Bresh

Andrea Brasi (born 28 June 1996), known professionally as Bresh, is an Italian singer, songwriter and rapper. He is part of Drilliguria, a collective made up of many of the most notable Ligurian rappers, as well as the Milan collective Zona4gang.

Since the release of his breakout single "Angelina Jolie" in early 2021, Bresh has sold over one million singles in Italy. In 2023, he topped the Italian singles chart twice with the tracks "Guasto d'amore" and "Nightmares". In August 2023, he was awarded the Lunezia Prize in recognition of the musical and lyrical merit of his song "Altamente mia".

2012–2019: Career beginnings
Bresh grew up in Bogliasco, a small commune in the Province of Genoa where, around the age of 15, he started his musical career. In 2012, he released his first mixtape titled Cambiamenti, together with G Pillola, then known as Gughi P. In 2013, his second project titled Cosa vogliamo fare was released. Both projects contain a number of collaborations with emerging local artists, such as Izi, Vaz Tè, Tedua, Dala Pai Pai and Nader Shah, with whom he continued to collaborate in the following years.

Following the conclusion of his school studies, at the age of 19, Bresh moved to Milan, together with his friends and colleagues Rkomi, Tedua e Sonny Willa. Around this time, he wrote and released singles such as "Baghera", "Gaston" and "Prestigio", followed by "Snake", "Astronauti", "Pe Pe Pe", "Ande" and "Gazza ladra". On 3 August 2017, he released the music video of his single "Il bar dei miei" through the record label Thaurus.

2019–2021: Che io mi aiuti
Following a period of hiatus, in 2019, Bresh was featured on Vaz Tè's track "Pesche e vino" along with Gianni Bismark and Sick Luke.

In 2020, he released the tracks "No Problem", "Oblò" with Rkomi and "Team" with Vaz Tè, ahead of the release of his first studio album, Che io mi aiuti, on 14 February 2020 through Epic Records and Sony Music. The album was re-released on 24 July 2020 with a number of previously unreleased songs including collaborations with Ketama126, Giaime, Disme and Vaz Tè. It was certified gold in Italy by FIMI.

2021–2022: Oro blu
In 2021, Bresh released the single "Angelina Jolie", which was certified triple platinum in Italy for sales exceeding 300,000 copies. It was followed by the singles "Caffè" and "Andrea" in promotion of his second album, Oro blu. The album was released on 4 March 2021 and debuted atop the Italian albums chart.

In 2022, Bresh appeared in Claudio Cabona's docufilm La nuova scuola genovese, in which he discussed the musical characteristics of the Genoese school artistic movement, alongside prominent Genoese musicians such as Tedua, Izi and Vaz Tè. On 26 June 2022, he appeared for the second time at the Goa-Boa festival. He also featured on Camilla Magli's song "Kanye West", released on 1 July 2022.

2023-present: Upcoming musical project
On 27 January 2023, Bresh released the single "Guasto d'amore". The song describes his love for his football team, Genoa, and became a stadium chant for the team. In August 2023, his single "Altamente mia" was awarded the Lunezia Prize for its musical and lyrical quality. On 26 May 2023, he was featured on Ernia's single "Parafulmini", alongside Fabri Fibra. On 29 September 2023, he released the single "Nightmares" in collaboration with Pinguini Tattici Nucleari. Alongside Tedua, Bresh featured on the Tony Effe track "Dopo le 4", which reached number 2 on the Italian singles chart in April 2024. On 10 May 2024, he released the single "Torcida" which describes the desire to escape from the perpetual dissatisfaction of repeating the same mistakes. The title is taken from Brazilian Portuguese and refers to the loud supporters of football teams.

Musical style
Bresh's musical style is primarily categorised as rap. His lyrics are often characterised by social issues, reflecting both the problems of his own life and of society as a whole. Many of his songs are autobiographical in nature, such as "Andrea". His singer-songwriter style has been compared to Fabrizio De André, who Bresh listened to from a young age.

Mixtapes

 * 2012 – Cambiamenti mixtape (with Gughi P)
 * 2013 – Cosa vogliamo fare