The Piaggio Soul Combination

The Piaggio Soul Combination is a musical collective from Pisa, Italy, where long-standing mod Marco “Piaggio” Piaggesi combined the best singers and musicians of the local Latin-Soul scene to create a dynamic fusion of sound.

Mixing Italian, American and Caribbean musicians, the band builds a solid foundation of polyrhythms before adding tasty bass lines and groove-laden guitars. A tight-as-hell horn section and a fat organ sound complete the picture, offering a boiling pot of Soul grooves, up-tempos, Latin-jazz movers with Northern Soul. In 2020, they started their collaboration with Arkansas-bred lead vocalist Lakeetra Knowles.

But dance floor–oriented Northern Soul is not their only passion; they also have a taste for psych pop, and on their exclusive release for Hypnotic Bridge they feature two great guest musicians: psychedelic guitar legend Dome LaMuerte, founder of the seminal band Not Moving, who takes the axe-man role on Space Diary, and Greek vocal therapist, experimenter and Maestra Marina Mulopulos, lead vocalist on Dimmelo.

For this single, the band’s line-up includes: 
Marina Mulopulos: lead vocals
Marco Piaggesi: lead and backing vocals, organ, piano, Mellotron 
Michele Malasoma, Pietro Canale: drums 
Gio Renzo Baccelli: congas and percussions 
Dome La Muerte: guitar
Michelangelo Pardini: bass