In 1975 , he moved to the Dischi Ricordi label , producing '' Battiato '' ( 1975 ) , '' Juke Box '' ( 1976 ) and the experimental '' L'Egitto prima delle sabbie '' ( Egypt Before the Sands , 1977 ) , which won the Stockhausen award for contemporary music . < ! -- Commented out because image was deleted : After the Ricordi label failed to re-sign him , Battiato signed with EMI . He abandoned the prog rock experiments of the previous years and moved to a more pop-oriented style which afforded him ever increasing popularity with Italian audiences . In this period his albums were usually in collaboration with the renowned musician and violinist Giusto Pio , whose two later albums were produced by Battiato . After '' L'era del cinghiale bianco '' ( The Era of the White Boar , 1979 ) and '' Patriots '' ( 1980 ) , Battiato obtained astounding success with '' La voce del padrone '' ( His Master 's Voice ) in 1981 , which was the first Italian LP to sell more than one million copies . His commercial success was confirmed by '' L'arca di Noè '' ( '' Noah 's Ark '' ) in 1982 . Songs such as " L'era del cinghiale bianco " , " Prospettiva Nevskij " ( " Nevsky Prospekt " ) , " Centro di gravità permanente " ( " Permanent Gravity Centrepoint " ) , " Bandiera bianca " ( " White Flag " ) , and " Voglio vederti danzare " ( " I Want To See You Dance " ) established Battiato in Italy . '' Orizzonti perduti '' ( '' Lost Horizons '' , 1983 ) , which Battiato himself called '' a kipper '' , was followed by the successful '' Mondi Lontanissimi '' ( '' Faraway Worlds '' , 1985 ) , which featured a solo version of the popular " I treni di Tozeur " ( " The Tozeur Trains ) " , originally a duet with Alice performed at the 1984 Eurovision Song Contest
I treni di Tozeur
I treni di Tozeur
Franco Battiato