May 2008

OZ was a great time! I met lots of new people, had some nice club dates and I hope to return sooner than the last time ;)
The biggest highlight for the month was the family affairs 10 year anniversary party in Munich, with a stellar cast on hand to celebrate with our godmother Heike Richter. Karotte, Gregor Tresher, Monika Kruse, Einmusik, Olivier Giacomotto, yours truly and the rest of the crew. The party went off and you can find a foto here, but more on just about everyone is on myspace.

As well, that weekend was about taking definitve on the road where Olivier and I teamed up with Kolmobo and loulou players for a rare but excellent Belgium date and then a private party at a castle in Meiningen.
Then...Oli and I locked ourselves into my house in Canada for a week where we forced ourselves to eat and drink very well and come up with some new jams....i can say ...MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. Look for snippets soon on my space... then Beatport, but first we will be forced to play them at our upcoming gigs, which leads us to the last point of this update...

Although not fully summertime officially just yet, my schedule says otherwise!

It starts with the Ibiza opening party at privilege. After a ton of back and forth I will only do 1 or 2 high profile dates. The opening at privilege May 31 will be huge... so get a cheap flight and be there! Just before that, this coming weekend for the Canadian holiday Sunday I will be back at the mega-club Circa in Toronto... where it just keeps getting better and better. I have a weekend in Mexico and I am returning to San Francisco, USA, there is an airport party in Funchal, some time in Italy, Bilbao open air in Cologne.. I am rambling i know...but hard to stay focused with so much on the go.
Lastly... there are lots of great new releases on my label definitive.recordings, so check out the tunes and remember to support your favorite ones by buying them and telling your music fan friends!!
see you around!

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00 | artist - title - label
01 | Kolombo - Surgele - Definitive
02 | Da'Others & Ro - Garcia Kill Emo - SAS
03 | Simon & Shaker - Last House on the Left - State
04 | Don & Palm - Twister - Dope
05 | Marco Carola - Lost Connection - Plus 8
06 | Vandermeer & Nitin - Beached Beluga - Secret Weapon
07 | Hatiras & Jelo - Speakerhumper (dub) - Hatrax
08 | Mescal Kid - Magic (Mix 1) - Size
09 | Acquaviva & Zenker - Bread & Butter (Dada Life) - Blufin
10 | David Amo & Julio Navas - Sagrada Familia - Fresco
11 | Yoshie Chandler - Platinum - Manuel de la Mare's Vodka Sour mix - ???
12 | Cyril & Laurent Pepper - Voyager - Definitive
13 | Macca - The Heat - Invasive
14 | Kid Dub & Dextress - Penthouse Bitch (Kid dub's fat bitch mix) - Definitive

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Beatport Favourites - April 1st-15th, 2008
This chart has a very nice mix of bombs and deep underground toons for early or late in a session. Riva start on dirtybird is a latin flavored big time track, as is style of eye and first timer on defintiveâ€¦matt herdman. Then incredible tunes like joey's mouse, bongospace and topcats. so many new artists i bought for the first time...so a very refershing chart if i dont say so myself ;)

00 | artist - title - label
01 | John Wayne - U Feel Me - Acute
02 | Lust Addict - Bittersweet - Toys for Boys
03 | DJ ingrid & Mad Zoo - Lover Boy - Definitive Recordings
04 | Taksi - Rohrbuch - Music Man
05 | Kolombo - Cut Splach [el carlitto rmx] - Definitive Recordings
06 | Hatiras & Jelo - Donkey Punch - Hatrax
07 | Natalie Konan - Orogeortyp - Carbon 14
08 | Kaiser Souzai - Altocumulus Floccus - Blufin
09 | Popof - Stereos and Such - AFU
10 | DJ Chrissi D! - Don't U Feel[freakazoid dub] - Fullrange
Listen to and buy these tracks at Beatport!

Beatport Favourites - April 16th-30th, 2008
Summer is round the corner and tracks are setting the mood. Hatiras just keeps rocking... and yes... that's a plus 8 record in my charts;) check out the Kolombo... both mixes are excellent...

