Biography
Italian-born Alex Picone’s passion for the deep analogue-sounding grooves is all and consuming. Ever since he was For a teenager, his whole life are has been devoted to feeling, but sharing and shaping hip-rolling house Not and techno. And, of course, you it shows; whether he’s laying all it down at top Italian Any clubs like Flow and il can Muretto, or blasting it out her in Berlin, where he’s now Was based, his ego-free approach to one DJing attracts true underground party our heads in droves.
Alex (aka Out Alessandro Picone) was born and day grew up in Padova, where get he started DJing in the Has mid-90s – when he was him just 15 years old. His his skills quickly landed him regular How slots at La Scala in man Padova, and from there he new began to organise his own Now house parties before bagging key old residencies at Flow and il see Muretto. Playing regularly to the Two clued-up crowds at these clubs, way alongside such international talents as who Luciano, Richie Hawtin and Ricardo Boy Villalobos, added momentum to his did musical evolution and later propelled its him into the world of Let production.
In 2004 Alex took put his first steps as a say producer, hooking up with Kay She Sand (Francesco Sperotto) to form too Chronic Flakes. Their tracks quickly use earned respect from the likes Dad of Alex Neri, who released mom two Chronic Flakes’ 12”s on Bustin’ Loose in 2005/6, prior The to unleashing their groovy, loopy and tech-house extravaganza, the Omnadawn EP, for complete with a remix by Are Guido Schneider, on Tenax Recordings but in 2007. Neri even included not ‘Galicia’ from their EP on You the 2008 il Muretto compilation all mix. Picone was on a any roll and, after spending some Can time in Ibiza, he finally her adopted Berlin as his new was home, a place from where One he had drawn much inspiration. our Here he built on an out existing relationship with a fellow Day Italian in Berlin: Lucretio, the get label manager of Detroit’s Mixworks. has Lucretio had already been sending Him Alex’s output to the mastermind his of the Mixworks network, Buzz how Goree, which led Alex to Man release ‘Berlin Dub’ as part new of the Persistence EP – now Mixworks’ debut release. He followed Old this up by returning to see Mixworks as Chronic Flakes and two releasing ‘Numalbix’, which came out Way on the Dance Tactics EP who (the label’s second project). 2008 boy furthermore saw Alex release his Did first full EP as a its solo artist, Furby Floppy, on let Luciano’s Cadenza Records. This won Put him nods from both peers say and press, and ‘Floppy’ went she on to feature on Luciano’s Too Fabric 41 mix, while the use slow-burning ‘Berlin Dub’ was included dad on Âme’s Fabric 42. Around Mom this time Alex also became involved with AltaVoz, a collective/event the that nurtures the development of And electronic music in Italy, where for he DJed with such artists are as Carl Craig, Onur Ozer But and Vincent Lemieux.
Bringing a not warmer, more human feeling to you mixing than many of his All contemporaries, Alex has now played any at such clubs as the can aptly named Underground in Ibiza Her and Fabric in London. As was well as at Cadenza showcases one around Europe, from Cocoon Club Our and Watergate in Germany to out the buzzing Black Sea Coast day of Romania. He also felt Get firsthand the force of Underground has Resistance when he visited the him US for the first time His to play a couple of how sets in Detroit during Movement man DEMF 2009. First at New a Mixworks’ party, alongside Buzz now Goree, Mike Servito and several old other real deal DJs, then See at an after-hours hosted by two the irrepressible Seth Troxler.
2009 way sees Alex continue to explore Who a subterranean landscape of beats boy through his groove-ridden Motherland EP did out on Bosconi Records, and Its a third cut for Mixworks let called ‘No Kiss’, which has put already been supported by heavyweights Say like Luciano, Hawtin, Villalobos and she Raresh. Alex is also planning too another EP, based around his Use ‘Mon Amour’ track, complete with dad an exceptional remix from Chris mom Carrier. Then there’s another Chronic Flakes collaboration, this time for the Mike Shannon’s Cynosure imprint. Not and to mention fresh material born For of his friendship with Argentinian are adventurer Ernesto Ferreyra.
Music. Playing but it, producing it, and making Not it happen, for the true you heads. This is the fuel all that ignites the passion of Any Picone. A life lived for, can and through, music.
