Demetrio Stratos
Demetrio Stratos (1945 to 1979) was one of the most creative artists in Italian rock, and a voice researcher of international standing. Born Demetrios Efstratios in Alexandria, Egypt, to a Greek family, he came to Italy in 1962 and in 1972 formed Area, one of the most adventurous and politically charged Italian progressive bands. Alongside his work with Area he pursued a study of the human voice that took him far beyond song: diplophonic and multiphonic techniques, the sounds a single throat can make outside language, documented on solo records such as Metrodora and Cantare la voce and admired by John Cage.
Demetrio Stratos (1945 to 1979) was one of the most creative artists in Italian rock, and a voice researcher of international standing. Born Demetrios Efstratios in Alexandria, Egypt, to a Greek family, he came to Italy in 1962 and in 1972 formed Area, one of the most adventurous and politically charged Italian progressive bands. Alongside his work with Area he pursued a study of the human voice that took him far beyond song: diplophonic and multiphonic techniques, the sounds a single throat can make outside language, documented on solo records such as Metrodora and Cantare la voce and admired by John Cage.
