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This group from the North Eastern Italian region of Friuli originally started life as Mitili Folk; as the name suggests, from the very beginning their music was tied to the musical traditions of their region. The name was later changed to Mitili FLK (FLK
standing for Furlan Liberation Kongress); this alteration was partly due to a misprint and partly desired in order to emulate their neighbouring Slovenian brothers N.S.K.(neue Slovenische Kunst). Finally, as the band's commitment to Friuli and their interest in minority groups grew, came the decision to change the name once again to simply FLK.
The group sing in the local dialect for, in the words of the band, "for a thousand years the people of our region have been speaking this language and there is therefore no need to justify this choice. We don't sing in dialect because we don't want to be understood, we do it because we are different. Because everyone is different from everyone else. We could sing in another
language but we wouldn't be the same people, we would be singing other people's words".
Their music is a magical hybrid of folk, rock, rap and funk fused with traditional sounds, music which has a further special effect when heard live; the band sing passionately of problems of minority groups, of the problems of nearby ex-Yugoslavia and are greatly influenced by the century-long presence of different ethnic groups in Friuli. Rather than Italian, FLK can be
considered a 'Middle European' band.
FLK are:
Cristina Mauro: v盭
Stefano Montello: ghitare e corus
Flavio Zanier: bas e corus
Alessandro Montello: fisa, tastiere, v盭, corus, piano Steinway & Sons
U.T. Ghandi: batarie, percussions e corus
Loris Luise: percussions e corus