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After another great record shopping experience at the lovely Oye Records Kreuz-Kolln Berlin, I was inspired and eventually recorded this mix live and loud at Karl Marx Boulevard Studios, on July 27th 2013. 100% vinyl. Much love to Oye, Paramida and all of you my dear followers and listeners. Enjoy it and have a great summer! 

TRACK LIST:

- STEVE MOORE/ ZEN SPIDERS/ FUTURE TIMES
- BARIS K/ 200 (THE ASPHODELLS DUB)/EMOTIONAL ESPECIAL
- DJ ROCCA/ GRAFFI/ SLOW MOTION 
- MAX ESSA/ BURNING PALMS (HARDWAY BROTHERS SHOULDER OF ORION REMIX)/ IS IT BALEARIC?
- SCOTT FRASER/ PARAPHRASE MINE (HEADMAN/ROBI INSINNA RMX)/ EMOTIONAL RELISH
- DR. BEAT FROM SAN SEBASTIAN/ ACID WATER/ JOLLY JAMS
- PRINS THOMAS/ BOBLETEKNO (PLUS ONE RMX)/ FULL PUPP
- SMALL GIANTS/ DEEP IN IT/ ECLECTIC AVENUE 
- PRINS EMANUEL & GOLDEN IVY/ PART 1/ FASAAN DISCO
- PRINS THOMAS/ BOBLETEKNO (DJ SOTOFETT'S RIDE ON-411-DISCO MIX)/ FULL PUPP
- LORD OF THE ISLES/ NUSTRON/ LITTLE STRONG
- ALFABET/ HELL OF SAMBA/ RUSH HOUR
- MUSK/ A VISIBLE ACTION OF LIFE/ LGDZ
- IKONIKA/ BEACH MODE 8KEEP IT SIMPLE)/ HYPERDUB
- LONE/ AIRGLOW FIRES/ R & S

Massi Acqua Disco Mix

Honey Soundsystem Potcast

HNYPOT 396: Massimiliano Pagliara's Flexibility Is Beautiful Mix

Austrian label @freeridemillenium launches new three-part compilation series, ‘IMPACT’. Hear @massimilianopagliara’s ‘I Feel Romantica’ now

More info: https://djmag.com/music/premiere-massimiliano-pagliara-i-feel-romantica

IMPACT - Volume 1

Premiere: Massimiliano Pagliara ‘I Feel Romantica’

On Sat. Dec. 11th 2021 presented you the first IMPACT takeover at Radio 80000. All participating artists have thrown in a one hour mix of songs to present what impacts them most. They all also left their footprint with a song for our compilation that will see the the day of light Dec. 17th.

The running order was:
14:00 - 15:00 Chinaski
15:00 - 16:00 Delicate Features
16:00 - 17:00 Birds
17:00 - 18:00 Benjamin Fröhlich
18:00 - 19:00 Massimiliano Pagliara
19:00 - 20:00 Alinka
20:00 - 21:00 Raphael Schön
21:00 - 22:00 Zamal

Photo by Daniel Rajcsanyi
Model is Valentino Skarwan

Massimiliano Pagliara - FM pres. Impact Takeover @ Radio 80000 11/12/2021

@dc-salas - Time well spent
Remixer -@massimilianopagliara
Label - @tautautau

Release Date - 18/03/2022

♫ Info + Buy ♫ -https://www.sinchi-collective.com/premiere-dc-salas-time-well-spent-massimiliano-pagliara-remix-tau/

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Time Well Spent EP

♫ Info + Buy ♫

PREMIERE – DC Salas - Time Well Spent (Massimiliano Pagliara Remix) (TAU)

Massimiliano Pagliara's current-yet-classic style can best be described as an eclectic mix of house, disco, electro and techno. The Berghain / Panorama Bar resident runs his own label Funnuvojere Records and releases on labels such as Live At Robert Johnson, Ostgut Ton, and Permanent Vacation. Massimiliano delivered an outstanding remix for DC Salas' 'Time Well Spent' that was released on TAU last week bit.ly/Tau032 – which is also included in this brand new dj mix for our TAU Cast series. @massimilianopagliara

TAU Cast 036 - Massimiliano-Pagliara

TAU Cast 036 - Massimiliano Pagliara

Massimiliano Pagliara, Flying Away From You,  Love On The Rocks Records.

