Fabio Volpi (a.k.a. dies_) formed at first as a visual graphic and then started to study architecture in Milan and at the University epfl of Lausanne in Switzerland, and obtaining his degree in 1998. 

From 2001, he became member of otolab collective, participating in the creation of multimedia events that will be performed live in Milan, Rome, Bologna, Brussels, Paris, Mexico City, Oslo, Berlin, Toulouse, Tunis and Montreal.

In 2003 he found Echran, an electronic-experimental noise band, and record 2 albums “echran”(ebria records) and “in offret” for the label a Silent Place. As member of the duo AU+ (electro/ jazz/industrial) has released “ emily” 4 tracks tape version for minimal trends records (2014) and the cd from Mars to NY for Frequenza records (2015).