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  • Poster for the album The Gathering

    The Gathering

    Various Artists

    2022

    Compilation

    14 songs

    42min 38sec

    The genre-defying album The Gathering, produced and conceived of by world-renowned producer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Ferdinando Arnò, documents a feverishly inspired cross-cultural dialogue, featuring a formidable collective of musicians spread across three continents. The album is a wonderfully, motley musical mashup featuring Arnò in close collaboration with musicians from around the world. The composition “Tamburi” features the Alfio Antico—the talking drum—powerfully contrasted with futuristic rhythms. Here, Arnò is collaborating with blind singer-guitarist Daniel Gonora and brass section leader Joseph Chinouriri. Another profound cultural exchange is in the song “Preta.” This swirl of sound features improv from United States-based percussionist—Gabriel Jarrett—son of legendary jazz icon Keith Jarrett; second-line funk from New Orleans-based Native American band Cha Wa; the buttery vocals of British-born singer-actress Sandy Chambers; the fierce flows of New York hip-hop MC Dante Lennon and the emotional flow of London, England-based rapper Brother May; the warmly winsome vocals of Common Mama’s Jon Kenzie; and cameos from Gaetano Carrozzo and the Moka Band. The song was written by Ferdinando Arnò and Joe Barbieri, and the video features Neapolitan actor Lino Musella. The Gathering also features the musical mosaic of "Santu Lazzaru” which boasts a fragment of Miriam Makeba’s a cappella version of “The Click Song” enhanced with the addition of the Simple Impact Choir, and a sample the from an ancient song by the Salento artist Uccio Aloisi.

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  • Blue

    IVI, Ferdinando Arnò

    2021

    Single

    3min 21sec

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    A tangle of words and beats lavished with sensual etherealambience, and enlightened by spoken word poetry make fora mesmerizing and thought-provoking experience. Thefeeling is both immersive and transformative.

    Welcome to “Blue,” the new single by Austrian vocalist IVI,and featuring co-writer, multi-instrumentalist, and award-winning producer Ferdinando Arnò. This is more than apoetic performance. It’s a labyrinthine sonic journey thatstarts from the soul, and unravels as a red thread directly toyour head and heart. It’s propelled forward by the fierce flowof Kae Tempest and Amanda Gorman.

    “Blue” bursts with sublime lyricism and the kinetic energy ofabstract beats. The cultural vibe here recalls the musicalcadences of legendary poet, professor, and author SoniaSanchez, and it also conjures the fertile scene at theNuyorican Poets Café in Alphabet City during the 70’s.

    Credits

    voice: IVI

    keys: Ferdinando Arnò

    bass: Paolo Costa

    backing vocals: Luana Heredia

    written and produced by Ferdinando Arnò

    lyrics by Ivi Oaks, Ferdinando Arnò, Sandy Chambers

    recorded in Milan, Italy, @ quiet, please! Studios

    assistant engineers: Luca Lo Tito, Matteo Zatti

    mixed by Tom Elmhirst at Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY

    mastered by Steve Fallone & Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound,Edgewater, NJ

    pic: Gaia Bonanomi

    graphics: Alessandro C. Busseni

    © 2021 quiet, please!

  • Poster for the single Andromeda

    Andromeda

    IVI

    2019

    Single

    3min 05sec

    A seductive pop alchemy and the scratchy intensity of aunique vocal timbre, evoking the style of MarleneDietrich, illuminate IVI's debut single, Andromeda.

    25-year-old, born in Austria, Ivi grew up in London.She’s a versatile artist capable of bringing together inthe same song an inspired and contemporarymainstream attitude and the aristocratic echo of themost charming interpreter / femme fatale of thetwentieth century. The piece, written by FerdinandoArnò and produced by Arnò himself with CaterinaCaselli, was mixed by Tom Elmhirst, the most creativesound engineer of the last decade and GrammyAwards winner for his work with Amy Winehouse,Adele, David Bowie and Beck.

