Acirne is a young and promising artist based on the Italian island of Sardinia who began her career as a successful VJ under the pseudonym Crème Brulee. In 2007, inspired by the music that surrounded her, she decided to take things a step further and dedicated herself to music production. Her style represents her myriad influences, not just musical but also informed by her past experience in the visual art world.
Consequently, her sound is not easy to pin down: rooted in the no-man's-land between dancefloor functionality and home-listening ambience, sometimes with experimental psychedelia, other times with accessible melody. Acirne's unconventional approarch is reflected in her artist name: it's her real name, Enrica, spelled backwards.
Aside from composing beats, Acirne is the founder of T-Bet Records, which, despite its short history, has managed to carve out its own distinct sound in an oversaturated market of electronic dance music, releasing productions from the likes of Jay Haze, Alessio Mereu and Matteo Spedicati and earning accolades from Resident Advisor. Acirne co-manages the label with her colleagues Cherry Baker and Signor Andreoni, the latter of who creates tracks together with Acirne as the production duo Diamond Dog.
Diamond Dog officially debuted in early 2010 with the Mosaic EP (released on Contexterrior), played by many respected DJs such as Adam Beyer, Chloé and Brothers Vibe. To follow up, the duo soon booked a studio session with Cherry Baker, the fruits of which became When the Dog Eats the Cherry EP (T-Bet Records) and Mystic Woman EP (Tenax Recordings). Acirne capped out this busy year with the Naked City EP in collaboration with Rio Padice, which got praise not just from DJs like Axel Boman and KiNK but also from the press world throughout Europe: De-Bug (Germany), DJ Mag (UK) and Tsugi (France).
Aside from further developing Diamond Dog's live set – she handles electronics while Andreoni plays electric guitar – Acirne has developed a passion for DJing – playing all over Sardinia and throughout Italy – always exploring new aural territory with her incredible ear for detail.