The story of King Street Sounds starts at the Paradise Garage in New York City, the iconic nightclub that birthed the soulful house music movement. Once home to the late DJ Larry Levan, the Paradise Garage has had a major influence on the career choice and artistic style of house royalty such as David Morales, Louie Vega and Junior Vasquez, and was a keystone for the region's LGBT culture, particularly for Black and Latin American men. This spirit, along with the iconic music the Garage cultivated, inspired the foundation of King Street Sounds in 1993. 

Japanese founder Hisa Ishioka continues to spearhead the label’s output, maintaining King Street Sounds’ position at the forefront of dance culture. Predominantly focusing on its roots in house music whilst also pushing the sonic boundaries of the label to include Afro, Latin, jazz and tech-infused records, King Street Sounds has a global repertoire with a worldwide following. Household names such as Blaze, Barbara Tucker and Ultra Naté released exceedingly successful records such as ‘Most Precious Love’ and ‘Party Girl’ on the label, while house legends Kerri Chandler and Dennis Ferrer signed their seminal albums ‘Trionisphere’ and ‘The World As I See It’ to King Street Sounds. 

Fast forward to today, King Street Sounds continues to honor the legacy of the past thirty years, weaving its music into the modern ecosystem to educate and entertain new ears and existing fans. Through the continued work of label founder Hisa and a dedicated team of dance music experts, a new wave of talent pumps the beating heart of this legendary label.

THE MARIO DJ 
DJ,producer, MC, recording engineer.
International booking at : p4esse@gmail.com
Mario Mangiarano AKA THE MARIO DJ, Florence Based dj start spinning the turntable in his early teenage of 14th while contribute to air live on private radio. 
Growing up musically with Funk and Disco which influenced and helped Him to blossom in his career that later on led into the er of House Music.

His perfection with mixing records together DJ THE MARIO in the 80' stood out out and gain large popularity gave him the nickname “Doctor DJ”.

With his complete crafts as dj, producer and MC, THE MARIO DJ will release 200 recordings most of those productions were created along his friend & partner producer Carlo Conti on Zeus Records label which 100 of the productions that include famous covers and re-editing and 5 new bands.

“Living In The Sky” 500.000 copies sold landed THE MARIO DJ a gold records in 1985 and reached #1 in more then 20 European countries dance charts. Followed the great success, 
THE MARIO DJ starts to showcase all around Italy and abroad the country.

THE MARIO DJ still own his title as Master of mixing technique beating the records mixing on the turntable for 131 hours consecutive such a performance won THE MARIO 's name in the book 
“ The Guiness World of Records ” 
Many people attended to this dj set competition that lasted for 5 days. 
The event took place at the world famous club Baia Imperiale in Gabicce Riccione-Italy.

THE MARIO 's many radio collaborations are spotted with: 
RADIO TIME, RADIO STUDIO, LADY RADIO, RDF, RADIO PLANET 
and won more then 150 plaques as recognition for performing at many live shows dj set.

PRODUCTIONS: 
Last Productions : 
Ho visto il Circo Nero ( The Mario & Claudio Lari Project ) 
Dale Dale ( The Mario & Claudio Lari Project ) coming out August 15 
L' Acqua Minerale ( coming out December 7 2011 - Saschall Florence )

DJ SETS AROUND THE WORLD: 
Eurodisney - PARIS 
The Cave - LONDON 
Caffé Opera - STOCKHOLM 
The Norge - OSLO 
Ku - IBIZA 
Full Metal Jacket - MIAMI 
OverEasy - SINGAPORE - INDONESIA 
....and more....

DJ SET in ITALIA:

Baia degli Angeli - GABICCE 
Cocoricò - RICCIONE 
Paradiso - RIMINI 
Psicodromo - ROMA 
Piper - ROMA 
Twiga - VERSILIA 
Mazoom - DESENZANO 
Hollywood - MILANO 
Studio 1 - LODI 
Chic- LIDO degli ESTENSI 
Disco X - REGGIO CALABRIA 
Le Spianate - CASTIGLIONCELLO 
La Barcaccina - VADA 
Black Sun - PUNTA ALA 
Mazoom - DESENZANO 
Hollywood - MILANO 
Studio 1 - LODI 
Chic- LIDO degli ESTENSI 
Disco X - REGGIO CALABRIA 
CIRCO NERO - Itinerante 
Le Mirage - AREZZO 
Seven - CAPOLONA 
Tartana - FOLLONICA 
Four Roses - GROSSETO 
Manila - FIRENZE 
Xenon - FIRENZE 
Yab Yum - FIRENZE 
Tenax - FIRENZE 
Space Electronic - FIRENZE 
Meccanò - FIRENZE 
Central Park - FIRENZE 
Rooms Club - FIRENZE 
....and more....



THE MARIO
dj, producer, recordman, speaker

THE MARIO DJ inizia giovanissimo la sua carriera di disc-jockey, girando i primi dischi intorno ai 14 anni ed iniziando a trasmettere nelle prime radio private. Cresce musicalmente nel periodo del funk e della disco music, abbracciando questi generi in tutta la sua carriera musicale, evolutasi poi nel groove della musica house.
...Amante del mixaggio perfetto, è sempre stato apprezzato per la sua tecnica, che lo ha reso celebre negli anni '80 con il nickname de “IL DOTTORE”.

