Giuseppe Ottaviani (IT)

Personifying trance music’s energy in both approach and output, Italy’s Giuseppe Ottaviani has long been recognized as one of the genre’s most respected and prolific merchants. From his earliest studio work (as the engine behind famed group NU NRG), through to his latter-day releases under his own name, he has established himself as a benchmark for eminent trance. Over the last 6 years his boundary-breaking in-concert experience Giuseppe Ottaviani Live! has put hundreds of thousands of hands in the air and feet on the floor at the world’s best-known EDM festivals. Exclusively feeding these performances is his vast litany of club hits and remixes, of which ‘Ready’, ‘Angel’, ‘Linking People’, ‘Through Your Eyes’ and ‘No More Alone’ are but a few. Giuseppe’s remains both contemporary and omnipresent in the scene with of-late productions like ‘Falcons’, ‘Arcobaleno’ and most recently ‘Lost For Words’, ‘Earth Beat’ and ‘Love Will Bring It All Around’ continuing to win trance hearts and minds. In May 2013 Ottaviani released his 2nd artist album ‘Magenta’. Giuseppe Ottaviani Live! Drawing on his vast audio repertoire, Giuseppe found himself in the unique position of being able to branch away from the traditional mixer/turntables set-up. Launching Giuseppe Ottaviani Live! in 2006, the concept gives a more visually immersive, ‘club-concert’ experience. This has delighted EDM lovers all around the planet and subsequently inspired other DJ/producers to adopt similar approaches. Giuseppe Ottaviani Live!’s gig-sheet has come to read like a Who’s Who of tentpole events. Included among them have been Loveparade, Tomorrowland, Nature One, Global Gathering, Creamfields (UK and Australia editions) Streetparade, Sunrise, Transmission, WMC, Colourfest, Cream Ibiza, Gallery @ MoS, Zouk, Roseland Ballroom NYC (for ASOT), Eurofest, SW4, WE ARE ONE and numerous others.