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META MOTO PODCASTS ARE DEDICATED TO CONCEPTS THAT CANNOT EXPRESSED DIRECTLY BUT FORCED TO CONVEY THE MORAL NATURE. THE EIGHTY-FIRST CHAPTER IS WRITTEN BY THE PRODUCER AND DJ @ALESSANDRO-ADRIANI-MNQ
ALESSANDRO ADRIANI IS A LOT OF THINGS – PRODUCER, DJ, LIVE PERFORMER AND LABEL OWNER – BUT ABOVE ALL HEIS A TIRELESS MUSIC RESEARCHER. THE BERLIN-BASED ITALIAN GOES FURTHER THAN YOURAVERAGE “CRATE DIGGER” IN PURSUIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT SOUNDS, STYLES, ARTISTSAND RECORD LABELS, DEVOTING COUNTLESS HOURS TO UNEARTHING THE UNTOLD STORIESBEHIND THE MUSIC HE LOVES, REGARDLESS OF WHEN IT WAS MADE.
ADRIANI’S OBSESSION HAS NATURALLY SHAPED HIS OTHER MUSICAL ENDEAVORS, NOT LEASTMANNEQUIN RECORDS, THE LABEL HE ESTABLISHED OVER THAN A DECADE AGO, VOTED LABEL OF THE MONTH BY RESIDENT ADVISOR IN 2017. OVER THE YEARS, THE IMPRINT HAS WON PRAISE FROM BUYERS AND CRITICS ALIKE FOR ITS OPEN-MINDED BLEND OF ON-POINTREISSUES, ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS AND FRESH PRODUCTIONS. THE INTRIGUING, LEFTFIELD MIXTURE OF MATERIAL ON OFFER – THINK TECHNO, ELECTRO, COLD WAVE, INDUSTRIAL,EBM, MINIMAL SYNTH, AND MORE – IS NATURALLY A REFLECTION OF ADRIANI’S WIDE-RANGING AND OFF-KILTER TASTES (AS YOU’D DISCOVER IF YOU HAD A QUICK FLICK THROUGH HIS VAST AND GROWING RECORD COLLECTION).
ADRIANI IS DISTINCTIVELY DRAWN TOWARDS THE DARK AND OBSCURE, AND YOU CAN HEAR THIS APPROACH AMONGST THE LONG, DRAWN-OUT MIXES OF HIS SIMILARLY ECLECTIC DJSETS. ALESSANDRO HAS CONTRIBUTED OUTSTANDING MIXES FOR RESIDENT ADVISOR, FACT,CRACK MAGAZINE, BLEEP, CXEMA AND DEKMANTEL. ON THE FESTIVAL CIRCUIT HE’SMADE APPEARANCES AT DEKMANTEL, ADE, DIMENSIONS, NEOPOP, POSITIVE EDUCATION,SIGNAL AND MORE, TOGETHER WITH HIS BI-MONTHLY DATES AT BERGHAIN AND PANORAMA BAR, A RESIDENCY HE’S HELD SINCE EARLY 2016.
AS A PRODUCER, ADRIANI’S OUTPUT NATURALLY DRAWS ON THESE INSPIRATIONS, BUT ALSO REFLECTS HIS OBSESSION WITH ELECTRONIC HARDWARE. UNDER HIS OWN NAME ADRIANI HAS BUILT A REPUTATION FOR DELIVERING HEAVY, ANGULAR AND FORTHRIGHT CLUB CUTS FOR SUCH CELEBRATED LABELS AS STROBOSCOPIC ARTEFACTS, JEALOUS GOD, PINKMAN AND - OF COURSE - MANNEQUIN RECORDS.
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