A few Facts About Anthony Pappa

An Australian of Italian extraction based in the UK, Anthony Pappa is a true internationalist, with a self-imposed mission to take his music out to the best clubs this planet has to offer. Anthony graced the cover of DJ magazine in 2000, part of the famed Nu Breed that also included Craig Richards, Lee Burridge and Steve Lawler.  Riding that Zeitgeist at the time when progressive house really was pushing the envelope for electronic music, the exposure helped to cement his place as one of the key players in the house scene.  Ask him what he plays now, and he replies with a healthy disregard for genres… “just good music,” he smiles”.
   
Since those days Pappa has kept things progressing himself, evolving his career and honing his skills behind the decks.  And they were pretty sharp to start with.  Anthony Pappa is a DJ who came to worldwide attention purely on the basis of his mixing and skills at the decks, which is quite something in an age of celebrity DJs and wannabe jocks.  The Australian DMC Champion at the tender age of 15, his turnabalist ability came to global attention when he won a Mixmag competition to play at Ministry of Sound in 1994.  It was the first time he left his native Australia.  On that same tour he played for Up Yer Ronson in Leeds and his love affair with the UK’s clubland began.  Ask him what he’s been up to since then and he’ll reply “I’ve been doing my job. DJing!”, his diary locked-out every weekend as he takes his music out on the road to that ever-hungry dancefloor beast. 

In amongst the gigs, Pappa was the first DJ to mix one of the legendary Global Underground, as well as the fingers behind two 100,000 + selling compilations for Renaissance.  And for 2008?  Well, ready yourself for the first original productions and remixes for quite some time, kicking off with the track Outback on Red Light District.  And, in April, the fabulous Moments album will be released internationally, featuring two CDs and an extra downloadable album, encapsulating where Anthony Pappa is musically, in these early years of the 21st century.

You can keep in tune with Anthony on his Proton Radio show (www.protonradio.com) and out and about in this land we call club:

February 2nd – Sfinks, Sopot, Poland
February 9th – “Limelight”, Amnesia, Milan
February 22nd – DX Club, Juarez, Mexico
February 23rd – VIP Club, Leon, Mexico