The Sound Of Brenta

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There’s a unique suburban sound coming out of North East Italy.

The Sound of Brenta are a collective of DJs and producers from the same area, now spread across Italy and Europe, who coined the term to distinguish the analogue-driven music they were creating.

Lucretio and Marieu aka The Analogue Cops set the wheels in motion with their Restoration Records which was later reinterpreted by Dj Octopus, Steve Murphy and Sagats, using strains of electroclash, 90s acid house, experimental and techno, and spread across the world through their imprint Muscle Records.

In their own words: “The sound of brenta is the result of years of practice and research on different ways of composing electronic music, ranging from primitives hardware sequencers to the state of art of computer languages. Recording techniques as well has made a big change throughout the years, starting with multitrack magnetic cassettes to digital audio tape and professional digital converters. Every track is the result of a unique session that tries to grasp the original inspiration.”

Ahead of a new release on Perty Records, which brings together many of the aforementioned hardware familia and marks the second iteration of The Sound Of Brenta – a follow up to 2013’s outing on Muscle – the crew pick out some tracks that showcase this specific sound.

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Sagats - Blue Screen Of Death (feat. Ludovic)

DJ and producer from Venice-Italy and long time record collector focused on disco, funky and soul. Providing some Detroit electro-infected fine tunes. On this track, which features his brother Ludovic, they share a pop structure 303 track where silence and distortion shake hands.

Sagats - Blue Screen Of Death (feat. Ludovic)

DJ and producer from Venice-Italy and long time record collector focused on disco, funky and soul. Providing some Detroit electro-infected fine tunes. On this track, which features his brother Ludovic, they share a pop structure 303 track where silence and distortion shake hands.
Lucretio - Vampire Killer

Domenico Cipriani is a technology enthusiast, audio engineer and label owner of Restoration records, alongside Marieu. When gear has no secrets you can easily become a guide and this is his role in “The Sound of Brenta” collective. ‘Vampire Killer’ is a club experiment where an 8bit soundtrack becomes a house anthem. It has a never-ending bassline that blows your mind. Would you dance to a videogame theme?
Marieu - Corona

Marieu is part of the duo The Analogue Cops with Lucretio. A long time player in the electronic music scene, he is a wizard on the sampler. He started his activity in Barcelona then moved to Berlin. He has created his unique sound by using loads of vocal cuts from movies and soundtracks on a 4/4 super fat house bass. On ‘Corona’ you can have a peak at his composing virtuosity.
Steve Murphy - Mira Electronics

Mattia Favaretto aka Steve Murphy is heavily influenced by the German techno scene from the 2000s. He’s an electro-clash digger and label owner of Metal Position records with DJ Octopus. This track showcases his love for that era of electro-pop and the roots of his DJ career in his hometown Mira, near Venice, where he used to play on a regular basis when he was a kid.
DJ Octopus - The House Of Pain

Milan-based DJ, producer and label owner of Perty. Making music has always been a way to play something that nobody else has. Started by cutting dubplates then releasing records through German and British labels like Chiwax and Unknown to the Unknown. ‘The House of Pain’, like most of his tracks, is a dusty dancefloor cut made for dark sweaty clubs.