Ivan Battistella Ivan Battistella Ivan Battistella was born in Lanciano (Abruzzo) in 1976. He moved to Ancona in 1997 where he began his carrer as a guitarist and singer. In 2005 he met the musician Simone Borghi, who invited him to participate in the promotional tour of his debut album For Many Years, recorded in Los Angeles with the support of the musician and producer James Raymond and the world famous drummer Vinnie Colaiuta. Battistella and Borghi share a strong understanding of composition that resulted in the realization of the Master of This Day song, included on the Simone Borghi's CD Online (2008) which was played by international artists such as Tony Levin, Steve Lukather, Simon Phillips, Frank Gambale, Dean Parks and Rachel Z. In 2010, Borghi's independent record label SBP (Serpilli Borghi Productions), in association with California management agency NYX, produced the first Ivan Battistella's CD single entitled Pay The Price with the participation of American musicians like James Raymond, Tony Levin, Brian Ray and JP Cervoni. In 2011 Battistella appears as a guest on Borghi's live DVD&CD Acoustic Night In Firenze and during the same year SBP and NYX produced his first album Promises And Lies.~~~n2015 is the come back year for Ivan Battistella.In autumn a new EP "NEWS FROM THE MOON " will be out in store.~~~nProduced between Italy and California the new project includes 6 new original tracks, written in collaboration with the guitar player/producer Roberto Diana , mixed by Stefano Olla and Dennis Mackay at " The View Studios" in Hollywood Ivan Battistella’s playlists NEWS FROM THE MOON by Ivan Battistella published on 2017-01-31T10:48:02Z THIS IS YOU by Ivan Battistella published on 2017-01-31T10:31:30Z