Mix #95 – A-Tweed

Ant aka A-Tweed: stage name of Antonio De Oto, Italian DJ/producer based in Rome focusing on global weird and dark electronics. His sets provide odd, dark and trippy acid vibes with afrofuturism, cosmic disco, global bass, tropical house, psychedelic cumbia, weird downbeats and 360° worldwide music gems selections. Ant aka A-Tweed tells us stories about Black Africa, New Orleans or Marrakech alleys, Istanbul or Palermo Markets and about the endless paths that lead from Buenos Aires to the Colombian Pacific. His eclectic mixtapes are appreciated on Soundcloud and Mixcloud, as are his appearances in important underground international podcast channels or networks like LE MELLOTRON (Paris), KIOSK RADIO (Bruxelles), WARM FM (Liegi), RADIO RAHEEM (Milan), CANNIBALRADIO (Athens), BASY TROPIKALNE (Warsaw), RADIO REA (Buenos Aires), CASA CAOS (Brazil), KIEV ETHNO FOUNDATION (Ukraine), COSMOVISION (Montreal), MIDNIGHT ORIENT (Istanbul), ARABS DO IT BETTER (Berlin), RADIO ALHARA (Palestine), NOODS RADIO (UK), SXDNS(Germany), IDA (Moscow) etc. In the last two years A-Tweed shared the stage with such international artists as Frente Cumbiero, Chancha Via Circuito, The Mauskovic Dance Band, Barrio Lindo, Chinese Man, Khidja, Floyd Lavine, Bufiman, Nickodemus, Nuri and many more. He also played in festivals like MONDO SOUNDS (Sicily), WHITE SUMMER (Spain), ARIANO FOLK FESTIVAL (Ariano Irpino), DISORDER (Eboli), RELOAD (Biella), LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL (Switzerland) among others and several gigs in other countries including Belgium, France, Netherlands, Greece and Serbia. He released his first EP in may 2020 with Rotterdam Label "Afrobotic Musicology". A conceptual body of work using afro-electronics fused with Celtic cultures, the 3 tracks dedicated to Scotland, Bretagne and Galicia respectively. The tracks were premiered by Le Mellotron, Les Yeux Orange and Midnight Orient. He just release an EP on french label HARD FIST and more original and remixes are coming in 2021.