Released: 2026
SC 734 | EAN: 8018344217345 | 7" Coming soon
MERIDIO originates from an idea by Gerardo Frisina and a collaboration forged over the years with Francesco Borrelli, a sound engineer, musician and performer who has shaped Gerardo’s recordings for the last ten years and more. It embodies the natural evolution and fulfillment of a shared journey, a dedicated pursuit of sound and vision, and a creative dialogue where concept and execution become one.
“Meridio” primarily defines the project’s geographical roots: Francesco, from Naples, and Gerardo, with ties to southern Calabria, carry a Mediterranean sensibility that emerges organically, not as a mere reference but as an attitude: a sense of fluid rhythm, a constant tension between order and improvisation, between elegance and instinct. The titles of the two tracks included on this 7-inch single – ‘Partenope’ and ‘Ligea’, muses and symbols of the Mediterranean Sea – draw on mythological imagery and further reinforce the connection to a profound cultural dimension.
The result is a dense yet layered sound that openly embraces the funk and progressive aesthetics of the 70s and 80s, reprocessing them in a contemporary spirit; a language effortlessly moving between arrangement and production, between timbral exploration and rhythmic immediacy.
CREDITS
Produced by Gerardo Frisina and Francesco Borrelli for Schema RecordsWritten by Gerardo Frisina and Francesco Borrelli
Francesco Borrelli: drums, bass, guitar, organ, vocals
Ernesto Lopez: percussion
Giovanni Guerretti: electric piano
Alfonso Deidda: flute
Luca Mezzadri: vibraphone
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Francesco Borrelli at Blue Spirit Studio, Milan, Italy
Artwork: Emidio Bernardone
Publishing by Edizioni Ishtar Srl