Ashtech


Ashtech is an Italian producer, bass player and solo artist. His style combines original dub and urban electronica and it is characterised by the flavor of his heavy dubby bassline which features in all of his productions.
Ashtech's recent work, primarily 'Walkin Target', released in 2007 on Interchill Records Involving input from fellow producer Gaudi and vocalist Cheshire Cat, was very well received by the UK and US electronica/dub scene.
He has appeared at festivals such as Glade – Electric Picnic – Eclipse Festival – Waveform Festival.

Early career

His first steps in music were originally as a DJ, approaching electronica and developing a passion for experimental music. Ashtech became an established figure in the Italian mainstream music scene, collaborating with many artists, both as a producer and as a composer, on a total of 14 albums, three of which with Almamegretta under BMG record label. His five-year collaboration with Almamegretta saw him touring extensively in Italy and Europe and sharing the stage with acts such as Tricky, The Wailers, Erykah Badu, Mory Kante, Compay Segundo, Groove Armada and Asian Dub Foundation.

''WOP''

During his last year in Italy, Ashtech collaborated with Raiz on his first album, WOP for Universal Records and he produced the single "Wop". During the Wop tour, Ashtech decided to move to London in order to access the innovative music industry there.

"With Me"

After moving to London, Ashtech released "With Me" for the compilation album, The Dream Temple, "Dub Hypnosis" for the album Continvvm, and "Earth Orbit" for the dub compilation Sub Signals Interchill Records. He also released his debut solo album Walkin Target, produced by Gaudi for Interchill Records. The album included four tracks featuring the vocal stylings of Cheshire Cat from Leftfield.

''Meditronica''

His next album was released in 2007. After remixing Raiz's album for Universal Records, he produced the new dub project Meditronica, written in collaboration with Polcari, Dub Gabriel, Raiz and Eraldo Bernocchi.
Meditronica was released worldwide in March 2009 on the London-based label, RareNoise.

Discography