Club Stereo is, in my opinion, the finest afterhours nightclub|club in Canada and possibly the best in North America (It was rated #5 worldwide by Muzi.
When I was 17 years old, I moved to Leeds from St Albans to study music production. It proved to be life-changing. On the opening night of a new club there, I had slipped in and was standing by the bar. Next to me was the Brooklyn-based DJ Angel Moraes, who had been booked that night. I knew him from his incredible record ‘Welcome To The Factory’, and he was playing in Leeds on a Friday night. He asked me if I wanted a drink, and we began to talk. I told him I had moved to Leeds to study music and a huge grin spread across his face. He kept looking at me with this intuitive and inquisitive look. We spent around 30 minutes talking before he was whisked away to play. About three months later Angel was playing at another club in the North, alongside Junior Sanchez and Roger Sanchez. The club was up in Teesside - about an hour and half away - so I went on a journey on my own to check out the club and see if I could meet him again.
Legendary Italian house DJ Claudio Coccoluto has died, aged 59.
The longstanding DJ and columnist passed away this morning, 2nd March, following a “serious illness”, Italian publication La Repubblica reports.
One of Italy’s most well-known house DJs, Coccoluto started DJing at the age of 13 in his father’s home appliance shop in his hometown of Gaeta. Eventually making his way onto local radio, the young DJ was caught up in the acid house revolution, and ended up landing residencies at the Seven Up club in Gianola and at the Histeria in Rome. He became one of Italy’s foremost proponents of house music, and went on to become the first European DJ to play the prestigious Sound Factory in New York in 1991.
DJ and producer
Angel Moraes has died.
Known for his extensive involvement with the New York house scene, he co-founded the seminal label Hot N Spycy in the mid 90s.
The Brooklyn figure earned an international reputation, matching his high-energy DJ sets to a nuanced production style that tapped into the soulful aspects of New York house music.
Launching the Montreal nightclub Stereo in 1998, he helped guide the club to become one of North America s pivotal underground redoubts.
News of his death was confirmed on social media over the weekend, with a statement on Facebook stating that he died surrounded by his family.