# Colloquio

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**Colloquio** is an [experimental](/source/Experimental_music)-[songwriter](/source/Songwriter) band founded [in 1993](/source/1993_in_music) by Gianni Pedretti in [Bologna](/source/Bologna), [Italy](/source/Italy).[1] As its main singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Pedretti is the only official member of Colloquio and remains solely responsible for its musical direction. Colloquio's music is a blend of [experimental](/source/Experimental_music), [electronic](/source/Electronic_music) arrangements with the Italian lyrics of Pedretti always in the foreground.

## Band members

- **Gianni Pedretti** - [vocals](/source/Singing), [piano](/source/Piano), [synthesizer](/source/Synthesizer)
- **Sergio Calzoni** - [synthesizer](/source/Synthesizer), [sound-design](/source/Sound-design)

*Guest Musicians*

- **Stefano Nieri** - [guitars](/source/Guitar)
- **Stefano Castrucci** - [guitars](/source/Guitar)
- **Stefano Lambertini** - [sound engineer](/source/Sound_engineer)
- **Matteo Mattioli** - [synthesizer](/source/Synthesizer), [drum-programming](/source/Drum-programming)

## Discography

**Tapes**

- "Il giardino delle lacrime" (1993)
- "Inferno" (1994)
- "Le dolci carezze della tristezza" (1994)
- "Lettere a una tessitrice d'ombra" (1995 - split with Menarca)
- "Io e l'altro" (1995)

**Albums**

- "...e lo spettacolo continua" (1997 - self produced)
- "Va tutto bene" (2001 - [Eibon Records](/source/Eibon_Records))
- "Si muove e ride" (2007 - [Eibon Records](/source/Eibon_Records))
- "L'entrata - L'uscita" (2013 - [Eibon Records](/source/Eibon_Records))

**Compilations**

- "Dissolution Fahrenheit" (1997 - [Eibon Records](/source/Eibon_Records)/L'Alternative Dramatique)
- "Intimations of Immortalità Vol 4" (2003 - [Energeia](/source/Energeia) - featuring the track "Metamorfosi")

**Soundtracks**

- "Mondo Boiazzo" (1996 - featuring the track "Cisti")

**Other works / Collaborations**

- Alma Mater "Il parco degli arcobaleni" (1997 - [Toast Records](/source/Toast_Records) - Pedretti sings in the eponymous title-track)
- Canaan "A calling to weakness" (2002 - [Eibon Records](/source/Eibon_Records) - Pedretti sings in "Un ultimo patetico addio" and "Essere nulla")
- Canaan "The unsaid words" (2005 - [Eibon Records](/source/Eibon_Records) - Pedretti sings in "Il rimpianto" and "Senza una risposta")
- Neronoia "Un mondo in me" (2006 - [Eibon Records](/source/Eibon_Records))
- Neronoia "Il rumore delle cose" (2008 - [Eibon Records](/source/Eibon_Records))

## References

1. ["Colloquio"](https://www.nts.live/artists/55877-colloquio). *nts.live*. Retrieved February 21, 2026.

## External links

- [www.colloquio.eu](http://www.colloquio.eu) - official site of the band.
- [Eibon Records](http://www.eibonrecords.com) - record label website.

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