The trio hails from Modena, the Northern Italian motor city. As with the Ferrari and Maserati cars that are designed and manufactured in Modena, Strata-Gemma produce a music of beautiful symmetry. Strata-Gemma creates jazz for the head, the heart and the body. Their sound is shaped by the ambient adventures Miles Davis and Ron Carter engaged in alongside the electronic pulse Mo’ Wax and Ninja Tune carved out of clubland. Add to this a touch of Nino Rota’s Fellini film scores, employ a pinch of Balkan and klezmer brass arrangements, and you have an instrumental trio who create music so fresh it stimulates the senses. Strata-Gemma is a collaboration between Billy Bogus, Luca Cacciatore, and Andrea Moretti. The trio first took shape as a club jam between DJs and musicians. Their ability to create atmospheric music, pulsing with rhythm but never solely reliant on beats, music that breaks free and explores sonic possibilities, quickly won notice and lead to the trio playing their freeform music in clubs, music venues and festivals across Italy. Strata-Gemma consists of producer Niccolò Bruni (aka Billy Bogus), horns player Luca Cacciatore; double bassist Andrea Moretti. Bruni is a DJ, producer and founder of Pizzico Records. Over the past two decades, he has striven to mix jazz, beats, soundtracks and funk. Coming together with Luca and Andrea allowed Bruni to explore a vision of post-club jazz that is as rich as Modena’s food and as elegant as Modena’s cars. Strata-Gemma creates a sensual sonic storm, music to be savored and explored, the opposite of much of today’s fast-food music.

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