Born in the midlands of southern Italy, Paolo Picone a.k.a. Peak, started his musical activities at the age of 15. Four years later he began to compose electronic music. He founded the Mou project in 2001, hailed by the press as one of the most important dub’n'bass bands in Italy. In 2003, Paolo founded the Soundabbast booking and events agency, setting up events with main international electronic artists such as Deadbeat, Burnt Friedman, Retina.it, Rechenzentrum, etc. Paolo was also the co-founder of the AquietBump label which was launched in 2005. The So Quiet EP is the first release with this solo project on 2008. In 2009, the Berliner label Ornaments pressed his first vinyl Darksuite. 2010 saw the release of the second EP So Shy exploring the theme of shyness influenced by Jamaican dub roots, electronic culture, noise and electro-acoustic approach.