12" - Digital

Track list:

Flying Away From You (Vocal Mix)
Flying Away From You (Instrumental)
Flying Away From You (K-Dub) Digital Bonus

Release date: 13.01.2014

Paramida, the hostess and DJ behind Salon Zur Wilden Renate's renowned Paradisco Parties,
launches her new label "Love On The Rocks" with a classic time-bender, which takes us once more on
a night trip beyond the deepest galaxies, courtesy of fellow Paradisco Resident Massimiliano Pagliara.
Keeper of the vintage analog sound-waves Massimiliano Pagliara is back with another inimitable
House ballad. „Flying Away From You“ gives a voice to all the broken hearts that still feel attached to
the ones they fell in love with. But the end of something is always a start of something new. Driven by
a cosmic lead melody and the ethereal voice of Heidi Diehl, we spread our wings to take off and leave
the past behind. Contrasting the female lead voice stands Massimiliano with his own half-spoken
performance, backed by his long time friend and lyrics co-writer Jules Etienne.
The record comes with an Instrumental version on the flip side and a Dub mix will be released as a
digital exclusive.
Those who don’t believe in magic, will never find it. – Oh, yes, we do!

Flying Away From You (Vocal Mix_Snippet)

Every time I get a new machine in the studio, it leads me to a new track. After getting my new Ecler 4.0 Dj-mixer, this last Xmas, it felt necessary to spend some time mixing and get more familiar with it. I eventually recorded this mix, live and loud at Karl Marx Boulevard Studios, using mostly vinyl and a few cds. It was Xmas and the end of an amazing intense year (2013), so I took the chance to put all of it together. Even though it is not meant to be "massi's best of 2013 mix", it does feature some of the tracks that have been essential to me over this past year and/or that I have enjoyed playing out. Yet it goes beyond that, in the sense that I have simply been playing all what came to my mind without any boundaries or special concepts behind. As such, it is more about the joy of mixing records. It is also a little present to all of you, my beloved followers out there. I thank you for your wonderful support and wish you all an amazing 2014! Love and see you on the dance-floors!!! M.

Massi Happy New Year Mix (2014)

https://palomarec.bandcamp.com/album/lose-yourself-ep-feat-rose
Remix by @massimilianopagliara
Original by @tomsetinmotion

We would like to present Paloma's seventh release: Tom feat. Rose - Lose Yourself EP

Throughout club music history, the combination of vocals and groove remains a vital element. Countless anthems have prompted singing on the floor, and have raised arms in the air. There might have been times where vocals mattered less, but right now they are probably more needed than ever.

Tom & Rose are well aware of all that, and they were willing to place themselves and their music in a tradition of dancefloor euphoria, universal messages and a bit of bittersweetness. Together they created these tunes as a testament to better times gone and ahead.

"How Wrong" is the sound of heartbreak, albeit locked in a UKG tinged sureshot that swings back and forth with ease between jubilant piano bliss and monolithic bass weight. And it kicks like a mule. "Lose Yourself" is both an ageless acid slam and a joyful paean dedicated to all nights that should never end. While the No Hope Dub is designed to be the soundtrack for blowing a nocturnal kiss to everyday sorrows.

Also included: complementary remixes by Eluize and Massimiliano Pagliara that come up with a different take, but a similar vision.

Enjoy the music, and stay safe!


Music: Tom
Vocals: Rose

Mixdown: Malugi & Tom
2. Remix: Eluize
4. Remix: Massimiliano Pagliara

Design: Mesobroke
Illustration: Alex Solman
Mastered By: Matthew Styles

Tom - Lose Yourself (Massimiliano Pagliara Remix)

Original track written and produced by Hard Ton on Gigolo Records. 

