“Rosa dei Venti” is a feeling and a symbol, a representation of orientation, direction and becoming, as well as the emblem of the search for knowledge.
It is also the new challenge of Gaia. The Italian-Brazilian singer raises the bar of her music and aims to impose himself among the protagonists of the new Italian pop.
His album is a journey through contemporary sounds, enveloping melodies and texts that oscillate between introspection and lightness.
Thirteen tracks-twelve unpublished more the Sanremo song I call I call-mark the meeting point between the Italian-Brazilian roots of the singer-songwriter and his ability to dialogue with the most current sounds. Gaia finds the right balance between electronics, Latin and Urban Pop influences, building an international sound that does not sound forced, but authentic and personal.
The title is not accidental: Rosa dei Venti is the perfect metaphor of a phase of life, the twenty years, in which everything seems suspended between certainties that collapse and new directions to be taken. Each song is a page of this diary, written with a pen that mixes instinct and awareness.
Gaia tells herself without filters, with a mature but direct writing, capable of speaking to a generation that lives on contrasts and speed.
Musically there is a bit of everything that global music offers: groove and energy in Ti trusted and addicted, intimacy and introspection in moon poison, scar and the pink twin title track, where her voice becomes softer and more intense, supported by essential but effective arrangements.
Some songs, however, are less incisive: Bulletproof, for example, is weighed down by the excessive use of the self -employment.
There is no shortage of featuring. On the one hand, weight names like Guè and Capo Plaza add an urban and street touch; on the other, the presence of Toquinho brings with him the magic of the Brazilian tradition. There is also Lorenzza, a young promise with which Gaia shares a song that already sounds like a generational anthem.
And then there are the voices of the family: mother, sister, father … the real rose of the winds, the common thread indicating the road.
The wind blows in the world of Gaia …
Track for track
1. Beijo (intro)
Like a prayer of wish, Beijo (Intro) – written during a studio session in Cefalù together with the producers Madfingerz and Vigan – opens the journey of Rosa dei Venti. Inside the contributions of the most important people of Gaia's life who accompany her and protect her through their voices: the words of her grandmother, her sisters Giorgia and Frida and her father. The album then closes symbolically, in the queue at the Vento song, with the words of her mother who wishes her to feel free and to fly.
2. Blue smoke
Blue smoke, produced by Mr. Monkey, is one of the least recent pieces of the project, written after an important trip to the Amazon. The song, with a decidedly Catchy attitude, reflects a sense of escapism by putting a filter on reality and captures the pre-sighted atmosphere to show the most brazen and sensual side of Gaia.
3. Addicted (feat. Guè)
Addicted, written together with Mr. Monkey with the contribution of Greg Willen to production, was born from a base from the strong reggae vibrations, exploded and transformed into a song Drum'n'Bass. The piece is a manifesto of contemporary society capable of generating addictions of all kinds: relationships, vices, food, love, everything can become a form of addiction. At a later time, Guè was added to the project: the Radice Reggae with which he made his debut from twenty years old is still very present in his style and so his contribution to the piece is very right.
4. I call I call you
In the race at the 75th Sanremo Festival, Gaia explores with I call I call you – produced by Zef and Madfingerz – that indecision limbo that blocks us, those doubts that remove us from our deepest and primordial instinct. It is a light and danceable song but with a subtext that, if listened carefully, is easily captured.
5. Rosa dei Venti
Rosa dei Venti was born first as the album title and only later as track. He is one of the last pieces written for the disc, born with an approach to writing already familiar to the author and his audience thanks to the sounds and the rhythmic scan that recall his consolidated style. It is a sort of open diary, a moment of reflection, in which Gaia wonders about the direction he wants to take in life. To production, Madfingerz and Vigan.
6. Marathon
Gaia enjoys maintaining the rhythm on Marathon's Beat, produced by Madfingerz and Vigan, showing a vocal attitude similar to the one that emerges in the baile, more sung and melodic. It is a song that transmits an energetic appliance, with an ironic and conscious tone. The piece opens with the phrase “This is not a sprint, it is a marathon” to emphasize the importance of taking it calmly and having confidence in its own path, knowing that, in the end, everything will be resolved.
