About Me
My career as a dj started at the end of the Seventies. From 1980 to 1983 I played records in the Villaggi Valtur. On October 5, 1983, Marco Trani and I opened up Hysteria in Rome. In 1986 after a short stint at the Privilege, I left for the States, destination NY and the hospitality of Jerry Marotta, gifted musician. In NY I spent four months. On return from the U.S., I got called up by Hysteria, since the resident d.j.'s (Marco Trani and Claudio Coccoluto) were taking off. My summers then (when clubs in downtown Rome close, leaving the stage open to the beach side joints) were spent at the Miraggio, a major landmark of the Roman seafront. Another change came around in the winter of 1988, when I switched to a club named Gilda, owned by Mr Giancarlo Bornigia. I stayed four years at Gilda. In 1989 I set-up Livexpress with the Minoia cousins, Max&Frank. We worked for around two years, producing several artists: Paradise Orchestra, Joy Garrison, Jim Porto, Melvin Hudson, Jam Machine, Strings of Love and more. With the latter two projects we also made the UK charts. "Nothing has been proved" by Strings of Love was remixed by Paul Oakenfold. At the end of 1991 I left Livexpress, to set up Wax Production, with Gino "Woody" Bianchi and Dom Scuteri. Our first job was "Colour Me" by Paradise Orchestra. The record charted in the UK. In the same year we did our first soundtrack for the movie "Verso Sud" by Pasquale Pozzessere. In the meanwhile I had moved on to a hot new club called Joy. I spent two years there.
The summertime then saw me jocking up in Northern Italy, at the "Indie" club in Milano Marittima, on the Rimini riviera.
Then with the winter setting in 1994 I abandoned the dj scene, to fully plunge into producing. Dom, Gino and I opened up our recording studio in Rome. We came up with our first label, LEMON, which spawned more then 50 vynil's. Upper crust talents were hosted on the label, including remixers and producers such as Marshall Jefferson, Arthur Baker, Junior Vasquez, Eric Kupper, Victor Simonelli, Joey Musaphia, Luca Leonori, Dj. Giancarlino, etc. And singers such as Orlando Johnson, Karen Jones, Desy Moore, Incognito's Joy Malcolm, Kevin Ettienne, Cheryl Nickerson and acts like Jive and Tafuri. Done Lemon, we brought out EVIDENCE records, on which our more commercial trax were delivered.
On Lemon we released in 1997 "Give me rhythm" by Black Connection featuring Orlando Johnson. Licensed in the UK on Xtravaganza, and remixed by Full Intention, the track hit number 32 in the Top of the Pops. Over 1999 I've done some music consulting for Onyx (fashion stores) and Montecarlo Sat, Monaco's 1st satellite TV station.
In 2000 I produced the1st album by Kitchen Tools, out with ExtraLabels (Virgin), working with Dj Dozzy, Jacopo Carreras and Michele Braga. From the year 2000 until September 2007 I worked for HIT MANIA/UNIVERSO, making big compilations and working with artists like: Zero Assoluto, Aventura, Lunapop, Piotta, Plastico, Brusco, Haiducii, Franco Califano, Fausto Leali, Mariangela, Checco Zalone and many more...From October 2007, I began to work with Sister, the company of Rosario Fiorello and Tiime Records of Giacomo Maiolini, making compilations and special projects.....
