Hailing from Turin in Italy, Hugo was really young when he had the perception that music is something more than an expression of art. While he was smoking and pondering this dilemma on his balcony, surrounded by the industrial landscapes of Mirafiori blocks, he got this flash of inspiration. After that, he lit another cigarette, then later had dinner. After that he he had a glass of water. Long after all of that classically trained jazz musician Ugo Basile fell in love with electronic music during the 1990s Hugo’s latest productions are conceived through profound emotional feeling and especially awareness of non-ordinary mental spaces, like sadness during happy moments, or anger at weddings. Following the tradition of his spiritual fathers Hugo proposes that we take a journey into his style of production, and here, with his debut release on Tuning Spork, the boat to bring us on that journey is waiting in the port. With numerous releases on labels like Tongut and Floppy Funk, it’s a journey that promises to be entertaining and worthwhile, even if the seas may be a little rough. So jump on board with us for Tuning Spork number 27, a four track EP from Hugo, entitled “Death By Sex". A1: Stel and Atan: Hugo’s Tuning Spork story begins with “Stel and Atan". This one rolls along with bags of percussion and rhythms underneath the surface. Prince style synth stabs perforate the beat making this one a seriously funky house track, and unlike other labels, when we say funky we mean that it sounds like funk. The George Clinton fans amongst you may enjoy this more than most, the Hillary Clinton fans should probably stop reading right now. A2: Mascalzone: Here Hugo brings us his darker side, with deep slowed down vocals making incomprehensible statements behind a magically lopsided groove of acid key stabs and quirky synths. The beat is a perfect and deft disco thump, this is house music that makes deranged grooves fun. B1: Cocadisco: This time Hugo drops a slow bassless intro (source:Wordansound)