The following week, they have played to Paris, to the Sauvage Cabaret, nell"ambito of the Tricatel Party, with to all the other artists of the Tricatel Records, that it would be the greater exponent of the Easy French Listening.

The 12 June 1999 to Montecchio of Reggio in the Emilia, participate to the First festival international Lounge, flank of the Pizzicato Five, Hammond Inferno, Mina, Karminsky Esperience, Count Indigo, Nicola Conte, Vip the 200 and all Italian the Easy scene. In this festival they participated more than 2.500 persons.
Same festival repeated the year after to Correggio with also Thievery Corporation, J.J.Johanson ecc.. .

Copenhagen in July 1999, the within of the Copenhagen Jazz Festival. In Denmark in june 2000 they have always played to Aalborg (the city more to north of Denmark) in the within of the called review "Intercosmos", a review a lot important in Denmark, that it comes also transmitted from Danish national radio (DR3).

In October 2000 to the Festival Jazz of the Warsaw (oldest d'Europa) that one calls "Jamboree Jazz Festival".
Cannes 2001 of the festival of the cinema, in the party exclusive of presentation of mega kolossal "LORD OF THE RINGS"

In several tour the Europeans they have realizes to you you vary party for the Martini to Moscow and in Greece (Salonicco).
Numerous times have played to Vienna in the more important premises (Casanova Revue, VolskGarten, B72 etc...) and for party organized from the tourist agency of state an Austrian.
Also in Italy they have various times played for important convention: Nokia, Missoni, Roberto Horses, Bliss jewels (Damiani jewels), Broke, Compaq computers, Camel active and ibazaar together to the most likeable Platinette.
Of recent they have realized musics originates them for the spot of the Pampers, of Telecom (B.B.B.) and (info 142).

2002
March in piazz S.MARCO for the carnival of Venice with RADIO CAPITAL
In Pescara convention for MISS SIXTY Pordenone "DIABOLIK FESTIVAL" Bologna Public square Greens in directed on RADIORAI 2 "ULTRASOUNDS COCKTAIL"
Inauguration of GRAND LOUNGE BAR to KIEV
In PORTO CERVO party of premiazione of VOLVO SWAN CUP
In STOCKHOLM to the LIDMAN HOTEL and the YEAR HOTEL To MOSCOW to the SETTEBELLO club for MILDSEVEN party
In CISTERNINO for LOUNGE FESTIVAL "the stones that GOATS sing" To S.PIETROBURGO for STEREOLETO FESTIVAL
ATENE for 2° lounge festival in Greece
31 December on live on RADIORAI 2 in CAPRI island

2003
GRAZ for party of opening " GRAZ 2003" EUROPEAN CAPITAL of CULTURE 2003
RAI 2 hosts in the transmission "QUELLI CHE IL CALCIO"
Tour in RUSSIA in 4 towns: ROSTOV, YECATIRINBURG, KRASNODAR and MOSCOW
VIENNA for the "LIFEBALL":la greater manifestation south wind-German to benefit for the fight against the AIDS reached edition with hosts which: ELTON JOHN, SKIN, MORCHEEBA etc. PIACENZA concert supporter of MANU CHAO
Tour in Croatia with HT-MOBILE in 7 towns: POREC, NOVALYA, VODICE, SUPETAR, HVAR, VIS, DUBROVNIK
From October on RAI 1 the song "HU HA" is the title track of quiz-show "the TRANSACTIONS YOUR" culvert from BONOLIS to the 20,30 all the evenings!
AMBURGO party of opening of the hotel 25 HOURS
Tour in Russia of presentation of the new album in : NISDY NOVGOROD, S.PIETROBURGO, SAMARA, NOVOSIBIRSK.
13 Decembers to BOLOGNA-MOTOR SHOW-RUVIDO presentation of N°3 COLLECTION with concert on live on RADIORAI2
31 DECEMBER party of directed S.SILVESTRO on RADIORAI2 from studies RAI of via ASIAGO in ROME
DECEMBER 2007 RAI 2 , as a resident band for SCALO 76


