SONET MUSIC
dj JOE MONTANA
dj BEN OWL
mc ALEX DONATI
saxophone SIMON
dj JOE MONTANA (ITA, 8Bit, 3rd floor, mindshake)
Joe Montana, Italian Dj and producer, born in northern Italy, in the city of Trieste, near the Slovenian border.
He started spinnin’ records in the early eighties alongside lots of worldwide known names in the sphere of house music.Besides his interest in Djing, he also played punk and rock, also electronic sounds on his guitar-bass in a 80’s band.The fact had a major impact on his musical choices and widen his horizons from than on, confirming his great talent and passion for anti-conformism. Being an impressive technician on the turntables, combining every possible sound in an awesome way, he is also known by his unique productions, the first of them released in 1991; soon afterwards labels like Strictly Rhythm, Discocaine, Stickman, Aquarius, DeepTouch, Dream Beat, Zenith Ibiza, Made In Hong Kong, Hole…
Hosted in a variety of clubs, he is being a resident in Amnesia (Ibiza) Ambasada Gavioli (Slovenia) Republica (Barcelona). Touring nationally and internationally, he could be defined as a music-globe-trotter. Currently he is unstoppably producing and experiencing new vibes and tunes, keeping in mind his most loved ones – new wave, funky and electro, combining with the always best old house sounds; playing around Europe and enchanting crowds of good music lovers.
Over all these years it is difficult to put down in words the substance of his choices, through house in all of its forms, electronic beats, experiencing anything “special” that came in his way, his attitude towards music is, in one word, profound.
dj BEN OWL (globalagerecords.com)
mc ALEX DONATI (ITA, )
A shining beginning for a voice without borders, the voice of Alex Donati, MC born in Rome, following in the family tradition, as the artistic blood flowing in his veins comes from his father. Still very young he already worked as a pr, but in 1995 he made himself known during the 12 Hours at Mr.Charlie in Lignano with resident deejay Gianni Coletti and Gustavo Pitocco. He worked at Vangelia, later on gaining public renown in 1997 at Matilda in Jesolo, the first place in Northern Italy to have a still now unparalleled house setting and to host a large number of deejays and producers of international standing, and having as resident deejay Giuliano Veronese (the ..master..) and Alex Natale. There he shares the console for seven years with Alex Bini (Father of Sound), Alfred Azzetto (now DB Boulevard), the future ..Planet Funk.. Alex Neri and Claudio Coccoluto. In winter he warms up the ..trendy nights.. of Ambasada Gavioli in Isola of Istria, a techno hip club, where he moves towards experimental sounds with Paolo Barbato. In 2003 he takes place to MTV Xmas Party in Ljubljana with Sister Bliss of Faithless. In the same year he is at MTV Dance Floor Chart with Sander Kleinenberg of Global Underground, he blows out the candles at the Birthday Party held in Graz for Ozzy Osbourne..s son, Louis. His versatility makes him quire required, and in Innsbruck, he his one of the presenters of the exclusive party of Alexandra Swarovski. Under the MTV label he is the ..Master of Ceremony.. of the 7th and 8th edition of Valkana Beach. He is also one of the voices of the only Italian date of Renaissance World Wide Tour in 1998. His production is quite large: ..Poor Dad, Rich Dad.., realized with deejay Marc Grabber and remixed by Circulation, was published by Extreme, a label Sasha, Danny Howells and John Digweed appreciate much, and reviewed on the famous Dj Magazine. His last effort for Loud Beat Label (the same of Stefano Noferini) is ..House Nation 05.. with Paolo Barbato, included in Acid House Compliation. In August 2004 ..Rock da House.. with Andrea T. Mendoza (in 2003 they made ..House Addiction..) was published for Trail, an Airplane Records label. He is the author of the lyrics, and this work completes a production which in 1997 with ..Shake your ass.. for Mantra label under the name of Body Dimensions featuring Alex Donati, and ..Amsterdam.. (808 Airlines) for DFC Energized label, with Jovanotti and Scialpi..s producer, Elvio Moratto. He is the voice of the program ..Eterea.. with Roby Sartarelli and of ..La noche Escabrosa.. for Italia Network. He is used to working with djs of international standing and his voice is very popular with foreign deejays thanks to his specialization. Alex is well-known for his performances in English. The coming summer will see him at the Kursaal on Fridays and Saturdays with Layo & Bushwacka, well known for their remixes. Amont the major djs he worked with, there are David Morales, Felix Da Housecat, Daft Punk, Bob Sinclar, Darren Emerson, Martin Solveig, Little Louie Vega, Dimitri From Paris, Silicone Soul, Francois K-C. Satoshi Tomiie, Tieschwarz, Marshall Jefferson, Laurent Garnier, Deep Dish, Benny Benassi, Danny Tenaglia, Erick Morillo, Steve Lawler, Roger Sanchez, Danny Rampling, Joe Montana, Pete Heller, Jonathan Ulysses, Ralph, Joe T. Vannelli, Woody & Cle, Mike Delgado, Boris Dlugosh, Mousse T., Tod Terry, Tony Humphries, Mark Wyatt, Tommy Vee, Chevin Fisher, David Harness, the Italian Farfa and Paolo Martini. In the last year he worked with Shape Shifters, Erik Prise, Deep Dish, and his program has a regular audience of over 30.000 people every week ..At the moment resident in Ambasada Gavioli, AREA VENEZIA,VERTIGO CLUB,TIVOLI,PASSAGE Vienna,PRIVE,Matis Discoshow,ESCAPE