BIOGRAPHY
Vintage synth fetishist and genuine circuit-bending
whiz, Italo Brutalo is no typical dealer of hardwaresqueezed
juice. Tapping in the endless potentialities
of his analogue army of retro machinery, the German
producer has built a sound ID that defies conventions
and takes pride in trespassing all the frontiers and limitations
associated to the etiolated map of dance music
styles.
From EBM-laced rhythms to jagged techno motifs, via
off-pistes divagations into electro, disco, hip-hop and
kosmische spaces, Italo Brutalo writes a story of genrebusting,
all-embracing love for the primordial groove.
Having first dabbled into production through the studio
equipment of his father, young Vincent Fries quickly
caught the virus of music-making and its idiosyncratic
logic, using all the means within his reach to turn his
ideas into actual pieces of sound. With over 25 years
of fiddling, tweaking, bastardising bars of automated
fire so people can have a blast on the dance floor, Italo
Brutalo has gained a potent reputation amongst jockeys
and producers, recently making it to the cover of Das
Synthesizer Magazine.
Following up to a string of releases on a wide array of
imprints including Mozzarella Records, Days of Being
Wild, Compuphonic, RFR or Nang Records, Fries moved
onto self-releasing his output through Bungalo
Disco, the label he co-operates alongside his girlfriend.
After the first three vinyl releases went sold-out within
a couple of weeks, Italo Brutalo now returns with his
anticipated debut long-player, „Heartware“, which - as
its title suggests, makes for a compelling ode to the machines
that got him into the eerie world of sine waves
and tape loops. Beautifully wrapped in a gatefold, and
adorned with the exquisite artwork of his creative partner
to go full-circle. What else?