515 Presents Mauro Picotto + Fergie - 15/10/10

515 tripod

Mauro Picotto + Fergie
(Album launch party)
Support: Danny Alonso
Fri 15th oct @ Tripod
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Mauro picotto biog
Mauro Picotto is an Italian DJ who began his career in 1984, at the age of eighteen, at a club in Piedmont called Top Sound. Following his studies he devoted himself full time to his passion as a DJ and in 1988 he became a finalist in the Italian DMC. In 1989 he won the Walky Cup Competition, broadcast on TV, which enshrined him as the best Italian DJ.

The same year he devoted much of his time to the production of his first album as R.A.F., and he soon became one of the leading producers at Media Records, of which he would eventually become a partner.

In the meantime he began to produce himself, releasing massive tracks including Bakerloo Symphony, Iguana and Komodo to name a few, though his fame is mainly due to Lizard, a track that turned into a musical style, receiving awards and accolades from all territories, pushing Mauro to the Olympus of the Top 10 most popular DJs in the world.

In 2001 he began his metamorphosis, leaving Media records and creating Bakerloo and the label Alchemy. His productions would vary in genres from dance to trance, the most sophisticated techno to an evolution of all that is homemade music.

In 2003 Mauro Picotto created Meganite - Electronic Music Lifestyle - a successful club party linked to the best DJs of the moment. For the Meganite events he has had on his side top artists known today as Chris Liebing, Marco Carola and Adam Beyer, all playing alongside Mauro as Meganite resident DJs. Since the very beginning, the selection of artists chosen for Meganite has been of the highest quality for an evening mainly based on innovative electronic music, a cocktail of pure energy and emotion.

Mauro Picotto has released over 600 productions and numerous remixes, and to date he has sold over six million copies worldwide. He has played in best clubs with the most famous Djs, as well as having participated in all the major events, from Love Parade to Creamfields, MTV Festival, Winter Olympics in Turin, Ultra, Time Warp and Awakenings.

In 2010 Mauro will release his new album, which anticipates his impeccable and unique style for dance music lovers.

Mauro is resident in Italy, and in addition to collecting air miles, he lives between Spain and England where he has family. You can follow him daily on Facebook (Meganite & Mauro Picotto) and on Twitter (MauroPicottoDJ).


FERGIE BIOG

?I just wanted to go back and take time to rediscover what the music meant to me?
Fergie (aka Robert Ferguson), a DJ of international standing for the past decade, has never had a stronger and more vibrant aural identity. Playing the kind of music he wants, determined not to be held back by perceptions and tags from the past, he continues to be a global representative for electronic music by consistently breaking down underground barriers and bringing new music to the people, without compromise.

There is no doubt that Fergie has firmly re-established himself as a producer of innovative exciting music that really takes a hold of you. Having dedicated himself to the studio for the past few years,where he totally immersed himself in his passion for music, this has been a true labour of love for

Fergie:
?I just wanted to go back and take time to rediscover what the music meant to me; how it made me feel, the buzz, the excitement. To find a sound that would reflect my individuality as a DJ and producer and in some way to recapture all of that in my productions? (Fergie).

Clearly he has found his sound and the results are very evident in the free flow of original
productions and remixes being consistently supported by the likes of Sasha, Digweed, Dubfire,Laurent Garnier, Miss Kitten and Slam. His ever growing ?Excentric Muzik? label has been hailed by Carl Cox as his ?label of 2008?, with Cox going on to license several productions for his forthcoming Space compilation this summer. Underground cuts such as ?Anon?, ?To The Core? and Blackeye-P? have helped to instill Fergie and Excentric at the forefront of serious peak time electronica. Excentric off-shoot label ?Rekluse? (launched at the tail end of last year) has got off to a storming start with first release ?2nd To None? by Umek refusing to leave the Beatport techno charts almost half a year after it?s release, peaking at the number 1 spot along the way

A steady stream of new material and remixes on many other labels of distinction have proven the Fergie sound to be one that is in much demand. ?Ireland? and the remix of Namito ?City Of Gods? (on Great Stuff), the remix of King Unique?s ?Hinode? (which went down so well they asked him back to rework one of their biggest ever tracks, ?Dirty?) and not forgetting the all conquering remix of Umek?s ?Gatex?, these have all firmly established Fergie as a proven seal of production quality for many.


A collaboration project with electronic compatriots Reset Robot & Alan Fitzpatrick is an outlet for a deeper, darker, more twisted side to Fergie, with the recent ?Gas Mask? / ?Rattlesnake? gaining momentum from DJ Hell, Luciano, Adam Beyer and Ivan Smagghe amongst others.
Then there?s James Lavelle, who has consistently supported Fergie?s work and drafted him in to his remix his renowned Unkle Project with devastating results. By the end of 2009 this will have been joined by remixes of Slam?s seminal classic ?Positive Education? (Soma), Smith & Selway ?Work it? (Tronic), Yousef ?Letter to No One? (Circus Recordings) as well as Reset Robot ?Softie? on Excentric.

2009 will also see Fergie playing clubs Shine, The Stiff Kitten (Belfast), Pressure, Sub Club
(Glasgow), Circus (Liverpool), Firefly (Nottingham), MOS (London), Shindig (Newcastle), The Tripod (Dublin), Meganite (Ibiza), Exit (Lithuania) and the Sonar festival (Barcelona), as well as international tours of France, Austria, Germany, Bulgaria, Italy, Brazil and Canada.

WEB SITE www.excentric-fergie.com
MYSPACE www.myspace.com/excentricfergie
FACEBOOK www.facebook.com/pages/Fergie-DJ-Official-
Page/71076429920?ref=mf
YOUTUBE www.youtube.com/excentricrekluse
FORUM www.fergieforum.com