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Agricantus Mediterran  World-Ambient This band from Sicily is without doubt one of the most attentive groups on the international world music scene. Their early releases ‘Gnanzù’ and ‘Viaggiari’ were fine examples of their ability to mix ethnic music, mainly from the Mediterranean, with ambient and trance rhythms, and were followed by ‘TUAREG’, with which they achieved success in Italy and Europe. This exceptionally refined record was recorded in the desert of Mali with nomad instruments and musicians and won the prestigious TENCO award in 1996. In 1997 the band went on to win the important Italian ‘PIM’ award, and were also key players in the soundtrack to the film ‘Steam – the Turkish Bath, which won the Globo d’Oro (Italian Golden Globe). The mini CD ‘Hale-Bopp Souvenir’, featuring Fadimata Wallet Oumar - spokesperson for the true Tuareg culture - was their next release and this was then followed in 1998 by ‘Kaleidos’, an album which immediately made an impact world-wide. In ‘Kaleidos’ the group undertook an extraordinary journey to the heart and origins of classical music, letting themselves be inspired by great composers such as Grieg, Paganini, Brahms and Luciano Berio. They included samples of their music amidst original Agricantus compositions, and, in the case of Berio, took score of his work and let their music be enriched by it. Classical music and technology are united with an incredible flair. In 1998 they co-wrote the soundtrack to the film ‘I Giardini dell’Eden’ (Gardens of Eden); in 1999 the album ‘Best of Agricantus’ was released with the american label World Class (Hearts of Space) and has met with huge success; late 1999 saw the European release of ‘Faiddi’, a compilation of their most beautiful songs, re-arranged and played live. They have composed and performed the soundtrack to ‘Placido Rizzotto’, a film by Italian director Pasquale Scimeca, presented at both Venice and Toronto international film festivals. February ’01: “ETHNOSFERE”. In “Ethnosphere” you can feel the poetry and spirituality of Tibet, in this way the group wish to contribute to the diffusion of the culture of a country which fights to preserve its own identity. Once again listeners are taken on a musical voyage, this time not towards the desert of Mali, but Eastwards, towards the Buddhist temples perched high on the mountains of Lhasa, towards a deeply rooted spirituality which is felt the world over through the teaching of Buddha. After its successful release in Italy, "Ethnosphere" by Agricantus is also  released in France and in USA. February ’02: Agricantus is the first italian group present with the song “Amatevi” in “Buddah Bar IV”, on of the most famous international compilations. september ’02: album release “Calura”. Agricantus performed in several Countries such as Brasil, Spain, Portugal, Israel, German, France. They have attended in several international festival such as “Le Printemps de Bourges”, “Le nuit Europennes” in Strasburgo ,   “Festival Internazionale della Medina” in Tunisi In october 2002, they made, thank to the European Community several shows in Syria together with local artists