2004

commercial VODAFON PORTUGAL with the unrealesed song "TU MA TROUVE'"
STOCKHOLM - HOTEL LYDMAN presentation album "RACCOLTA n°3"
Tour in MEXICO - festival of music electronic to MEXICO CITY
VIENNA-HOTEL RIVIERA tour (Passage club -SOULSUGAR night)
MTV SUNSET TOUR http://www.mtv.it/music/eventi/mtvsunset/
VENICE-Fondazione Giorgio Cini "CINEMA AGAINST AIDS VENICE 2004"(www.amfar.org)
STOCKOLM "LUNA PARK FESTIVAL" at MOSEBACKE
ZAGREB - "GLORIA MAGAZINE" party
VELENJE "KLUB MAX"

2005

VARSAVIA - PAPROTKA club
MOSCA - VOGUE club
S.PIETROBURGO - PLATFORMA club
commercial T-MOBILE AUSTRIA with the song "HU HA"
TAORMINA awards"Chocolat & Wine 2005"
VARSAVIA - "SWAN LAKE" club
RIVA DEL GARDA "RadioIncontri 2005"
TRIESTE "ISLE of MTV"
ALGHERO "jazz festival"
GRAZ "STUDIO MARTINELLI"
LA SPEZIA "SCHIFFINI 80"
TRIESTE "BARCOLANA 2005"
VELENJE "KLUB MAX"
KIEV "ORANGEREYA"
PORDENONE "4° DIABOLIK FEST"
S.PETERSBURG "JET SET"
MOSCOW "TINKOFF"
FIRENZE "dada.net" convenction
MILANO-ROMA-FIRENZE "EVENTO DIESEL SOIR NOIR S/S 2005"


2006

BALTIC TOUR (VILNIUS - RIGA)
SKOPJE "RADIO 103 FESTIVAL"
ZARA "GARDEN MUSIC FESTIVAL"
SENIGALLIA "CATERRADUNO" RADIO RAI 2
commercial KONICA MINOLTA JAPAN with the unrealesed song "RONALDINHO SUPERSTAR"
MASERATI ITALIAN TOUR 2006
KIEV (MASTERCARD EVENT)
BREIL WORLD 2006 (MILANO)
55DSL FEEL AT HOME (BASSANO)
MINI italy(FRANCIACORTA)
STOCKHOLM (Sverige post XMAS PARTY)
ZAGREB (SIEMENS XMAS PARTY)

2007

GRONINGEN "EUROSONIC FESTIVAL"
MILANO "HOLDING 3 editori" event
ROMA "Pilsner Urquell International Photography Awards exposition"
MOSCOW "GQ" opening party
BANGKOK "HUA HIN Jazz Festival 2007" "
RIJEKA "T-COM" event
WARSAW "IGUANA CLUB"
ODESSA "FASHION WEEK" event
CIRCEO "EXOTIQUE FESTIVAL 07"
MOSCOW "NU NOTE LOUNGE FESTIVAL 2007"
KAZAKISTAN-ALMATY "RADIO MUSIC " event
WROCLAW "RADIO RAM" event

2008

ATHENS "TIKI ATHENS" opening party
VENEZIA "OFFICIAL CARNAVAL"
VIENNA "Flair Magazine Event"
ROMA "2° INTERNATIONAL BURLESQUE FESTIVAL"
MOSCOW "4DUK RADIO ANNIVERSARY PARTY"
OPATIJA "Coffee Break FESTIVAL"
CHISINAU "MAESTRO RADIO LOUNGE" PARTY
VILNIUS "GRAVITY ANNIVERSARY PARTY"
BIELLA "TEATRO DELLE
KIEV "FREE FAT FESTIVAL"
SPOLETO "Vini nel Mondo 2008"

O.S.T.

