Crosstown Rebels turn up the heat with Luca Bacchetti’s sensational ‘Tango’, a record setting dancefloors ablaze with its raw passion and drive, presented here with an inspired ‘Voodoo Remix’ from Venezuelan producer Eduardo Castillo.
Luca Bacchetti’s productions are a window to his soul and his extensive musical background has informed an ambitious and inventive style. With quality output on key labels Hideout, Ovum, Wagon Repair, and now Crosstown Rebels, the emphasis is always on creativity and pushing the envelope. ‘Tango’ comes at a crucial phase of personal and artistic development. It highlights a longing for the element of surprise in music and the need to convey that essential ingredient, passion.
As an Italian, Luca has always felt a particular closeness with South America and the passionate disposition embedded in the culture is part of that bond. It’s the connection between Victor Hugo Morales, Juan Gelman, Diego Armando Maradona, and the Tango: passion, imagination, elegance, emotion, energy. These qualities are also the essence of a Bacchetti production.
“Over the last year I was getting bored with a lot of what I was hearing, the blandness was making me uncomfortable so I began to feel the need to break away, travel, and find a way to look inside and reach back to my roots, to something passionate. The music scene is like the thermometer of society at large and the Tango in particular has always fascinated me with its sensuality and energy” – Luca Bacchetti
The original ‘Tango’ is indeed a sensual yet playful ride. Textured with propulsive rhythms, a teasing b-line, haunting melodies, trembling keys and traditional percussive flair, ‘Tango’ is lighting up dancefloors at the hands of label boss Damian Lazarus and is sure to captivate all with its Latin-inspired grooves and sexy, driving kick. LA based Eduardo Castillo delivers an ingenious interpretation in the aptly named ‘Voodoo Remix’ at first stripping down the groove then fanning the flames with emotive strings, the snake-charming effect of his own authentic voice echoing throughout. Seduction incarnate and a worthy contender for Crosstown track of the year.
Luca Bacchetti is one of the foremost proponents of the seminal swing sound coming from Italy and abroad. Currently residing in Barcelona, the DJ, producer and co- label head makes swift business of spreading his signature twists and musical turns through myriad productions and remixes released on Ovum Recordings, Crosstown Rebels, Wagon Repair, Be As One, Defected, Supernature, Sci+Tec, Tenax, Safari Electronique and of course his label, Hideout.
Additionally, he’s accrued a host of accolades including a nod for Beatport’s best artist in 2008 that confirms Luca’s status as an industry leader.
As a DJ, Bacchetti’s style is incomparable, showcasing his unique ear for selection and rare ‘voice’ to which he adds a sexiness uncommon amongst his peers. Equally versed at moving a dark basement club to fits of revelry as he is to casting a deep shadow across a sunny beach party, the breadth and depth of sources from which Luca culls his sets astounds constantly. It is this duality of emotion that interests the DJ and inspires the work on many releases.
The contrasting shades of Luca’s sound have not been lost on the world’s clubbing masses. Worldwide venues like Womb, Fabric, Circoloco DC10, Cielo, Watergate, Arma 17 have hosted the DJ to untempered excitement and have been converted to the light of the darker and brighter sides of his sound….
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Luca Bacchetti is definitely a force to be reckoned with in today’s house and techno scene. His background of soul, hip hop and even drum & bass has given him the right foundation to become one of the future international stars of dance music. Luca cut his teeth in the scene with a Radio show on club Culture, which gave him the initial notoriety and deserved push to start playing clubs in and around Italy.
He later found a niche for himself playing and producing quality funked-up house and techno alongside his friend and radio show partner Antonio Pocal, which helped him getting noticed even further. The thing that differentiate Luca’s work from the myriads of other producers out there is a strong identity in his music.
His productions have the right amount of funk with a sprinkle of darkness and an essentially great groove which makes its tracks irresistible on the dance floor. Since 2005 he has produced several successful 12′s on Tenax Recordings, the label run by Alex Neri.His real rise to fame came in 2006 with a stellar re-work of Bini & Martini – Stop, which was number 1 in the Beatport download charts for two weeks and was charted by many top Djs around the world. From then on, remixes and original work requests poured in giving Luca a more International profile: he’s remixed and produced for the coolest labels around including Tenax, Safari Electronique, Meeristief, Supernature, Glueckskind Schallplatten, Raw recordings, Viva Music and loads more, putting him on the stand as one of the most successful dj/producer from Italy in the world
Luca’s latest deep house offering – TANGO can be heard here
Next gigs:
OCT 28TH LOFT 580, TORONTO, CA
OCT 29TH MINA VALENCIANA, GUANAJUATO, MX
OCT 30TH THREEHOUSE, MIAMI, USA
NOV 9TH, MAUI, HAWAII, USA
NOV 12TH THITHYNINE HOTEL, HONOLULU, USA
NOV 19TH EL INTERNATIONAL, MEXICALI, MX
NOV 23RD ONYX ROOM, SANDIEGO, USA
NOV 25TH BETA, DENVER, USA
NOV 26TH VOODOO, LA, USA
NOV 27TH TBA, SF, USA