Destination
GauDino!
Bring out the trumpets! With a
long scorching summer ahead,
who better to mix our June issue
covermount than house music’s
hot property Alex Gaudino?
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talian producer and DJ Alex Gaudino gained his badge With his scorching 'Destination DJ' mix CD gracing the Where do you get creative?
of honour by winning Best European A&R at the cover of this issue, DJmag decided to give Gaudino a light “I have my own studio in Milan, inside the Time Records
European Music Awards in 2000, thanks to a series of grilling to find out what makes him tick... offices. During the week I can go there for the day or in the
chart busters from Black Legend, Robbie Rivera and The evening and then when the weekend comes along every-
Tamperer released and signed to his Rise Records imprint, When did you first get into dance music? thing completely changes and I’m going from one airport to
set up under the Time Records umbrella in Milan. “I started to love the thrill of DJing when I was around 15, another, but that’s cool.
A DJ since 1993, after the success of his astute A&R sign- playing the usual private parties for friends at their houses. "Every weekend is something different for me, different cit-
ings Alex decided to add another string to his bow and Then I started to work in clubs and realised I wanted to do ies around Europe. I’m playing in Canada soon and for the
venture into production himself. that as a real job but it was difficult in the small place I was first time in Los Angeles so I’m very excited about that.”
living.
He first planted fruitful seeds on the Italian house scene "I decided to move to Milan, which is what London is for the Of all the clubs you've played around the world, which
back in 2003 with a parade of sparkling gems, most notably UK maybe, full of music, business and socialising. I started one stands out?
‘Destination Unknown’, featuring Crystal Waters — which DJing a lot in Italy, around Europe and in Ibiza with the “I think you can have a really great party anywhere in the
received buckets of adoration but didn’t actually get Made In Italy group. Obviously ‘Destination’ gave me that world, in Brazil, Russia, in the UK… I just played at matter
an official release. But as the track's popularity grew, big chance to play all over the world and then I made other and it was great, maybe one of my best gigs ever.
especially in the UK where Pete Tong and Judge Jules gave records. Everything starts from there, really…” “I have a lot of fans waiting for me in these places because
it maximum respect, Gaudino decided to up the ante and they love my record so it’s difficult to say if a club in Rio de
morphed it into 2006's ‘Destination Calabria’. A spicy brew How big is your record collection? Janeiro is better than a club in London. It’s always good
of Crystal Waters' original vocal and Rune’s hotty ‘Calabria’, “I’ve got something like 35, 000 records, like a big house for me to play where people are excited to see me and I’m
it was thankfully released by Loaded and went supernova, made of them! The first ones I bought were Orchestral excited to see them because that’s the best thing that
detonating house clubs and the charts alike. Manoeuvres In The Dark’s ‘Enola Gay’ and also The Knack’s you can get from playing out, to see people jumping and
Follow-up single 'Watch Out' featuring Shena repeated the ‘My Sharona’. My mum really influenced me in music screaming.”
trick and cemented his reputation. because she loved it too, she really encouraged me to follow
my dreams.” Is it safe to say you often play the stylish electro-house
Since then Gaudino has become a key player on the exclu- party circuit?
sive stylish party circuit, has a treasure trove of Italian disco Did you enjoy putting your mix for DJmag together? “I’m not a super underground minimal DJ, for sure. If you
and rocked-up electro-house re-workings under his belt “Yeah, sure! It’s just exactly what I like to do, it makes me want to put me into a circle I can be together with Bob Sin-
and has a unquenchable desire to get the glamorous party feel free, you know. It's something I’m incredibly passion- clar, David Guetta, Roger Sanchez, the more vocal electro
crowds sexed up and grooving. ate about.” vibe. That’s my way of playing and that’s what I like.”
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