Federico is a friend who lives in my neighborhood. I got to know him a bit better during the recent covid lockdowns, discovering that he’s also a great rock singer and songwriter, going with the name The___Fuzz (with three underscores). I can probably file his style under “American psychedelic desert blues rock“, somewhere in between Calexico, Mark Lanegan and The Doors, a sound I used to love back in my psychedelic rock days, ’89s-’90s. The___Fuzz often plays live gigs in rock clubs around Rome, and has an active studio recording activity.
At a point, in 2022, Federico told me he had a new single out, “Fallen King“. It was another step towards the album he eventually released in 2024. As soon as I heard it, I was caught: the rough sound of guitar and drums, combined with a a sharp harmonica solo and Federico’s hoarse voice and killer lyrics, was a proper rock anthem.
I asked Federico permission to remix his track, and I went well beyond the extra mile, creating 6 different remix variations; too many, as when I presented them to Federico he couldn’t decide which one he liked, so we waited, waited… until we both forgot about it. I’ve met Federico a few times recently, and we never talked again about my “old” remix.
Then I recently found a hard drive with many of my old remixes, and there was “Fallen Lord”. Which is currently “unauthorized” (until I meet Federico again) and also a bit incomplete. Also, like Federico, I wasn’t able to pick “one” remix out of the 6, and I ended up choosing the “ambient remix” – which is not ambient at all, riding at 128 bpm. Listen to my remix right below.
To discover Federico’s music with The___Fuzz, follow him on Instagram at @the___fuzz/. You can also listen to The___Fuzz‘s original version of “Fallen Lord” on YouTube.
THE___FUZZ – FALLEN LORD (BURNINGMAX REMIX)
This remix is just for fun and not for commercial use. Copyright for the remixed track is owned by The___Fuzz and/or his publishers. For more info on copyright see this page.
