Events

SAT NOV 19
blasthaus presents we.are.defnitive
JOHN AQCUAVIVA
OLIVIER GIACOMOTTO

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+Nikola Baytala & Kuze
Mighty / 119 Utah St / SF / 21+ / $10 Adv

With an unparalleled legacy in the annals of analog and digital electronic music John Acquaviva can boast and list pages of accomplishments in just about every aspect of the music world. Having surged to the top A-list of producers over the years, and a steady stream of club anthems and chart topping tunes, Acquaviva's productions have won over and set the mood for an entire generation of clubbers and clubbing worldwide.

Acquavia began his international career in 1989 with Richie Hawtin by founding one of the world’s best known and influential techno labels, Plus 8 Records. In 1993, Acquaviva and Hawtin also founded Definitive Recordings and the label is now celebrating 18 years of legendary club and underground anthems. An acknowledged pioneer of new music and ideas, John was one of the first people to take notice and embrace electronic music’s digital future at the dawn of 2000 by championing Final Scratch. And following that success, John took another enormous step to help launch Beatport.com, the biggest dance-music download site in the world.

His international career has spanned 2 decades now, having DJ’d professionally for almost another decade before that. Throughout thousands of parties millions of people have heard him play and continue to keep him in demand.

International DJ, charting producer, in-demand remixer, Beatport Music Awards nominee, Olivier Giacomotto is a proven integral player of the electronic music scene. During year 2010 alone, he has managed no less than 8 Top10 hit productions in the tech house and techno genres, and that’s not counting his silent co-writing with top-notch producers and songwriters. In the last 4 years, his top quality productions all received instant accreditation coming from worldwide djs and he has become today one of the most in demand artists on the market, demonstrating the overwhelming talent behind the decks that he has crafted over the last years in the world’s most famous venues. Partner of John Acquaviva on Definitive Recordings, they regularly tour the world together presenting this unique warm funk fuelled tech house of their label night : we.are.definitive. Always one step ahead, and already with three new Top10 hit records in the first month of 2011, the future is looking bright for this multi-talented and ambitious young star.