CDA001

Buy on Bandcamp

Hard Ton - Earthquake (Massimiliano Pagliara Remix)

Massimiliano Pagliara Feat. Snax - Snap Out

Keinemusik Radio Show by Massimiliano Pagliara 19.08.2022

https://soundcloud.com/massimilianopagliara
https://soundcloud.com/permvac
🛒 https://www.beatport.com/release/see-you-in-paradise/3891342
🔊 https://youtu.be/X6G6sSb0KVw

Inspired, both musically and aesthetically - one of his favourite carnal catchphrases titles the album - by Disco hero Patrick Cowley, Massimiliano channelled past, present and future in searching for new adventures within his music. For the first time working with live musicians (saxophone and piano) to bring a new facet on the table, that flows with the production seamlessly.

Communication and getting into a dialogue is a crucial part for Massimiliano as an artist. Whether it used to be as a ballet dancer, as a DJ, most prominently as a resident of the legendary Berghain / Panorama Bar, a producer and in collaboration with other artists and musicians: Maestro Massi has gathered an illustrious group of friends and like minded artist such as Snax, Fort Romeau and INIT (with whom he has worked before), as well as new collaborators including Curses, Coloray and Vanessa. Under the artistic direction of Massimiliano each artist was able to bring his own unique talent into the album's coherent production and together with Massimiliano they created something that is more than the sum of its parts: A refuge full of beauty and harmony and free from worries in an upside down world. In other words: "See You In Paradise”

Tracklist: 

01 Persistently There
02 Half-time Dreams feat. INIT
03 Reset feat. Fort Romeau & Coloray
04 Snap Out feat. Snax
05 Mitate
06 Pepper On The Tongue Feat. Curses
07 Nocturnal Prowler
08 Intense Affectionate
09 See you In Paradise feat. Vanessa
10 Non Attachment

Massimiliano Pagliara - See You In Paradise

PREMIERE: Massimiliano Pagliara - Persistently There [Permanent Vacation]

[LDR_29]

Armonics - Distances EP (feat. Massimiliano Pagliara Remix)

A1 Distances
A2 Galactica 987

B1 Indigo Voyage
B2 Indigo Voyage (Massi 7-07AM Remix)

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Available to buy: https://lunardisko.com/album/armonics-distances-ep-feat-massimilliano-pagliara-remix
Record stores can order via: order@dnp-music.net
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The Italian-Irish connection returns on Lunar Disko....

Bari's Armonics delivers yet another EP of Italo wonders! Three tracks of synthesizer magic from a fast rising master of the modern Italo-disco sound.

Massimiliano Pagliara brings us on a cosmic trip with his '7-07AM' remix of 'Indigo Voyage'...a disco bomb for the early morning dancefloors!

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Written & Produced by: Francesco Strippoli
Remix on B2: Massimiliano Pagliara 
Label Artwork: Melanie Ellis
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[LDR_29] Armonics - Distances EP (feat. Massimiliano Pagliara Remix)

For Penrose Records 6th release we joyfully welcome fellow Madrid denizen Azaria. His debut ep for the label is a powerful 4 tracker followed by a Massimiliano Pagliara remix.

A long time Dj, producer and sound engineer Azaria has been building a solid reputation for releasing underground beats on labels like La Belle, Rotten City, Roam or Nein to name a few. 

Here we have another example of his studio crafts and wide sonic palette: From the hypnotic and eurobeat flavoured “At The Gates” to the intricate and psychedelic “Time Waits No Man”. From the euphoric detroit influenced pads of “Upside Down” to the dark, sleazy and mechanical groove of “Do Or Die”.

Berghain/Panorama Bar resident Massimiliano Pagliara gives the original “At The Gates” a fantastic cosmic disco retouch.

