My name is Luigino Celestino Di Agostino, better known as Gigi d'Agostino, I was born in Turin in 17 December 1967. I'm an Italian DJ, remixer and music producer. In 1986 I started my career as a DJ spinning Italo Disco.
As a child, I always had a big hope: to be someone in the world of the disco music. Working first as a mason and fitter, I started musical career as a DJ by organizing parties in clubs. My debut was in a club near Torino (Italy) called "Woodstock". I was a resident DJ of Ultimo Impero (an Italian disco) from 1993 to 1998.
My first release was Noise Maker Theme, a double-A sided record with a track by Daniele Gas on the other side, which launched the Noise Maker label, under the direction of Italian house producer Gianfranco Bortolotti. I would continue working with Daniele Gas, as well as Mauro Picotto's production team for the following years.
In 1999 single Bla Bla Bla became a major European hit. He described this single as "a piece I wrote thinking of all the people who talk and talk without saying anything!" Other hit singles included L'Amour Toujours, Another Way, La Passion, The Riddle, as well as Super (1, 2, 3), Carillon (remix of Italian DJ Magic Box) and, more recently Goodnight.
As a DJ, I'm known as one of the "pioneers of Mediterranean Progressive Dance" consisting of minimalistic sounds and catchy, Latin melodies and especially Mediterranean melodies. As a producer, Gigi d'Agostino's strength - or "Gigi Dag", the pseudonym I use in club productions - lies in transforming a piece, originally destined only for the discos, into a success for the main-stream public.
After successes like "Sweetly", I entered in the team of Gianfranco Bortolotti, the general manager of Media Records and suddenly reached the top of the hit parades. My single FLY, published in 1996 with BXR Noise Maker, the label created by Media Records for the Mediterranean Progressive house, reached the top of the sales in Italy. This was followed by my single Gigi's Violin.
Subsequently I released the song Angel's Symphony with R.A.F. by Mauro Picotto, a friend from Media Records. My biggest project was the self-titled album Gigi d'Agostino, consisting of 19 tracks, which sold over 60,000 copies.
After my rise to success, Gigi d'Agostino musical style changed, with his sound becoming more melodic, at midway between House and Progressive, with more energetical and melodical sonorities and less obsessive rhythms, also known as italodance.
In 1997 I released the single Gin Lemon, followed by 1998 Elisir (Your Love) (1998), Cuba Libre (1999) and Bla Bla Bla (1999). Later I released the album Eurodance Compilation which contained 5 unpublished tracks. With this compilation he obtained the Platinum Disc and was awarded with "Best Producer in 1999" at the Italian Dance Awards. In October, I released another hit single, entitled Another Way.
In 1999 his album, L'Amour Toujours (released in 2001 in the United States), including 23 tracks on two CDs including the song L'Amour Toujours, brought him to the 10th position in the sales parade in Italy and as a result he reached the Platinum Disc.
In 2000, my remake of the Nik Kershaw song The Riddle sold 1,000,000 copies in Germany, and 200,000 copies in France. I also released the albums Tecno Fes (August 2000) and Tecno Fes E.P. Vol. 2 (December 2000).
In 2001 I released L'Amour Toujours E.P., consisting of 3 songs: two new versions of L'amour Toujours and Un Giorno Credi, a single made in collaboration with Edoardo Bennato. Un Giorno Credi reached the top of the parades in Italy and became one of the most played songs in the national and international music networks. I was also awarded with "Best DJ-producer of the year" at the "Red Bull Awards" in Italy.
In 2001 I also released the hit Super, as a result of a collaboration with Albertino (an Italian music artist), which won him the awards "Best Dance Producer" at the PIM (Italian Music Award); and "Public Award" at the Danish DJs Award in Copenhagen, Denmark. In December of that year I released Il Grande Viaggio, a compilation of my favourite songs, including old electronic pieces and new rhythms and melodies. As a result, I was awarded with "Best Dance Producer" at the Italian Dance Awards.
On July 15, 2004, my compilation "Euro Dance" won Platinum certification with 120,000 copies sold in a few weeks.
I have played in some well known clubs throughout Europe including in Italy, Spain, France, the Netherlands,Czech Republic at the Karlovy Lazne, Germany, Switzerland and England (in 1996 he played at the Ministry of Sound in London with Mauro Picotto) .
In 2006 I created my own new record label, called "Noisemaker Hard", to differentiate the style of music released under his older record label, "Noisemaker".
In 2007 I produced albums Lento Violento ...E Altre Storie and Lento Violento Man - La Musica Che Pesta.
July 2008 new album SUONO LIBERO.
You can listen me every working day on radio M2O at 14:00 - 15:00.
Record from programme Il camino di Gigi d'Agostino you can listen in M2O reloaded here .
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