| Raffayellow was born in 1977 in Rome, Italy. His passion for electronic music begins already
in the 80s, by listening to the synthetic melodies of artists like Depeche Mode, Alphaville and
New Order, as well as the tunes of the Italo Disco era. As a teenager he gets infected by the
underground techno production from his hometown; at the age of 15 he starts DJing in rave
parties, joining the Hard Raptus collective, a point of reference in Rome's underground
techno movement. During the following years, he plays mainly hardtek and tribetech, while
experimenting in music production with the mythical Fast Tracker and Impulse Tracker
software. He also decides to buy some gear: a Yamaha RM1-X and the Korg Electribes ES-1
and EA-1; with this setup he plays live gigs at dozens of free parties.
In 2002, following the urge to discover some more world, he decides to move to Barcelona,
where he still lives and works. As soon as he arrives in Barcelona he joins Sound
Confundent, the first hardtek soundsystem from Catalonia. He plays with them for a couple
of years, organizing rave parties inside and around Barcelona. In 2005, always looking for
new stimuli in electronic music, he gets deeply interested with the new techno and minimal
productions coming from central and northern Europe. He begins to play slower, deeper
tracks, and starts to melt his hard techno roots with a new, more adult style.
In 2007 he rents a dismissed factory with a good friend; together they transform an
abandoned place into a creative space for audio and video production. Having finally found
some stability, he decides to take music production seriously. By the end of 2008 he finishes
his first EP, "Solaria EP", soon to be followed by His second EP, "Uplift EP" in the
beginning of 2009.
He is currently DJing and producing sharp, melodic techno tunes with influences ranging
from minimal tech and tech house to electro and italo disco. |
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