Sofia degli Alessandri-Hultquist, AKA Drum & Lace, is an artist and composer from Florence, Italy.
Her music has been described as being genre-fluid and having a "chameleon-like nature" (A Closer Listen), melding together sampled field recordings, lush layers of synths, chamber instruments and electronic beats. She draws inspiration from film music, music concrete and nature to create textural electronica, often blending unlikely sounds with one another.
Drum & Lace’s musical education started at Berklee College of Music, where she studied in the Film Scoring & Composition program, before continuing her masters at New York University (Music Technology - 3D Audio track). Her background, both in scoring and band worlds, have lead her to composing music for film/tv, as well as for dance, theater, and other mixed media.
Sofia’s film releases in 2023 include LGBTQ+ feature romantic comedy ‘Red White & Royal Blue’, directed by TONY Award winning writer Matthew Lopez for Amazon Studios, and Lionsgate horror film ‘Cobweb’, directed by Samuel Bodin. Past notable film/tv work includes AppleTV+ Original Series ‘Dickinson’ (seasons 1-3), 20th Century Studios’ period-comedy ‘Rosaline’’, NBC’s ‘Good Girls’ (seasons 3-4), Netflix Film ‘Night Teeth’ and ‘Summering’ (Sundance 2022).
She has also composed music for various multimedia projects in the fields of dance, theater and fashion, working with the likes of Saudade Theatre, Heidi Duckler Dance, The Echo Society and Festa dell’Opera.
Her artist releases include her debut LP Natura (2022 - Past Inside the Present) which features appearances from the London Contemporary Orchestra (LCO) and Italian drummer Valentina Magaletti and Frost EP (2023 - self release), a collection of ambient works that explore the use of voice and electronic textures to create hypnotic and soothing soundscapes. Her second album is due out later in 2024.
Sofia is currently based in London, UK.