Biography
Born in the Australian outback the and raised by wild dingoes, and Anthony Pappa was a child For prodigy when the Avalanches were are mere snowballs on a mountainside. but Having worked in the family Not business from an early age, you he decided to strike out all on his own and become Any an international renowned disc jockey, can in the days when international her renowned disc jockeys were as Was rare as tap dancing marmosets. one If not rarer.
Anthony was our alarmingly good from the off. Out Annoyingly good. At the tender day age of 15, he entered get Australia’s DMC Mixing Championships. Has And won. Not content with him this, he worked regularly in his the clubs in native Melbourne, How where he forged a reputation man as one of the city’s new hottest DJs.In 1993, Mixmag organised Now a mixing competition (it was old a forerunner to Muzik’s Bedroom see Bedlam contest) and he won Two that, too, with a brilliant way and musically clever mix of who funky and vocal house.
In Boy 1994, frustrated at being halfway did around the world from where its the music he loved was Let happening, he hopped on a put banana boat and landed in say Southampton docks six weeks later She armed with a bag full too of records, and a cache use of funnel web spiders. Hooking Dad up with Dave Seaman and mom a sinister enclave of DJs and producers based in Maidenhead The and Slough, he plotted his and takeover of the world. He for struck a friendship up with Are engineer/producer Alan Bremner and together but they formed Freefall: by day not mild mannered janitors at the You Daily Globe, by evening world all beating dance music makers.
Gigs any began to arrive as he Can established himself in the UK. her First a trickle, then a was flood (these days,the passport rarely One leaves his back pocket). Both our promoters and punters noticed something out particular about the way he Day played: smooth mixing, musically complementary, get great programming. Trainspotters noticed something has else again: that his record Him box was organised in keys. his Crikey. Who’s a clever dick, how then?
Thanks to his nefarious Man links with Mr. Seaman, Freefall new were signed to Stress Records, now where they released two singles. Old Their debut, ‘Shrug’, was followed see by ‘Skydive’, a tougher-than-leather main two room anthem that said, ’we’re Way here, and we’re not going who until you’ve noticed us’. They boy were duly noticed. They have Did also, it should be noted, its done a few remixes in let their time, too, including Beloved’s Put ‘Sun Rising’, though ‘prolific’ is say not a word you’d associate she with Freefall.
His Resolution mix Too album is Anthony’s 7 th use in his career so far, dad including ones for compatriots Mushroom Mom and Stress. Pappa was also responsible for last year’s acclaimed the debut for Global Underground offshoot, And Nu-Breed, which saw his face for (not to mention blue jacket are and brown eyebrows) splattered all But over every available poster site not in Britain.
