(ENGLISH - guarda in fondo per l'Italiano ) Vahimiti's debut project ,Motown Dream, born thanks to the artistic encounter between the italian soul singer-songwriter and Vernon D. Hill ,musician and producer from Detroit . Two worlds meet on the international bridge called Soul Music . Vernon's original Motor-Town deep sound melts with Vahimiti's Mediterranean style in a personal and modern tribute to their music heroes and old-school influences. So Vahimiti's Motown dream starts "...you know I'm flyin' real high in my mind / it's really so fine / crousin' around in my dream / with a Soul band / so high in my mind / so high in my dreams...". More about: Vahimiti is an Italian singer-songwriter who was raised in the mythical Maori culture and music of French Polynesia, where she also has lived for a period and to which she owes her Polynesian name. Having grown up listening to the pulses of Soul, Hip Hop, R&B, Blues, and Jazz, Vahimiti's music represents a mixture of these different influences. After her experience performing in various bands, going on tour as a vocalist for artists like Mario Biondi ,Tony Momrelle (Incognito) and studio recording, Vahimiti’s debut project, Motown Dream produced by the native Detroit musician Vernon D. Hill, is finally out!! The tracks on her album have involved the participation of numerous European, as well as American artists, including the same Vernon D. Hill (producer,songwriter,musician for Dwele,Slum Village,Bahamadia,Joy Denalane ),the drum player David “Fingers” Haynes ( Prince,Frank McComb, Arrested Development),the bassplayer and co-author Andrea Celestino (Dwele,Mario Biondi ),Axel Reinemer from Jazzanova, the italian rapper L'Arcano, the trombone players Antwan Gardner and Beppe di Benedetto ,the singer and co-author Chiara Cortez, the groovy guitar players Emanuele Jorma Gasperi and Andre Frappier, the female Italian vocal group The Sessions Voices, the double bass player Guerino Rondolone ,Andrea Bertorelli, the American rapper Detroit Mixo ,the Angolo-German singer Joao Lourenzo and many more. ALBUM CREDITS: MOTOWN DREAM Executive Producer : Vahimiti Artistic production by Vernon D. Hill and Andrea Celestino Mastered by Jay Franco of Sterling Sound Studios, NY, Usa Tracks: 1-INTRO (Vernon D. Hill,Vahimiti Cenci) Produced by Vahimiti and Emanuele Jorma Gasperi-Lead vocal : Vahimiti-Acoustic guitar: Emanuele Jorma-Recorded and mixed by Emanuele Jorma Gasperi at Iti Nui Studio (Rome, Italy). 2-ON YOUR SIDE feat. L’Arcano (Vahimiti Cenci, Vernon D. Hill, Andwele Eugene Gardner , Ronnie Cash, Francesco Bonanni) Produced by Vernon D. Hill –Lead vocal: Vahimiti - Backgroung vocals: Vahimiti, Teura Cenci, Moana Nui Cenci, Valentina Certelli, Chiara Cortez, Laura "ZogaroS" Montanari, Daphne Nisi, Sara Sileo -Rap: L’Arcano - Keyboards and programming: Vernon D.Hill -Electric Bass: Andrea Celestino – Recorded by Vernon D. Hill at Studio on main (Detroit, Mi, USA) and at Iti Nui Studio (Rome, Italy) - Mixed by Axel Reinemer and Vernon D.Hill at Sonar Kollektiv Studio (Berlin, Germany). 3- I CRIED FOR YOU (Vernon D. Hill ,Vahimiti Cenci, James Dewitt Yansey) - Produced by Vernon D. Hill - Lead and background vocals: Vahimiti - Keyboards and programming: Vernon D. Hill - Additional electric bass: V & Jorma - Recorded by Vernon D. Hill at Studio on main (Detroit ,Mi,USA) and at Iti Nui Studio (Rome, Italy) - Mixed by Vernon D. Hill at A.G.Recording Studios (Rome, Italy). 