Experience is everything.  Seeing people experience new music or how it is delivered in its journey is a signature of Ft Mode.
Having grown up surrounded by percussion and then being exposed in the 90’s to the underground warehouse scene, Ft Mode started a ten year journey through early rave techno to hiphop ( including wining a few hiphop turntable battle comps ).

He then stepped away to focus in the studio on production after returning to the house and techno scene thankfully to two close respected friends & artists Yokoo ( Plastic City records, Get Physical ) and Australian historical techno icon Biz and the now closed Lost Baggage club events that were held in Sydney. 
He was inspired by the likes of Rpr Soundsystem, Ricardo Villalobos, Magda, Zip, Dubfire and Luciano  and the forward thinking and refreshing approach that they carry and still is today.

More recently Ft Mode has been playing at events and venues throughout Australia and has supported and warmed up for artists such as Ellen Allien, Sven Vath, Len Faki, Dyed Soundorom, Ben Sims, AlexKid, Dubfire, Emerson Todd, Guy Gerber, Maya Jane Coles, Matthias Tenzmann and much more, with invites continuing to provide local and international podcast mixes also.

His sound is always continuing to grow while having a grounded focus on underground deephouse  and minimal house. He has always been about delivering a new experience and something fresh while looking into the past and connecting together with the crowd.
Peace&enjoy.
Ft Mode.

Haling from the early age of House Music, Enrico Mantini is internationally renowned as a true Deep House pioneer.

Born in 1972, he grew up with music running through his veins, starting his long-standing relationship with it at the age of 10 by taking piano lessons and listening to adult music.

Since his debut in the music industry in 1990, he has appeared on cult labels such as UMM, Smooth Sound, MBG International and Marcon Music.

His music has been heard (and danced to) in thousands of DJ sets around the globe, supported by almost all style bigwigs like Ricardo Villalobos, Luciano, Zip, Raresh, Jamie Jones, Jeremy Underground, to name but a few.

As a DJ he has played gigs in legendary venues such as Tresor, Pacha, Space, Ministry Of Sound, Concrete, Hoppetosse, Paradiso, Kinky and many more.

Perfection has always been his obsession when creating and performing, and as an MPC enthusiast since 1988, he has composed and produced his entire discography with a minimal approach, using only hardware instruments and never compromising on quality. For these reasons, listening to his music offers a distinctive, unique experience.

In well over 30 years in the electronic scene, Enrico has produced hundreds of releases to date, earning him a solid reputation as an artist and ultimately becoming seminal for the Deep House genre.

Since 2021, he has given up producing House Music to completely focus on a very personal and emotive, forward-thinking Downtempo mix of Jazz and Funk.

Xuja's soundscape is an inmersive eclectic musical journey from emotive to uplifting worldmusic beats and melodies of deep connection.

Drawing inspiration from different cultures that have shaped and inspired him.  
His unique style can be best described as a mindful multi-ethnic collage of sounds mixing traditional rythims from around the world: from afro-latin beats, brasilian bossa, folk, african jazz to balkanic beats layered with electronic sounds.

He is also Co-founder of the renowned MAHICO Garden Fiesta’s in the Northern Rivers. Created to share values of community of Latin American culture in Australia. 

As Elvis Costello once commented, "writting about music, is like dancing about architecture" so best way to understand Xuja's sound is to experience it!

Deeper Shades Of House - a weekly deep house radio show with Lars Behrenroth

Deeper Shades Recordings - deep house record label 

https://www.deepershades.net

Accent Grave Disques
DJ bookings: bookings [ @] accentgrave.ch

Booking Requests
rz@nsyde-entertainment.com

Label contact:
office@freundderfamilie.com

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