Mastering: Carlos Calderón
Art: Laucky

Azaria_At The Gates_Massimiliano Pagliara Rmx

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Ben Gomori debuts on House Of Disco Records with a meaty package of acid-laced cuts and some huge remixes. '7AM At Wintergarten' was inspired by his sprawling late-night / early-morning sets at the legendary Wintergarten room at Berlin's Sisyphos, and was debuted there to great reactions. Panoramabar resident Massimiliano Pagliara completes the local link with his excellent heads-down, stomping remix.

'Mars Joint' is a tribute of sorts to one of Gomori's heroes, Kerri Chandler, and combines one of his classic patches with gentle acid licks and whirring feedback FX. Jordan Nocturne crushes his Italo-electro remix—succinct but hugely effective—while promising Irish newcomer SHEE goes for a tough but deep atmospheric interpretation.

PREMIERE: Ben Gomori - 7 AM At Wintergarten (Massimiliano Pagliara Remix)

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Couple Looking - For You EP
FV015: Funnuvojere Records, 09 June 2023

Funnuvojere is thrilled to present Couple Looking, a new project uniting the label’s mastermind Massimiliano Pagliara with fellow Berlin-based dj Chris Cruse. Celebrated on the international electronic scene, Cruse is the force behind Los Angeles’ finest queer party Spotlight, and part of the crew behind the legendary Club Toilet in Detroit.

This cheeky duo invites listeners into their world of rich sonic textures and uplifting pitches. This is evident in the juxtaposition of raw and refined acid lines of A1 "For The Remote," and the distortions that characterise also A2 "For A Snack." On the B side they're looking "For K+," an addictive Balearic groove interweaving luxurious pianos and other-worldly vocals. In the end, they are looking "For You" in the B2: a future classic Italo pop song heralding new possibilities, good advice and sweet resolutions.

https://funnuvojererecords.bandcamp.com
https://instagram.com/funnuvojere
https://soundcloud.com/funnuvojererecords
https://facebook.com/funnuvojererecords

For You EP

Couple Looking - For You

Funnuvojere is thrilled to present Couple Looking, a new project uniting the label’s mastermind Massimiliano Pagliara with fellow Berlin-based dj Chris Cruse. Celebrated on the international electronic scene, Cruse is the force behind Los Angeles’ finest queer party Spotlight, and part of the crew behind the legendary Club Toilet in Detroit.

Couple Looking - For K+ [Funnuvojere Records]

Dear participant,

yet another lover, not unknown to Ramona, enters the sacred halls of light again. 

Massimiliano Pagliara, originally from Lecce (Italy), now Berliner of choice, orchestrator of a warm basseline-sound accompanied with sleek beats – due to a deep love to all sorts of vintage drum machines and synthesizers – takes Ramona on a journey through the colorful depths of his new album 'With One Another' – follow-up of his first ever album 'Focus Of Infinity', released in 2011.

'With One Another' shares the joy of Massimiliano's trademark sound influenced by underground-sound of the 80s; new wave, boogie, italo, acid and 90s deep-house. Starting from this point, he took a hand full of close friends along with him on a ride through his musical garden – reaching from italo-induced disco-smashers over to acid dripping floor fillers to charming proto-house. Connoisseurs and pleasure-makers like the mysterious Norwegian producer Telephones, primary rock and guru nd_baumecker, half of the Egyptian Nipples and close friend Jules Etienne, manhooking Mavin, dance-music-afficionado Lee Douglas, Credit 00 of Uncanny valley fame and Ramona's darling Benedikt Frey contributed their devotion to sound to this bright piece of music. Ramona is as pleased as pleasure could only reach – all good things come in larger numbers!

The album is set to be released on vinyl and digital on Monday, 15th September.

