Tempura the Purple Boy

Born between Portugal and Brazil, Tempura the Purple Boy is Bernardo Addario's solo project, a musician who was first trained as a bassist before developing a focus on electronic music. His path links an organic sensibility inherited from instrumental practice to club-oriented formats, in a register that moves between downtempo, organic house, dark disco, acid house, ambient and touches of world music. Under the name Tempura the Purple Boy, Bernardo Addario builds sets and productions marked by smooth basslines, deep grooves and a progression that is often slow, where melodic textures keep an important place. This approach is evident in his presence on electronic stages and on DJ-focused platforms, where Tempura the Purple Boy develops an identity situated at the crossroads of home listening and the dancefloor. His claimed influences, among which Four Tet, Acid Pauli and GYRL, illuminate a taste for hybrids between hushed rhythms, psychedelic moods and open structures. Tempura the Purple Boy thus evolves a musical language that blends pulsation, instrumental warmth and atmosphere-seeking, with constant attention to moving between several electronic registers.