Simone Barbieri Viale

Simone was born in Genoa, Italy in 1980.



Since he was a kid, he has always been surrounded by music.



He started with classical music, playing piano. Then he discovered a new world of music, with different sounds, so far away from what he was used to listen to.



He has been deeply fascinated by these new musical scenes, and in the late 90s he started to get involved in jazz, funk and electro music.



He got more and more involved in electro music, listening to the sounds from Detroit, Frankfurt, London, Sweden and Naples.



Spinning vinyl records on decks is definitely his great passion.



He started djing in several club of his city (Milk Club, Ghost Club, Club House Cafe (CHC), La Rampetta), then later in other Italian cities: in Milan (De Sade, Cafe Atlantique, Sacrestia), in Riccione (Mojito Beach), in Monza at M10 Cafe, at the Techno Bunker in Vigevano (Vis a Vis) and more recently at Fiesole, Firenze for the "Party in Chianti" event.



This passion for music leads him to know more and more about this music scene. In the early 2000s he moved to Milan, where he attended the Sae Institute.



Then he started his career as sound designer and post-production technician.



Since 2007 his name is getting more and more popular in the international scene as producer. His style is in constant evolution, a mix of tribal and funk sounds, deep bassline and hypnotic grooves.



His tracks are published on different record labels:



Naked Lunch
ELEKTRAX Recordings
Sun Generation Records
Sub Cult
Stereophonic Recordings
Some Cutz Up
DP-6 Records
Digital Noise Records
Keep on Records
*Cutz



His track "And you know this", on Sun Generation Records, has been selected and played by Dr. Hoffmann during the "Blind Spot Radio Show".



"The Lake", on Elektrax Recordings, ranked #2 on Junodownload and ranked #5 on Trakitdown music stores TOP 100.



His last EP titled "Wasabi", on Elektrax Recordings, ranked #4 on Junodownload TOP 100.



His work on HzTrax with a special drum heavy Hertz "Rough Take" got great support from guys like Sasha Carassi, UMEK, Marco Bailey, Slam, Paco Osuna and Danny Tenaglia DJ. Read the feedback:



http://soundcloud.com/qpark/sets/simone-barbieri-viale-kora-ep



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Stay Tuned!



ADE Competition Mix from Simone Barbieri Viale at Letsmix.com.



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