Released: 2024
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“Songs to Make Love To” is the 10th studio album by The Dining Rooms, the Milanese duo including Stefano Ghittoni and Cesare Malfatti, who celebrate the 25th anniversary of their artistic career during this current year 2024.
The Dining Rooms’ new record extends their classic sound legacy among psychedelic folk, cinematic atmospheres and hip hop-inspired downtempo rhythms. As always divided into instrumental and vocal tracks, it is entirely played and produced by Stefano and Cesare and features guest appearances on vocals by Chiara Castello (I’m Not a Blonde), Egeeno (of the Roman collective Tropicantesimo) and labelmate Tomaz Di Cunto aka Toco.
“Songs To Make Love To”, whose artwork was made with works by artist Tatjana Zonca, talks about love and the explicit act of loving each other, but also and especially about the construction of love, the dynamics of love relationships inside and outside the couple, free and liberated love, without constraints and outside the concept of possession.
A further peculiarity that contributes to the uniqueness of “Songs To…” is the in-depth exploration of anthropological and ethnomusicological themes, particularly dear to Alan Lomax: the classic TDR sound therefore blends, especially in the instrumental tracks, with classic field recordings of sounds from the Genoese carruggi, the Milanese dockyard, the Spanish quarters of Naples and cities such as Istanbul and São Paulo.
CREDITS
Produced by The Dining Rooms (Stefano Ghittoni & Cesare Malfatti)Pre-production by Stefano Ghittoni at Basement Studio, Milan
Recorded by Cesare Malfatti at Che Studio, Milan
Mixed by Francesco Borrelli at Blue Spirit Studio, Milan
Mastered by Giovanni Versari at La Maestà, Monza
All songs written by Stefano Ghittoni and Cesare Malfatti except:
1 and 11 by Stefano Ghittoni, Cesare Malfatti and Chiara Castello
4 by Stefano Ghittoni, Cesare Malfatti and Egeeno
8 by Stefano Ghittoni, Cesare Malfatti and Tomaz Di Cunto
Publishing by Edizioni Ishtar srl
Chiara Castello: vocals on 1 and 11
Egeeno: vocals on 4 and 7
Toco: vocals on 8
Elea: backing vocals on 4
Daniel Richards: spoken word on 3
Marica Clemente: spoken word on 5
Cesare Malfatti: bass, acoustic and electric guitar, piano and keyboards
Stefano Ghittoni: beats, electronics, samples and keyboards
Front, back and inner cover artwork by Tatjana Zonca / tatjanazonca.com
Graphic layout by Eugenio Crippa / adventprod.com