Datura (band)

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Datura
OriginBologna, Italy
GenresItalo house, Eurodance
Years active1991–present
MembersCiro Pagano
Stefano Mazzavillani

Datura is an Italian electronic music group. It was created in 1991 by the musicians Ciro Pagano and Stefano Mazzavillani (ex-members of the 1980s-era Italian electropop group Gaznevada) and the DJs Ricci (Riccardo Testoni) who is now deceased, and Cirillo (Carlo Andrea Raggi), who continues to work in Italy, Ibiza, Morocco, and England. The first single was "Nu Style", in the summer of 1991, followed by "Yerba Del Diablo", a cover of Visage's "Fade to Grey", and "Eternity". With "Angeli Domini", in 1995, DJ Ricci left the group for other more independent projects. In 1997, their single "Voo-Doo Believe?" reached number 17 on Hot Dance Club Songs. The name "Datura" is taken from a hallucinogenic plant.

Discography[edit]

Singles[edit]

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
ITA
[1]
AUT
[2]
US
Dance

[3]
1991 "Nu Style" Eternity
1992 "Yerba Del Diablo" 4
1993 "Devotion" 7
"Eternity" 2
1994 "The 7th Hallucination" 8
"Fade to Grey" 5
1995 "Infinity" 2 Singles only
"Mystic Motion" 4
1996 "Angeli Domini" 5
"Mantra"
"Voo-Doo Believe?" 3 17
1997 "The Sign" 2
1998 "I Will Pray"
1999 "I Love to Dance" 40
2002 "Will Be One" 50
2004 "Summer of Energy" 46

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