Azzecca has opened a brand new chapter: the Chicago producer immediately launched her label Cosimea Sounds and launched its debut single, the high-energy membership observe ‘AL’S HOT SOUP.’ Azzecca frames the label as an extension of her long-running Cosimea occasion collection, a community-first, otherworldly “membership world” the place style traces blur between home, acid and techno.
‘AL’S HOT SOUP’ completely encapsulates what makes Azzecca’s sound so recent: insistent drums and bass propel the groove whereas staccato synth motifs, doppler swoops and wordless feminine vocal calls create a barely alien soundscape. The observe’s playful aesthetic (cats, aliens, and a wink to Azzecca’s do-it-yourself soups) makes the document really feel each cozy and energetic in equal measure.
Throughout her releases and units, Azzecca has constructed a repute for mixing home, techno, trance and early-2000s progressive influences right into a hybrid that equals greater than the sum of its elements. The model favors momentum and temper over strict style boundaries, an strategy that’s now the tenet of Cosimea Sounds. That curatorial impulse exhibits up in her latest mixes, which transfer from deep progressive passages to left-field breaks and acid-tinged burners, suggesting a label roadmap that values journey and shock.
Azzecca’s trajectory from Chicago underground promoter and party-runner to internationally booked DJ/producer has been regular: she’s been spotlighted throughout scene retailers and pageant lineups in recent times, and Cosimea now provides her a house to launch daring, out-of-format music and a platform for like-minded artists.
For listeners craving membership music that feels exploratory, not formulaic, Cosimea Sounds and ‘AL’S HOT SOUP’ supply a primary style of Azzecca’s cosmic, community-minded imaginative and prescient.
