RUSOWSKY'S PLAYGROUND OF SOUND

The Spanish producer shows off his skills with a debut album that fulfills years of underground buzz

- By JULYSSA LOPEZ

For a few years now, the artist and producer Rusowsky has found himself at the center of Madrid's music scene, coming up with several other underground acts in the mischievous avant-garde collective Rusia IDK. Rusowsky and his peers, including Ralphie Choo and TRISTÁN!, have drawn the attention of established Spanish stars Rosalía and C. Tangana, gaining a reputation as free-thinking genre benders ready to twist dream pop and electronica into new directions.

Rusowsky has emerged as one of the group's most playful experimentalists. A conservatory-trained pianist with an anarchic side, he shows fans the full scope of what he can do with his debut album, titled Daisy, released in May. “It was kind of a personal challenge, to see if I could do a full project, where everything is cohesive and interesting and makes sense,” the 26-year-old artist says on a recent call from his apartment in Madrid, his long hair out and flowing. “I had told myself I was going to doitabunch of times and never did; everything was all up in the air.” Now, he’s sharing his vision with the world.

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