A Soulful Cosmic Ride with Peppe Moffa

This episode is a collaboration between MAJ and Frissón Roma. Special thanks to Giorgio, Giovanni, and everyone at Frissón. It’s a Thursday evening in October in the Eternal City. Intrigued by the soft, dimmed lights, you enter a bar in the East Rome district of Pigneto. You are immersed in the warmth of the analogue sound diffused through the hi-fi sound system. Stretching from Africa to the Americas and back to the Mediterranean Sea, reaching other continents in a fusion with distant cultures, Brazilian popular chants are merging with Roberto Musci and Giovanni Venosta’s field recordings; Neapolitan jazz-funk is paving the way for Claudio Simonetti’s Italo disco, post-disco conceived between Milan and New York, and house music from Detroit. The speakers are blasting, the negroni and the wine are flowing. The music and the refreshments are somehow cathartic. This mix does not focus on a specific era; the purpose, as usual, is to try and express the complexity of life through the universal message of music. Joy, excitement, anger, greed and ambition are merging, and a pinch of melancholy is never missing. Born in Naples, raised in Rome and refined between London and Berlin, Peppe Moffa (AKA ORO) is an avid digger, passionate about the music spread by the African diaspora throughout the world, and with a keen ear for all the good stuff ranging from ambient to soul, prog-rock, Italo disco, funk, house, electro, techno and beyond. Focusing not only on dancefloor bangers but also on more introspective tunes, Peppe creates space for both the latest releases and old favourites. "A special thank you goes to Zag from MAJ and all the Frissón team: Mario, Francesca, Pietro, Giorgio, Luca and Giovanni, as well as chef Leo and the kitchen and front-of-house crew. Also, a well-deserved mention to Mike and Andrea from Crudo Sound for building the wonderful sound system, and Edoardo for helping us tune it." https://www.instagram.com/frissonroma https://www.instagram.com/pepp.mo -- MAJ’s mission is to share high-quality vinyl-only mixes. To continue, we need support to maintain our studio and cover expenses. Please consider supporting us on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/myanalogjournal Or make a one-time donation with no sign-up: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MyAnalogJournal