Fedele

Exploring the tension between maximal impact and subliminal experimentation, Fedele presents an uncompromising vision of modernist machine music. His sound fuses the edgy sonic tweaking of electro, the motorik thrust of techno and complex emotional expression which draws on his roots as a trained violinist.

Hailing from Bari in Southern Italy, Fedele’s career to date has taken in every dimension of the global dance music megastructure, and yet his direction has always been focused on originality and sincerity. As a young local DJ playing hip-hop, RnB and soul, on a voyage of discovery in the peak 00s years of minimal techno and through to his position as an established international artist, the music comes before everything else. His first steps as an active participant within the techno scene were within live, hardware-powered trio Agents Of Time, which led to releases for Jennifer Cardini’s Correspondant, Maceo Plex’s Ellum Audio, Tale Of Us’ Afterlife and on their own Obscura.

In a natural evolution, Fedele forged his own path away from the group, releasing his first solo works on Tiga’s Turbo label and retaining Obscura as a platform for his own productions and those of kindred spirits sharing his creative vision. As Obscura continues to evolve as a label, Fedele equally broadens the possibilities within his own work, maintaining close ties with Ellum Audio and Afterlife, remixing artists such as Stephan Bodzin, nurturing his more experimental electro tendencies as Sharp Felon and exploring other avenues of expression such as live soundtrack work with director Alessandro Piva. The core of his practice remains an intuitive connection to hardware-based production and performance – an expressive extension of his heart and soul transmitted through circuits and wires and out through the system.

As well as a producer and live act, Fedele is a prolific DJ found in any of the significant, iconic parties you might care to mention from around the world. It’s telling that some of his many back-to-back experiences are with pioneering titans including Miss Kittin and DJ Hell to name but a few – artists whose sound chimes with Fedele’s own, but crucially those who forged their own paths and set the tone for huge movements within electronic dance music.

As that calibre of artist makes their mark through conviction, individuality and perseverance, so Fedele is doing the same.