Lele Sacchi Artist Bio

Biography
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Behind the decks since 1995 and a whole life dedicated to the world of music Lele Sacchi is now internationally recognised as one of the leaders of Italy’s electronic and house music scene. He nearly completed an all around the world trip djing in the best clubs and events (from Los Angeles to Shanghai, from London to Ibiza and everything in the middle), records music wih the st…udio project Boogie Drama and Sacchi & Sandiego (releasing tracks for some of the coolest european electronic and house labels such as Systematic, 20-20 Vision, Get Physical, Moodmusic, Liebe Detail, Brique Rouge and many others), he’s resident dj and artistic mind at Milan’s Magazzini Generali since year 2000 (the reference club for underground music in Italy, voted best club by MTV and hosting the cream of the scene such as Richie Hawtin, Chemical Bros., Jeff Mills, Ricardo Villalobos and so on…) has managed his own underground music label (Soundplant records), had three mix compilations in the shops during the years, and does soundesigning for fashion brands and exhibitions (from Adidas to Prada to Edra design…). His latest exploits include founding the Elita festival, teaching a course of History of Dance Music at IED (European Design Institute), a weekly radio show on Popolare Network and promoting a new weekly club night called Classic at historical Tunnel in Milan for a selected in the know crowd and the best of the new scene as guest behind the booth.

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Lele Sacchi started his career in music quite early. At 15 he was already presenting a radio show on a small local radio (playing punk, hip hop and indie rock) and at 18 he was contributing with nationwide music magazines.
But it’s in 1994 that he understands his deepest love is playing records in front of an audience. In 1995 he has his first big break becoming a resident dj at TUNNEL (the focal point of underground Milan in the 90’s) from where in a very short time he gets known on the italian scene for his sets made of the newest most alternative dance music.
In the meantime he starts working in the records industry with a job inside the Right Tempo family. In ’98 he becomes a consultant for the music distribution company called White&Black, managing a number of cult international labels for the italian territory.

In 1999 his first mix compilation ‘The Next Tribes Of House Music’ is released and it’s a success both in the press and in the shops. The CD is ‘album of the week’ on the then most important weekly of the dance music world, the british magazine 7 (the review ending up with the phrase ‘Quite simply superb’). Thanks to this successes, to the first international gigs and the always growing gigs aside the top world dj’s, Lele Sacchi ends up behind the decks of JETLAG, the friday nights of Milan’s MAGAZZINI GENERALI in the year 2000 (a residency going on strong still today!!). The night attracts averagely 1500 people and the booth sees both giants of the club scene like Carl Cox, Basement Jaxx, Sven Vath etc…and the cutting edge of the electronic world as Black Strobe, Steve Bug, Tefschwarz and co.passing by as guests. By the house community it is reverred as one of the best clubs in Europe (and MTV viewers voted it best italian club in 2004).
In this same year he starts SOUNDPLANT records, a label dedicated to QUALITY music for dj’s. The releases are always supported and charted by a range of top world dj’s from the whole spectrum of the scene going from Dave Clarke to Groove Armada.

With the release of his second mix CD, ‘House Emotions’, Lele Sacchi imposes to a wider audience his elegant style that fuses house music, electronic sounds and echoes from the past. The gigs are now in some the best clubs around (from the Rex and Batofar in Paris to The Key, Cargo and Ministry of Sound in London, from Zeppelin in Moscow to the Sullivan Room in NY, from Space and Privilege in Ibiza to La terrazza and City Hall in Barcelona are only some of the clubs where he played records) and he gets asked to play exclusive special events such as the official Madonna’s Milan concert aftershow, Prada’s Christmas party, the Biennale art in Venice or sounddesigning for catwalks and exhibitions (for the likes of Pitti, Diesel, New York Industrie, Adidas, Fornarina, Edra, Moroso…)

In 2002 the studio project BOOGIE DRAMA is born with studio partner Sandiego. First production is the remix of the house-punk hit ‘Who Said’ by Planet Funk and then they start releasing trax and remixes for labels like the germans Wasnotwas and Moodmusic, the cult english 20-20 Vision (as Sacchi & Sandiego) and Soundplant itself.
Despite being such a recent project Boogie Drama is already a hot name on the scene gaining full support and charts by cult dj’s like Andy Weatherall, Layo & Bushwacka, Ralph Lawson, Ivan Smagghè and excellent reviews on the international magazines (‘Stalker’s Groove’ has been a Sureplayer single on english DJ magazine and Cut of the Month on France’s Only For DJ’s) .
Those tracks have been license to cult compilations as ‘BUGNOLOGY’ by Steve Bug and GLOBAL UNDERGROUND by Danny Howells.
In 2004 Lele Sacchi has compiled and mixed a CD for the BARGROOVES compilation, the english collection of sophisticated house.
After other remixes for various european labels a new Boogie Drama single ‘Dancing in the darkness’ is relased in time for being played out by most of the coolest dj’s in summer 2006 by Hamburg’s label WasNotWas (again tech-house single of the month on DJ mag) and another sureplayer single for DJ mag with the remix of ‘Changes’ on Soundplant.
2006 sees Lele Sacchi founding and directing together with a likeminded group of persons the ELITA festival a three-day long event which will be described as ‘THE soundtrack of the design week’.
In 2007 a string of new Boogie Drama remixes came for the likes of Brique Rouge, Mood Music and Infant. Always with partner Sandiego and old-time friend Chico Rush, Lele produces succesful events under the People moniker as well.
In 2008 he secures a regular guest spot at Berlin’s legendary Weekend club and starts teaching the course ‘History of dance music’ at IED (European Institute of Design).

