The Ann Steel Album

Roberto Cacciapaglia is an Italian electronic composer who's made albums using every possible permutation of the same six notes, right up to modern classical, with The Ann Steel Album as the weird anomaly. Made with an American model who moved to Italy to make it big in fashion, Roberto took her languid, Laurie Anderson-esque voice and created a detached futurist popstar. The odd sound of these songs make it sound like the machines are breathing, creating a weird organic/electronic rhythm section. Fans range from Geologist and Avey Tare from Animal Collective, Deerhunter's Bradford Cox and Banjo to Freakout/Walls main man Alessio Natalizia.