The Factory of Clouds is a collection of songs crated from many moments with the guitar under the stars and scribbles under the candlelight. The eleven songs of the album begin to take shape in 2013 with the participation of many musician friends who over the years have been band mates, on stage and many sound experiences. The atmosphere  changes and is in continuous transformation: the notes go along with the bucolic lyrics down a gentle path downbeat and upbeat; guitars, horns, strings, banjo, mandolin, tabla, accordion, bells, sitar, are just some of the instruments played … then the sounds of Nature: melodies that reveal the strong bond between the author, Livio Rabito and his homeland.

Musicians:

• Livio Rabito: Voice and choirs, bass, guitars, keyboards, FX etc.
• Peppe Burrafato: Drums, Percussion
• Vincent Migliorisi: Guitars, Banjo, Mandola, Xylophone, Percussion
• Enrico Giurdanella: Guitar, Sitar, Banjo, Christal bells.
• Jascha Parisi: Cello | Salvo Randazzo: Violin
• Andrea Dipasquale: Trombone | Andrea Savasta: Trumpet
• Giuseppe Distefano: Accordion
• Davide Ragusa: Flute
• Riccardo Gerbino: Tabla, Djembe

Other voices: Ilda Migliorino, Nicola Randone, Giulia Campo and Virginia Rabito
Narrator in Stardust: John Rabito

Produced by Livio Rabito in 2017
Music: Livio Rabito (Come un’Agave: Rabito/Giurdanella)
Lyrics: Livio Rabito (Gabbiani: Rabito/Cicero)
Recorded at “La Fabbrica delle Nuvole Studio” by Livio Rabito, the “MaiOhm” Studio of Vincent Migliorisi and to “Nuevarte Studio” of Carlo Longo between 2013 and 2016.
Mixed and mastered at “Nuevarte Studio” by Carlo Longo
Artwork: Enrico Paradiso
Graphic/Web: Nicola Randone

Special thank you:
All the musicians for all the affection, friendship and professionalism given to me; Carlo Longo for long days of Recording, Mix and Printing, but also onions (Cipolline), Tennent’s, and coffee; Enrico Paradiso for his patience and for all the funny chatty conversations; Nicola Randone for suggestions and internet website skills; Spazio musica, Maurizio Morello, Lina Pluchino and Sara Iacono for their singing abilities; the crickets of Vendicari and Piancagiò for their night performances; Kita; my family, Grandma Licia (inevitable), the Eneyde, I Randone, the Baciamolemani, Salvo Corallo, Carla Cicero, Piancagiò, Viviana Pluchino, Oliver Canni ‘, Gabriele Vizzini, Adriana Cilio, Genji and all the people who contributed to the birth this album …