ALESSANDRO BUCCELLATI
PRODUCER | MIXER
For New York–born Alessandro Buccellati, growing up, music was less an ambition than an inevitability. Bands were the backdrop of his father’s life, and the family home housed recording brimming with instruments. By the time Alessandro reached middle school, his eldest brother was already carving a presence in the music industry, revealing the breadth of musical opportunity.
But as the youngest of five in a family of formidable creative voices, soft-spoken Alessandro learned almost instinctively to navigate the intensity and tension that can both distract and inspire. In many ways, it was a skill born of necessity; a childhood illness left him permanently deaf in one ear, cultivating a constant perception of ‘speaking louder than I actually am,’ and shaping his awareness of sound. Inspired by, or perhaps in spite of, his inherited influence and foundational beginnings, he soon made his way to New York City and later Los Angeles to forge his own distinct musical perspective.
Since then, Alessandro’s fingerprints have been found on some of the most quietly powerful music of the last few years. His emotional depth and innovative approach are evident in early collaborations with his brother from the “indie hip-hop goodness” of Terry Presume to Arlo Parks’ Collapsed in Sunbeams, which earned the Mercury Prize when Alessandro was just 23, and later in his work on SZA’s SOS, recognized with a Grammy at 25. There is a bravery in Alessandro’s subtlety—when the world feels too loud, curating landscapes that allow space. Now splitting his time between Los Angeles and Paris, Alessandro’s recent collaborations include Charlotte Gainsbourg, Grian Chatten (Fontaines D.C.), Tamino, Mitski, and Lily Allen. He is currently recording his forthcoming debut project plus +.+.