Stefano Ritteri aka Solo is my favourite producer with Italian roots (next to Sacha Robotti from Robosonic, of course!!) – always in a good mood, always up to a joke, always friendly and also a little bit crazy, which is actually a good thing, because you never get tired of reading his online feeds ;)
A true professional – when I finally met him in person at a club in F’hain, the players were not functioning properly. Where others would have blamed the club or be in a bad mood, he just shrugged and said “Yeah, well” and the situation was forgotten.
He has a smile for his audience and interacts with the crowd. Being a Fabric (London) resident, you could assume he has his head up in the air, but he has better things to do than to be arrogant – he just produces tracks that are actually quite nice, kind of a mirror of his nature in public.
Introducing to you the tall (handsome!) Italian producer, which name will appear a lot more in the mdeia the upcoming months than it already has: Stefano Ritteri SOLO, NOW:
stylistberlin: Ciao bello! How was your trip to Bali?!
Solo: Ciao! was long, wet, amazing!!!
stylistberlin: Where are you right now?
Solo: back to london since 3 days, home sweet home!!*
*15.06.2011
stylistberlin: What’s on your schedule the upcoming weeks?
Solo: studio time, few shows in france and spain, more studio time, and, if i manage, some studio time!
“studio time, more studio time, and, if i manage, some studio time”
stylistberlin: Where is your favourite spot to play?
Solo: So many! dont really have a favourite.. every place has its special energy.. and cocktails…
stylistberlin: With whom did you collaborate so far, with whom do you want to work with in the future?
Solo: I ve made songs with most of the producers in the family… in the future I’d love to collaborate with mr.pharrel williams!!!
stylistberlin: You are jetsetting from one place to another, when do you have time to produce your tracks?
Solo: Nowadays I’m learning to start ideas wherever I am, on a plane, in the hotel room, or even in the backstage of a festival .. but then I always need studio time to finish the songs and make sure they sound good…
stylistberlin: Where do you get your inspirations from?
Solo: Travels, records I listen too, people’s faces in clubs, weed…
stylistberlin: What do you do when you are stressed out?
Solo: Play some piano, obviously stoned ;)
stylistberlin: Do you listen to the music you are making in your free time as well, or do you prefer other styles as well?
Solo: I listen to anything but dance music.. love some rap, funnk, jazz, disco… gotta learn from the masters!
stylistberlin: If you had to chose, what would you pick: Alcohol, weed or chocolate?
Solo: a chocolate space cake with a nice cold beer… no choosing!!
stylistberlin: Car or train?
Solo: Bike
stylistberlin: Cats or dogs?
Solo: Bears
stylistberlin: Vinyls or CDs/laptop?
Solo: Vinyls!
Pantera, Notorious BIG, Nerd, The meters
stylistberlin: Five favourite records?
Solo: Too difficult to say, amongst favourites.. Pantera, Notorious BIG, Nerd, The meters.
stylistberlin: Releases of you which we should pay attention to now?
Solo: my new ep, The preacher, out next week, plus loads of remixes AND my label in september!!
heyhey, folks! solo gets his own label in september 2011…!!!
stylistberlin: Oh yeah. When are you coming back to Berlin?
Solo: in july, party time!
stylistberlin: A last word?
AYEAH!
…. About SOLO:
. Name: SOLO
. Date of birth (age): 03 march, 30!!
. Live where (district), reason for chosing the place: London, because I like rain!!
. Relationship status: Solo
. Children: unknown
. Occupation: Producer
. Label: Congaloid , Defected , Dirty Bird
. Online appearance
http://www.facebook.com/mrsolomusic
http://soundcloud.com/mrsolo
twitter : SOLO___
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