desso | Andrea De Sotgiu

Andrea De Sotgiu, aka "desso", is a music producer and author born in Genoa. Since 2015 he has gained his experience producing artists and playing drums in the band Zueno. With the desire to evolve his productions, he began a period of research and sound contamination starting from 2018, absorbing influences from Urban / R&B, UK Garage and Baile Funk. Since 2022 he has been one of the active members of the Genoese cultural association ARCI Larsen, which offers a space open to all creatives in the area. In addition, between 2022 and 2024 he was co-creator of the Freak Flower and Resident DJ event at the Casa Mia Club in Genoa. In 2025 he became part of the artistic community La Nuova Zena, thanks to which he produced one of the tracks of the EP LNZ #1, in collaboration with Zazza, Gius and Brisekk. In 2026 he is the reference producer of the Presidi Sonori project within the Viadelcampo29rosso museum. Training After graduating in Communication and New Media, in 2017 she attended the one-year songwriting course with the singer-songwriter Zibba. In 2018 he graduated in Urban Music Production at the SAE Institute in Milan and in 2022 he obtained a PhD in Digital Humanities at the University of Genoa, with a thesis on "Immersive Music in Binaural Format (Dolby Atmos)".