Papik - Enjoy The Ride (2022) [Hi-Res]

‘Enjoy The Ride’ is Nerio Papik Poggi’s sixth album with his real and only artist name. Since 2009, the release date of his first album entitled ‘Rhythm Of Life’, the Roman musician and producer has come a long way. In addition to his solo albums, all full of illustrious guests including musicians and singers, he has released about thirty albums / collections dedicated to musical genres, artists or repertoires of famous songs.
His sound, a fusion of Soul, Jazz and West Coast, is now a trademark recognized by his fans all over the world for the refinement, attention to detail and soul that characterize it. Considering the particularity of his products, not destined for pop charts, but followed obsessively by his faithful listeners, his numbers are also important on digital stores with over 100 million streams both on Spotify and Youtube.
All his products are printed and distributed also in physical Compact Disc format and often also in vinyl.
Also in this new album we find all the characteristics that distinguish him, including remakes of famous songs and original songs, and many of his closest collaborators such as Peter De Girolamo, Alfredo Bochicchio, Fabio Tullio, Massimo Guerra for the musical part and Alan Scaffardi, Ely Bruna, Walter Ricci, Francesca Gramegna, David Florio for the vocal part. Vocal guests this time also two Brazilian singers: Gustavo Baiao and Rosalia De Souza. Papik is a musical project born from an idea of the Roman producer and composer Nerio Poggi, which ranges from Pop to Nu Jazz and from Bossa to Nu Soul. He has collaborated with various artists including Mario Biondi on the albums “Handful of Soul” and on the album “I Love You More” where he appears as an author in both. The choice of the name Papik originates from a nickname given to little Nerio by his mother, who after having seen the scene of the birth of the newborn Papik in Nicholas Ray’s film “White Shadows”, noticed the similarity between the two. In 2009 he released his debut album “Rhythm of Life” (Irma records) which contains the single “Staying For Good” sung by Alan Scaffardi ‘. The song is very successful and is broadcast in heavy rotation by the largest Italian national radio networks as well as by many English radios such as Jazz FM and BBC. He begins a close collaboration with the Irma Records label which leads him to the release of 4 other studio albums in his name, an album such as The Soultrend Orchestra, a live album, the soundtrack of the Japanese anime television series Lupine III the Italian Adventure, 8 volumes of a series called Cocktail in which he revisits important songs of Italian music with thematic volumes and genre albums. In addition, he produces solo albums for many of his major collaborators such as Ely Bruna, Alan Scaffardi, Erika Scherlin, Neja, Matteo Brancaleoni, Fred Buccini, Cristiana Polegri, Alessandro Pitoni, Vittoria Siggillino, Massimo Guerra, Fabio Tullio and Alfredo Bochicchio. His popularity abroad also grew, leading him to play, among many live concerts, in 2012 also in the temple of international jazz: the Blue Note in Tokyo and in England twice at the Costwold Park Soul Weekender. He collaborates with the legendary English band Matt Bianco on their album “Hideaway” arranging two songs and with the AngloAustralian singer Jason Donovan very popular in England, with the title track of his album Sign Of Your Love.