IRIDIO
ENDLESS WAY

Fifteen international guest musicians coming from both classical and folk environment worked on it and Maestro Daniele Defranchis played classical and acoustic guitar, Turkish saz, oud and santoor. The album tells the story of a very special journey made by a young woman at the end of the 15th century. She wants to break the invisible chains that hold her unquiet spirit and so she secretly follows her father (a rich merchant) on a business journey from Europe to the Middle East, discovering new worlds and new emotions. ENDLESS WAY is a refined and emotional acoustic - ambient album influenced by Celtic, ancient and ethnic music. Elements taken from classical music are blended with sounds and melodies belonging to European and Middle-Eastern folk traditions, creating an evocative “soundtrack style” that leads the listener on a spiritual journey through time and space. Valentina’s charming voice flows like a wave expressing deep emotions with its warm sound and its unique touch which is soft and intense at the same time. An extremely careful sound research was made to create ravishing atmospheres and to emphasize all the musical nuances of the acoustic instruments, giving the album an astonishing sound quality which is uncommon among independent productions. ENDLESS WAY makes the listener travel through different worlds: from the misty Centre-European hills to ancient Venice, from the deep waters of the Mediterranean to the Middle-Eastern deserts and commercial towns of the past.…always remembering that life is a never-ending path!