Pisk - One Steady Roll

DJ Disaster / Awkward Producer / Party Ruiner
Spiritual son of Billy McFarland

PISK (Roberto Costa) is a Sicilian DJ-Producer and Sound Engineer with over 200 million streams to his name. Over the years, he has collaborated with international artists such as Caro Emerald, Annie Lennox, Millie Small, and more recently, he has been producing for one of Italy’s top pop-jazz voices, Simona Molinari.
In 2009, he made his debut with the electronic music duo Pisk & Moe, performing for years alongside international acts like DJ Fresh, Shy FX, Roni Size, Aphrodite and Dirtyphonics.
In 2011, he founded the Swingrowers, with whom he continues to tour worldwide: from sold-out shows alongside Parov Stelar, Caravan Palace, Chinese Man and Dubioza Kolektiv, to four extensive tours across the USA and Canada, as well as headlining concerts in top European clubs and major UK festivals (Glastonbury, Boomtown, Lovebox, Latitude, etc). He has also toured in Russia, India, the Maldives and Japan, selling out two nights at the prestigious Blue Note Tokyo.

His music has been featured in commercials, TV series, and video games, including: Dream Productions (Pixar / Disney+), Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy (BBC), A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting (Netflix), Borderlands 3 (PlayStation / Xbox), Buitoni, Peroni, and many others.
He has performed at prestigious events such as the Peaky Blinders Festival, the Formula-E in Rome, the launch of the TV series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and numerous exclusive events, including Madonna’s 64th birthday party.

Since 2020, he has been the co-founder, director, and instructor at PanorMusic, the only academy in Sicily dedicated to training sound engineers, music producers and event managers/organizers.
Between 2021-2023, he worked as technical director and music producer for the American musical "Whisper Darkly", collaborating with renowned New York composer Andrew Gerle.
He was also one of the organizers of three editions of the Festival Egadà, in Favignana island, which hosted, among others, the orchestras of Ennio Morricone and Franco Battiato.
After years of technical experience in live events and band management, since 2025 he has also taken on the role of Stage Manager for FestiValle, a prestigious festival held in the Temples Valley in Agrigento, which will reach its 9th edition in 2025.