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His sound thrives where live instrumentation meets the soul of electronic music. A saxophonist, flautist, and refined arranger, he brings the musical expertise of wind instruments —flute, tenor sax, soprano sax, and alto sax—to the world of House, DeepHouse, Soulful House, Jazz House, Lounge, and Chill. His performances have a human and emotional dimension within the electronic groove, transforming rhythm into narrative.For over two decades, he has worked closely with DJ and producer MarcusSoulbynight (Michele Marcucci), shaping a distinctive sonic identity rooted inwarmth, improvisation, and profound musical sensitivity. His live phrasing easily moves between jazz, funk, and modern club culture, creating moments that resonate both on the dance floor and beyond. His musical career spans a broad spectrum of genres—from jazz, blues, and bossa nova to rock, dance, and traditional music—while his early radio experiences in the 1990s helped shape his conception of sound as atmosphere, narration, and emotionalspace.

A member of the Italian Society of Authors and Publishers (SIAE) since 1994 as a composer, author, and melodist, he has also written and produced soundtracks for documentaries, further exploring the relationship between music and visual narrative. With an academic background in Music and Performing Arts, which includes advanced studies in composition, musicology, and African-American music culture with renowned composers and scholars such as Renato di Benedetto, Lorenzo Bianconi, Gino Stefani and Aldo Clementi,his artistic identity is based on both profound knowledge and instinctive expression. He subsequently specialized in Music Therapy at the Institute of Music and Music Therapy in Bari, strengthening his belief that music is a universal emotional language capable of connecting people beyond words. Today, hiswork represents a bridge between the acoustic tradition and the electronic evolution, wherebreathing becomes rhythm, melody becomes atmosphere, and the dance floor becomes a place of shared human experience.