Davide Squillace

Davide Squillace
Davide Squillace
Birth name	Davide Squillace
Born	December 6, 1977 (age 46); Siena, Italy
Origin	Siena
Genres	Electronic music, Contemporary, Techno
Occupation(s)	DJ, Music writer, producer, remixer,
Years active	1999–present
Labels	Ovum, Sci+Tec, Morris Audio, Resopal Schallware, Supernature, CMYK, Adagio, Viva, Nervous, Saved, Shake, Rillis
Website	thisandthatlab.com

Davide Squillace (born 6 December 1977) is a DJ and producer from Italy, and the founder of several record labels.

Early life

Born in Siena, Italy, his family moved back to its home town, Naples, just after his birth.^[1] In Naples, he developed a genuine interest in electronic music, thanks to the famous local scene. After finishing school, in 1995, he went to London, where he lived for three years. In London, he was fascinated by the British scene and he began buying the first music equipments to produce techno music and managed to have his first record published by Primate Records. Soon other labels got interested in his work and he published more EPs with Audio and Contrast. In 1999, he went back to Naples, where he began studying at the local school of sound engineering, graduating in two years.^[2] During these years, he did not published lot of music, but he focused on studying and working in the neapolitan techno clubs where he became very famous alongside Marco Carola and Rino Cerrone.

Career

In 2004, Davide left Naples for Barcelona. In the following years, he released Ep's for labels such as Ovum, Sci+Tec, Morris Audio, Resopal Schallware, Supernature, CMYK, Adagio, Viva, Nervous, Saved, Shake, Rillis.^[3] These releases led to appearances at venues such as Circoloco, where he has been a resident since 2007, Coachella, Sónar, Womb, Berghain and many more.^[4] He also created several labels, releasing his own music, but also from other artists: Sketch, Minisketch, Vir, 500, Titbit and Hideout. His side project, Better Lost Than Stupid sees Davide collaborate with fellow revered DJ’s: Martin Buttrich and Matthias Tanzmann.

Selected discography

High Endurance E.P. (10", EP, Pur) Primate Recordings 1998
Organik (12") Cloned Vinyl 1998
Fried Mix EP (12", EP) Design Music 1999
Liquid Brain E.P. (12", EP) Conform, Conform 1999
Mounths Mood EP (12") Fine Audio Recordings 1999
01 (12") Sketch Music Architecture 2001
02 (12") Sketch Music Architecture 2001
Appendix B (12") Southsoul Appendix 2001
Yukiko EP (12") Sketch Music Architecture 2001
03 (12") Sketch Music Architecture 2002
04 (12") Sketch Music Architecture 2002
Shake Records Ref.01 (12") Shake Records 2002
Smack (12") Definition Records 2002
05 (12") Sketch Music Architecture 2003
Controllin' Pieces (12") SuperBra 2003
Plastic Floor (12") Shake Records 2003
Southbound EP (12", EP) Analytic Trail 2003
Body League (12") Shake Records 2004
Childhood Heroes EP (12", EP) Genetic Recordings 2004
Hard Angel (12") Audiolove Music 2004
Ice On Graz (12") Sketch Music Architecture 2004
Massive Storm (12") Orion Muzik 2004
4 Ever White (12") MiniSketch 2005
Get The Right Shuffle (12") Sketch Music Architecture 2005
Ipso Facto Day (12") Sketch Music Architecture 2005
Antigravitational / Realistic (12") Sketch Music Architecture 2006
Bike On The Rocks / Changing Guards (12") Kombination Research 2006
Make Me... (12", Promo, W/Lbl) MiniSketch 2006
Minisketch 3 (12") MiniSketch 2006
Panik Reinterpretation (12", Cle) Resopal Schallware 2006
Almond Eyes EP (12", EP) Ovum Recordings 2007
Rosso Pomodoro (12") Cmyk Musik 2007
It's All About Toe (12") Adagio 2008
Westside Story (with Luca Bachetti) (12") Hideout 2009
Cherry On the Cake (with Andrea Ferlin) (10") M500 2009
One Lobster, Please (with Michele Tabucchi) (12") SCI + TEC Digital Audio 2009
Black Cabbage Soup EP (12") Supernature 2009
What About The Vice (12") Desolat 2009
Pigwings (with Phutura) (12") Titbit 2010
Around The Bay (with Luca Bachetti) (12") Hideout 2010
Tutti Frutti (12") Hideout 2010
That Ginger Ponytail (with Guti) (12") Hideout 2010
Crocodile Tears (12") Hideout 2011
Manifesto (12") This and That 2012
Wild Things (with Philip Bader) (12") This and That 2012
The Other Side Of Hustler (with Guti) (12") This and That 2012
The Love Story Teller (12") Result 2012
Goiânia (12") Cadenza 2012
Gualicho (with Marcello Burlon) (12") This and That 2015
Once Upon a Time In Napoli (2 x LP) Crosstown Rebels 2018

References

^ "Davide Squillace - Bio". The Dj List. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
^ "Davide Squillace - Bio". The Dj List. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
^ "5 Minutes With Davide Squillace". The Playground. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
^ "Davide Squillace - An Interview With". vrients. Retrieved 2017-01-23.

[1] "Davide Squillace - Bio". The Dj List. Retrieved 2017-01-23.

[2] "Davide Squillace - Bio". The Dj List. Retrieved 2017-01-23.

[3] "5 Minutes With Davide Squillace". The Playground. Retrieved 2017-01-23.

[4] "Davide Squillace - An Interview With". vrients. Retrieved 2017-01-23.

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