Italian singer-songwriter and composer known for blending experimental electronic music, classical influences and pop. Career spans from the late 1960s through the 2010s. Widely praised for both avant‑garde records and mainstream breakthroughs.

Reviews and public sources note Battiato's experimental 1970s records (e.g. Fetus, Pollution, Clic), his commercial breakthrough with La voce del padrone (early 1980s), later mystical and introspective albums, and frequent collaborations with Giusto Pio (arrangements) and philosopher Manlio Sgalambro (lyrics). Themes often referenced in reviews include Eastern mysticism, Gurdjieff/ Fourth Way influences, and a blending of pop and high culture.

DeBaser reviews portray Franco Battiato as an artist who moved from experimental electronic work in the 1970s to mainstream synth-pop success in the 1980s and later mystical, introspective albums. Reviews repeatedly praise his ability to blend avant‑garde textures with pop songcraft. Frequent collaborators mentioned include Giusto Pio and Manlio Sgalambro.

For:Fans of experimental and Italian pop music, music critics, listeners interested in electronic/avant‑garde and singer‑songwriter traditions.

 "La Voce Del Padrone" is a unique record in Battiato's career and, as such, can be praised or criticized, depending on the idea one has formed of the artist and his qualities.

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 Baghdad, city of gold and death, city of gardens and debris, of springs and barbed wires, city of blood, of life and of bombs, city of Abbasid caliphs, of a melting pot of languages and peoples, of Harun al-Rashid and of headlines on the news.

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 "Prospettiva Nevski," everything has already been said about it, and it continues to be an immense masterpiece.

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