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Dave De Vita is a Swiss Italian singer, songwriter, and producer.  

His music represents an interesting blend that combines the percussive and "dreamy" side of Pop Rock, with a more modern, poetic, and melodic style, typical of Pop Music.  

Dave has a Master's degree in Music and more than 14 years of experience in the business as a producer, songwriter, and lead singer.  

He also brought his skills in theater, collaborating as composer, actor, and singer on the show Concours Européen de la Chanson Philosophique, recently touring Europe. 

Various noteworthy collaborations, including his participation as a co-lyricist and singer in the realization of the official song of the Youth Olympic Games  (Lausanne 2020), the one with James Blunt as guitarist and backing vocalist for his performance at RTS in 2018, and distant participation in The Voice of Switzerland in 2014 (whose blind audition video surpassed 2 million views on YouTube). 

Dave, along with his new team, has embarked on an exciting chapter in his life: he has begun releasing his own music under his name, aiming to captivate numerous hearts. His journey commenced with the release of a single titled 'This You Deserve,' followed by his debut EP 'Drops of Light,' which debuted in November of 2021. Subsequently, in April 2023, he unveiled the first single from his upcoming live acoustic EP titled 'Montreux Acoustic Session.' The other singles extracted from this live acoustic EP will be released in 2024. Presently, he continues to unveil a series of new singles, including 'Wolves', which was released on December 15th.

OKeh short history: 

OKeh was founded by Otto K. E. Heinemann when he set up his own recording studio and gramophone record pressing plant in New York City in September 1918. Heinemann formed the name of the record label "OKeh", from his initials.  OKeh began by issuing popular songs, dance numbers, and vaudeville skits similar to the fare of other labels, but Heineman also wished to experiment with music for audiences neglected by the larger record companies. OKeh produced lines of recordings in German, Czech, Polish, Swedish, and Yiddish for the USA's immigrant communities. In 1920, Ralph Peer's recordings by African-American blues singer Mamie Smith were a surprise smash hit for Okeh. The company perceived the significant, little-tapped market for blues and jazz by African American artists. Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Bix Beiderbecke are only a few names of jazz greats that have recorded for the label. By 1926 Columbia Records bought the label and kept it running into the 60's with jazz and R&B recordings. 

In 1994, Sony Music reactivated the OKeh label as a new-age Blues label. Okeh's first new signings included Keb' Mo, Popa Chubby, and Little Axe. By 2000, the Okeh label was again retired, but in 2013 it will see its re-launch as a jazz label once again.

The multiple Grammy-winning catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment.

His diversified "progressive" approach to music allows Flavio to create unique pieces. On the one hand, his love for soundtracks gives his music an aura of majesty and solemnity, while the captivating tones of synth-pop and funk, assimilated in recent years, resonate his strong devotion to electronic music.

Flavio Calaon was born and grew up in Ticino, Switzerland, near the latent city of Lugano. Here the 28-year-old curly-haired artist has been devoted for years to music through various forms and collaborations.

It all began in the 90s, when, to the detriment of his family, he persistently watched with fascination the classic Disney "Fantasia" and immersed himself with great emotion in his mother's excellent vinyl collection, often listening to the demanding sounds of Vivaldi and Mozart to name a few. Then came the first Casio keyboard, which became the instrument that catapulted Flavio into the ravishing world of musical expression.

At the age of 14, continuing the self-taught path of keyboard composition, he joined the local band movement with the trombone and ended up composing two pieces entitled "La passeggiatina di Lucifero" and "Leponti". Although Flavio was often immersed in the classical and orchestral scene, his curiosity for other genres and approaches gradually began to take a more concrete form. 
In fact, between 2013 and today, he launched several projects like his first band "Animal's Factory", initially a metal group with symphonic tones, which then transformed into progressive rock/metal with social themes.
Then the "Electronic Synthesizer Lab", an "open-doors" workshop created for lovers of synthesis and now open to other forms of art; and finally the Synth and drums Duo "Flanard" which, inspired by retro Sci-fi and superheroes, brought Dance music with an epic setting.

Today, while he continues to work towards the prestigious title of wind instruments’ conductor, his artistic expression keep spreading in different directions: as a solo artist and composer for his own pieces and as a member of the bands "Shindo" (avant-garde electronic) and "Sofsky" (indie-pop/post-rock).

The Strypes are 4-piece rhythm and blues band hailing from Cavan, Ireland, formed in 2011 by Ross Farrelly (lead vocals/harmonica), Josh McClorey (lead guitar/vocals), Pete O'Hanlon (bass guitar/harmonica) and Evan Walsh (drums).

The group has spent the past 18 months launching their explosive R&B assault on the clubs and festivals of Ireland, the UK and Europe, viciously hammering out a no-nonsense blues repertoire drawing from the songbooks of Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, Slim Harpo and more with the passion and venom of British blues groups such as Dr. Feelgood, The Yardbirds, The Rolling Stones and The Animals. 

Having already been met with critical acclaim from greats such as Jeff Beck and Paul Weller and been tipped by NME as the No. 1 new band to watch, it seems things can only get better for The Strypes.

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