Record Label: GDM/Suoni Dall'Italia
Passing through Rome before heading back to New York, I went to see Grazia Di Michele, it was January 2020. She told me about an upcoming project with Mariella Nava and Rossana Casale, and she played me a demo of their first song. I couldn't imagine it was the beginning of an incredible journey. After over two years, 11 songs, innumerable zoom meetings, Whatsapp chats, entirely remotely done, we made it. The project is called "Cantautrici", the album title is "Trialogo", which I proudly arranged and mixed, along with playing all percussion and plenty of weird stringed instruments, like pedal steel guitar, banjola, The Root, crotta, cello and many others. Thanks to the Cantautrici for entrusting me with this responsibility that I lived with great enthusiasm. Indeed, it is a beautiful record that deserves to be listened to.
"Filippo is the most patient and delightful person one could hope to encounter during one’s artistic career. His sensibilities and the breadth of his culture flow through each collaboration, reaching the depths of your own emotional and musical aspirations. As a fine and professional arranger, he seeks to understand each artist’s thoughts in depth, thus becoming a creative partner. Every interaction with him is golden. "
ROSSANA CASALE
Singer-Songwriter (Riccardo Cocciante, Mina, PFM).
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"I entrusted my words and my music to the hands and the heart of a great friend and master. I know they will always be safe with Phil."
GRAZIA DI MICHELE
Singer-Songwriter, music therapist.(Nicolette Larson, Randy Crawford, Eugenio Finardi).
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"Music constantly searches for the right hands and souls to live with and come alive through. With Phil De Laura, Music is in trusting hands, hands that not only protect and understand it, but that enrich it through Phil’s originality, research and the special qualities of his unique sound."
MARIELLA NAVA
Singer-Songwriter. (Andrea Bocelli, Renato Zero, Lucio Dalla).