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- Marco Passarani - The Pope Is Analogue

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Marco Passarani

Final Frontier, Rome, Italy

Marco Passarani keeps himself busy in the ancient city of Rome, where he concocts analogue masterpieces in the heart of the Trastevere neighbourhood. This hood, home to the HQ of his seminal Nature & Pigna labels and Final Frontier distribution company, is an area where you can (Marco assures us) have a really good time just hanging around, sitting on the sidewalks, drinking a glass of wine and talking for hours. As Marco says, “You could do this everywhere, but in Rome it's better”. Still, although he is constantly tempted with the possibility of enjoying “dolce far nulla”, you can bet he’s never resting on his laurels. From running his labels and DJing all around Europe to dropping releases on Peacefrog or bringing legends of Chicago house and Dutch space jazz to play at his regular label nights in Rome, his suitcase is never unpacked and his machines are never unjacked. If you ever wanted to know how to coax wobbling tones from all those classic synths, this Passarani is the man to ask!