To break through in dance music, you have to work for your passion. And sometimes to be truly dedicated you have to up sticks and follow the beat wherever it takes you. For Antonio Castello the beat started pumping in his Italian hometown of Palermo.

His first steps into the industry were as a promoter for a local club. At 18 he finished studying and moving to North Italy and began working with famous local clubs like Mazoom Le Plaisir and Alter Ego.

Promoting wasn’t enough to satisfy his passion for the music so he started DJing at 20. To push things forward a move to a dance music hotspot was his next essential transition. And so he found himself in London DJing and promoting in small clubs where he fortuitously met his best friend and DJing/production inspiration Toni D. Resident for London’s premier after-hours Kubicle and general man about town Toni helped introduce Antonio to the London scene.

Gigs alongside big name DJs like Luciano Esse, Konrad Black, Alexi Delano, Mihalis Safras, Tolga Fidan, and Paco Osuna followed and lead to residencies with Zum in London alongside Toni D and Luciano Esse and Bump in Bristol/London alongside Mixmag’s Craig Torrance and ED Karney, Leeds up and comer Laura Jones and Berlin’s Get Physical/Kindisch artist Gavin Herlihy.

His DJing style can best be described as a clash of cultures forged around a house and techno beat. Latin samples intertwine with Middle Eastern rhythms, techno beats raise the tempo and house basslines provide the dancefloor hands in the air moments. In a scene crowded with flash in the pan producers and DJs, Antonio’s passion for his music has lead him around the Europe and in 2008 its set to take him even further than ever.