" THE VELA is a project by the multi-instrumentalists Filippo De Laura and Andrea Filippucci. Producers, composers, and arrangers specialized in soundtracks and songwriting, Filippo and Andrea merged their skills to create an enchanting four-handed instrumental album titled "Dreaming to Travel”.

Recorded between New York and Rome, all the tracks in this album are played with acoustic instruments from Filippo’s and Andrea’s collection of rare chordophones such as the Root Tar, banjola, charango, Portuguese guitar, pedal steel guitar, Chapman stick, cavaquinho, and many others.

In Italian, “Vela” means ‘sail,’ but it is also the name of a constellation with a sail shape. With the title track of their first album "Dreaming To Travel”, the duo takes the listeners into a journey towards the infinite space." (Francesca Cassio)

Audio clips contain selections from the album. Listen to the whole album on Spotify: Dreaming To Travel

Mixed & mastered by Eugenio Vatta.

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