4- I CAN REMEMBER feat. Vernon D. Hill (Vernon D. Hill, Vahimiti Cenci, Marlon Malone, Antwan Gardner, Andre Frappier) Produced by Vernon D.Hill - Lead vocals: Vahimiti and Vernon D.Hill - Background vocals: Vahimiti, Chiara Cortez, Vernon D. Hill - Keyboards and programming: Vernon D.Hill – Acoustic guitar: Andre Frappier - Trombone: Antwan Gardner – Recorded by Vernon D.Hill at Studio on main (Detroit, Mi, USA) and at Iti Nui Studio (Rome, Italy) - Mixed by Axel Reinemer and Vernon D.Hill at Sonar Kollektiv Studio (Berlin, Germany). 5- HELL'S IN HEAVEN (Vahimiti Cenci, Andrea Celestino, Chiara Cortez, Andrea Bertorelli, Vernon D.Hill) Produced by Vernon D. Hill and Andrea Celestino - Lead vocal: Vahimiti - Background vocals: Vahimiti, Chiara Cortez - Scat by: Alessandro Contini - Keyboards: Vernon D. Hill - Programming: Vernon D. Hill and Andrea Celestino - Double bass: Guerino Rondolone - Additional electric bass: Andrea Celestino - Acoustic guitar: Emanuele Jorma Gasperi - Trombone: Beppe di Benedetto - Drum: David “Fingers” Haynes - Recorded by Vernon D.Hill and Andrea Celestino at Iti Nui Studio (Rome, Italy) except for David “Fingers”Haynes’s drum recorded by engineer Dale Ramsey assist: eng. Hugo Mendez & Raheem Amlani at Orange Peel Recordings (Atlanta, GA, USA) - Mixed by Vernon D.Hill at A.G.Recording Studios (Rome, Italy). 6- IT’S JUST ABOUT LOVE feat. Vernon D. Hill (Vernon D. Hill, Vahimiti Cenci, Daniel Kretschmer) Produced by Vernon D. Hill - Lead and background vocals :Vahimiti and Vernon D. Hill - Spoken “loves”: Vahimiti, Serena”Afroroot” Cietto, Cheikh Tidiane Ndiaye, Kerim Azzud, Chiara Cortez, Vernon D.Hill - Fender Rhodes, keyboards, acoustic piano and programming: Vernon D. Hill - Electric bass: Andrea Celestino - African percussions: Ismaila Mbaye - Drum/drum-machine: David “Fingers”Haynes - Trombone: Beppe di Benedetto - Tuneless piano and sweet birds by my home sweet home - Recorded by Vernon D. Hill at Studio 24 (Nürnberg, Germany) and at Iti Nui Studio (Rome, Italy), except for drums recorded by David “Fingers”Haynes at Patchwerk Studios (Atlanta, GA, USA) - Mixed by Vernon D.Hill at A.G.Recording Studios (Rome, Italy). 7- HIGHER feat. The Sessions Voices (Vahimiti Cenci, Andrea Celestino, ZogaroS, Andrea Bertorelli) Produced by Andrea Celestino and Vernon D.Hill - Lead vocal: Vahimiti - Background vocals: Vahimiti, The Sessions Voices (Laura “ZogaroS”Montanari, Chiara Cortez, Daphne Nisi, Teura Cenci, Valentina Certelli, Sara Sileo) and Moana Nui Cenci - Keyboards: Vernon D. Hill – Programming: Vernon D.Hill and Andrea Celestino - Electric Bass: Andrea Celestino - Trombone: Beppe di Benedetto - Recorded by Vernon D.Hill at Iti Nui Studio (Rome, Italy) - Mixed by Vernon D. Hill at A.G.Recording Studios (Rome, Italy). 8- MOTOWN DREAM feat.Detroit Mixo (Vernon D.Hill, Vahimiti Cenci, Lawrence De Shaun Wright ) Produced by Vernon D.Hill - Lead and background vocals: Vahimiti - Rap by Detroit Mixo - Voices at the Radio broadcast: Francesco “L’Arcano” Bonanni, Serena Cietto, Chiara Cortez, Vernon D.Hill - Keyboards and programming: Vernon D. Hill - Electric bass: Andrea Celestino - Electric guitar: Emanuele Jorma Gasperi - Trombone: Beppe di Benedetto – Wake up by my father Massimo Cenci - Recorded by Vernon D. Hill at Studio on main (Detroit, MI, Usa) and at Iti Nui Studio (Rome, Italy) - Mixed By Vernon D. Hill at A.G.Recordings Studios (Rome, Italy). 