00 | artist - title - label

Listen to and buy these tracks at Beatport!

"Ronald Kohn logra conversar un rato con este legendario personaje. John Acquaviva... un personaje que ha estado liderando en el movimiento electrÃ³nico desde que empezÃ³ a incursionar en el...."
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Mark O'Sullivan Talks to John Acquaviva
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"some people in the music business are too serious. You go out, you want to have a good time, donâ€™t be so serious (...) Music is good, but you should make a good party"
Read the beatfactor.net interview!!
"Dance music has its fair share of self-appointed pioneers, but Canada's John Acquaviva is the real deal..."
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With 17 years in the music industry, John Acquaviva has played for over 2 million people and has appeared at over 5000 gigs. Always at the vanguard of the DJ and club world, today he is hotter than ever. He is crafting new anthems for today's clubs and clubbers, and working with and introducing a new generation of DJs and artists on his own label Definitive Recordings, as well as other labels such as Blufin & Craft.

John began his international career in 1989 with Richie Hawtin by founding one of the world's best known and influential techno labels, Plus 8 Records. John and Richie not only launched their own careers, but also those of now huge techno figures Jochem Paap/Speedy J, Kenny Larkin and Dan Bell (as the trio Cybersonik). In 1992, Acquaviva and Hawtin also founded Definitive Recordings as an outlet for house music, launching the likes of Robotman, Barada, and Omegaman, along with a host of other house talents. Although then known mostly as a DJ, John was actively involved as engineer, producer and artist in the formative years of these artists and labels.

Last year, 2006, was another huge leap forward. John cemented his DJ reputation by placing at highest new entry in DJ Magazine's annual top 100 - number 22 in the canonical poll of DJ influence and success worldwide. Key to that was his first ever full-on weekly Ibiza residency Acquaholic at Privilege in the '06 season. This year, John goes from strength to strength taking a 5-date residency at Privilege, joining a tight roster that includes techno megastar Adam Beyer for Mauro Picotto's MEGANITE on Wednesdays.

Last year's success with Acquaholic will also feed into John's summer plans with the touring club ELECTRONIC. With John as the focal point, ELECTRONIC is John's way of assembling the best of the established and up-and-coming house generation, handpicked from the best in Europe. A night for true music and clubbing fans, John will headline along with Germany's Karotte, Holland's Mason and Britain's Mike Monday, as well as with the UK's Cheshire Catz, Tommy Four Seven and Big Daddy, Italy's Remo, Spain's Fesco Records crew and Olivier Giacomotto of France.

This is but a part of John's influence on the music industry. A pioneer of new music and ideas, John was one of the first people to take notice and embrace electronic music's digital future at the dawn of 2000. First, John got involved with and championed Final Scratch as a new innovative way for DJ's and artists to connect the digital world with the analog world. Following its success, John subsequently took another big step and helped launch Beatport.com, the biggest dance-music download site in the world.

As well as working in the business behind the music, John also works with an entire community of DJs – not just through ELECTRONIC – but also through writing and collaborating on new tracks. The past year has seen John introduce the world to Swen Weber with one of the years biggest club anthems "First Stroke" (on Craft). John's own already prolific production list has grown to include six top tens on Beatport's main sales charts. This year features new projects with David Amo & Julio Navas (from Fresco) with BUNGEE & ETHANOL. The legendary label Definitive Recordings is definitely back with new breakout tracks such as "Volta" by ROBOT NEEDS OIL (remixed by Olivier Giacomotto), Damon Jee & Olivier Giacomotto's EPs "Deep in the Night" and "Gail in the O," plus upcoming new music from Greg Kobe and a solid group of new artists.

This year there is no sign of slowing down. Key music projects to watch for this Spring and Summer are a new single with MADOX, "RUNNING," featuring vocals by Tommie Sunshine on Mantra Italy. Look out for a Summer CD Big City Beats radio [Germany's top dance station] for Privilege, premiering some of the season's hottest music.