Milan-based electronic producer Piezo has built his reputation on unpredictability rather than a fixed sound, moving across dubstep, leftfield techno, electro, IDM and now trance-inflected psychedelia over the course of his career. This matters because it runs counter to the typical trajectory of dance music producers, who often refine a single aesthetic; Piezo instead treats each new phase as a chance to learn an unfamiliar musical language, with three major releases now arriving in close succession as the latest expression of that restless approach.

In a new interview, Piezo explains that his musical entry point was not club culture but the fractured, experimental sounds of Aphex Twin and Squarepusher, and that he only came to appreciate house and techno in his late twenties. He has spent stretches of several years immersed in distinct scenes, including Italian free-tekno, Bristol's post-dubstep sound and UK techno, before arriving at the trance-leaning textures of his recent EP for NAFF. Rather than a recognisable sonic signature, he attributes any consistency across his work to his approach to arrangement and structure, favouring unconventional tension-and-release techniques over obvious transitions, and points to ongoing collaborations, including with Brian Piñeyro (DJ Python), as central to how his sound keeps evolving.