Datura (band)

Italian electronic music group

Datura

Origin| Bologna, Italy
Genres| Techno, eurodance
Years active| 1991–present
Members| Ciro Pagano
Stefano Mazzavillani

Datura is an Italian techno 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

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### Singles

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Year  | Single  | Peak chart positions  | Album

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ITA
[1] | AUT
[2] | US
Dance
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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  | —

## References

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1. ^ Italian peaks search by year
2. ^ Austrian peak
3. ^ [1]

## External links

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* Datura discography at Discogs

Authority control databases

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* ISNI
* VIAF

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* Czech Republic

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* MusicBrainz

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