{"id":12684,"date":"2026-03-26T17:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T16:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colours.cz\/?post_type=program&#038;p=12684"},"modified":"2026-07-15T21:23:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T19:23:56","slug":"gaia-banfi","status":"publish","type":"program","link":"https:\/\/www.colours.cz\/en\/ucinkujici\/gaia-banfi\/","title":{"rendered":"GAIA BANFI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Gaia Banfi\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/artist\/60hS0Wt0Px2B3rr9Zzur8E?si=3KH982r7TK6mxWNreO6eyA&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Italian singer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Gaia Banfi does things her own way. Her music brings together pop, electronic sounds, and singer-songwriter sensibilities, shaped by a strong musical background. A trained jazz vocalist, she treats her voice as an instrument in its own right and isn\u2019t afraid to move beyond conventional song structures. Influences such as Bon Iver and Radiohead can be heard in her work, yet her sound remains unmistakably her own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gaia Banfi  - Piazza Centrale\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4D-SeBNOIy8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Born in Milan and now based in Bologna, Banfi draws much of her creative inspiration from Genoa, the city where she spent her childhood. It is also the setting for her album\u00a0La Maccaia, named after the distinctive coastal weather phenomenon in which a thick mist settles over the sea. The album explores memories, relationships, and emotions that return in waves. It is neither mainstream pop nor an abstract experiment, but something deeply personal in between. 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