2009 is the year of new releases from the Boogie Drama project: ‘THE CONSPIRACY’ is released in January by Berlin’s MOOD MUSIC to wonderful feedbacks by top dj’s, press and radios, in February a remix for Hamburg’s finest LIEBE*DETAIL label and in April a full three-track ep for Marc Romboy’s world reknowned SYSTEMATIC recordings that ended up in Beatport House top 15.
In October 2009 he starts hosting a weekly radio show on prestigious Radio Popolare Network.
At the very end of 2009 Boogie Drama remixed a single of one of the most prestigious electronic label in the world GET PHYSICAL from Berlin.
The Floor weekly radio show on Milan’s legendary (and broadcasted nationally) Radio Popolare also starts at the end of 2009, as well as the new weekly clubbing adventure of Classic at revamped Tunnel, where the mid-size atmosphere gives the perfect answer to Magazzini’s massive events and creates the perfect new space to launch the new dance underground’s cream of the crop.
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MUSIC RELEASES:

SIOPIS ‘I Try to Fight’ BOOGIE DRAMA remix (GET PHYSICAL, Berlin, Sept. 2011)
BOOGIE DRAMA “Floating on a cloud” (REAL ESTATE, Chicago, July 2011)

SIOPIS ‘Really love ya’ Boogie Drama remix (GET PHYSICAL, Berlin, Dec. 09)
BOOGIE DRAMA ‘Magnetic Shore ep’ (SYSTEMATIC, Dusseldorf, Apr. 09)
BOOGIE DRAMA ‘The Conspiracy’ (MOOD MUSIC, Berlin, Jan. 09)
MATTHIAS MEYER ‘Reichenbach’ Boogie Drama remix (LIEBE*DETAIL, Hamburg, Feb. 09)

-KIDSCIENCE ‘the lights’ BOOGIE DRAMA remix (BRIQUE ROUGE, Paris, Apr 07)
-PHONOGENIC ‘Dubby Cop’ BOOGIE DRAMA remix (MOODMUSIC, Berlin, Feb 07)
-ILJA RUDMAN ‘Umma’ BOOGIE DRAMA remix (INFANT, Leeds, Mar 07)
-BOOGIE DRAMA Dancing in the darkness’ (WASNOTWAS, Hamburg Jun 06)
-FREESTYLE MAN ‘changes’ Boogie Drama remix (SOUNDPLANT, Italy May 06)
-JONA ‘Turn to torn’ Boogie Drama rmx (STROBE Music, Belgium 2005)
-SACCHI & SANDIEGO ‘love riot’ (20-20 VISION, UK 2005)
-FLAER ‘fragrant’ Boogie Drama rmx (SUNSHINE Music, Austria 2005)
-BOOGIE DRAMA ‘Stalker’s Groove’ ft Jon Tejada rmx (WASNOTWAS, Hamburg 09/04)
-BOOGIE DRAMA ‘Zardoz’ ft. Ciudad Feliz and Stylophonic rmxs SNP006 (06/04)
-PLANET FUNK ‘Who Said’ Lele Sacchi Boogie Drama’s rmx (Bustin Loose 01/04)
-THUGFUCKER ‘Bodyshaker’ Boogie Drama remix (Moodmusic, Berlin 05/04)

MIX COMPILATIONS:
‘The next tribes of house music – mixed by Lele Sacchi’ (WNB), 2000
‘House Emotions- mixed by Lele Sacchi’ (Soundplant/WNB), 2002
Bargrooves ‘La Terrazza’ –second cd (Seamless records, UK) 2004
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GIGS HIGHLIGHTS:
Magazzini Generali (MI, resident) Tunnel (MI, resident)
LONDON: The End, The Key, T Bar, The Cross, The Egg, Ministry Of Sound, Cargo, Herbal.
BERLIN: Panoramabar, Weekend, Watergate
IBIZA: Space, Pacha, Privilege, Underground
PARIS: Batofar, Rex, Red Light, Fabrique
NEW YORK: Sullivan Room, Le Souk
BARCELONA: La Terrazza, City Hall, Moog, Row
MADRID: Deep, Goa, Danzoo, Cream
LOS ANGELES: Avalon ZURICH (Club Q), MOSCOW (Zeppelin), DUBAI (Barasti), CHICAGO (Smartbar, Sonoteque), SHANGHAI (Lounge 18, Labelle), TEL AVIV (Dada), HAMBURG (Pudel, Rubin), MYKONOS (Paradise Club), CARTAGENA (Cafè del Mar), VIENNA (Passage, Roxy)…

ITALIA: Tenax (FI), Goa (Roma), Angels of Love (NA), Echoes (RN), Il Muretto (VE), Alter Ego (VR), Maffia (RE), Xplosiva (TO), Link (BO), Gwendalina (LE), Clorofilla (TA), Velvet (NA), Ritual (OL), The Flame (BA), Zo (CT), Brancaleone (Roma), Peter Pan (RN), Doc Show (BO), Mercati Generali (CT) and many many others

FESTIVAL/EVENTS: TDK CROSS CENTRAL (Londra), DANCE MARATHON (Milano), AMORE (Roma), DISTORSONIE (Bologna), ELETTROWAVE (various), FESTIVAL DU SUDS (Marseille), PRADA Christmas party, MADONNA drowned world tour aftershow, FESTIVAL Del Cinema (Cannes), off-MIDEM (Cannes), off-SONAR (Barcelona), off-POPKOMM (Berlin), NEAPOLIS (Napoli) Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.