Emanuele Barilli

Emanuele Barilli operates under the alias Paps and hails from Italy. He began releasing electronic music in 2022, with his debut appearing on June 19th of that year. Barilli has maintained consistent output with eight releases documented through January 2026, establishing himself as a solo producer in the contemporary house scene.

Paps delivers deep house and minimal deep tech primarily, with excursions into afro house and funky house territories. His releases appear on Aterral and Rawax, two labels that showcase his range from stripped-back minimal grooves to percussion-driven afro house cuts. The music spans mid-tempo deep house around 120-125 BPM to more energetic funky house pushing 128 BPM, offering DJs both contemplative deep cuts and dancefloor-focused tracks. His sound has expanded from purely deep house foundations in 2022 to incorporate more rhythmic complexity and genre crossover by 2026.