For this next Avenue Red Podcast episode we welcome Nanni Bottura (real name Giovanni Bottura), a refined crate-digging DJ and music enthusiast from the beautiful, vibrant Italian capital city of Rome. Here Giovanni has delivered us a lengthy almost 2.5-hour journey through a diverse mixture of records from his intriguing collection.

Expect all kinds of sounds from tech-edged house and 4/4 dubby techno oddities through to razor-sharp, electrifying breaks and ravey sounds. It's a really interesting mix bursting with energy, as Giovanni showcases his supreme taste and his raw talent on the decks.

"First of all I want to thank Alec for this opportunity. The DJ set was recorded during lockdown in Italy, where I am currently living. In that time more than any other thing, music was my happy refuge, my personal escape from reality. During that long period as the world stopped, I dug very deeply into different musical genres and the journey that you are about to listen to is one of the results of this research. It is a blend of new and not-so-new releases, which were aligned with my personal taste of the moment. Lots of breaky and spacey stuff in there. I really hope you’ll enjoy the mix!" Giovanni Bottura, September 2020

https://soundcloud.com/nannibottura

PS. The artwork image was taken by Giovanni himself in Rome.