Marco Carola is tagged as: techno, minimal, minimal techno, electronic, tech house Marco Carola is the recognized global ambassador of Italian techno. It’s a position he|treats with the utmost care and respect—and one that stands him among the hallowed|company of contemporary techno’s leading practitioners. Hailing from Napoli in the south|of the country, Marco was among a small group of DJs and promoters who quite literally|built the city’s scene from scratch back in the early-’90s. In 1995’s First Planet EP he|became the first Neopolitan artist to commit techno to vinyl, paving the way for an entire|generation of producers. These days Marco is a mainstay of Richie Hawtin’s Minus and|Plus 8 labels, who, much like Marco himself, are one of the driving forces behind techno’s|permeation of the worldwide dance scene. Napoli, 1993, and the enduring flame of the Italo house sound had begun to smolder. The|young DJ Marco Carola had at this point been spinning house music for a number of|years— but as commercial club music began to assert a stranglehold over Italy, and the|hopelessly insular media of the country’s north continues to shun the south, a change is|afoot. Fuelled by a groundswell of local DJs, clubbers and promoters; visits from DJs like|Richie Hawtin and Jeff Mills; and Napoli’s long held propen... Read More About Marco Carola Biography... Send Marco Carola ringtones to your cell |
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