Matteo Bevilacqua
Matteo Bevilacqua (b. 2004, Milan) is a music critic and content creator with a strong presence on social media under the name mattebevi.
His work focuses on music communication, with the aim of deepening awareness not only of groundbreaking artists and their music, but also of the production processes and industry structures behind them — especially within independent and alternative frameworks.
Over the years, he has collaborated with some of Italy’s most respected cultural platforms, including BSMT — one of the country’s leading cultural podcasts — as well as JAZZMI and MI AMI Festival, contributing editorial content and digital storytelling.
Matteo is the co-director of Ad Astra, an independent record label founded by producer Machweo. There, he oversees communication strategies and shares responsibilities for artistic direction, helping to shape the creative identity of the label and its artists.
He also curates Ribes, a series of acoustic and electronic jam sessions hosted at NAMA – Nuovo Anfiteatro Martesana in Milan, where he handles artistic direction and event programming with a focus on community building and musical exploration.
Currently, Matteo is pursuing a degree in Arts and Cultural Events at IULM University Milano.
Across all his activities, his mission is to bridge the gap between audiences and the behind-the-scenes of music — fostering a deeper understanding of how the music industry operates, evolves, and survives outside the mainstream.
Carlos Perez D’Anda
Carlos Perez D’Anda, also known as Big Red, is a Miami-based Grammy-nominated record producer, engineer, and music executive. Alongside his distinguished education from Berklee College of Music, he brings over a decade of experience crafting multi-diamond-selling music across a wide array of genres. His collaborations range from artists such as Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, and Ariana Grande, to Swedish House Mafia, Camilo, Anitta, Mau & Ricky, among many others. His heightened sense for detail and innate talent for pushing sonic boundaries, coupled with his passion for artist development and direction, have firmly established his presence as a significant driving force in both the Latin and global music scenes.
Additionally, he played a key role in the design, planning, and installation of Alacran Studios, Miami’s most esteemed recording hub, which he has now led for four years as its Studio Manager & Chief Engineer.
Malik Berrabah
Malik Berrabah is owner of Wisseloord and founder of the Wisseloord Academy. His track record as a songwriter, composer, arranger and producer is rich of countless national and international records in various genres. He has contributed to the production of numerous albums, singles, television programs, etc., and regularly advises the Majors in a neutral way on the level of new musical projects in development. His love for sharing with growing talents leads him, when his schedule allows, to participate as a jury for international conservatory exams.
Since the beginning of his career 30 years ago, Malik has decided to do all his musical work under various pseudonyms in order to keep his career detached from any stylistic labels, to keep his creative freedom and to stay away from the ego games of the music industry.
Bastien Corné
Bastien Corné is a musician, composer and music teacher. He obtained a master’s degree in musicology at Paris Sorbonne and a bachelor’s degree in jazz performance at the University of Montreal. He currently performs on stage with artists like Coco Bans or Le Noiseur.
Giorgio Spedicato
Giorgio Spedicato, known by his moniker Machweo, began releasing music independently in 2012, quickly earning national critical acclaim. Over the following six years, he played more than 400 shows across Italy, building a solid reputation for his intense and emotional live performances. Graduated in Electronic Music and Sound Design from the Conservatory of Bologna, Giorgio has devoted much of his artistic path to experimental music, while also engaging with the mainstream as a songwriter. In 2020, he signed with Sony Music Publishing and became a prolific contributor to Italian pop, with several writing credits—including a gold-certified track that reached the Sanremo Festival in 2021. As Machweo, he continues to release forward-thinking electronic music through Maciste Dischi, and in 2019 he performed at Eurosonic Festival in the Netherlands, representing Italy on one of Europe’s most prominent stages for new music. At the end of 2024, he founded his own label, Ad Astra Dischi, a new home for boundary-pushing sounds and artist-led projects.