Tracklist – digital:
1. And We Kissed 
2. A Dream I Get Stuck In 
3. Long Distance Call (with Telephones) 
4. We Have Time (feat. Mavin) 
5. Everything That Happens Is Supposed To Happen
6. Gagacid (with nd_baumecker)
7. Fall Again (with Lee Douglas) 
8. Native Tribes Of Jupiter (with Credit 00)
9. Can't Get You Out Of My System
10. With One Another (with Benedikt Frey) 
11. Now And Forever

Tracklist – 2 x LP (Vinyl includes donwload codes for the album)
A1. A Dream I Get Stuck In
A2. Long Distance Call (with Telephones)
B1. We Have Time (feat. Mavin)
B2. Everything That Happens Is Supposed To Happen
C1. Gagacid (with nd_baumecker)
C2. Fall Again (with Lee Douglas)
D1. Native Tribes Of Jupiter (with Credit 00)
D2. With One Another (with Benedikt Frey, feat. Nadia D'Alò)


5.Everything That Happens Is Supposed To Happen

All The VCOs You Can Eat (Edit)

All The VCOs You Can Eat (Traveler Dub)

All The VCOs You Can Eat (Modulator Mix)

All The VCOs You Can Eat (The Lonely Drums)

B. Your Love Away - With Jules Etienne (For Luca)

This is the instrumental version of "Your Love Way", available as a digital bonus when purchasing the 2xLP "With One Another".

Your Love Away (with Jules Etienne) Instrumental Digital Bonus

Panaroma Bar resident and longtime IsBurning regular https://soundcloud.com/massimilianopagliara has been based in Berlin for several years where he's been one of the main forces behind recombining the city's hardboiled techno scene with an often overlooked sensibility for the soft and the tender. Call it underground disco passion.

For his entry to our podcast series he serves up a tantalizing techno set and has this to say about his favorite track in it:
“Megatrance by Voiski is one of my all time favorite tracks and I drop this almost every time when I play a techno set. Like the title suggests, this track has a huge trance - psychedelic vibe to it, that can take you to another dimension.”

Live at ToyToy Club, 3.11.23

Massimiliano Pagliara... IsBurning #137

I have recorded this mix live at Karl Marx Boulevard Studios,  using 2 technics 1210 MK2, 1 pioneer CDJ-350 and an Ecler Nuo 4.0 mixer. 98% of it is vinyl and 2% digital promos.
I wouldn't necessarily call this a DJ Mix, in its most obvious and common sense, also because it is partly mixed and partly not. It features some of the tracks/songs, artists or labels that have been especially important/inspiring this year (2014), as well as some recent discoveries and a few classics. Some of this stuff, I have never had the chance to play out in clubs, and so I thought this could be the right space for it.
And as you might know, I like long mixes as much as I enjoy playing long DJ Sets :)
Last but not least, this mix is my little Xmas gift for all of you, my dear followers. 

Wish you all the best and thank you for following and supporting!!

Enjoy the journey,

<3

Massi

p.s. Also, a special thank you goes to OYE Records, my favourite record shop in Berlin, where I found/bought, most of the records included in this mix. I love you OYE!

Track list:

- KHIDJA-LOOKI-LOVE ON THE ROCKS
- THE JUAN MACLEAN-RUNNING BACK TO YOU-DFA
- GLORIA ANN TAYLOR-WORLD THAT'S NOT REAL-MUSIC GALLERY
- ARTHUR RUSSELL-A LITTLE LOST-POINT
- APHEX TWIN-PRODUK 29-WARP
- NEW JACKSON-HAVING A COKE WITH YOU-PERMANENT VACATION
- MARK E-MOLYNEAUX-SPECTRAL 
- ERROI-COMMON SERIES 02
- VAKULA, SIAMAK AMIDI-DIFFERENT SLANG-VOLT MUSIC
- LARRY HEARD-THE DANCE OF PLANET X-ALLEVIATED
- ROY COMACHERO-THE DELETE OF SOCIETY-RUNNING BACK
-TAKUYA MATSUMOTO-THE SUN ON THE REFUGEES-CLONE ROYAL OAK
-HARVEY SUTHERLAND-OSCILLATE-VOYAGE
-JACK J-LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU-MOOD HUT
- J.E.E.P.-ROCKFELLER'S PUNCH-COCKTAIL D'AMORE
- TRULZ & ROBIN-MOSEMANNEN-FULL PUPP
- FUR-PULP(LINKWOOD & STARGAZER MIX)-UNTHANK
- ANOPOLIS-ANOPOLIS 2-LOWER PARTS
- STEFFI-POWER OF ANONYMITY-OST GUT TON
- MARK DU MOSCH-AMULET-TAPE REC
- JUJU & JORDASH-ALBUM SAMPLER-DEKMANTEL
- PABLO MATEO-WHY-CURLE
- OMAR S-WHO WROTE THE RULES OF LOVE(SHORT MIX)-FXHE
- VINCENT FLOYD-CRUISING(LONG RIDE)-RESOUND REC
- HARALD GROSSKOPF-OCEANHEART-BUREAU B
- DAN WHITE-AGENT COOPER-FORBIDDEN PLANET
- KUBA SOJKA-WALK ON MOON-SXYLAX
- PORTABLE-SURRENDER-LIVE AT ROBERT JOHNSON