7. You trusted (feat. Capo Plaza)
You trusted was born directly in the studio with Capo Plaza, Madfingerz and Vigan, with whom there was an immediate and natural connection. At the level of sound, the piece is rhythmic and danceable with Afrobeat influences and South American shades. This rhythmic call creates a fil rouge that binds the entire project, making the song not only engaging but also therapeutic, capable of transmitting energy and emotional depth under the case.
8. Bulletproof
With a sound inspired by the 2000s and baile influences, Bulletproof recalls the vibrations of artists such as PinkPantheress thanks to its frenetic rhythm and its hyper-energy atmosphere. Gaia imagines the song with bright colors, such as pink and orange, which reflect a sense of excitement and light -heartedness. Here too the production of Madfingerz and Vigan contributes to creating an overwhelming and authentic sound.
9. Twin Flames
Twin Flames, the first piece written with Madfingerz and Vigan, is an Afro Ballad with an incisive and hypnotic rhythm. Here Gaia was able to be more playful in his way of writing in Italian, managing to find a musicality that in the past he felt more easily in the Portuguese, thanks to his greater rhythmic flexibility. On an emotional level, the piece has a profound meaning, born in Sicily after a moment of great vulnerability.
10. Moon Veleno
Written to Lake Orta, a place that deeply inspired its creation, Moon Veleno is – together with Addicted – one of the Italian Ballads of the album. Produced by Kyv, the peculiarity of the song lies also in the pairing: the tools in the study were in fact adjusted to 430.31 Hz, an update of the traditional 432 Hz tuning which is periodically adapted to the planet's angle changes. This technical detail contributes to giving the piece a unique and authentic sound. Moon Veleno is a sort of declaration of love for Italy, for its musicality and for its language.
11. RJ (feat. Lorenzza)
RJ, in collaboration with Lorenzza, is the most Brazilian piece of the album. The title stands for Rio de Janeiro, one of the favorite cities of Gaia and the place where his sister Giorgia lives. The song tells the desire for evasion and freedom that you feel when the relationships are complicated and tangled. The song is characterized by a constant game between Italian and Portuguese that creates an effect of dynamic and intriguing alternation. Lorenzza, Brazilian singer -songwriter with a strong artistic personality and a remarkable mastery of writing, is a promising pen and full of aptitude that blends perfectly with the voice of Gaia and the production of Madfingerz and Vigan.
12. Cicer
Cicatrice is the song of the album of which Gaia is more proud. It is here that he completely lets himself go and gets bare, without filters. He speaks of himself, of his insecurities, his doubts and the difficulties he faces. It expresses thoughts that she had never shared first in a direct and sincere way, deliberately choosing uncomfortable and sometimes raw words. Written together with Simon Says, with whom he had already collaborated for his first two albums, the piece was born very instinctively, all in one evening. The voice is more delicate and less powerful than other traces of the album but this choice amplifies its authenticity and sincerity.
13. Wind (feat. Toquinho)
Vento was written in Michelangelo's floating study, together with him and Franco 126. Subsequently Alessandro La Cava contributed with some melodic changes and Madfingerz and Vigan to production. Wind is a timeless piece, one of those songs that do not have an expiry date and that cannot be placed in a precise period. It was the first song written for the album at a time when Gaia was in a personal and musical research phase. Toquinho, with his presence, gives the song a depth and a unique heat, raising it at a higher level. Vento wrote almost alone, as if Gaia had been just a link. It is not a trace that belongs to her or disc strictly but a song that could be sung by anyone, precisely because it is universal in its essence. The song ends with a vocal message of her mother who wishes her, expressing how happy she is and how happy she is. Wind is, for Gaia, a celebration of being present and connected, beyond space and time.
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ADDICTED – CICRATRICO – Wind
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The disc lets itself be heard like a slight breeze …
Score: 7.00
1. Beijo (intro)
2. Blue smoke – 7.00 vote
3. Addicted (feat. Guè) – – vote 7.00
4. I call I call you – vote 6.75
5. Rosa dei Venti – Vote 6.50
6. Marathon – vote 6.50
7. You trusted (feat. Capo plaza) vote 6.75
8. Bulletproof – Vote 6.00
9. Twin Flames – Vote 6.25
10. Moon Veleno – Vote 6.25
11. RJ (feat. Lorenzza) vote 6.50
12. Cicatrice – Vote 7.50
13. Wind (feat. Toquinho) – 7.50 vote
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