Kevin Mancuso - dj promoter & fine entertainer. Born 1970 - start to spin 1992, after few years of "punk-rockin'", shouting for some desperate sicilian hard-core band. In the early 90's meet the hip-hop. Going deep to the roots, he finally discovered Jazz, Soul, Funk, the 60's Beat, the golden age of the Disco, flying over the New Wave and the Electro Pop, looking for a personal way of expression and communication through the music. As a dj has already played in Palermo, Catania (Sicily), Milano (I), Bologna (I), Lugano (CH), Berlin (D), Riga, Liepaija (LV), Vilnius, Kaunas, Plunge (LT), Warsaw, Sopot (Poland). Moved to Lithuania, has joined the "Retroactive dj's" collective togheter with Zilvinas Noruisis a.k.a. Mazylis, so actually his headquarter is Vilnius (LT). As a promoter, he collaborate with people like Montefiori Cocktail (IRMA/V2 - Italy), The Lovemachines (Frankfurt - DE), Duplikat Records (Berlin - DE).Kevin was here...
1986-89: NEX (hardcore punx, Palermo)
1991-93: Sick City Posse (political hip-hop/ragga, Palermo)
1994-96: Babylon Express (punky r'n'r-funk-ganja vibes, Palermo)
1996-03: a.k.a. Dirk Diggler (funky disco/eclectic, Palermo-Milano), a.k.a. Frank Struttura (impro-experimental, Milano), a.k.a. Jungle Syndicate (lot of events & theatre workshops like "Decoding DecaDance", Palermo '01)
current: Retroactive djs (Vilnius, LT), In Motion (theatre workshops).
Recently he was the only foreigner dj invited to play at the embassy of France for the official Bastille Day party, the 14 of July 2007.
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