D.J.’s – Danny Verde – Focus/Biog – Issued Friday 3rd June 2011

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Danny The D.J.

Well, we can hardly believe that a whole week ago we were literally sitting down to dinner in Rome with international D.J./producer Danny Verde, in advance of his & our appearance at Muccassassina’s “Raffaella” event and we really wanted to prelude the occasion with a look at this prestigious talent. However, with time running away with us in preparation for Rome & then getting caught up in a spring bank holiday back home, it seemed more appropriate to reflect, seven days on, not just on Danny’s prolific performance at Muccassassina, but to also celebrate his already considerable career with a special Music Is The Answer post, the third in our series of features, this one titled “Magnifico Milano Man”.

 

However, in advance of the release of this special look at Danny, we continue our issue of our Focus/Biog posts lifted from our old blogspot page archives, this one lifted from a one of our special Music Is The Answer posts which  we published last year and a Focus that one that gives  you a flavour of the man & his music.

 

Extract from our Music is The Answer post, “Incredible Italiano’s”, issued 15th March 2010


So, first up is a young man that we have been following since he started out in the D.J’ing game and has probably been one of the most meteoric rises to fame we have seen in all our years on the clubbing music scene. A product of his home city Milan, Danny Verde set himself on the road to stardom in the recording studio, where through months, nay years of hard work saw his first production hit the big time, when “Pushin To The Top” did just that, becoming a euro-wide success & getting his name recognised beyond his native Italy. This smash was quickly followed by “Open Your Heart”, with Andrea Carnell providing the vocals, another brilliant record that is getting plenty of airplay across gAylist London dancefloors at the moment, added to which, remix works of records “Express Yourself” & “Let Me See Your Underwear”  very much made Danny a household name & underpinned his talent in the studio.

 

Trademark Pose

However, Danny’s real passion was always to hit the big time playing live in clubs & events and a big break early in 2009, when he came & played in London for the first time, sparked a whole host of appearances across Europe. But it was The Circuit Festival in Barcelona when he made a huge splash and in front of some of the worlds biggest club promoters, Danny followed a brilliant showing with a summer slot at Spanish favourite club D-Boy and a breathtaking run of parties in France, Belgium, Germany, Russia and Sweden as well as across Italy. The international stage was now for the taking and having got that very important exposure at one Europe’s biggest dance events, the proverbial world was Danny’s oyster, with tours of Brazil & Mexico major conquests, securing his position as THE big new player, his work getting accolades from the likes of Danny Teneglia, Ralphi Rosario & Chris Cox.

 

Describing his music style, whilst there is a distinct slant towards progressive & tribal house intermixed with uplifting vocals, Danny has never put a particular label on his performances & productions, but there is no doubt that he has a very distinctive sound and the minute a record is played you know it is Mr Verde, hence one major reason why his services are now in such demand. Away from his live gigs, he occasionally gets the chance to put some compilations together, his latest mix entitled “Danny Goes To Brazil” celebrating his highly successful tour earlier this year and a great example of his unique talent & style, which is available through http://dannyverde.podomatic.com. However, his real skill is in his remix work and in advance of his upcoming trip to Los Angeles, Danny has worked on a remix of Blake Lewis’s single “Heartbreak On Vinyl”, which has just been released on Tommyboy records US., with further projects penned for this label, together with a remix of Hector Fonseca’s “Addicted” & Thomas Anders’ “Stay With Me”. Next week sees Mr Verde make is US debut at club Friction in Los Angeles and then back in Europe, gigs in Berlin, Cologne, Oslo & Valencia are on the cards, as well as a return to London at the end of May. (DISCO MATT)

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The History........................................................Created in 2008 after a short period of blogging under his real name, the pseudonym, “Disco Matt”, was born on the back of a reputation for being London’s original party boy having partied and clubbed across the London gay scene since in mid 1990’s.........................................................Through his series of blogs via individual blogging pages which soon morphed into a full blown website (http://discomatt.com), Disco Matt established himself as an independent journalist come columnist who quickly gained a reputation for supporting & promoting one of the world’s most prolific clubbing scenes. He previewed, reviewed & recommended London gay clubs, as well as the diverse gay/metrosexual London club/bar culture, linking to & reviewing the scene top D.J.’s and generally covering the gay scene including international gay events....................................................Regularly reporting on the top events across the scene, Disco Matt’s reviews, over the years, developed a strong following, not just by clubbers, D.J’s, promoters, music producers & scene faces, but people far and wide that were looking for an insight to the incredible scene that was London. He also previewed upcoming events that signalled, either a major change or update of existing clubs, new ventures on the gAylist/metrosexual scene, or where he considered events that deserved more comprehensive coverage to that provided in other posts.............................................However, having pretty much reached the top of his game in his chosen specific field, due to a number of personal predicaments, challenges & changes in his life priorities, Disco Matt parked his writing and operation in February 2014. While the burning desire to continue remained, what this much needed period of inactivity did provide was the time & space to re-think & re-focus his activities on a broader spectrum of media and entertainment............................................................So, following this long two year lay-off, he built up the foundations for this diversification into the areas of film, theatre, radio & television where his reviewing, recommending & reporting was to be replicated & resurrected, also pointing his promotions through more visuals & video's linked to all these areas along with his core activities and passions ................................................................................The Present....................................After another (shorter) period of lay-off from mid 2016, a life changing event reignited his passion and early into 2017, Disco Matt has delivered on his promise for a new, more modern look to his website, shedding the old & tired skin in favour of something far more in keeping with the times and with his blogging roots. And he has waived a fond farewell to his clubbing days, this having also been ditched from his site & activity, rather now just focussing on the genres of film, theatre, radio, television, video and of course, music, in so doing, aiming to broaden his appeal to a much wider audience interested in the latest most cutting edge areas of media & entertainment.............................................................................His aim is to be highly regarded across the industry for his writing in these fields and ultimately become a full time critic in film &/or theatre.