Rodrigo Lopresti also known as The Hermitt is an American musician, rapper, and songwriter from Brooklyn, New York, United States. His first commercial album was released in 2003.
Lopresti built a recording studio in a tiny windowless closet of a Brooklyn apartment he shared with his girlfriend at the time. He recorded, arranged and mastered 14 songs into a Korg digital 8-track device. In 2003, "& The Story of The Insects" was born. He released the album under Devious Semantics, a record label he co-founded with his friends Kevin Brady and Tyler Fenio.
Lopresti played most of the instruments on the album and designed the cover artwork. Ryan Donowho played drums on "& Calistos Curse” and Patrick Galligan on “I-Mold”, “A Pointless Ride”, “The Man Behind The Mask”, and “El Rostro Impenetrable”.
Gus Van Sant featured two songs, "Seen as None," and "Pointless Ride," on the soundtrack for his 2005 movie "Last Days."
