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= H1R0 PR0TAG0N1ST = Roberto Rota (born 21 March 1964), better known by his stage name H1R0 PR0TAG0N1ST, is an Italian DJ, music producer and remixer.

He has released a number of singles as a solo artist, mixes of original songs and remixes. Song titles include "Love Across The Epochs (Jumping Timelines)", "Is Your Love A Program? (Scanning For Hearts)" , and "Wired For the Night".

The stage name "H1R0 PR0TAG0N1ST" comes from the novel "Snow Crash" by Neal Stephenson, in which the main character is named "Hiro Protagonist". The name "Hiro Protagonist" itself is a play on the term "hero protagonist," suggesting he is the main character of the story.

Early life and education
Rota grew up in Novi Ligure and studied music from an early age, with a particular interest in electronic music. He attended the Università Degli Studi Di Milano, and graduated with a master's degree in Computer Science. In those years he also attended the LIM (Laboratorio di Informatica Musicale) of the University of Milan, founded in 1985 by Goffredo Haus.

Musical career
He released his debut album, "Musica per tante parti", in 1990. The name came from the album "Musiche per poche parti" by Goffredo Haus, and was inspired by that. In that occasion, Rota developed a custom music tracker software for the Amiga personal computer, that was used for the creation of the album.

In the following years, he created more than 300 musical tracks, primarily in the EDM genre, of which about 70 have been lately re-published and distributed worldwide through the major streaming platforms like Bandcamp, Spotify , Apple Music , YouTube Music , Deezer , SoundCloud , etc.

Studio albums
Musica per tante parti (1990)

Singles
I'm Out There

The Church Of What Will Happen Tomorrow

Alone In Yokohama

Bring Day

Day Too Late

Drunk And Unkissed

Keep Trying

Death By Sweetness

The Pageant Of The Butterfly

Numbed

Mystical Girl

Playground

Picking Poisonous Flowers

Beautiful Calm Tropical Dog Surfing

Osrep Onosim

Here We Go

Cl4ss1c4l T3chn0 Mus1c

Straight For The Blade

Drink To Get Straight

Electric Cats

Slipoutro

Sunday

Reread

Sweetened Potato

Unfair Game

The In-Dependent

Where You Belong

Sea Shell

You Have Changed

Bad Teacher

eRRor and tRial

Art1f1c1al

Uncanny Valley

Bad Apples

Reverse Engineered

Spacetime Is On Our Side

Transhuman Surrender

Divine Recursion

Cloudsurfing

Ye Olde Futures

Garden Of Harmony

Bytes And Pieces

Astrosonic Explorers

Balance Point

Abnormal Wave

Red Pills Of Reality

Taken Aback

Left Or Center

Nautical Routes To The Perfect Sea Spot

Ink Trails

CRC 102-A

Beacon In The Night

Is Your Love A Program? (Scanning For Hearts)

Astral Escape

Hearts In Sync (Beating As One)

Lost Love Letter (Stellar Shimmer)

Call Of Change (That Call I Picked Up)

Whiskers In Dreamland

Disconnect To Connect (Digital Detox Dance)

Love Across The Epochs (Jumping Timelines)

First Contact: Don't Panic And Dance

On The Prowl (Night Of The Paw)

Purrfect Day

Too Many Cats

Last Transmission (From The Edge Of Space)

Dancing In The Digital Rain

Wired For The Night

Cosmic Rhythm

Atom Heart Sister

Echoes Of The Clone Grid