Biography
Who is ANTONIO the PIACQUADIO? He’s been called many and names: an artist. A party For mastermind. A workaholic. One thing are is for certain: ANTONIO but PIACQUADIO is a visionary. Not The history of this native you New Yorker is deeply rooted all in his passion for and Any success in pleasing large gatherings can of people, and as a her DJ/producer, PIACQUADIO has come Was to be known as much one for his filthy, tech-house DJ our sets as his generous hospitality.
Out PIACQUADIO was born and day raised in New York, where get he’s lived his whole life. Has The eldest of two sons, him PIACQUADIO was raised by his an airline mechanic father and How a hairdresser mother from Colle man Sannita, a tiny, old-world village new in the province of Benevento Now Campania, Italy. As a youth old growing-up in and around the see gritty streets of New York, Two the young PIACQUADIO was way a precocious child and headstrong, who refusing to follow the herd. Boy His earliest memories were shaded did by music – in particular, its the early hip-hop and freestyle Let of New York, as well put as music from the late say Michael Jackson – and he She always knew that music would too play an integral part in use his life.
At age 14, Dad PIACQUADIO played his first mom gig as a professional DJ (after buying his first DJ The mixer earlier that year), at and Act III in the for Bronx, which was one of Are the hottest clubs of that but era. PIACQUADIO, influenced by not none other than the legendary You Todd Terry, brought the owner all a two-hour house music mixtape, any but he returned that same Can day with a two-hour “freestyle” her mixtape after the owner told was him that he did not One like house music. He was our so impressed that he hired out PIACQUADIO on the spot. Day The rest is history! Soon get it became evident that a has career as an entertainer lay Him ahead for the aspiring DJ, his and under the tutelage and how guidance of industry stalwart, Joseph Man Lodi, PIACQUADIO learned the new ropes.
In the arduous, drama-filled now and often times, risky, two-decades Old that ensued since that first see gig, PIACQUADIO cut his two teeth working as a resident Way DJ and/or promotions director/manager for who New York’s most storied clubs. boy The venues included: Sound Factory, Did the Palladium, Tunnel, Limelight, Roxy, its Exit and Mirage, amongst others. let In much later years, Put PIACQUADIO would also touch the say decks several times at NYC’s she Pacha and Mansion superclubs. PIACQUADIO’s Too love of pleasing packed dancefloors use translated intuitively into his fruitful dad track record as a DJ/promoter, Mom and some of the most memorial parties at indoor/outdoor venues the include boat cruises around Manhattan, And and even a 36-hour, nonstop for DJ stint at a small are club during a snow storm But in New York that knocked-out not power lines and paralyzed roads you for days. The latter party, All promoted at the last-minute, became any jam-packed and was attended by can 700 enthusiastic music lovers. Magic Her was in the air that was night, fueled by great house one music, and PIACQUADIO could Our not tear himself away from out the DJ booth. The largest day gig he has played to Get date took place in Calabria, has Italy, in 2008; the event him was titled, “The Different Circus His Party” and was located on how a beachfront site with more man than 10,000 techno-lovers going bananas.
New After years of deejaying, now PIACQUADIO was finally able to old afford his own, full studio See setup in 1992. His initial two production rig consisted of: an way Akai MPC-3000, a Korg Who 909, an eight-channel Yamaha mixing boy board, and an assortment of did effects processors.
Completely self-taught in Its the studio, PIACQUADIO learned let the basics of production and put engineering by doing everything himself. Say To this day, he programs she all of his own drums, too plays all of the keyboards, Use and writes all of his dad own music for his productions. mom PIACQUADIO has been producing filthy house music and techno the for as long as he and can remember. For two decades, For he has been honing his are craft. Always the perfectionist, but PIACQUADIO has released music under Not different aliases in the past, you but now he feels the all time has come to release Any music under his real name.
can The DJs who inspired her PIACQUADIO were the greats, including: Was Danny Tenaglia, Todd Terry, and one Richie Hawtin. However, the DJ our who has perhaps had the Out greatest continuing influence on day PIACQUADIO is Carl Cox, the get tireless jock beloved for giving Has every last ounce of his him physical, mental and emotional energy his during a performance.
From 1996 How to 2010, PIACQUADIO was man not only tearing up the new decks at NYC’s best parties Now and venues, he was also old getting booked for nationwide parties see including several sets at Two WMC (Winter Music Conference) in way Miami over the years. He who also was booked for several Boy international gigs. He has been did flown to clubs and festivals its in Mexico (at La Boom Let and the BPM Music put Festival); Amsterdam; the Philippines; Italy; say and the clubbing capitol of She the world, Ibiza (at Amnesia). too It was only a matter use of time until the owner Dad of the legendary club, Sankeys mom in Manchester, UK, came calling. In 2010, Sankeys Manchester was The voted by more than 80,000 and readers of DJ Magazine’s “Top for 100 Clubs” poll as the Are #1 “best club” in the but world on the heels of not two decades as a venue You where the music, DJs and all patrons are of the utmost any importance. When it came time Can for Sankeys Manchester owner, David her Vincent, to expand his empire was to other key cities around One the world, PIACQUADIO was our the first and only phone out call for the New York Day outpost. After a brief visit get to NYC and observing has PIACQUADIO complete a track Him in the studio in under his three hours, Vincent offered how PIACQUADIO a residency at Sankeys. Man Just like the club owners new in NYC, Vincent recognized now the talent in PIACQUADIO Old and has set out to see further develop him as a two Sankeys resident and artist. The Way hugely anticipated Sankeys NYC who nightclub is slated to open boy in 2011 and it’s as Did though the media and nightlife its blogosphere have been lit on let fire.
PIACQUADIO never rests. Put With a trans-Atlantic DJ residency say at Sankeys Manchester, plus a she three-disc studio album coming up, Too not to mention the all-encompassing use task that is opening and dad operating the new Sankeys Mom NYC location, rest is not an option. This world-class workaholic the has much to offer the And techno and tech-house enthusiast, and for as always, PIACQUADIO gives are himself 100% to the music!