BONUS TRACK:
- SIR OWN- HOOKED(KONS NITE RMX)- BASIC FINGERS







Massi-Xmas-Si-&-A-Happy-New-Year-Mix (2014)

Hooking Up

Hooking Up (Edit)

Hooking Up - EP

Fave Rave (Edit)

Last Kiss On Acid (Edit)

Poseidon's Dream (Edit)

Original track by Dance Disorder. Released by Bpitch Control on July 2011.
This remix is also featured on the "Get Lost vol. 4" mix compilation by D. Lazarus, released on Crosstown rebels records, September 2011.

Dance Disorder - Metallic Italic (Massimiliano Pagliara Remix)

Hilbert Space

Johannes Regnier - Hilbert Space (Massimiliano Pagliara Space The Dub Remix)

Al Kassian - Diamonds On Jupiter (Massimiliano Pagliara's Extra Scoop)

Younger Than Me - Honey (Massimiliano Pagliara Remix)

Younger Than Me - Honey (Massimiliano Pagliara Remix Dub)

Abstraxion - Resonance (Massimiliano Pagliara Remix)

Manhooker Feat. Miss Plug Inn - I Am Disco (Massimiliano Pagliara Remix)

She Once Knew

Barotti - She Once Knew (Massimiliano Pagliara Remix)

Cockring D'Amore 001

CockRing D'Amore - Hop On Down To Petland (Massimiliano Pagliara Rework)

Original track written and produced by Marcello Giordani. 
Released on Slow Motion Records. This is my remix, released September 2011.

Marcello Giordani – Chubby Rain (Massimiliano Pagliara Remix)

Zombies In Miami - Odissey (Massimiliano Pagliara Remix)

Here comes another mixed/unmixed compilation for you to enjoy during these upcoming xmas days, with your friends, lovers and family, or simply for your own private amusement.

TRACKLIST:

1) SEAHAWKS/ CALLING ALWAYS/ OCEAN MOON
2) PICI/ A MISTAKE/ INTERNASJONAL 
3) ELMORE JUDD/ BULLION SYNTH/ HONEST JON'S
4) UV POP/ PSALM/ SACRED BONES-MANNEQUIN
5) PJ HARVEY/ ELECTRIC LIGHT/ ISLAND
6) TWILIGHT RITUAL/ MESSAGE/ ONDER STROOM
7) TORN SAIL/ TREASURE/ CLAREMONT 56
8) TYCHO/ ASCENSION/ GHOSTLY
9) RUNE LINDBAEK FT KURT MALOO/ WONDER/ DRUM ISLAND RETURNS
10) JORI HULKKONEN/ IO/ MY FAVORITE ROBOT
11) DUPLEX/ DAMN DARK WIND (CONFORCE BEFORE THE STORM REMODEL)/ FIELD
12) MUSHY/ MY LIFE SO FAR/ MANNEQUIN
13) JOHN TALABOT/ ORO Y SANGRE/ PERMANENT VACATION
14) FOOTPRINTZ/ DANGERS OF THE MOUTH/ VISIONQUEST
15) REGGIE BLOUNT/ HEY/ CLONE CROWN LTD
16) COPPICE HALIFAX/ FUR/ RECYCLED PLASTICS
17) CREDIT 00/ WAVE MEMORY/ UNCANNY VALLEY
18) ANDREW ASHONG & THEO PARRISH/ FLOWERS/ SOUND SIGNATURE

