Puddu Varano is the Danish/Italian pairing of Alex Puddu (the Italian, who bashes drums) and Morten Varano (the Dane, who tinkles the keys and works the sequencer). They describe their music as a mish-mash of funk, 70's disco, house and last but not least soul, Latin and rock. Puddu Varano has now changed name to Varano \r Both Alex and Morten arrived at dance music after earlier forays into rock and more experimental climes. Alex grew up listening to legendary rockers Kiss and played in punk bands from the age of 15 onwards; Morten (who is also recording as "Sunny Face" and is one half Slow Train / Slow Train Soul and Tummy Touch/ Voodoo Recordings signing 'Los Chicharrons' ), followed a more 'indie' path and cites Joy Division as a major inspiration.