Handful Of Soul

BIONDI THE HIGH FIVE QUINTET

Handful of Soul, Mario Biondi's three-time platinum debut album - originally released in 2006, when you had to sell 80,000 copies of an album to get a platinum certification - and his most sold record to date, is now reissued by Schema records in a new special edition. Everything about this incredible album, that hit like a botl from the blue at the time, has already been said. Mario's deep and warm voice recalls the great soul and rhythm'n'blues music interpreters. Many will think of a black singer, while Mario comes from the town of Catania, Sicily. Handful of Soul ranges between jazz and soul, resulting in a very enticing music release, whose sound swings from smooth vocal melodies to rhythmic tracks to dance to. The singer and the producers successfully managed to find out songs that wouldn't change teh nature of Mario's voice, that could highlight the deepness of his tone, yet in the same time would still be able to represent the artistic direction and the music lead followed by Schema Records. The love for R'n'B and soul, the styles of music mostly appreciated by Mario, brought him to listen to a certain music repertoire, in particular some of the most representative related artists (Earth, Wind & Fire, Donny Hatahway, Luther Vandross, Aretha Franklin....)

Price: $57.98