Andrea Caccese

Andrea Caccese (born 16 July 1988) is an Italian singer-songwriter, guitarist and musician.

Early life and education

Caccese was born in Naples, Italy; his family moved several times within the country, returning to Naples in 2001.

Andrea's early interest in music led to lack of effort in other school subjects. He became heavily influenced by punk rock music as he learned to play guitar and sing. He participated in high school bands before starting band The Wisers in late 2007.

Career

After barely getting through mandatory education, Caccese quit University to focus on music on a full-time basis. He was the main songwriter, singer and guitarist in his band, The Wisers, ^[1] The group released an album The less you know, the more you live through Songcast Music and an EP The Fall with Sit Still Promotion. The recordings gained good reviews and enough exposure within the European underground music scene to get the band on two headlining European tours, in 2007 and 2010, including gigs in Italy, Germany, Austria, England, Scotland, Ireland, Switzerland, Sweden, Danmark and the Netherlands.

The Wisers disbanded in 2010, a few months after releasing their last EP, and the band's recordings were made available as free downloads on bandcamp after the hiatus.^[2]

Caccese was briefly involved in the recording project U.A.R. and worked as a freelance production assistant and columnist for Neapolis Festival and FreakOut Magazine. Caccese traveled extensively throughout Europe, eventually relocating to Sweden in 2010, where he began to perform as a solo artist under the name "Songs for the Sleepwalkers". His music included folk, post-rock and experimental pop. He performed in Sweden, England, Italy and Spain, mainly performing acoustic renditions from his former band's repertoire and a few cover songs. While on the road, Caccese released an EP under his own name, featuring songs recorded in apartments, hotel rooms, trains and airports all over Europe in late 2010.^[3] With the help of Swedish cellist Nadja Ali, Caccese developed the EP into a full-length album, Our Rehearsed Spontaneous Reactions adopting "Songs for the Sleepwalkers" as a moniker. The album is a folk record with a lo-fi approach, featuring elements of electro, post rock, pop and prog.^[4]

Caccese collaborated with Swedish musician Dick Pettersson, beginning in late 2011, to produce two alternative rock albums^{[5] [6][7]} and several singles under the name "I Used to be a Sparrow". The pair toured several European countries and performed at festivals.^[8][9] They also worked with the band Fabryka to record the album "Echo".^[10][11]

Discography

• The less you know, The more you live - The Wisers (2008)
• The Fall - The Wisers (2010)
• Our Rehearsed Spontaneous Reactions
• Luke - I Used to be a Sparrow (2012)
• You are an Empty Artist - I Used to be a Sparrow (2012)

References

External links

• The Wisers – New life
• U.A.R. – Let it roll
• Songs For The Sleepwalkers – Tell me how
• I Used To Be A Sparrow – Life is good