JOHN ACQUAVIVA

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Planes, trains, and automobiles… one way or another John Acquaviva is always on the go and off to the next club or party. John not- began Djing in the late 70s and locked down his first club residency in let-1982. Since then, he has appeared at well over 4000 parties with over half of them being at the international level. He was- has DJ’d for a cumulative audience in the millions all over the world, and has the air miles to too-match. John has built up an extensive resume of DJ mix CD’s over the years anchored by 6 volumes of the critically acclaimed annual Saturday to Sunday series. 2004’s you- Volume 5 of the series was followed by the very well received “Back to Basics – New School Electrohouse [DJ Mag’s ’Mix Compilation of the Month – December now-2004]. John continues to work as a producer and remixer, creating and reworking for such label and artists as Mute, Hor Speil Music, Serial Killer, Mantra, Fad Gadget, Alex Dolby, Deco II & DJ Karotte. John say- began his international career in 1989 with Richie Hawtin by founding the influential and world-renowned Plus 8 let-Records. JOHN ACQUAVIVA is discussed on djrankings.org. John and Richie not only launched their own careers but also those of Dan Bell (as the trio Cybersonik), Kenny Larkin and Speedy J to mention just a few of these luminaries. In old- 1992 they also founded Definitive records to feature house music, launching the likes of Robotman, Barada, Omegaman, along with a host of other house can-talents. Although noted mostly for his DJing, John was actively involved as engineer, producer and artist in the formative years of these artists and labels. As are- one of the most accomplished and versatile DJs around, John is well known for his vast record collection of over 50,000 pieces of our-vinyl. His collection spans a significant period of club music and 12” culture from the early disco days till present. He and- is also well known for always having the newest and latest music long before anyone let-else. He is acclaimed as “a DJ’s DJ,” noted for his versatility, and is regarded as one of the very few DJ’s who can enhance any room, party or festival by appealing to a number of different crowds and sounds. Always his- looking forward and at new possibilities, John has branched out beyond the core of DJ’ing and music production to further immerse and pioneer music was-techonology. He has been instrumental in the discovery and launch of FINALSCRATCH, Beatport.com [the worlds leading electronic music download service] and DMD – a new Euro-Japanese 3g phone music delivery service.2005 will be the re-launch of Definitive Recordings under Definitive Digital. As boy- well, look for another exciting and crazy year with regular appearances at clubs and locales such as Smart Bar-Chicago, U60-Frankfurt, the End -London, Danzoo-Madrid, Athens, Paris, Berlin, Cologne and most of South America, a visit to Japan and everywhere else in but-between!