Professione Reporter

Less than a year after Alex Puddu released Deliria — his seductive mix of erotic disco, soulful grooves and electronica inspired by late 70s and early 80s Italian pop — the Italy-born, Denmark-based artist was back at it. That record picked up radio play on BBC 6, NTS, KCRW and Spain’s Radio 3.

For Professione Reporter, Alex Puddu travelled to Rome and recorded at The Sound Work Shop, the studio of legendary Italian composer Piero Umiliani. The result is 10 new tracks: a slick, soulful, adult-oriented disco-pop set, sung entirely in Italian.

The album follows a photo reporter stalking rich, recently widowed women whose husbands died in mysterious circumstances, slipping into the role of gigolo and accomplice. It’s a sharp, polished set full of satin-sheet grooves, champagne sparkle and dimly lit 80s decadence.

• A1 Professione Reporter
• A2 Un' Estate A Rio
• A3 Salon Prive'
• A4 Spiagge Bianche
• A5 Manuela Di Notte
• B1 Amanti Diabolici
• B2 Marrakech
• B3 La Mezzaluna
• B4 Velenia
• B5 Sabato Sera