Liberation day we This week in Italy we are between two celebrations: Liberation day (April 25th) and Labour day (May 1st), consequently we will have several nights with good music. Here it is my selection:

Thursday:

Hosts of Goa Ultrabeat night will be Benoit & Sergio, german (despite the names) duo who collaborated with many artists like Villalobos and Seth Troxler. Record Label: Visionquest, DFA Records. # tech-house # electronic pop Friday: Dave Clarke (UK) is the special guest of ‘Resistance is Techno’ night still at Goa Club. ‘The Baron Of Techno’ is touring all over the world and he will be one of the hosts of Movement Festival in Detroit. Record Labels: International Deejay Gigolo. # pure techno

Saturday:

Guess where will perform the Canadian trio My Favourite Robot ? At Goa Club of course, hosts of the NoZoo night. They played in one of the best daily parties at BPM music festival in Mexico a couple of months ago. Record Label: Crosstown Rebels, Visionquest. # electro # house.

Roman Lindau (Ger) will be the guest of Alchemy night at Vicious Club. He will be one of the artists of OffSonar in Barcelona next June. Record Label: Colombage, Kawl. # electro # techno.

Offline tip: one of the best trip-hop artists (Tricky) will perform songs from his last work at Forte Prenestino (you don’t need a shirt to get in since it’s a community centre).

Tuesday:

American (but Japanese origins) eclectic artist Steve Aoki will perform his very energetic DJ-set at Atlantico. He will be one of the main guests of the forthcoming Tomorrowland and Electric Zoo music festivals. Record Label: Dim Mak. # house-tech # trance Spazio900 present a big night with 3 hosts: Adam Beyer (Swe; Cocoon Recordings, CLR), Matador (Ire; Cocoon Recordings, M_nus) and Joseph Capriati (Ita; CLR, SCI+TEC Digital Audio). # techno.

Room26 Club reply also with 3 DJs: Robert Dietz (Ger; Cadenza Records), Hector (Mex; Desolat) and Guti (Arg; Desolat, Cècille Records, Cadenza Records). # house # techno.

Wednesday:

Finally Avicii (Swe) will play his sounds at Atlantico in an unusual mid week night. Record Label: 666 Recordings. # house # trance # commercial Well it’s not so bad when two celebration days are close right?

by Gaetano Luca Panetta (gaelu@hotmail.it) 

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