History
The band was founded in 1980 by Angelo Bergamini and was a pioneering act of the Italian synthpop scene, eventually being the first Italian group to be signed to Virgin Records.
Between 1982 and 1984, Bergamini also took part in the Italian italodisco group Hipnosis, which won a platinum award for sales in Germany, and had a top-10 hit in several European countries and South America with their single "Pulstar".
During the second half of the Eighties, the sound of Kirlian Camera became gradually darker, moving away from the synth pop sound that marked some of their early releases. In 1993, they signed to German label Discordia, which licensed the self-produced album "Todesengel, The Fall of Life". 1995 came to see them collaborate with label mates Dive on the Obsession EP and :Wumpscut: .
The lineup stabilized in 1999 when singer Elena Alice Fossi joined Kirlian Camera, becoming their lead singer. She is also the leader of side-projects Alice Neve Fox, Spectra*paris and Siderartica, and co-leader in the Stalingrad project with Bergamini himself.
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