Ninaì

Ninai

"We're closer than we think. Every sound, every person, every moment is an opportunity. Change the frequency. Experiment. Explore. Trust the unknown."

Soulmetry is an interdisciplinary musical trilogy conceived between Italy and Japan and released by I Low You (ILU) Records.
It explores music as a living, evolving organism: constantly transformed through presence, intuition, and human connection.

Alongside the collective experience of Soulmetry: Living Room Session, recorded live in a single uninterrupted take,
Soulmetry - Time Space reveals the project's most intimate dimension.
A solo performance for piano, synthesizers, and voice, distilling the music to its essential core.
Rather than presenting a fixed repertoire, Ninaì inhabits the music.
The piano is the place where sound comes into being, inviting the audience to witness its creation.

"Breath is the bridge between the soul and the world. The first rhythm we ever knew. This is the frequency we tune into. This is Unity."

"Perhaps we are all improvising our lives, following a pulse older than words, older than music: our heartbeat. A rhythm that reminds us we have never truly been separate."

Soulmetry - Sonic Zone is the collective expression of the project, an ensemble that expands from duo to quintet while remaining rooted in the same philosophy of openness, trust, and radical listening.

The performance unfolds as an organic sonic ecosystem where composed material and spontaneous interaction coexist effortlessly. Nothing is predetermined, and the chemistry between the performers becomes the music itself, turning every concert into a singular act of collective creation.

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Born in Northern Italy, Ninaì is an Italian pianist, vocalist, and composer of Peruvian and Chinese descent. Raised in a family of artists, she grew up in an environment where music, visual arts, and improvisation were part of everyday life.
This early relationship with artistic expression shaped a distinctive musical language, constantly evolving between jazz, contemporary music, world traditions, and echoes of the classical repertoire.
Her sound moves between nu-jazz, ambient textures, hip-hop, and world music, while remaining rooted in a constant exploration of different artistic languages. She transforms the voice into a primordial instrument, a conduit to a shared consciousness inspired by the cycles of nature.
Following her debut album Musica in Testa (2020), Ninaì collaborated with artists from the contemporary and bossa nova scenes before releasing the Ep Dream Baby Dream, a further step in her ongoing exploration of sound and expression.
This artistic journey led to Soulmetry, a three-part recording project produced by Flavio Ferri and released by Tokyo-based I Low You Records (ILU Records). Conceived between Italy and Japan, Soulmetry explores music as a living organism, continuously transformed through presence, intuition, improvisation, and human connection.
Her latest release: "Soulmetry Living Room Session" (May 2026) expands this artistic universe through intimate lo-fi solo piano recordings, creating a bridge between the essential language of her solo compositions and the expansive energy of her live ensemble performances.

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"A coherent, elegant, and deeply contemporary work that confirms the strength of independent music when experimentation, artistic identity, and uncompromising musicianship converge."
MEI - Meeting of Independent Labels (Italy)

"A small yet precious laboratory of contemporary jazz, restoring improvisational freedom and the authenticity of acoustic sound to the heart of the musical experience."
Underground Playlist

Named among Sky Italia's Best Alternative Albums of 2025.
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