Italian DJ and producer Andrea Rivi debuts on Piston Recordings with the superb tech house flavoured two tracker My Weapon. Growing up in Florence Andrea developed a passion for music by listening to punk, rock and playing the drums. His teenage years were spent attending clubs, making his love of music stronger leading him to his true calling, DJing. After many gigs playing alongside top jocks he landed a residency at Club 999 in Prato as well as performing at Freaky Deaky parties. In 2011 he began to produce his own sounds and in 2012 he got his first release on Generation Records. No doubt this talented artist has lots to offer and hopefully we’ll be seeing more in the future, for now though enjoy this superb slice of proper tech house party sounds.

My Weapon is a straight up dancefloor gem with pulsing bases and a super tight rhythmic beat complete with thumping kick drums, crispy hi hats and shuffling percussions. Cool vocals litter the sound while fantastic synths lace the groove tying the track together beautifully. A definite must have that will not disappoint.

Old Man Raw is deeper tech offering that carries a solid groove throughout. Expertly crafted drum arrangements keep the rhythm flowing as superb ethnically charged vocals come through. The beat goes tribal with excellent percussions dishing out hypnotic rhythms making this one for the floors. On the low end a deep probing bassline runs through the track keeping us locked on for the duration. Top notch stuff indeed, not to be missed.

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