Luca LTJ Trevisi (LTJ Xperience) began his dj/producer career in the 80s. As resident dj in two of the mostfamous Italian clubs of the time, Kinky in Bologna and Cap Creus in Imola, he was one of the first Italianjocks to spin House and to re-propose those black music, jazz and latin-bossa classics from the 70s that atthe end of the same decade would have given birth to the Acid Jazz and Rare Groove movements. His first single release in 1988, titled First Job, together with Kekkotronics, was also the first release ever onBologna based Irma Records. It was featured in a lot of compilations of the time and entered severalplaylists, rapidly reaching cult status for many UK and US djs. During the early 90s LTJ delivered a couple of singles in a kind of pre-breakbeat style: Dont Stop The Sax,released all over Europe, and Funky Superfly. He also produced US singer Tameka Starrs single Going InCircles, always for Irma Records, still a classic in the downtempo/r&b field. In the second half of the ninetiesLuca began to produce acid jazz bands like Bossa Nostra, still today one of Irma Records main acts. Theirfirst album had Vicky Anderson as special guest and today is still considered one of the most importantEuropean acid jazz albums. In the following years he concentrated on developing his activity as collector and rare vinyl merchant, whichgave him the chance to get in touch with djs from all over the World and to discover many forgotten gemsfrom the past years. Thanks to this experience he was able to create two extremely successful rarities serieson Irma Records: Groovy and Suono Libero. In the meanwhile LTJ started to dj outside Italy too, performing in important venues like the Blue Note andJazz Café in London, Giant Step in New York and Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. 1999 saw the release of his first solo album under the LTJ Xperience moniker. The album was produced withthe collaboration of fellow Irma artist and producer Ohm Guru and had Taka Boom and Jackson Sloan amongthe guests. Two of the main tracks on the album are brazil house classic Sombre Guitar and title track MoonBeat, which became a true hit of the Chill Out genre, featured in dozens of important compilations.This new single, Ordinary Guy, followed by a new album in the spring, is the outcome of a meeting betweenLuca Trevisi and legendary Hispano-American singer Joe Bataan. Mr. Bataan created the term Nuyorican (abbreviation of Newyorker and Puertorican) and the Salsa Soulmusic style, where the name of seminal 70s label Salsoul, of which he was one of the founders, came from.His most important composition, for connoisseurs of this style, is Ordinary Guy and the track was picked byGilles Peterson for one of the volumes of his early acid jazz comps Jazz Juice in the 90s. Joe Bataan has re-recorded the song specially for LTJ, with his musicians as backing band on this new,updated, uptempo version. The single was pressed in December only for the Japanese market and since then the demands beengrowing. The close official release will probably see it invading dancefloors everywhere. On LTJs new album Joe Bataan is also singing on an another track, original composition this time, that isalso the projects title track: When The Rain Begin To Fall.
After a decade of activity with Black Power Records, Luca Trevisi, well known D.J. and producer for IrmaRecords, starts up a new activity: Hot Groovy records. Hot Groovy sales for correspondence vinyl ( raregrooves and not only that... ). Through the Hot Groovy Records web site you will find an extraordinaryselection of: Soul, Jazz, Funk, Disco, Latin, Soundtrack, Library and much more. Enjoy the trip!
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