Geena B. Valentine and Rufus are an internationally active songwriter and artist couple from Italy. With their music they have been known far beyond their national borders for years. Their songs are regularly played on radios in Europe, Australia and the USA. Their songs, which they basically write, record, produce and promote themselves, mainly deal with topics about social ills, deceleration, sustainability and non-buyable values.
Their involvement in these areas goes far beyond music. For example, the two run the fashion label theBadSeedsCompany, which they founded in 2012. This is their answer to the omnipresent fast fashion. In their workshop, streetwear is made from fabrics that come from Europe and about whose origin is carefully respected. Mainly hemp, nettle and linen are used. The garments are produced locally with hand-operated machines or directly by hand
In addition, the two are active in the field of research. For years they have been looking for ways and means to produce plastics and other materials from hemp and are also active themselves in the cultivation of several acres of hemp. Through this work, they have been able to meet many pioneers in various fields over the past few years. Geena and Rufus are happy to introduce you to these dazzling and often too little appreciated personalities here soon.
SINGLE In The Fields
"In The Fields"
from the upcoming album
Echoes from the fields
‘In The Fields’ is a heart-wrenching Americana ballad - exploring youthful dreams and the passing of time in bittersweet detail. Geena’s voice contains years of wisdom as she sings of vanishing youth and innocence. Blending rustic Americana instrumentation beautifully evocative electric piano, the song creates a distinctive soundscape - melancholy, yet comforting. It will fit perfectly on any contemporary folk/rock/Americana playlist.
Basically, "In The Fields" is a recipe. Take a grandmother who no longer exists, a love you still hope for, and fields that have been abandoned. Take it all and mix it up and try to understand what went wrong. The recipe is successful if you do not repeat this mistake. Because you can lose people, leave fields and be disappointed and let down in love. But you can also decide whether memories should remain memories.
ECHOES
"Echoes"
from the upcoming album
Echoes from the fields
Languid and evocative, ‘Echoes’ is a stirring folk ballad. Backed by an assortment of eclectic instrumentation, Geena delivers an ethereal vocal performance. Images of wide open spaces are intertwined with heartbroken sentimentality, creating an aura of peaceful melancholy. The natural beauty and emotional lyricism of ‘Echoes’ make it a perfect fit for any soft, relaxing, Americana/folk playlist.
The emptiness and the hibernation of the fields serve in this song symbolically for silence. That silence that gives too much space to one's own thoughts, reflects them like an echo and as a deafening silence prevents us from savoring the present in all its facets. No matter whether good or bad.
The message is: don’t discuss it. Do it.
"Take Me To The Endles Sea"
from the upcoming album
Echoes from the fields
Rustic and mysterious, ‘Take Me To The Endless Sea’ captures the essence of modern southern Gospel. An evocative vocal performance is backed by borderline gothic instrumentation, featuring a haunting chromatic melody played on a three string cigar box and an intricate guitar solo. Geena’s voice grows into a multilayered chorus, giving the track its epic crescendo. This compelling song of sin and salvation is perfect for any Americana/folk/dark-country playlists.
TAKE ME TO THE ENDLESS SEA
"It's about dreams and their realization and it's about simple dreams that can create great miracles. And that's exactly how a three-sided cigar box should serve as the basic instrument for an orchestral song" said Rufus.
