Hailing from Melbourne Australia, 26
year old Anthony Pappa is leading the pack of new young DJ's
while taking over the world with his hard progressive sound.
Pappa cut his DJing teeth in Melbourne at the tender age
of 13 at a friends birthday party then went on to win a DMC
mixing competition at 15 which gave him the opportunity to
play in clubs all over Australia. After meeting Sasha, John
Digweed and Dave Seaman whilst playing on the same bills in
Australia, Anthony came to the realisation that the only way
to further his career was to move half way around the world
to Britain, a big step at only 21, but the gamble has paid
off. Anthony had to accept the fact that after playing to
crowds of over 8000 people in Australia, when he arrived in
Britain he would have to wait and work his way up the ladder
and this he has done.
Pappa established himself over here playing wide ranging
sets of funky tech- house and non commercial trance which
earned him the honour of mixing Renaissance Volume Two and
the Best of Platipus albums in 1999. Alongside his DJing,
Anthony has been producing in the studio under various guises,
scoring a top twenty hit by layering the vocal from Power
Circles, A Little Love A Little Life, over his remix of Offshore
by Chicane and seeing chart action once again as one half
of Freefall (with Alan Bremner of Brothers In Rhythm) with
the track Skydive on Stress records, more recently picked
up by Renaissance for a re-release.
Recently Anthony has been working with Barry Gilbey of Sheffield
based Choo Choo Records after a chance meeting when Anthony's
usual studio partner was unavailable to finish a remix of
"I Trance You" by Gypsy. Anthony's relationship
with Choo Choo has gone from strength to strength and he has
mixed their first compilation album, Choo Choo Volume One,
which is due for release in September 2000.
A firm believer in letting his music and mixing speak for
itself, Anthony during a recent DJ magazine interview commented
"When the needle drops the bullshit stops. That's it,
end of story, period" and it is a banner that Anthony
will continue to carry forward and believe in during his now
inevitable rise to the very top.
Anthony's talent and potential are now well bounded exponents
on the dance music scene, so much so that Andy Horsfield and
James Todd from Boxed/Global Underground recognised his unique
talent and kicked off their brand new "Nu - Breed"
series by asking Anthony to mix the flagship release in the
series.
Taking full advantage of the summer season, Anthony has recently
travelled to Israel, the USA, Ibiza, Hungary and Scandinavia
receiving rapturous responses and ovations wherever he travels,
next stop Mars. But has being based in Britain changed Anthony
Well he's discovered his long lost five-a-side skills, still
hates the warm beer, can't stand the motorways but loves the
clubs and after all that's what is important, but lets not
talk about the weather.
Artist's Web Links
Anthony Pappa @ Saklikent
Anthony Pappa @ Villa
Anthony Pappa @ Shine
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