Krisma

new wave

Krisma was an Italian new wave/electronic music duo founded by Maurizio Arcieri (1942–2015) and Christina Moser (b. 1952) in 1976 in Milan under the name Chrisma, a combination of their initials. The same year, the couple moved to London to record U and Amore with producer Nico Papathanassiou and his brother Vangelis, under the management of Anthony Fawcett. Their collaboration with Papathanassiou and Vangelis continued through 1978 with the album Chinese Restaurant and the single Lola, which entered the UK Top 10. In 1979 Arcieri and Moser released their second album, Hibernation. In 1980 the band officially changed its name to Krisma. Their third album, Cathode Mamma, featured Hans Zimmer on synthesizer. The single Many Kisses was met with great success in Europe. Around this time Krisma developed the first minisequencer, known as Krismino. Krisma left Polygram for CGD, then part of the CBS group, in 1981. In 1982 Krisma released Clandestine Anticipation, an experimental album dealing with water in all of its forms (liquid, ice, vapor, fog, snow and rain) supported by a series of videos filmed in tropical locations. The clips were first shown on Carlo Massarini's Mister Fantasy TV program on Rai 1. Krisma moved to New York City in 1986. They directed three videos for MTV, and soon after they began to work for France 2. In Italy they often appeared on the program Be Bop a Lula hosted by Red Ronnie for Italia Uno. The single Nothing To Do With the Dog (retitled Fido in ...