Nicola Paesani is Niff - a Berlin-based artist and label owner who cut his teeth as a DJ during a golden era on the Riviera Romagna. Brother to a master pianist and son of a theatre director, he was never too far from his mother’s love for Italian crooners like Lucio Battisti or Francesco De Gregori either. Art heavily influenced his youth.
Making a name for himself with a distinctive soundtrack of progressive house and electro styles in his formative years, Niff would earn his first residencies at Zu::Bar in Pescara and later Pragmatism in Naples. A founding member in the launch and success of Seekers - a record label and international network - Niff would begin to tour Europe and the UK extensively, taking in sets at Fabric on Sundays, while becoming a visible component at waterside venues Club der Visionäre and Hoppetosse. Eventually moving to Berlin, the artist’s sound encapsulates a deeper and contemporary blend of techno, wave, new beat and trance to synth pop and EBM - while also taking in downtempo, ambient and beatless styles too. Drawing ultimate inspiration from the sunrise sets of his native Adriatic coast, and a personal evolution in Berlin, Niff created Fuori Orario in 2022 - a nonconformist, multidisciplinary platform translating to ‘After Hours’.
