Good morning.

It’s Friday so we’re listening to something more upbeat. Today we’re listening to Andrea, an Italian electronic music producer from Turin. Andrea began his musical career as a DJ, spending years in front of crowds honing his musical judgment of what hits.¹ He’s heavily inspired by ‘90s drum and bass, and his 2020 debut LP, Ritorno, revives dance currents from a bygone era. First, though, we’re playing his latest album from March, Due in Color. That album has such a unique texture, like all the tracks are stuck together in the desert depicted on the album’s cover. Both records were put out on the Munich-based label Ilian Tape, whose specialty is “broken techno,” as Pitchfork put it.

Due in Color - Andrea (60m, vocal sample on track 6)
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Ritorno - Andrea (60m, no vocals except some background stuff on track 2)
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Have a superb weekend.