The Venus Project - Press Release
Venus Project is proud to present it's two distinctly original music albums "Love And Live" and "Adore Me." - Highly inspiring and rhythmic music, uplifting, pleasing, meaningful, original and timeless works of art, songs that would massage the soul and lift the spirit.
"Love and Live", the full-length album features 12 original, inspiring, rhythmic, uplifting and meaningful songs, exhibiting a wide variety of musical styles and forms. Incorporating the influences of many different techniques, genres and cultures. Ranging from exciting fusion of arousing Persian belly dance melodies, erotic pulsating tropical grooves, jazz, rhythm and blues beats, to thrilling hard-hitting dance pieces, and soft romantic love songs.
"Adore Me" album consists of 8 erotic, sensual, female empowering, melodic and provocative songs, inspired by; Persian Belly Dance rhythms, Samba, Mambo and Reggae melodies. Five of the Adore Me album songs are with female vocals uttering fun explicit lyrics and 3 are instrumentals. - The "Adore Me" album highly entertaining and meaningful songs are written from many females points of views, reflecting and amplifying women expectations, desires and needs for enjoying and maintaining a healthy romantic relationship. The deliberate use of the a few explicit words in "Adore Me" lyrics is for capturing peoples’ attention, particularly males’ attention.
Both "Love And Live" and "Adore Me" incorporate the influence of many different styles and cultures. "Love And Live" and "Adore Me" will take you on a musical journey evoking an array of thoughts, understandings and emotions. Venus Project utilizes the universal language of music to stress positivity and introduce thought provoking content. The underlying message of "Love And Live" and "Adore Me" is one of enlightenment through entertainment. The subject matter of the songs' lyrics includes: Love, Friendship, Peace, Sex, Mother Nature, Religion, and the Power of Human Spirit.
The unique lyrics, melodies and music for "Love And Live" and "Adore Me" were written and produced by Bahram Maskanian. Bahram wrote the lyrics based upon his original poetry and selected various cultural instruments and musical concepts to create music that appeals to a universal audience of all ages. Consisting of and reflecting diverse cultural backgrounds, these musical concepts and interactions have resulted in tracks that mix styles to form and communicate a rhythmic and poetic philosophy.
Bahram Maskanian is a Persian-American man, he is advocate of reason, common sense principles and ethical standards, an environmentalist, humanist, political and social justice, human rights, female equal rights, gender equality activist, essayist, songwriter, producer, poet and the founder of the Venus Project Foundation, an educational, non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable national organization based in Manhattan, New York City.
"Love And Live" and "Adore Me" were arranged by Shahe Sinanoglu and were tracked and recorded by Daniel Cinelli at Planet Studios in Montreal. Vocals, backup vocals, mixing and Sax tracks were recorded at Cove City Sound Studio, Inc. in New York. Brian Harding captured the amazing versatile vocals of Vita Corimbi. Richie Cannata played the Sax tracks for 3 songs ("Tough Enough," "No Guarantee", "If You Only Knew"). Christine Clark sang the backup vocals. Mixing credit goes to Dan Hetzel and his assistant Jim Annunziato. Tom Brick of Absolute Audio in Manhattan is responsible for Mastering.
"I always wanted to develop a new musical art form that would present a blend of great music and inspiring lyrics - yet retain original trend setting sounds and ideas. I believe art should reflect life".
Said Bahram Maskanian, Venus Project’s founder, song writer and producer.
Love and Live
The "Love and Live", the full-length album features 12 original, inspiring, rhythmic, uplifting, timeless and meaningful songs, exhibiting a wide variety of musical styles and forms. Incorporating the influences of many different techniques, genres and cultures. Ranging from exciting fusion of arousing Persian belly dance melodies, erotic pulsating tropical grooves, jazz, rhythm and blues beats, to thrilling hard-hitting dance pieces, and soft romantic love songs.
Each one of these songs can be listened to free of charge and download separately for 1 dollar each, or if you wish, you may purchase the "Love And Live" album. -- Click on the Love and Live CD cover, to preview the album‘s songs free of charge.