Nachtblumen Podcast #22 Ness

The next chapter in my podcast series comes from the Italian DJ, producer and label owner Andrea, also known as Ness.

Coming from Sardinia, Italy, Ness has become a respected figure in the electronic music scene, especially when talking about hypnotic techno. With a background in sound engineering, research, fine-tuning and over a decade of experience as a producer and DJ, Andrea has crafted a signature sound that influenced an entire generation in music.

His productions and sets are typically defined as a wide range of exploration between hypnotic techno and ambient soundscapes. As of recently, the Italian producer decided to expand that scope even more, by creating the trance-influenced alias L-3P, under which he will be releasing music with a higher bpm, which only shows that he is constantly evolving and challenging his presence in music.

Next to playing around the globe, Ness has been running successfully his label The Gods Planet, which is a home to many established talents as well as newcomers with fresh ideas. The constantly evolving concept of the label unfolds fully in an in-depth article on the blog. While reading, enjoy this masterful hour of Andrea’s signature sound, with hints of his latest musical influences.
The calligrapher does not simply write words to communicate a fixed thought. The calligrapher uses the pen or the brush as an extension of the whole body, and the whole spirit. The calligraphic mark should convey something metaphysical as well as physical. The spirit should inform the body, which should move in a unified gesture, transferring the energy of both body and spirit into the arm, into the hand, into the pen and finally into the mark.

With its tradition of conveying meaning beyond the objective into the realm of the unknown, calligraphy, in particular coming from Asia, has been a life-long inspiration for me as a creator. For the next series of artworks in the Nachtblumen podcast, I wanted to create a botanical visual language that is deeply inspired and concerned with the communicative power of gesture and lines, while reducing my materials to only calligraphy paper and ink.