Another new signing on Outside the Box is Alessandro Diga, seemingly having his roots in South America but actually just living in Amsterdam as Martijn van Dijk.

Alessandro's debut EP features three tracks that manage to cross boundaries and instantly caught our attention. Meltdown is a lush, beautiful tune that works its way around a central theme. Combining elements of techno and progressive house yet in a clever and minimalistic way, Meltdown is a definite winner.

That doesn't mean the other tunes on this EP are to be underestimated however. Diep In De Nacht is Dutch for Late at Night, and that is exactly when this one should be played. Big room techno action that will explode the dancefloor. To close off this EP, Qui-Vive is another excellent track that showcases Martijn's abilities to create repetitive but ever interesting grooves and melodies.



Hernan Cattaneo: massive

Nuno Dos Santos: Wow! Lovely stuff!! Will be playing Diep In De nacht &amp; Qui-Vive!

Hybrid: Really LIKE Diep In De Nacht........Quality sounds

D-Nox: Diep In De Nacht is my favorite here. bit darkish, less melodic. will download and play

Leon Raes: Great release, will play them all 4/5

Markus Schulz: Thanks so much!

Jody Wisternoff: Cool melodic vibes, will play

Camiel Daamen: Nice package!

Jerome Isma-ae: one of my fav labels! like very single release

Roger Martinez: Very nice tunes. Glad to see that this prog-techno vibe also lives in
Amsterdam! "Diep in de nacht" is my favorite.

Jan Liefhebber: This release is really tha bomb ! The Meltdown brings the perfect harmony
between darkness & light in sound ! Next month in my charts !

And many more!



Alessandro Diga - Meltdown [OTB043] LQ

For me music is all about emotions. Without them, music would be useless. Therefore I like being able to capture the moment and incorporate it into my track or set that i'm working on. Using it as an outlet. No compromises, no obligations.. just honest emotions.

Martijn van Dijk better known as Alessandro Diga, is a dutch artist living in Breda. His music can be characterized as pigheaded, innovative, bold, vivacious, but most of all melodic. In the past years Diga produced music in different directions, but always melody predominated.

This enabled him to release tracks on labels such as: Manual Music, Inlab Recordings, Perspectives &amp; Cinematique. Which resulted in arrived artists like Nuno dos Santos, Adam Beyer, Joseph Capriati, Roland M. Dill, Pig &amp; Dan, Hernan Cattaneo, Laurent Garnier &amp; Moonbeam playing his tracks.

Throughout the years, Alessandro Diga gained a lot of musical experience. Starting with playing the trumpet and the bugle, on a very young age. In his early teens he mastered the guitar and played in a (punk)band. After these musical wanderings, he got sucked into the electronic music scene.

Being towed by his brothers, Alessandro Diga visited a wide range of festivals in the summer of 2007. Which resulted in developing a deep passion for electronic music. After years of hard work and solitary confiment, the reward consisted of releases on various labels and being featured on various compilations.

His first EP named 'Meltdown' (2010), was released by Outside the Box Music. A dutch label by Eelke Kleijn. He received a lot of support by well known artists. The title track made it to the beatport top 100, and was played in 538 Dance Department. In 2011 Alessandro Diga participated in 'De grote prijs van Nederland', and made it to the semi-finals. Not winning this competition encouraged him even more to improve his productions and live-sets.

Diga's releases did not go unnoticed, and gave him the opportunity to play at clubs and festivals. Examples are; Sysophos (Berlin DE), Barkode (Amsterdam NL), Westerunie (Amsterdam NL), Lakedance (Aquebest NL), Fort de Vechten (Bunnik NL), Club Poema (Utrecht NL).

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