SEX AND THE CITY (USA TV-Series 1998-2004) "GNE GNE" "LAZY BUSY" "SOFISTICATA"
DINNER RUSH (USA 2000) "GNE GNE" "LAZY BUSY" "ANOTHER B" www.dinnerrush.com
HAPPY ACCIDENTS (USA 2000): "Anamaria", "Je t'adore"
L'ULTIMO BACIO (ITA 2001) "HU HA" "LAZY BUSY" www.lultimobacio.it
DI PRIMA SCELTA (CORTO-ITA 2004) "DI PRIMA SCELTA"
BOTNIK (CARTOON-USA 2008)


Appearances:
Another B on Batucada, CD (Mole Listening Pearls)
Crazy Beat (Claudiiiococcoluto & Savinomartineeez Remix) on A Midsummer Night's Dream: Claudio Coccoluto, 3x12" (DMC Publishing)
Quando Quando Quando on The Cocktail Shaker. New Groovy Kitsch & Space-Age Pop, CD (Irma)
Sofisticata (Nicola Conte Soft Samba Strings Remix) on Elemental Chill - Volume 4: Water, CD (Kriztal Entertainment)
Gipsy Woman on Glücklich V, CD (Compost Records)
Gipsy Woman-SUNNY on VIVA LA VITA, CD (MARTINI-RUSSIA) 2001
Tekila Bum Bum on Urban Motors - Sound Frames From A Nu Culture, CD (Irma)
Sofisticata (Nicola Conte Remix) on Irma Jazz Funk 'N' Bossa Vol. 3, CD (Irma)
Sofistica on Irma Jazz Funk 'N' Bossa Vol. 3, CD (Irma)
GNé Gné 2001 on "La DOUCE PARTY n°1" (2001)
Gypsy Woman on Glücklich V, 2x12" (Compost Records)
Sofisticata (Nicola Conte Soft Samba String Remix) on Break N' Bossa Chapter 4, CD (Schema)
Sofisticata on Break N' Bossa - Chapter 4, CD (Schema)
Gipsy Woman (Dim's Special Re-Touch) on Dimitri From Paris In The House (Part 2), 2x12" (Defected) 2004
Crazy Beat (Claudio Coccoluto Remix) on Chill Out Cafe Volume Uno, CD (Irma)
Comment Te Dire Adieu – on La Dolce Vita comp. (HALIDON) (2004)
Comment Te Dire Adieu – on "The Nightfly Vol. 8 - On Top Of The World". La compilation è pubblicata dalla BMG. (2004)
PIC NIC on mei made in italy vol. I (2004)
THE POLISH CLAN on "EZ LOUNGE" – MEDIA RECORDS (2002)
AGUA DE BEBER on "World lounge" –PUTUMAYO records (2001)
AGUA DE BEBER on "SISTER BOSSA vol.1" –IRMA records (2001)
Gypsy Woman on VV.AA Generation Cocktail (The Saifam Group) (2003)
Comment Te Dire Adieu on VV.AA Generation Cocktail Vol. 3 (The Saifam Group) (2005)
BOLERO on VV.AA Generation Cocktail Vol. 4 (The Saifam Group) (2005)
PARDON on Soul Shaker - Various (2004) on the Record Kicks label
"JE T'ADORE"-"Bossa ..n.. Go" on the Scenario label (2000)
"another B" - Café Noir Bossa Brazil 1 - 2002 Pyramide (Irma)
" agua de beber" Café Noir: Bossa Brazil 2 -2002 Pyramide (Irma) l
"another B" Duna Degli Orsi: Marinadiravenna 2005 Irma label
"un uomo una donna" L'Aperitivo Italiano - 2004 Irma label
"gné gné" Irma At Sex In The City Part 1 2004 Irma
"sofisticata" "lazy busy" Irma At Sex In The City Part 2 2004 Irma
Sofisticata (Nicola Conte Soft Samba String Remix) Irma On Canvas Exhibition 1 2003 Irma
"crazy beat-gipsy woman-gné gné"-Irma Records Live In Montreux Vol.1 - 2002 Irma
I Feel Love(Fantastic Plastic Machine Remix) Formentera De Noche Vol. 1 2003 Irma
Lazy Busy (Spellband Remix) Formentera De Noche Vol. 2 -2003 Irma
"Black Horse And The Cherry Tree" The Cover Art of Blue Note vol.2 2007 EMI

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