⁄handlogic is an experimental pop project born in Florence, Italy in 2016. From its inception, it gained prominence in the national underground scene thanks to its victory in several nationwide contests and to the debut EP receiving excellent feedback from the music press (Mucchio Selvaggio, Rumore, Blowup, La Repubblica). The songs were described as “[…] multiply inspired, with the experimental approach of trip hop, the refined sound of that R&B that refuses to conform to market models […] all of it coordinated by a sensibility for interlocking sounds and jazzy exchanges between instruments”. During the following two years the band embarked on a long tour with over 130 gigs across the whole of Italy, reaching Germany, the Czech Republic and Switzerland. ⁄handlogic performed on the stages of prominent festivals, played live in the state broadcasters Rai Radio 1 and Radio 2 studios, and opened for artists such as Primal Scream and Paolo Fresu. In 2018 the idea sparked to revisit the band’s material in collaboration with eleven artists from the Italian scene, such as Alberto Ferrari (Verdena), Andrea Appino (Zen Circus) and Giulio Ragno Favero (Teatro degli Orrori); this culminated in a visionary and multiform collection of remixes. ⁄handlogic’s debut full-length “Nobodypanic” was released in May 2019 with Woodworm Label, followed by a tour that was cut short by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The forced pause was used by the band to work on a new, Italian language record, which will be released in the winter of 2022.

As a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Tauwoo dives deeply into the emotive world that a song offers. His sound is diverse, drawing inspiration from West African, Middle Eastern, and Indian rhythms as well as bands like Radiohead, Photay, Bonobo, and Patrick Watson. He loves collaborations with other creatives and strives to express an emotion in its truest form.

Composer and producer Dario Slavazza lives on a sailboat in San Francisco’s North Bay. He works as a music curator for global brands such as FitBit, Obe, and Asics, and leads water excursions for first-timers. A voracious reader, especially of the philosophical implications of entropy, he is also a classically trained saxophonist and recording studio engineer. His sound and visual art are largely inspired by renaissance sculpture, the impressionist and new wave cinema.

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