Funk Rimini, Soul Fingers, Betty Miranda – Anima Adriatica on Bordello A Parigi

“Anima Adriatica” is Betty Miranda, Funk Rimini, Soul Fingers‘s latest offering on Bordello A Parigi — 4 slices of quality nu disco / disco with room to breathe. Gathering 2 artists from across the Nu Disco / Disco spectrum, Anima Adriatica showcases Bordello A Parigi‘s curatorial range.

Anima Adriatica: 4-Track Nu Disco / Disco Release

Behind the Nu Disco / Disco : Release Notes

Every coastline develops its own rhythm. The Adriatic is no exception. For decades, Italys eastern coast has been shaped by funk, Cosmic Disco, Balearic sounds, Italo Disco, House, Latin rhythms, Brazilian music and countless other influences. Rather than blending into a single style, these musical worlds have lived side by side, constantly inspiring new generations of DJs, musicians and dancers. For more than fifteen years, Soul Fingers and Funk Rimini have explored that landscape from different perspectives. Founded by Claudio Cavallaro in 2013, Soul Fingers grew into a vinyl-driven community where groove matters more than genre. Its philosophy has always been simple: if the groove is right, genres stop mattering. Brothers Ricky and Francesco Cardelli developed Funk Rimini into a project rooted in funk, disco, live performance and electronic production. Anima Adriatica is where these two journeys meet. The project didnt begin with the ambition of making an album. It began behind the turntables. As DJs, Claudio Cavallaro and Ricky Cardelli found themselves constantly searching for records capable of connecting distant musical worlds inside their sets; from Afrobeat into disco, from hip hop into Latin, from Brazilian grooves into boogie, from cosmic electronics into deep funk. Sometimes those records existed. More often, they didnt. So they stopped searching and started writing them. Not records designed to belong to one genre, but records designed to travel between genres. That space between musical worlds became Anima Adriatica. The music grew through spontaneous jam sessions with Ricky and Francesco Cardelli, drummer Enrico Mao Bocchini and, gradually, a wider circle of musicians, singers and longtime friends, making Anima Adriatica less a traditional band than the beginning of an open collective. Recorded at SynthPosio Studio, founded by Ricky and Francesco Cardelli inside Riminis iconic skyscraper, the project also carries a symbolic connection to the building itself, where many Italo Disco classics (including records by Betty Miranda, The Creatures and many others) were recorded decades earlier. Betty Miranda returns not as a nostalgic guest, but as a bridge between generations. On the title track she performs a spoken-word text written by Claudio Cavallaro, reflecting on the invisible thread connecting the Adriatic dancefloor across time. From Baia degli Angeli to Cocorico, from the legendary clubs of Riccione to todays independent communities gathered around projects such as Soul Fingers and Funk Rimini, the places have changed, but the dancefloor continues to tell the same story. Much like Pier Vittorio Tondellis Rimini captured the Adriatic through literature, Anima Adriatica imagines its soundtrack. Brazilian musician Daniel Plentz (Selton) expands that vision on Acucar and Alegria, bringing another coastline into the story. Across its four tracks, the EP moves naturally between analogue funk, boogie, Brazilian music, underground disco, cosmic textures and the wider Black musical tradition, with All Down The Line paying tribute to the Paradise Garage era. Released by Bordello A Parigi, the project found its natural home through a shared love of adventurous dance music, records and club culture. More than the title of an EP, Anima Adriatica marks the beginning of an open collective; a meeting point where musicians, DJs, producers and friends continue building bridges between genres, generations and communities. Because Anima Adriatica doesnt live inside a genre. It lives between genres. If soul music has always reflected the places where it was born, Anima Adriatica is simply our own Adriatic Soul.

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Release Tracklist

1. Betty Miranda, Funk Rimini, Soul Fingers – Anima Adriatica featuring Betty Miranda Original Mix

   Nu Disco / Disco | 110 BPM | Gb Minor | 4:13

2. Funk Rimini, Soul Fingers – Açúcar Original Mix

   Nu Disco / Disco | 105 BPM | F Major | 5:43

3. Funk Rimini, Soul Fingers – Alegria Original Mix

   Nu Disco / Disco | 118 BPM | D Minor | 6:52

4. Funk Rimini, Soul Fingers – All Down The Line Original Mix

   Nu Disco / Disco | 127 BPM | D Minor | 5:38