9- [BONUS TRACK ] I’M NOT EASY feat. Joao Lourenzo (Vahimiti Cenci, Andrea Celestino, Vernon D. Hill, Chiara Cortez, Joao Lourenzo ) Produced by Vernon D.Hill - Lead vocals: Vahimiti and Joao Lourenzo - Background vocals: Vahimiti, Chiara Cortez, Teura Cenci, Laura Montanari, Daphne Nisi, Sara Sileo, Valentina Certelli, Moana Nui Cenci - Additional vocal: Vernon D.Hill - Keyboards: Vernon D. Hill – Programming: Vernon D. Hill & Andrea Celestino - Elettric guitar: Emanuele Jorma Gasperi - Electric bass: Andrea Celestino - Recorded by Vernon D.Hill at Iti Nui Studio (Rome, Italy) exept for Joao Lourenzo’s voice recorded by Federik Bund at Nexxus Studios in the MA Vision multimedia complex (Berlin, Germany) -Mixed by Vernon D. Hill at A.G.Recording Studios (Rome,Italy). Illustrations and graphic by Lorena Assisi Graphic concept by Vahimiti & Lorena assisi __________________________________________________________________________________________________ (ITALIAN) Il progetto di debutto di Vahimiti, Motown Dream, nasce dall'incontro musicale fra la cantante/cantautrice italiana e Vernon D. Hill , musicista e produttore di Detroit (Usa). Due mondi si collegano grazie al ponte internazionale della Soul Music . Il raffinato suono underground di Vernon originario della Motor Town si fonde con lo stile più Europeo e Mediterraneo di Vahimiti in un moderno e personale tributo ai loro comuni eroi musicali ed influenze old school. Il sogno Soul di Vahimiti ha inizio... "...you know I'm flyin' real high in my mind / it's really so fine / crousin' around in my dream / with a Soul band / so high in my mind / so high in my dreams...". Qualche informazione in più : Vahimiti è una cantante/ cantautrice italiana cresciuta attraverso le vibrazioni del Soul, Hip Hop, R&B, Blues, Jazz e il mito e le note della cultura Maori (Polinesia Francese ,dove ha vissuto e dalla quale proviene il suo nome) . La sua musica è un insieme di queste influenze ed unisce alla musica dell’anima richiami etnici e sinuosità mediterranee. Proprio alle vibrazioni più Soul e ai suoi eroi musicali dedica questo primo progetto di inediti intitolato “Motown dream” nato dall’incontro con il producer e musicista nativo di Detroit, Vernon D.Hill (Dwele, Slum Village, Bahamadia, Joy Denalane) che ne cura la produzione musicale rendendo il sound soul da lei sempre sognato ,una realtà . Nell’album Vahimiti si avvalora inoltre della preziosa collaborazione del suo fidatissimo team ( parte del quale conosciuto negli anni di tournè come vocalist per l’artista italiano Mario Biondi ) composto da Andrea Celestino(bass player autore e producer per Mario Biondi,Dwele e Vahimiti stessa),Chiara Cortez(co-autrice di testi e raffinata artista) , Emanuele Jorma Gasperi (chitarrista per Percy Duke, Shayna Steele, Capital Strokes) , Andrea Bertorelli(Mario Biondi) ,sua sorella Teura Cenci ( The Sessions Voices) nonché di numerosi altri artisti Europei e Americani fra cui il batterista David “Fingers” Haynes (Dwele,Prince, Frank McComb, Arrested Development) i trombonisti Antwan Gardner(Dwele) e Beppe di Benedetto (Mario Biondi ), il chitarrista Andre Frappier (Dwele, Mary J Blidge, Neyo), l’Mc Detroit Mixo , il sassofonista Omar Kabir,il gruppo vocale The Sessions Voices., l’Mc romano “L’Arcano”, il cantante Afro-tedesco Joao Lourenzo, il percussionista Africano Ismaila Mbaye, il contrabassista Guerino Rondolone. CREDITI DELL'ALBUM: MOTOWN DREAM Produttore esecutivo: Vahimiti Produzione artistica di Vernon D. Hill e Andrea Celestino Masterizzato da Jay Franco of Sterling Sound Studios, NY, Usa CREDITI DELLE CANZONI : (vedi su)