    Credits

    voice: IVI

    keys: Ferdinando Arnò

    bass: Paolo Costa

    choir: Clelia Arnò

    written and produced by Ferdinando Arnò

    lyrics by Ferdinando Arnò

    recorded in Milan, Italy, @ quiet, please! Studios

    assistant engineers: Luca Lo Tito, Matteo Zatti

    mixed by Tom Elmhirst at Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY

    mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, Edgewater, NJ

    graphics: Alessandro C. Busseni

    © 2019 quiet, please!

  • Poster of Single What Love

    What Love

    Ferdinando Arnò, Daniel Gamora, Angel Bat Dawid, B’Real Ali Thunder, Pharoah Sanders

    2020

    Single

    4min 19sec

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    This is a global pandemic, and a wonderful way to heal our souls is to create together. The new track “What Love” embodies this spirit of unity. It is the soundtrack of different musical cultures fitting together like puzzle pieces to create an intriguing, pancultural jam brimming with balmy African melodies, rhythms, and soul.

    This four-minute United Nations of good vibes has been conceived by Ferdinando Arnò who wrote and produced the track. It features contributions from around the world, including musicians Isaac and Daniel Gonora from Zimbabwe, along with special guests from Chicago, Los Angeles, and Milan, before it received the golden sonic touch in New Jersey from iconic mastering engineer Greg Calbi who works out of legendary Sterling Sound Studios.

    The vibe here was to create something of a “planet song,” an artistic statement that seamlessly weaves together aesthetics and cultures. To that end, “What Love” mastermind Ferdinando Arnò harnesses the power of a vibrant array of singular talents. The track includes the jazzy swagger of Angel Bat Dawid's, the mystical music stylings of tenor titan Pharoah Sanders (who Ornette Coleman calls the best tenor in the world), the rap-art poetry of B'Rael Ali Thunder, the purity and joyfulness of the Zimbabwe Kids Choir, and “What Love” boasts an A-list cast of Italian session musicians, including Paolo Costa, Giorgio Cocilovo, Daniele Comoglio, and Luana Heredia.

    “What Love” is an invigorating blend of artistry, aesthetics, and cultures. It’s an act of osmosis through music, as seemingly different perspectives breakthrough barriers and border in song.

    Credits

    voice: Angel Bat Dawid

    rap: B’Rael Ali Thunder

    ad libs: Daniel Gonora

    sax solo: Pharoah Sanders

    keys: Ferdinando Arnò

    guitars: Daniel Gonora, Giorgio Cocilovo

    drums: Isaac Gonora

    bass: Malizani Mbewe, Paolo Costa

    horns ensamble: Jose Sax Ensamble

    add trumpet: Daniele Moretto

    add sax: Daniele Comoglio

    backing vocals: Luana Heredia

    choir: Note2etoN (Harare’s Kids Choir)

    written and produced by Ferdinando Arnò

    recorded in Harare, Zimbabwe, by Simone Coen

    recorded in Chicago, Illinois, @CRC Studios

    recorded in Los Angeles, California, @Sound Factory Studios by Marco Sonzini

    recorded in Milan, Italy, @quiet, please! Studios

    assistant engineers: Luca Lo Tito, Matteo Zatti

    mixed by Ferdinando Arnò & Lorenzo Cazzaniga at Alari Park Studios

    mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, Edgewater, NJ

    photo: Giovanna Amore

    graphics: Alessandro C. Busseni

    ©℗2020 quiet, please!

  • Poster of There was an angel

    There Was An Angel

    Ferdinando Arnò, Samora Pinderhughes, Precious Ebony

    2020

    Single

    3min 43sec

    The soulful ecstasy of an angelic voice and the electrifying urban flow of New York's QueerBallroom Scene are the driving force behind There Was An Angel, the new single composed andproduced by Ferdinando Arnò.

    Three and a half minutes of modern pop music, breaking-downof all traditional aesthetic conventions, magically interpreted by Samora Pinderhughes(musician, composer and very refined crooner, known for his collaborations with HerbieHancock and the rapper Common in the August Greene project) and Precious Ebony, the EastCoast icon of beyond the genres freestyle (in the rhymes he deals intensely with therelationship with the mother and his homosexuality).

