Giusto Pio
Giusto Pio (11 January 1926 – 12 February 2017) was an Italian musician, composer and songwriter. He studied music in Venice, and later he was engaged as violinist in the RAI orchestra of Milan. In the late 1970s and early 1980s he became popular as a long-standing collaborator of singer-songwriter Franco Battiato, by whom he was initially hired as violin teacher.
Energie
Giuni Russo's 1981 CGD album, produced with Franco Battiato and Alberto Radius and arranged by Battiato and Giusto Pio: electronics, experimental pop and avant-garde singing, remastered on 180g yellow vinyl.
Legione Straniera (LP)
Original and only 1982 edition on EMI of the classic groovy classical/synthpop album by Battiato's teacher and violin player with heavy involvement of the experimental/pop composer. Never re-issued on either vinyl or CD. With original innersleeve.
Milva E Dintorni (LP)
Rare orgiginal 1985 debut LP on Supporti Fonofrafici by one of the best Italian minimal/synth wave bands.
KUM - Percorsi intrecciati con Franco Battiato
300 copies. Double LP, gatefold cover + inserts. After Juke Box (1977), between September 1978 and March 1979, the inseparable Giusto Pio and Franco Battiato committed to three pieces that should be interpreted as a single work since they both pursue…
Utopie
Giusto Pio is mainly remembered for his collaboration with Battiato, with whom he co-arranged and wrote many of his unquestionable pop masterpieces, in which Giusto's fairy violin soared from classical virtuosities overflowing with melody and flashes…
Motore Immobile
To quote Pitchfork, this is 'one of the most sumptuous, spiritual ambient albums of any era or provenance.