Neapolitan composer, producer, and keyboardist Giorgio Lopez sets sail on Berlin-based label Cosmic Romance with his “Sud des Îles”. Navigating between 80s-inspired grooves, French boogie, and sun-kissed atmospheres, the record unfolds like a musical travelogue, following fictional skipper Georges Taty and his crew of musicians aboard the sailboat “Sud des Îles”, caught between racing waves, late-night jams, and dockside dreams.
From the whirling groove of "Voyager Sans Bouger" to the breezy atmosphere of "Toujours Distante", the eight tracks on Sud des Îles invite listeners to drift away in rhythm and reverie through a songwriting that is both infectious and evocative. Stories of escapes (real or imagined), romantic illusions, and nostalgia-tinted euphoria weave together, propelled by Giorgio Lopez’s arrangements and distinctive keyboard work, as well as by the well-crafted production, carried out together with Executive Producer and label owner Ed Longo.
Featuring lead vocals by Stella, Master Phil, Amanda Roldan, and Bernardino Femminielli, together with the “équipage de Sud des Îles” itself - a tight-knit ensemble of acclaimed musicians from Berlin and Naples – “Sud des Îles” is an invitation to ride the waves to a neon-lit night on a faraway island: no passport required.
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: More Neapolitan genius to soundtrack your summer movements. Lopez drinks from the same cup as Nu Genea, Mystic Jungle and Danger Boys; "Sud Des Îles" is a perfectly composed, rose-tinted sonic polaroid of sounds that'll have you recalling the various scents, flavours and moods of holidays gone by.
TRACK LISTING
A1.D.I.S.C.O. Griot
A2.Oublier Ce Soir
A3.Toujours Distante (feat. Stella)
A4.Vendredi 13 (feat. Amanda Roldan)
B1.Fleur De Cannelle (feat. Bernardino Femminielli)
B2.Voyager Sans Bouger
B3.Au Pianobar De Suzie (feat. Master Phil)
B4.La Voix De La Siréne