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Episode 020 of Insomniafm Podcast have special guest invited Gai Barone.
A relatively new name to some he may very well be, but Italy’s Gai Barone has a much longer history in dance music than you might think.
Brought up on an eclectic musical diet, Barone initially immersed himself in classical and hip hop (and a fair few shades in between).
He started playing musical instruments at an early age and quickly progressed to become an accomplished keyboard player. Getting into dance music in his home country, the young Sicilian was perfectly positioned in 1989 to witness the rise of Italo House.
Rapidly caught up in his country’s embryonic electronic dance sound, he watched its influence spread quickly around the world. A year later he started to DJ, initially concentrating his energies inside the country and playing a mix of early progressive twinned with techno that was coming over from the States.
It was at this point that a catalyzing factor was needed in Gai’s career and those stars aligned with his signing to Plastic Angel’s Afterglow imprint and the subsequent release of ‘Lilith’. A trancer of remarkable depth and sophistication, it received the 5/5 ‘Money Shot’ accolade in DJ Magazine, who called it “audio-excellence” and said it delivered a “lump-in-the-throat climax”.
Backed by a remix from Jerome Isma Ae, it was greeted with plaudits by DJs around the world, became a Beatport sensation and undisputedly went on to become Gai Barone’s world-stage calling card.
Gai Barone host a monthly radio show on Insomniafm called Healing and can be heared every 1st Friday of the month at 20:00 GMT+2.
Now carving out a dark, provocative, increasingly recognizable soundscape with each one of productions, Gai Barone stands on the threshold of an electronic dance music breakthrough.
Biography: Gai Barone
Podcast home: http://www.insomniafm.com
Read more about or download this podcast
A relatively new name to some he may very well be, but Italy’s Gai Barone has a much longer history in dance music than you might think.Brought up on an eclectic musical diet, Barone initially immersed himself in classical and hip hop (and a fair few shades in between).He started playing musical instruments at an early age and quickly progressed to become an accomplished keyboard player. Getting into dance music in his home country, the young Sicilian was perfectly positioned in 1989 to witness the rise of Italo House.
Rapidly caught up in his country’s embryonic electronic dance sound, he watched its influence spread quickly around the world. A year later he started to DJ, initially concentrating his energies inside the country and playing a mix of early progressive twinned with techno that was coming over from the States.
It was at this point that a catalyzing factor was needed in Gai’s career and those stars aligned with his signing to Plastic Angel’s Afterglow imprint and the subsequent release of ‘Lilith’. A trancer of remarkable depth and sophistication, it received the 5/5 ‘Money Shot’ accolade in DJ Magazine, who called it “audio-excellence” and said it delivered a “lump-in-the-throat climax”.
Backed by a remix from Jerome Isma Ae, it was greeted with plaudits by DJs around the world, became a Beatport sensation and undisputedly went on to become Gai Barone’s world-stage calling card.
Gai Barone host a monthly radio show on Insomniafm called Healing and can be heared every 1st Friday of the month at 20:00 GMT+2.
Now carving out a dark, provocative, increasingly recognizable soundscape with each one of productions, Gai Barone stands on the threshold of an electronic dance music breakthrough.
Biography: Gai Barone
Podcast home: http://www.insomniafm.com
Read more about or download this podcast
