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BIO:
It’s the sound of a knocking thud on your door the same night you watched a horror movie. It’s the feeling of waking up from a dream in which you time traveled backwards and forwards simultaneously. It’s that oddly comfortable uneasiness in realizing the future is now but you may not be 100% ready for it. Italy-born LA-based Andrea Fratangelo, known as Bot, makes the sounds of tomorrow while keeping in mind the styles and methods of those before him. His style, which some may say shaped those of his label with Astronomar and Neoteric, Main Course, have a distinctly club influence, but not in the way you may think when hearing the word “club.” He is very much in a lane all his own, though the sounds of his influences and past works are very much readily apparent throughout.
Bot marks the development of his current direction with December 2014 release, Genghis Clan & Bot’s “Roff” [link]. He found solace in focusing on the percussion, often saturating the basslines and layering white noise textures atop calculated rhythms. A feeling of deep jungle exploration, darkness from the shade of a thousand sky-scraping trees, and the roars of animals yet identified. Since then, his ... More Biography
It’s the sound of a knocking thud on your door the same night you watched a horror movie. It’s the feeling of waking up from a dream in which you time traveled backwards and forwards simultaneously. It’s that oddly comfortable uneasiness in realizing the future is now but you may not be 100% ready for it. Italy-born LA-based Andrea Fratangelo, known as Bot, makes the sounds of tomorrow while keeping in mind the styles and methods of those before him. His style, which some may say shaped those of his label with Astronomar and Neoteric, Main Course, have a distinctly club influence, but not in the way you may think when hearing the word “club.” He is very much in a lane all his own, though the sounds of his influences and past works are very much readily apparent throughout.
Bot marks the development of his current direction with December 2014 release, Genghis Clan & Bot’s “Roff” [link]. He found solace in focusing on the percussion, often saturating the basslines and layering white noise textures atop calculated rhythms. A feeling of deep jungle exploration, darkness from the shade of a thousand sky-scraping trees, and the roars of animals yet identified. Since then, his ... More Biography