Biography
Herva, born Hervè Atsè Corti, bases his work in the rural landscape outside Florence, Italy, where his productions consistently diverge from conventional techno and house frameworks. A practiced studio engineer, he routinely alters his equipment to embed a singular personal signature within each track. Some pieces unfold as hazy, processed disco-house that has been gently disassembled, while others arrive scuffed and abrasive, sidestepping standard rhythms through fractured samples and displaced vocal fragments. Dreamlike and spacious, at times whimsical yet capable of turning shadowy and ominous, his sound remains consistently unpredictable. His first appearance came via the 2012 album Meanwhile in Madland, after which his approach shifted from downtempo and house textures toward denser constructions such as the 2015 album Kila and the abrasive yet inviting IDM record Seez, issued in 2022.
Still in his early twenties, he issued his initial material on the Italian imprint Bosconi beginning in 2011 with the Skin EP, alongside the hardware-driven house project Life’s Track that he formed with fellow Italian producer Dukwa. His debut solo album, Meanwhile in Madland, followed in 2012. In 2013 he placed the EP What I Feel with Delsin and launched the experimental Tru West project, which yielded two 12"s on Marmo Music. Additional joint releases that year included a 12" with Mass Prod—also of Tru West—on Kontra-Musik and a Knobold 12", recorded with both Mass Prod and Dukwa, that appeared on Rome’s Mus Records. His second solo full-length, Instant Broadcast, surfaced on Delsin in 2014.
Spring 2015 brought the mini-album HTMYO (How to Mind Your Own), a set of bit-reduced, hip-hop-tinged pieces for Ireland’s All City Records, and the ambient-acid house EP Dreamers of Unknown Tales on Don’t Be Afraid. Later that year Mike Paradinas welcomed Herva to Planet Mu, resulting in the November release of the full-length Kila. His next Planet Mu outing, 2017’s Hyper Flux, broadened his palette with field recordings alongside guitars and drums, while the shorter Smania appeared on All City. Herva subsequently paused production work to concentrate on building studio hardware, devoting nearly a year to constructing a point-to-point mixer. He later co-established Audio Gear Obsession, a firm specializing in mixers and compressors. Shifting from his earlier sample-based techniques, he adopted generative software paired with meticulously adjusted hardware processing. Five years after his previous album, Seez arrived on Planet Mu in 2022.
Still in his early twenties, he issued his initial material on the Italian imprint Bosconi beginning in 2011 with the Skin EP, alongside the hardware-driven house project Life’s Track that he formed with fellow Italian producer Dukwa. His debut solo album, Meanwhile in Madland, followed in 2012. In 2013 he placed the EP What I Feel with Delsin and launched the experimental Tru West project, which yielded two 12"s on Marmo Music. Additional joint releases that year included a 12" with Mass Prod—also of Tru West—on Kontra-Musik and a Knobold 12", recorded with both Mass Prod and Dukwa, that appeared on Rome’s Mus Records. His second solo full-length, Instant Broadcast, surfaced on Delsin in 2014.
Spring 2015 brought the mini-album HTMYO (How to Mind Your Own), a set of bit-reduced, hip-hop-tinged pieces for Ireland’s All City Records, and the ambient-acid house EP Dreamers of Unknown Tales on Don’t Be Afraid. Later that year Mike Paradinas welcomed Herva to Planet Mu, resulting in the November release of the full-length Kila. His next Planet Mu outing, 2017’s Hyper Flux, broadened his palette with field recordings alongside guitars and drums, while the shorter Smania appeared on All City. Herva subsequently paused production work to concentrate on building studio hardware, devoting nearly a year to constructing a point-to-point mixer. He later co-established Audio Gear Obsession, a firm specializing in mixers and compressors. Shifting from his earlier sample-based techniques, he adopted generative software paired with meticulously adjusted hardware processing. Five years after his previous album, Seez arrived on Planet Mu in 2022.
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