Dj, speaker e produttore musicale, The Mario annovera più di 200 releases, di cui molte prodotte assieme all’amico Carlo Conti sotto l'etichetta ZEUS. Con quest’ultima sono stati pubblicati più di 100 brani tra inediti e cover, nonché editati 5 nuovi gruppi musicali.

“Living in the Sky”, con oltre 500.000 copie vendute, vince il disco d'oro nel 1985 e arriva primo in quasi 20 nazioni, tra le quali (oltre all'Italia) Francia e Germania. Il successo di alcune sue produzioni discografiche lo portano ad esibirsi in tutta Italia ed all'estero.

Labels: Nite Grooves / Plastic City / i Rec / Cr2 / Clubstar / Loco / and more
My other project Dima Promo https://soundcloud.com/dimapromo

Godfather’, ‘Legend’, ‘International Hero’. All accolades attributed by loving fans Worldwide to the DJ, Producer and scene pioneer known as ‘Slipmatt’. For over three decades, this dubplate diamond has been changing the game, staying on the pulse and keeping ahead of the curve, packing dancefloors and selling out clubs long before it was cool and still does so to this very day.
  
Having produced a ton of successful singles and compiled a number of hit selling mix albums under his ‘Slipmatt’ alias for some of the World’s most respected record labels including United Dance and Ministry Of Sound, ‘Slipmatt’ is also one of the masterminds behind legendary production outfit SL2 (along with Lime and MC Jay), the visionaries responsible for the chart smashing anthems ‘On A Ragga Tip’ & ‘Way In My Brain’ among many others on the iconic label XL Recordings, home to legendary acts such as ‘The Prodigy’, ‘Basement Jaxx’; and ‘Adele’. 

‘On A Ragga Tip’ is presently enjoying a resurgence of popularity as it goes on the current Virgin Media TV ad as part of their Un-Limiting adverts which includes the new ‘On A Ragga Tip’ Un-Limiting Remix, which has equally proved as popular as ever with dancefloors around the globe and this year alone is scheduled  to collaborate in the studio with Shades Of Rhythm, Andy Galea of Sol Brothers, Alex P, Awesome 3, Alexis Raphael, Sooney and, his good friend DJ Lime with some brand new SL2 releases also in the pipeline.

This wayward don of dance has also played at every major dance event and venue worth knowing about over the years including Energy, Telepathy, Fantazia, Vision, Universe, World Dance, United Dance, Dreamscape, Helter Skelter, Slammin’ Vinyl, Rezurrection, Elevation, Moondance, Raindance, Peace Fest, Clockwork Orange and to top it all off had the great honour of playing directly after his good friends ‘The Prodigy’ to a packed O2 Arena of over 20, 000 people, bringing that particular night to an epic close, and ringing in the year 2014 with a tremendous bang.

‘Slipmatt’ also repeatedly continues to play across the globe in the USA, Asia, Australia, Europe and every corner of his native UK for a string of well recognised and well attended club promotions, festivals and events. He’s no stranger to a Festival or two either playing at leading big top gigs such as Glastonbury, Boomtown and We Are Festival and there has also been and continues to be multiple overseas visits to Ibiza where Slipmatt still to this day enjoys regular return trips to the White Isle’s most infamous hot spots to play such as Eden, Es Paradis and Benimussa Park (The Zoo) 

His media outreach is quite noteworthy also, having started RAW FM, been a resident on Kiss FM, a regular in M8 Magazine and Mixmag, featured in the illustrious DJ Magazine Top 100, he’s been on BBC television a number of times including the famous chart show ‘Top Of The Pops’, runs two of his own popular Radio shows and Podcasts ‘World Of Rave’ and ‘Slip’s House’ and additionally, has won a multitude of awards, including that of ‘Best DJ’ and ‘Best Producer’ awarded by some of the industries most respected bodies such as Kiss FM and EHM.

Not one to ever slow down or fall behind and always keeping himself fresh and relevant, this dancefloor don has been focusing lately on the biggest and best house beats, which has led him to an already extraordinarily busy 2020. Add to that his upcoming book “My Story (and How I Became a World Class DJ)”, which is set to be a smash hit amongst rave fanatics the World over later this year and with over a hundred gigs booked for 2020 already (mid-Feb), there are no signs of this crowd pleasing international artist slowing down any time soon. 

Godfather Of Rave and still keeping it fresh? Definitely.

by Jon Brown | 2020

BREAKING BEATS SINCE 1988. I refuse to compromise or follow trends when it comes to my sound. My music is purely for entertainment.
Booking: booking@allisrhythm.com 
http://www.guycalledgerald.com

In nine albums and over fifty releases that span a 30-year career, A Guy Called Gerald has built a genre busting body of work that stands out for consistent innovation, excellence and refusal to compromise.

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