A trap rhythm accompanies a song with jazzy, dilated and warm, chill atmospheres.
The main character is a trumpet, the true protagonist of the song, together with a deep voice that, in spoken word, accompanies the listener into this peculiar story of long-distance love, made of desire and mystery.
Number 1 on the Dutch indie charts of Reverbnation with the album “Miles Away”, Stefano Pesapane returns to the scene with a new song, also this time released by the New York label Bentley Records: “Bella come il sole”.
“Bella come il sole” is the third song in a sort of trilogy, linked to a love story, which began with “Quando non ci sei” and continued with the song “Un solo respiro”.
A versatile drummer, session man for prominent musicians such as Rocky Roberts and Tony Scott, Stefano Pesapane, starting from his grooves behind the skins, moves on to the production of basic EDM songs, but influenced as much by rock as, above all, by jazz; other genres appear, always linked to electronic and dance music, such as the already mentioned trap rhythms of “Bella come il sole”.
“The mood of the songs remains jazzy, even though they use completely synthetic sounds. I listen to a lot of jazz, Miles Davis, Chet Baker, Weather Report, Pat Matheny/Lyle Mays, so I think I am necessarily influenced by them; but I also really like Prince, Frank Zappa and Donald Fagen (Steely Dan): his “The Nightfly” is still in my top 5 after more than a quarter of a century”.
Influenced by electronic music, “Bella come il sole” is a song created with the help of digital instruments, through the use of samples and drum loops.
STEFANO PESAPANE
Stefano Pesapane was born in Latina in 1962; he began playing drums at the age of 8 and at a very young age, only 16, he began playing around in clubs and bars.
He perfected his studies at St. Louis in Rome (1977-81) and at Berklee College Music, during the Umbria Jazz Summer School (1988).
With the Nightworkers he spent two years playing around the Mediterranean (Italy, Morocco, Greece) while, in 1987, he joined Rocky Roberts' orchestra and, subsequently, worked as a session man for musicians such as Sonny Costanzo, Tony Scott and many others.
Since 1999 he has lived in Holland, where he continues to play drums with various local bands and, at the same time, produces his own unreleased EDM/jazz songs.
In 2019 he released his first self-produced album of unreleased material, “Miles Away”, which took him straight to the first place on the Reverbnation indie chart. The album was followed by the singles “Dry Shift” and “While There Is Time”.
Since 2020 he has been signed to Bentley Records with which he has released the singles “Neon Bends”, “Powered By The Sun”, “MamboTambo”, “Never Say Goodbye”, “Urban Flow” and “Changes”.
Article published on 27 January 2023 - 12:10
