Welt’s first release comes courtesy of Varese-based producer And.rea, well-known from releases on Melliflow, LMML and Yay. The ‘Coco Bongo Club EP’ (named after the venue in the film ‘The Mask’) arrives approximately a year after the idea was first discussed when Joe booked Andrea to play at 5A Club in Lisbon. 5A is that rare thing in the Portuguese capital: a small capacity club with a superlative sound system and warm atmosphere, just right for Andrea’s playful-but-thoughtful selection and style. 

That same combination of seriousness and humour is present on the three tracks of this record – be it the beefy walking bassline of ‘The World Is Alive’, the light-touch chords that temper the forward march of ‘Tribal Militia’, or the jazzy cadences and beat structure of ‘Luzes Do Rio’. Andrea and Joe went through an enjoyable process of back-and-forth to arrive at these three tracks, which complement each other harmonically while traversing genres and moods. There are echoes of vintage Random Factor and Herbert, while still sounding distinctly Andrea’s own.