Davide Squillace

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. 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. 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. 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. 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

Living people

Italian DJs

1977 births

Electronic dance music DJs