Not for the engines, but for the strength of soul music so dear to many of the protagonists of the city vibrating underground. Reppin’ Florence and its burgeoning soul, today we have with us the artist known as Biga, <\/strong>aka El Climatico.<\/p>\n Half of the underground electronic duo Ether<\/strong>, alongside partner in crimes Colossius<\/strong>, part of the infamous Ragnampiza Crew<\/strong><\/a> (shout out Duccio, Tommy and Bubu)\u00a0 Biga is a well-known crate-digger, a deejay and eclectic producer, able to switch from boom-bap infused sounds to electronic music effortlessly. He’s an artist as talented as he is elusive to easy labels, a rare example of versatile creativity, regardless of the instrument.<\/p>\n As he recently dropped a new album titled “Intervalli e Paesaggi<\/em>“, as the first volume of Moderna Sonorizzazioni<\/strong>, a series of albums inspired by Library Music via Francesco Fisotti’s<\/a> own QuattroBambole label<\/a>, we’ve jumped on the opportunity to have a proper chat with the man of the hour.<\/p>\n We have discussed our main passion, music production, plus crate digging and creating soundtracks for imaginary movies, private documentaries and unreleased TV series. If you feel the vibe, there’s a dope vinyl release too for your crates, so…you already know the deal.<\/p>\n Enjoy the reading, folks.<\/p>\n Biga, a quick introduction: what would you tell about yourself to someone who never heard about you or your music? I come from the school of legendary rapper and producer Dre Love<\/strong>, I grew up in South Florence close to CPA\u2019s Viale Giannotti (author\u2019s note: CPA is a community centre, very active for underground music and counterculture production in Italy since the late Seventies<\/em>), and I have had an infinite love for soul music and fat grooves since I was a child. That\u2019s the truth.<\/p>\n Wait for a second: what do you mean by “disturbing element<\/em>“? Why do you say so? Okay, I see…Tracing back the roots of your sound, what was the first beat that you’ve placed or sold on a record at a commercial level?<\/strong>![\"Biga](\"https:\/\/strettoblaster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/biga-Intervalli-E-Paesaggi.jpeg\")
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\n<\/strong>Well, wait for it a second…what could I tell…it’s a difficult question…(laughs<\/em>). I’m a deejay and beatmaker from Florence, but if you want me to say something on a deeper level, on a more intimate tip, let’s just say that I’m a disturbing element since the mid-Nineties, born in 1980, and I’m on the Autentica label rooster.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>LOL, it’s just a funny way to describe what I do…I try to go beyond a simple definition, and as clubbing is very limited as of now in Italy and especially in Florence, for both political and civil reasons, being a deejay means disturbing the stat quo and the quiet, well…that’s what I am! (laughs<\/em>)<\/p>\n
\nMy first production placed on a record was with the Ether project released in 2006, entitled Intimo Personelles<\/em>, for the Mousikelab of the mythological Retina.it<\/strong> e Marco Messina<\/strong>, the piece was called\u00a0Shinobile Mas<\/em>. It was a real satisfaction, one of the first things I did with Ableton Live, version 4, and it quite represents the sound I had at that time, much darker than the previous and the current one, thinking about it in hindsight, I don’t identify with it at all but it is a mirror of how I felt at that time, dimmerda<\/em>, it happens.<\/p>\n