K-hole-Indie-Balearic-Wave-X-Massi Mix

Massimiliano is back where he belongs. A backbone of Live At Robert Johnson records, Pagliara's take on neo-dance, post-disco and proto-house is as unmistakable as it is dreamlike. With this sound palette, a love for hardware and surgical arrangements “Magic Serials” sees the Berlin-based producers on top of his game. While name checking the tools of his work (the serials, got it?), MP unfolds untold stories of love, high spirits and deep meditation that every romantic rave craves for – acid poetry included.

Release date: 11/02/13
 

A1. JP4-808-P5-106-DEP5 (Snippet)

Recorded live in a club in Berlin, on a Sunday afternoon in September 2014.

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Massi In The Mix (Live in Berlin Sept. 2014)

Massimiliano Pagliara was born in Tricase (Lecce) in the deep south of Italy. Already as a child he listened to diverse types of music: rap, classical, reggae, dub and 60s rock'n'roll. Coming from this small village, he and his friends created a small musical world for themselves, spending a lot of time every day playing records in his basement and at private parties.
Upon moving to Milan in 1997, Massi embarked on an academic career and eventually earned his diploma in theatre, dance and choreography at the Civica Scuola di Teatro Paolo Grassi in 2001. While discovering the fashionable and alternative club scene of the city, his imagination was captured by experimental electronic music such as Aphex Twin, Boards Of Canada, Autechre and Mira Calix. Naturally these avant-garde sounds eventually found their way into Massi's original body of work.
After finishing school he ventured to Europes underground capital Berlin, where he continued his studies in contemporary dance, but also dived into the city's explosive techno nightlife, particularly the renowned OstGut club. Massi's interest in electronic music found its peak in 2003 when he finally began to pursue DJing with a passion. Ever since he's been spinning records across the world as well as some of the most popular underground venues in Germany – among them Tape Club, SchwuZ, Tresor, ://about blank, Robert Johnson, and of course Berghain / Panorama Bar, where he holds a residency.
Massi describes his style as an eclectic mix of house, disco, electro and techno – one may call it current-yet-classic. DJing has since led to productio. These days Massi lets his obsession with analog synths run wild – usually he's holed up in his apartment studio, working on his latest productions. 2011 saw the release of his debut album Focus For Infinity (on Live At Robert Johnson), followed by his sophomore LP With One Another in 2014. February 2017 saw his debut release on Ostgut Ton with the EP Time And Again. Since then, Massi has worked on various EPs, remixes, single track, all culminating in the late 2018 release of his third full-length solo album, titled Feel Live. February 2020 saw his debut on Munich's label Permanent Vacation with his new EP Nothing Stays In One Place For Long, in 2021 he's added the third part of his Uncanny Valley label trilogy with the EP Connection Lost Pt. 3. His latest album See You In Paradise releases in October 2022, once again with Permanent Vacation.
But he’s not always alone: Massi has been collaborating with luminaries around town such as gui.tar, Snax, Daniel Wang, Lemercier & The Lala By, Discodromo as well international artists. This lead to several side projects over the last decade, such as [sic!] with the two members of gui.tar, The Rimshooters with the Brazilian DJ and producer Rotciv, Egyptian Nipples with the multi-instrumentalist Jules Etienne, Banana Moon with Luigi Di Venere, Couple Looking with Chris Cruse to name just a few.
There's an ongoing lust for dialogue when it comes to Massimiliano Pagliara – be it through his collaborations and solo productions, during his DJ sets, with his own music label Funnuvojere Records or on a personal level. The world of dance, movement and communication is deeply rooted in Massi's life – when you know how to move yourself, you easily know how to move others.

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