Twenty Four Hours

Twenty Four Hours

Genres: Psychedelic Rock, art rock, Progressive, rock, Progressive rock

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About Twenty Four Hours

Italian outfit TWENTY FOUR HOURS started out back in 1985, as a popular band on the live circuit but neglected by reviewers due to their out of date style. Roberto Aufiero (guitars), Fabrizio Bobba (guitars), Michele De Florio (bass), Marco Lippe (drums) and Paolo Lippe (vocals, synthesizers) kept going anyhow. But apart from one demo tape nothing more came out of this initial phase of the band, who fell apart due to educational commitments. It wouldn't take long before a new line-up emerged however. Drummer Lippe established a new band in 1987, consisting of himself, Antonio Paparelli (guitars) and Nico Colucci (bass). And when Paolo Lippe later joined, Twenty-Four Hours were back in action. And while critics and reviewers were still rather lukewarm about the band, the concert goers in the live circuit were of a different opinion. And with their third demo tape, Trip of Rains, the radio started taking an interest too. 1989 saw the band members moving to different parts of Italy, and any continued activity as a live unit became difficult. Recording an album likewise, but in 1991 they managed to self-release their debut album The Smell of The Rainy Air in a limited edition vinyl run. A production that sold out in record time. This landed them a contract with Italian label Mellow Records, who issued their second album Intolerance in 1994 and then reissued their debut in 1998. Limited distribution and PR possibilities on Mellow Records lead the band to look for other options after this, and in 1999 French label Musea Records opted to sign them, subsequently releasing their third CD Oval Dreams. With sales figures substantially higher than what the band were used to forthcoming. And while their ties to Musea remained in place for their next effort The Sleepseller in 2004, the label didn't want to issue that production, merely reselling it. Due to that and other reasons this CD sold substantially less than their previous one. Members living far apart see to it that band activities grind to a halt at this point. Their latest disc was recorded by just three of the members, Colucci not able to make these sessions, and Twenty-Four Hours enters a state of hibernation. 2008 saw the release of Before and After The Boundary, a collection of their earliest demo tapes, issued as a legally free download on the Jamendo website. Alongside all of their previously released CDs. An epilogue of sorts came to be in 2010, when the band reassembled to perform following the death of a friend as a one-off occasion

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