BORN IN MILAN ON FEBRUARY 17 1975, GIANLUCA IAVARONE AKA “MONO KEY†STARTED HIS LOVE FOR MUSIC AT A VERY EARLY AGE. AS YOUNG AS 10 YEARS OF AGE HE STARTED PLAYING DRUMS. HE PLAYED FOR SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE ULTIMATELY BECOMING ADDICTED TO THE BUYNG AND PLAYING OF MUSIC.WITH HIS UNCLE, AN OWNER OF A LOCAL RADIO STATION, GIANLUCA HAD HIS FIRST EXPERIENCE DOING DJ AT THE AGE OF 15. IN 1994 HE BEGAN TRAVELLING THE WORLD AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCOVER A VARIETY OF MUSIC INFLUENCES AND BEGAN TO SHOW INTEREST IN DIFFERENT GENERES.FUNKY MUSIC IS THE SOUND THAT GIANLUCA WAS LOOKING FOR AND FREQUENTED USED VINYLS STORES AND MARKETS TO COLLECT THIS SPECIAL KIND OF MUSIC.THANKS TO HIS NEVER ENDING LOVE FOR EVERY TYPE OF GOOD MUSIC, HE IS NOW LOCALLY RECOGNIZED FOR BEING ABLE TO SPIN FUNKY, R&B, CLASSIC HOUSE, DISCO 70’, AND ROCK. HE HAS THE UNIQUE ABILITY TO APPEAL TO AS MANY DIFFERENT CLUBBERS AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT LOSING HIS UNIQUE SOUND.THESE ARE JUST FEW PLACES WHERE DJ MONO KEY PLAYED: DINAMYTE, 4&B, OLE MADRID (SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A.) SPYLOUNGE, SKYBAR, CASANOVA LOUNGE (MIAMI, FLORIDA, U.S.A.) KUDETA, LIQUID (BALI, INDONESIA) EL FANAR (SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGITTO).HE ALSO PLAYED IN BIG AND FAMOUS CLUBS AROUD ITALY. PRIVEE FLUID (BERGAMO) PAPARAZZI (CREMA) EXTRA EXTRA (PADOVA) MANTRA (PORTO ROTONDO) SNOOPY-CAFE' CONCERTO-JAM (MODENA) JOIA (ROMA) TOQUEVILLE, SPAZIO FITZCARALDO, OLD FASHION, ATLANTIQUE, ELEVEN and more (MILAN0).HE COLLABORATED ALSO, WITH BIG WORLDWIDE COMPANY (SAMSUNG, MICROSOFT, VODAFONE, L’OREAL, LUIS VITTON, VALENTIN YUDASHKIN, TOMMY HILFIGER) DESIGNING MUSIC FOR THEIR FASHION SHOWS AND EVENTS.IN MILAN HE PLAYED AS RESIDENT DJ IN SOME OF FAMOUS CLUBS IN THE CITY: MYBALI (WWW.MYBALI.IT)MUST(WWW.MUSTMILANO.IT) SHU(WWW.SHUMILANO.IT) COLLABORATING WITH MUST BORN IN WINTER 2007 THE COMPILATION “THIS IS YOUR SOUND?†EDITED BY LELLO MASCOLO (RADIO 105), WITHIN TWO TRACKS THAT BEAR THE SIGNATURE OF MONO KEY(DJ KAMA-I NEED YOU BABY-WILL YOU BE MINE).SUMMER 2006 GIANLUCA ARRIVED IN THE BALEARIC ISLANDS WHERE BEGAN A FRUITFUL COLLABORATION WITH THE MOST POPULAR BARS AND CLUBS OF FORMENTERA’S ISLAND, AND SOON BECOME THE DRIVING FORCE OF THE NIGHT LIFESTYLE. SO BECOMES RESIDENT DJ OF XUENO, PACHANKA, NEROPACO MOOD CAFE AND HOST POWEFULL APERITIFS RIGHT ON THE BEACH WAITING THE SUNSET AT GIALLOSUMMER 2008, HE PRODUCED NEROOPACO MOOD CAFE COMPILATION, CURRENTLY BEING DISTRIBUITED THROUGHOUT EUROPE. COMPILED AND MIXED BY MON0 KEY IT CONTAINS THREE SONGS THAT HE PRODUCED (SET MY SEX, PURE CARBON, DIAMOND).
IT’S JUST IN FORMENTERA THAT GIANLUCA START TO COLLABORATE WITH THE TEAM “SPIRIT IBIZAâ€(ADRI TUR, ROBERTO NAVARRO, RU DJ) WITH WHICH COOPERATES PLAYNG AT SOMNI (IBIZA). HERE HE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TOUCH THE REALITY OF IBIZAGLOBALRADIO THE MOST FAMOUS RADIO NETWORK OF THE ISLAND.THANKS TO ITS VARIED COLLABORATIONS GIANLUCA OFFER A REAL JOURNEY INTO THE MUSIC WORLD. STARTING WITH THE ROOTS OF SOUL AND FUNK PASSING BY THE ORIGIN OF HOUSE MUSIC UP TO CONTEMPORARY LANGUAGES OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC.HE’S CURRENTLY IN MIAMI WHERE IS WORKING WITH THE COLLECTIVE SOULTECH ANIMATING THE SKYBAR (SHORECLUB) COLLABORATION WITH ANDRES AMADEUS PROPOSING THE SOULFOUL SIDE OF TECHNO FOR ONE OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE NIGHTS IN MIAMI BEACH.
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