    Recorded between Brooklyn, Philadelphiaand Milanby an impressive session men team, There Was An Angel has been mixed by TomElmhirst (Adele, Beck, David Bowie) at Electric Lady Studios in New York and mastered by GregCalbi at New Jersey's Sterling Sound Studios.

    Credits

    voice: Samora Pinderhughes

    rap: Precious Ebony

    keys: Ferdinando Arnò

    cellos: Marco Decimo

    guitars: Giorgio Cocilovo

    bass: Paolo Costa

    drums: Lele Melotti

    backing vocals: Sandy Chambers

    written and produced by Ferdinando Arnò

    recorded in Brooklyn, New York, @The Bunker Studio

    recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, @Mike Tarsia Recording Studio by Mike Tarsia

    recorded in Milan, Italy, @quiet, please! Studios

    assistant engineers: Luca Lo Tito, Matteo Zatti

    mixed by Tom Elmhirst at Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY

    mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, Edgewater, NJ

    photo: Jacopo Benassi

    graphics: Alessandro C. Busseni

    ©℗ 2020 quiet, please!

  • Poster of Go For Gold

    Go for Gold

    Ferdinando Arnò feat. Dede & Javier Starks

    2019

    Single

    3min 26sec

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    Go For Gold, the latest single from Italian producer and composer Ferdinando Arnò, mines that sweet spot between timely and timeless. The track’s sleek contemporary production puts it in the running to be a pop hit, and its classic songcraft positions it to be a beloved evergreen composition.

    Go For Gold oozes soulful vibrations, seductive funk grooves, and pop sophistication. It showcases the artistry of emerging London singer, DEDE, who contributes her uniquely sensual vocals to the track. Joining DEDE is up and coming American rapper and songwriter Javier Starks who graces the tune with his distinct lyrical flow. This intriguing musical masterwork was recorded at quiet, please! Studios in Milan, and at legendary Abbey Road Studios in London. Additional sessions for vocals were held at Blue Bell Hill Studio, Kent with Barny Barnicott, best known for his work with Coldplay, Kasabian, The 1975, and M.I.A. Joining these vocalists on this powerful and evocative piece was a crew of all-star musicians, including Lele Melotti on drums, Paolo Costa on bass, Giorgio Cocilovo on guitars, Pacho on percussion, Gabriele Comoglio on sax and Wena, Sandy Chambers and Luana Heredia’s backing vocals. “Go For Gold” was mixed in New York at Electric Lady Studios by Grammy Award-winner Tom Elmhirst best known for his work with Amy Winehouse, Adele, David Bowie, and Beck.

    Credits

    voice: DEDE

    rap: Javier Starks

    piano: Ferdinando Arnò

    guitars: Giorgio Cocilovo

    drums: Lele Melotti

    bass: Paolo Costa

    sax: Gabriele Comoglio

    percs: Sandro De Bellis, Pacho

    choirs: Luana Heredia, Sandy Chambers, Valentina “Wena” Gnesutta

    written and produced by Ferdinando Arnò

    lyrics by Ferdinando Arnò, Dave Muldoon, Javier Starks

    recorded between Milan (quiet, please! Studios), London (Abbey Road Studios), Kent (Blue Bell Hill) and Annandale, Virginia (The Sweet Spot Studio)

    assistant engineers: Luca Lo Tito, Matteo Zatti

    mixed by Tom Elmhirst at Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY

    mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, Edgewater, NJ

    graphics: Alessandro C. Busseni

    © 2019 quiet, please!

  • Poster file for O Filho do Recluso

    O Filho do Recluso

    Ferdinando Arnò, MARO, Vince Mendoza, Marco Decimo

    2019

    Single

    4min 03sec

    Industrial decay, raw nature, fantastical graphic design, touches of high fashion, and dramatic elegance cometogether on the video for Ferdinando Arnò and MARO’s smoldering version of “O Filho Do Recluso.” Thiscinematic short documents a battle of the soul, mind, and body that, through well-marked narrative sections, laysforth an arc of death as salvation.“The story can be interpreted in many ways, but in the video we accompany the protagonist through a journey whereit’s almost as if she dies in the end,” director Karina Taira reveals. “One layer of meaning in this is the killing of theouter ego so that she can be more in touch with her inner core, and reunited with nature.”

