BIO

Italian singer/songwriter, ila
begins to play music at the age of seventeen.
On 2000 she starts to work with Fabrizio Brocchieri, CinicoDisincanto's label manager.
On 2004 her first single "Penso troppo", published by CinicoDisincanto.

in 2005 she meets Paolo Filippi and Teo Marchese of the Cavò Studio.
They start to work together and finally they release first ila's album "Malditesta" on 2007.
Ila and her "malditesta band" (Teo Marchese, Andy Ronchi e Teo Airoldi) start a tour during 2007/2008.

"malditesta" ("headache") is a full memories project, sensations and experiences mixed together for sharing emotions. In the album played: Fabrizio Bosso, Massimo Moriconi, Mauro Negri, Israel Varela, Marco Bianchi and others.
A rock, pop, world album produced by Paolo Filippi and Teo Marchese for CinicoDisincanto.

In 2009 came out a new EP "Va tutto bene..." ("everything is all right") for Tube Jam Records, produced by Paolo Filippi and Teo Marchese.
This is a 6 songs cd, something ironic and sarcastic, that show an intent to a radical change.

ON MARCH 2011 ila released a new album "Little world", a different way to intend her music, acoustic, sample and easy. The album was recorded with her new band and some guest as Jesse Harris (USA), Pascale Daniel (FR), Fabio Costanzo, Nima, Robi Zonca, Pasquale Bordaro.

Ila and her new band "Ila & The Happy Trees" are in tour right now.
ILA&the happy trees is: ila (voice, acoustic guitar, ukulele, kalimba) Teo Marchese (drum, percussion, banjo), Lorenzo Fugazza (guitar, banjo, ukulele) e Paolo Legramandi (bass, backing vocals, percussion)

IN JULY 2009 and JANUARY 2010 ila work in the Aftershock project: a workshop with Nitin Sawhney and 10 great musicians from Italy, Uk and France. They played and compose together for 10 days and we had a show at the last day at Band on the wall of Manchester (UK)

Ila is also singer, composer and producer, with Teo Marchese, for 2Hez: an electro/world project. First album "13.0.0.0.0" was released on 2009 by Tube Jam Records

OUT OF STAGE

Ila care of music and she really wants to change the world, so she have different projects and events.

On 2008 she direct "La guerra dei poveri" a documentary about italian musicians' life.

On 2010 she organize the event "La musica regala il cuore: la settimana della musica" ("Music's week" - 17 / 23 may 2010) a week when the musicians can play in hospitals, schools, asylums exc. A way for make people feel better.

During 2009 starts "The songwriters project", shows when different songwriters share the same stage and play all alone.


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