Railster is the recording and performing project of Andrea Uliana: producer, sound designer and visual artist, working where electronic music, visual culture and raw hardware experimentation overlap.
2026 — FASTBLASTER. A short EP, and mostly an excuse: a friend pulled a Pentium 1 out of a rubbish tip and gave it to me. Six tracks made on that machine, an OG SoundBlaster card and FastTracker II — no plugins, no second pass. Old machines, new shapes. Available exclusively on Bandcamp.
2025 — Defrag System. A full-length introspective exploration of sound, memory and time, built on a mix of vintage and modern gear including the Akai S950 and MPC2000XL — material gathered between 2020 and 2024 and assembled like a diary. Featured on Beat Tape Co-Op.
Digital art. Alongside the music, collaborations with Adriano Attus (Art Director, Il Sole 24 Ore) on the Neometrie collection, and work with MattiaC and other digital creators — bridging the auditory and the visual.
2019 — Another Day. A turning point: a matured sound blending cinematic textures with tight, modern beats. A track from the album was licensed for a Nike campaign featuring Sara Gama, produced by the agency Panottica. The six-track EP also has a visual companion, available on YouTube.
2015 — Your First. The EP came out on LuckyBeard Records (Phra, of Crookers) — since removed from the store and nearly forgotten — fusing analogue grit with digital clarity, unconventional rhythms and textures, retro machines routed through digital workflows.
2013 — BEAT.IT. A collective platform born out of a Facebook group, which put out two compilations and three singles and became a hub for Italy’s rising alternative beat scene. The two compilations captured a moment when a lot of Italian hip-hop producers were taking unexpected creative turns — collected in one place, so listeners could dig further.
2013 — Fields (Crackling Claps). Ambient tones and futuristic, abstract urban structures. The single “Field” did well: one of the few genuinely energetic, uplifting tracks in the Railster catalogue.
2009 — Patchwork Anthems (ReddArmy). The debut, still an underground favourite, strongly influenced by Anticon and Def Jux, and the start of the Railster signature: raw, experimental, melodic, deeply personal.
Collaborations with Doro Gjat and Egreen, remixes for Swede:Art, Ghemon (aka Gilmar) and Portformat, with attention from EMI, Unlimited Struggle, Error Broadcast and Tokyo Dawn Records.
Live since the early 2000s across Europe, from small clubs to festivals and cultural events — sets built on live sampling, vintage samplers, synths and hardware improvisation.
Full discography on Railster Music and Bandcamp, plus all major streaming platforms.
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