The legend says that MAXX one day in 2001 went to buy 12 records in a shop in Camden, then he went to a friend, who had decks, to listen to them, and the following Saturday he was playing, with only them 12 records, a set of one hour on the bigger sound system in London, Underground Sound System; this with the approval of the legendary DJ of the free party scene, GORDIE! That is actually the truth, but is also true that MAXX was not new to mixing. In fact, even if he had a long break from the music scene (five years to be precise), he already had a long run on the decks, and, under different names, some record productions too. MAXX first got in touch with music at the age of six, thanks to his mum, who wanted him to learn to play the piano. After five years spent studying classical music, he directed his attention to electronic music, and, as a consequence, to electronic instruments. It was in 1985 that he had his first spin on a pair of belt driven Lenco turntables, and it was love at first sight. Soon after he started playing regularly with some friends in a mobile disco in and around his hometown in Italy. This was the time when he "made his bones" on the decks, learning to deal with sometimes difficult technical situations. In the same time he was keen to learn the "know how" of music production, but soon realized that the small reality of his hometown in Italy was not the place to be, if he wanted to progress in that field. So, after few spells in cover bands as a keyboard player, he decided to dedicate himself to mixing full time, playing in different clubs in the south of Italy. He had the chance between 1989 and 1990 to play at Radio Azzurra, where he was playing long uninterrupted mixed sets at night (they say he was one of the first DJ's to do that in Italy!). In that radio he was flooded with new promos every week, and what promos! We're talking here about the golden age of Acid House! The easy access to all that material made his music taste grow considerably, thing that was going to be precious few years later, when he finally started making his own productions. This happened in 1995, and after few collaborations on white labels, where his name did not appear, he had his first official record deal. It was 1996 when Flying Records, then one of the biggest independent labels in Italy, offered him a deal on Drohm, a sister label. The project was called Sky Boy-The Space EP, and it was a success even in London, where it was played regularly in nights like Escape from Samsara. Unfortunately the financial part of the deal didn't mirror the artistic success of the record, because, few months after the record was out, the label declared bankruptcy, and the money that was due to him never arrived! This, together with few personal problems pushed MAXX to leave Italy and the music business. After few years spent going around in Europe and trying to get by with different jobs he finally got to London. When he was brought to free parties around 1998, he started thinking of going back into mixing again, but it wasn't until 2001 that he finally did it, with the famous 12 records in his bag. This was in big part due to the insistence of his ex girlfriend, Patty, who believed in his potential, and convinced him to give it a go. After that gig MAXX started playing regularly on the most famous sound systems in London, like Manik, Malfaiteurs, Stinky Pink, KSS, E1S and Solid. He also plays in different technivals around Britain and Europe, together with gigs in European clubs, like Sala Taboo, in Madrid, where he went to play in 2003 his mixture of Acid and Hard Techno. He recently started producing again, his new track, Hackney, is on Open Source, a London based label. 2006 has just seen the birth of MAXX's new label: Polymeric Records, with the guest appearance of Jeff Amadeus for the launch! Future releases on Open Source, Generator UK and Dirty Bass are also on the way...This profile was edited with The CricketSoda Myspace Editor
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