STRCTR‘s latest and greatest EP comes from Ruff Stuff.
Italian born, Berlin-based Gianfranco “Nanni” Barnaba, is the mind behind Ruff Stuff. His music is rooted in the influences of old school House, Deep and Garage with a propensity to find the newest, freshest sounds. Delivering them in a unique style in the booth, and relentlessly attacking the studio.
While Berlin might be the global epicenter of electronic music these days, there’s no doubting that it’s still one of the most competitive fields when it comes to breaking out in the scene.
As Frank Sinatra says about New York, “If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere”, and it’s a refrain that could just as easily still be applied to Berlin’s fervent electronic music scene.
Two individuals who evidently seem on the cusp of their big moment is Italian duo Nanni and Francois Le Roy, best known collectively as Ruff Stuff. Boasting a sound that’s heavily indebted to house in its many forms, the boys have embarked on a rich vein of form of late, chiefly as a result of the untitled EP series, released via their own self-titled label. Their latest has been courting favor in numerous discerning circles (with Laurent Garnier a huge fan) and we’re very confident you’ll be hearing much more from these guys over the past while.
But what have they learned since they moved to Berlin? We checked in with them recently to find out, eager to discover their findings in their own words:
