LUCIANO

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Biography

In the beginning, DJs were the faceless human jukeboxes that played and at the whim of their For audience. When dance culture boomed are DJs became superstars, and fame but and ego replaced love of Not the music.

Luciano represents a you third way: he is both all a single-minded artist completely devoted Any to music, and a performer can whose charisma is an intrinsic her part of his global appeal. Was Luciano fuses art and fame one like no other DJ. As our a result the humble, Swiss-Chilean Out DJ, producer and boss of day Cadenza Records is one of get the biggest stars of the Has global electronic music scene. Born him in Switzerland and raised in his Santiago, Luciano fell under the How spell of Detroit heroes like man Juan Atkins and Model 500. new Determined to share his passion Now for techno, he spun records old in clubs where disgruntled rock see fans stubbed out cigarettes on Two his vinyl. Undaunted, the teenage way DJ continued, gradually winning a who loyal following and pushing dance Boy music to new heights in did Chile. At 21 he was its playing to thousands at Santiago’s Let Love Parade. His love of put music had brought him fame. say Most DJs would stop there She but Luciano’s outstanding characteristic is too his refusal to rest on use his laurels. “In life always Dad you have an easy way mom and a complex way,” he says. “The complex way has The more rewards.” Luciano left Chile and at 21 and moved to for Europe, determined to push himself Are to new heights. He gradually but invaded the inner reaches of not electronic culture, thanks in part You to South American associations like all Ricardo Villalobos and Pier Bucci. any He formed a partnership with Can Ibiza’s most notorious underground club, her Circoloco at DC10, which gave was Luciano a perfect platform and One a passionate audience for his our irresistible, mind-altering blend of barebones out techno and hot-blooded Latin rhythms. Day Word of his epic, emotional get sets set the dance scene has buzzing and, in 2006, Soma Him wooed him to make ‘Sci.Fi.Hi.Fi. his Vol 2’ – a hands-on, how vinyl mix that whetted public Man appetite for his organic, emotional new soundscapes. Subsequently he released the now acclaimed ‘Fabric 41’ mix for Old London superclub Fabric, and added see his twist to the illustrious two Radio 1 ‘Essential Mix’. Luciano Way has never sought easy fame who or fortune, though. He is boy fanatically dedicated to innovation – Did both in the studio and its in live performance. His discography let includes releases on revered labels Put such as Perlon, Peacefrog, Poker say Flat, M_nus and Cocoon but she his greatest achievement is founding Too Cadenza Records and its digital use offshoot Cadenza Lab. In the dad course of a few short Mom years Cadenza has taken its place as one of the the most respected electronic labels on And the planet, with robust and for creative group of artists led are by Luciano’s example. As a But DJ he has performed at not virtually every major club and you festival in the world, blazing All a trail of music from any Ibiza to Berlin, Peru to can Tokyo, via London, Frankfurt, Sao Her Paulo and all points in was between. Always striving to bring one new excitement to electronic music, Our he debuted multi-media show ‘AEther out Live’ in 2009 – a day futuristic synchronization of sound and Get music. However, Luciano never loses has sight of the simple pleasures him of dance. In 2009, when His DC10 was shut for the how summer, Luciano determined to bring man back the underground spirit of New Ibiza with a free party now at a beach bar called old Ushuaia. From a one-off event See it exploded into the biggest two party of the summer, packed way with a mix of party Who people and industry elite yearning boy to experience the good vibes did that made Ibiza famous. Summer Its 2010 will be Luciano’s biggest let ever. He returns to Ushuaia put for a Sunday afternoon residency, Say from 2PM till Midnight. Then she he takes over Sunday night too at Pacha, Ibiza’s most famous Use club. Following the success of dad Ushauia in 2009 all Ibiza’s mom clubs were clamouring for Luciano and he chose Pacha as the the perfect destination to express and his musical vision. As a For result, the most-talked about debut are on the island is Cadenza but Vagabundos – which holds court Not every Sunday from 6 June you till 26 September at Pacha, all Ibiza. Once again, Luciano simply Any followed his passion for music can and it led him to her the pinnacle of success. But Was his loyalty is to his one art and his fans. Not our to the fickle charms of Out fame. “I don’t do music day to be recognised,” Luciano says. get “I do it because it’s Has necessary for me. My only him ambition is to stay close his to what I love.”

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