    Credits

    voice: Maro

    piano: Ferdinando Arnò

    strings arranged by Vince Mendoza

    cello: Marco Decimo

    double bass: Alessandro Serra

    recorded at “quiet, please!”, Milano

    recorded and mixed by Ferdinando Arnò

    assistant engineers: Luca Lo Tito, Matteo Zatti

    mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, Edgewater, NJ

    photo: Jacopo Benassi

    graphics: Alessandro C. Busseni

    © 2018 quiet, please!

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    Dream on Me

    Ferdinando Arnò & Joan as a Police Woman

    2018

    Single

    2min 56sec

    Close your eyes, feel your knees go weak, and let go of your inhabitations as the sexy vibes of “Dream On Me” register deep in your soul. The woozy harmonies and pop potency of the track is a pathway to a silken and sordid bedroom fantasy. Let the spell be cast because you can’t resist this neo-soul pop seduction. This elegantly erotic jam is the collaborative masterstroke of visionary composer Ferdinando Arnò and pop siren Joan As Police Woman.The mesmerizing slow-burn track was birthed by a transatlantic creative soiree between the Italian artist-producer and theNew York singer-songwriter.

    “Dream On Me” seamlessly melds together each artist’s distinct creative points of view. The song froths over with rugged club beats, cinematic mood-making atmospherics, touches of intrepid Radio head-vibing ambience, and shades of futuristic indie-pop.At the center of this stylistic swirl is an undeniable pop gems moldering with Joan’s vocal shitting that dizzying sweet spot that sends the tune’s pop pheromones over the edge. Eventually, the posh and pent-up longing of the track gets released via a smooth and swaggering rapped passage courtesy of Benjamin Lazar Davis, an acclaimed emerging urban artist in the Manhattan scene

    Credits

    voice: Joan As Police Woman

    piano: Ferdinando Arnò

    guitars: Giorgio Cocilovo

    drums: Lele Melotti

    bass: Paolo Costa

    sax: Gabriele Comoglio

    choir: Luana Heredia

    rap: Benjamin Lazar Davis

    written and produced by Ferdinando Arnò

    lyrics by Joan Wasser

    recorded between Milan and New York

    assistant engineers: Luca Lo Tito, Matteo Zatti

    mixed by Tom Elmhirst at Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY

    mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, Edgewater, NJ

    photo: Jacopo Benassi

    graphics: Alessandro C. Busseni

    © 2018 quiet, please!

  • Poster of the Music for Radura EP

    Music for Radura

    Ferdinando Arnò, Melanie De Biasio, Marco Decimo, Giorgio Cocilovo

    2016

    EP

    8 songs

    36min 00sec

    The inspiration for Radura comes from italian architect and urban planner Stefano Boeri and his own practice. Radura is an intimate and collective space that can host gatherings, readings, events, and can also be a place for individual downtime.

    The landscape of Radura includes large open spaces and comfy nooks. The design of the space are inspired by Il Cortile della Farmacia, an his- torical site designed by Renaissance’s architect Filarete. The interiors of Radura are lined by 400 cylindrical wooden columns, functioning as a reso- nating chamber, making the space a unique way to experience music. The sound installation has been thoughtfully designed by Ferdinando Arnò.

    Tracks:

    • angelicus —1:55 / vince mendoza

    • beat in my heart —6:43 / ferdinando arnò, melanie de biasio

    • life is a state of mind —6:59 / ferdinando arnò

    • swallow me —6:45 / ferdinando arnò, melanie de biasio

    • l’enfant de la nuit —13:39 / ferdinando arnò, melanie de biasio

    Credits

    piano, electronics: Ferdinando Arnò

    chant: Melanie de Biasio

    cello: Marco Decimo

    moog guitar: Giorgio Cocilovo

    recorded and mixed by Ferdinando Arnò

    studio assistant: Matteo Zatti

    mastered by Tom Coyne at “Sterling Sound”, New York

    graphics: Alessandro C. Busseni

    Melanie de Biasio appears courtesy of [PIAS]

    © 2016 quiet, please!