Franco Cangelli
Hailing from Gent Belgium, dj and producer Franco Cangelli made his debut with the successful 2005 release Spectre on Belgian imprint Toys For Boys, after which he also signed with Sushitech releasing his Spin of Thought ep. Teaming up with fellow dj Akî, he then founded Aesthetik Records, based in Gent on which he released his third ep Mondo Guasto in 2006.
Dj-ing up and down the country on small and big events such as Kozzmozz or 10 Days Off, and abroad such as London, France and recently the prestigious Moog club in Barcelona, he’s known to be a versatile dj playing from pure minimal sets to detroitish techno or house and anything in between. A healthy mix of oldskool straightforwardness and technoid edgy sounds, having Detroit and Chicago as the main source of inspiration.
This doesn’t come as a surprise. Being a child of the 80’s, he had his share of the breakdance craze in his childhood, backspinnin’, body poppin’, to the electro boogie of Grandmaster Flash, Africa Bambaataa, Jonzun Crew… By the end of the 80’s, Belgium came under the New Beat spell, which opened up an entirely new world, directly followed by the first insidious Chicago acid tunes. Franco has always been influenced by the more atmospheric, either moody or darker tunes. So when Detroit techno arrived at the scene, his mind completely absorbed the deeper techno vibes from artists like Carl Craig, Juan Atkins, Dan Curtin… But it didn’t stop there. AFX, Autechre and other seminal artists who pushed the envelope even more, irrevocably shaped his mind to the more experimental side of electronic music, coming from labels like Warp, Skam, Rephlex…
His productions bring all of these influences together, resulting in a hybrid kind of techno or house cross-fertilizing Detroit and Chicago with experimental and edgy sounds, to satisfy his incessant need for further musical exploration. More releases to be expected on Aesthetik, Sushitech and others. To be continued…
He shared line-ups with people like Matthew Dear, Steve Bug, Angel Molina, Triple R, James Taylor, Pheek, Stewart Walker, Richie Hawtin, Onur Ozer, Fabrice Lig, Apparat, … and played at places like Kozzmozz/Ultra Ghent (BE), 10 Days Off festival Ghent (BE), Petrol Antwerp (BE), I Love Techno Ghent (BE), Runsounds London (UK), Paysages Electroniques Lille (FR), Moog Barcelona (ES), …
