The Ransom Note Interview

There is a degree of expectation in an album which has been fifteen years in the making.

Luca Bachetti's debut LP is a well thought out body of work which has been able to breathe and amass an identity as aged as that of the process behind the music itself. "Secret World" was released last month and has been met with significant praise and congratulatory spirit. Quite rightly so, it's a beautiful tale in which time is important, far removed from the hustle and hectic nature associated with club life. An instinctive escape and a chance to explore something new...

"With this, I entered a new world I’ve never shown before. We make a living with this job and there are always compromises. With the album I aimed to be totally free, I just followed my instinct."

We invited Luca Bacchetti to guide us through his album, a beautiful story…

MusicTech Interview

“Even when I’m producing in the studio, I feel like a DJ. I love to arrange and mix my musicians and their performances like tracks,” says Luca Bacchetti enthusing about his conductor-like approach to the making of his debut album, Secret World.

“For me, the biggest buzz comes from the encounters between musical worlds that initially seem far apart.”

Sonic disparities seem to be central to Luca’s approach, gently ebbing and flowing at the heart his new record. After more than a decade of DJ’ing across the world from City Fox NYC to Tokyo’s Womb, the infamous Burning Man festival and beyond, his name is associated with killer club cuts for labels including Crosstown Rebels and Defected. Yet, the Italian opted to take creative refuge in the tranquil beauty of his Tuscan homeland to create the 13 tracks on Secret World, his boldest artistic statement yet.

Originally conceived as an ambient piece, the scale of Secret World became broader as it was pulled together over several weeks in a bungalow at the Il Ciocco resort. Luca gathered friends, musicians and fellow travellers to record using a mobile studio in the heart of this rural idyll…

Magnetic Mag “How It Was made” Interview

Italian DJ and producer Luca Bacchetti has released his new album today Secret World. The album began as an ambient record and quickly morphed into a piece of work that often falls back on ambient sounds and principles, but also incorporates music from around the world. 

Recorded primarily in the Tuscan countryside, he gathered a team of musicians to help create this album with drums, harmonica, horns and much more. He added his own slew of music-making gear with synths, drum machines and more. The process to create this album took him around the world, working with a group of musicians in Bali on his tour and recording around Europe. 

With the new album out now and fresh for all, we asked Bacchetti to drop in for a How It Was Made to show and explain how this album was crafted. He goes into the process to get the musicians together, the ins and outs of the production and much more. Listen to Secret World now and get your copy here. Read on to get a fuller picture of this album…

Husa Sounds Montreal Interview

HS: What do you wish artists and audiences paid more attention to, respectively? What are things you wish they cared about less? If there was one thing about the music scene/industry that you had the complete power to change, what would it be?

LB: As far as music is concerned, both artists and public shouldn’t lose sight of where they are in the moment, and of why. It is all about the actual music. In this age of social networking, music seems to play a minor role. We must ask ourselves why the system is so often biased toward making stars out of artists who are beginners and lacking in any experience, simply as a result of the actions of agencies and marketing campaigns. Everyone thinks it, but nobody says so explicitly. Recently Carl Craig gave a performance which clearly was intended as a provocation… Great artists shouldn’t compromise their art, but as of now dig their heels in even more. Frustration can be golden and should bring about much more than just diminutive tweets telling half truths. Resistance is key, never more so than today. Raising the bar is the real political activism.

When We Dip - Luca Bacchetti shares his Top 5 studio tips

Endless boss, Italian DJ / Producer Luca Bacchetti has become synonemous as a story teller, in both his sets and productions. With over twenty years in the business his personal sound palette has been purposefully honed and showcased on releases for many leading labels. Luca’s studio skills were brilliantly and most recently displayed on his debut artist album ’Secret World’ which, through its two years in the making, saw him and his tight band of musicians record live pieces before disecting, reconstructing and arranging, using field recordings and exploring different territories of sound.