Vince Chinaski freely serves his songs by all means at his disposal, be it a 50s telecaster, an orchestra, a sampled Mellotron, a producer-trick, the certain finger-picked guitar.
Alternative at its core, cinematic on the fringe, indie-folk in between. The soundscape reflects the pensive yet earthy vibe of the songs. The lyrics are inspired by existential themes and personal experience filtered through Vince's tragicomic vision of the world.
Singles such as “Opportunities”, She Comes in Colours”, "Eat your Peas!", “Never Painted Black” and “Unconditional Love” were greeted enthusiastically by the international press and garnered glowing reviews and playlist placements around the world.
Who would have ever imagined his ramblings would take him as far as Scandinavia. Growing up in Rome was quite the adventure; lots of fun and challenges as a young punk in that colossus of a city, overflowing with heritage, wacky traffic and nuns. His ramshackle Vespa was always in need of repairs, as was the gear of the indie bands he founded or joined up (i.e. Radiobuzz, Technicolor, Mathilda Mothers).
In the mid '00s Berlin called and he answered. Embraced the ultimate european frontier, Vince joined more bands (The Man No. 9 / Haute Areal, The Innits / Sunday Service Records), Zürich- based Division Kent / Sony BMG), toured extensively across Europe, produced and DJed (how can you not?) as Tanzfaster. Pushing further north, he settled in Copenhagen and kicked off his solo project Vince Chinaski.
All these multilateral influences merged and flowed naturally into Vince's musical style.
“... I grew up in a post-hippie home. Heaps of records and mixtapes everywhere, oh... and grandma's upright piano. There would always be family friends over playing guitar or the newfound LP. Folk, jazz, psychedelia, GBGB-Punk, new wave, madchester; we'd listen 24/7 to all styles and genres. I remember literally having fights over which record should play.
“... When I was boy, my step-dad worked as a stage fitter and could smuggle me in to all the big concerts...”