Silvio Carvana

LISTEN TO MY MONTHLY SERIES OF BRAND SPANKIN NEW PROMO DJ MIXES FOR FRIENDS ON MY PAGES, each month I drop a new mix FOR YOU! You can hear all of my mixes online WAXDJ.COM/DJS/6254 after you listen PLEASE rate my mix & help me climb the chart. HUGE THNX! I'll be joining PNN hosting a weekly Radio Show, details coming shortly. You also want to check out Pepper's new track produced by DJ Corey D. Nothing but the best when it comes to music will ever suffice. some of my biggest influences: Donald Fagen , Walter Becker's gig called Steely Dan~! Robert Fripp, Brian Eno to Mick Jones, Joe Strummer(RIP) - the Clash , Jerry Garcia's (RIP) the Grateful Dead, to Jello Biafra's -Dead Kennedy's, Gibby Hayes, Paul Leary's-Butthole Surfers, Ian McKaye, thank you Ian, you made the world a better place~! I am more alive because of your ideology, The almighty Bad Brains, Nirvana, The Guys who created the Sub Pop label Jonathan Poneman and Bruce Pavitt, uhm, The Pixies!!!, The White Stripes - thank you for saving Rock'n'roll!) , MotherLove Bone, without Landrew Wood 's ultimately terrible sacrifice, we wouldn't have Pearl Jam, Mudhoney etc, that is STILL one of the saddest things to have to relate... and right now the pulse of the music scene is all about individuality. There's a scene for everyone. I especially admire the Whip from the UK, Beth Ditto and the almighty Gossip who are right now THE ONLY BAND THAT MATTERS! If you are LGBT GOSSIP is thee only band with the integrity to tell it like it is. Beth is such a powerful woman she don't need no balls~! Electronic Music- ok this emotional for me...As a dj I'd say the most impact on my preferred style of music would have to where it all began @ Aaahz. Thank you Stace Bass for the vision Dave Cannalte & Kimball Collins for the music. You guys really are living Dj dieties! I am still in awe of the magesty of a night out @ Aaahz... How could you ever forget that? .. Who could EVER forget or underestimate the incredible work of the ubiquitous....DJ Icey who brought breakbeat to America like no one else, he was a legend when no one knew...Fl has been awesome in retrospect...I forget so much because all of this was brand new to me and happening so fast, please forgive me I get things wrong, please? I can't overlook the importance of a little record store on Mills Ave that arguably changed the world and the ultimate GAY DJ , Mr. Robby Clark. Kneel please at the altar of the Underground Record Source. Robby I probably speak for so many others when I say "Thank you for helping me to become a proud DJ!" Robby thank you. Anytime there'd be a show in Orlando you'd see these world famous Djs @ Robby's store. Its no wonder that by now in my mind the dance music world revolved around Orlando in the states especially, here on the east coast. The first rave I went to was called Divine playground in Miami with Utah Saints< Meat Beat Manifesto and 808 state. Game on~! I then checked out Marz and was wondering why everyone seemed so friendly and hugged each other so much. Why didn't I have close relationships like that...? I continued part time @ BCC taking writing classes to develop my mind & managed to continue writing for Ink 19. I wasn't ushered into the scene until the Village Underground in Palm Bay brought club culture to my backyard. This was owned and operated by Yola Abramowicz and the resident dj was Jim Kaiser from WFIT in Melbourne, & on Thursdays Sammy Seymoore aka Dj 007, who brought in Chris Fortier and Dave Cannalte regularly. Those nights were phenomenal. To say I was kind of hooked on the new sound would be an understatement. In just a few months time I would end up throwing in the towel & gave up promoting punk rock and hardcore gigs. I felt it was totally useless at that point. I was tired of seeing kids get beat up and lost interest in what I considered my own youthful music, being destroyed by ignorrant facist bullies. I became very depressed for the next year as I said goodbye to ALL the people I once knew. A theme that for so many reasons beyond my control repeat itself over the next 15 years. Worse yet these people figured out that I was gay, so driven out of the scene I loved so much & helped try to build I was pretty much a dead man running from my past. It was especially disheartening as I am hearing this exciting new form of music & had no one to share it with. Living in Sebastian I didn't know anyone except some surfers who occasionally hang out with me and not even hassle me for being different. Regardless of the activity I was hiding my depression as much as I thought I possibly could. Music saved my life. I would actually begin to drive to Orlando alone regularly. At first it was weird, then I was doing so much press I would arrive early interview the bands and somehow I began to actually make real friends for a change. For the first time in my life I wasn't scared of anyone or anything. It was so healthy & empowering. I finally found something I loved & became a well respected underground dance music journalist in that time. I was even published in Project X magazine and a couple other local pubs too. Other than a few trips to Tampa to witness in shock and total awe the magnitude of Rabbit In The Moons' live gig, an experience to behold to this day, that was like the most unreal thing I had ever seen. it was like Metallica discovered a 303 and pure MDMA, trading their guitars for synths & drum machines. We were all mesmerized. Orlando & Tampa really picked up at this point & so was Ft. Lauderdale who now had their own Edge Nightclub. That place was S2I2C2K. Then of course there were those pilgrimages to worship at the altar of SIMONS Innermind in Gainesville Fl, that alone is whole'nother story. I can't even begin to describe the feeling of a Sunday am @ The Soul House. This changed the quality of my life in a big way. On a whole nother plane, the huge festivals that we all went to! There's WAY too many to name so I won't even try. and eventually honestly I can claim that just about all Then there was Andy Hughes and Chris Fortier's home turf the beach. Brassy's & Marz ( RIP ) beachside? Holy crap! That's all it took I was hooked by the electronic bugg. we'd leave Brassy's and go to Marz and party all morning...I have some incriminating photos of the upstairs secret room...That was so cool meeting people form all over the southeast @ Marz. So it's true big clubbing was going off on the beach the same time as Orlando was finding its footing...Dave Mirzky was not well liked as the owner of Marz but dedicated to producing the best light show this side of...well Mars... have to give credit where its due...He seemed really into it at first. Richard Moss promoter, Donald Johnson ( RIP) from Injoy and in the early days Mark Harmon from Kram Records, Bevan @ Firestone was always willing to help out, and the wonderful Club Infinity, the Abyss, even Ultra Violet had its moments - all of them had unreal sound for such a small clubs, and later on Cyber Zone. All places we came to feel good about our fave toons and people. WPRK & Cano, REMARK another ENCOURAGING GAY ROLE MODEL helped keep my hope alive. All of the other dance music since 90 was introduced to me by way of going to every friggin party I could make it to the list goes like this DJ Ice E now DJ ICEY, the flawless Stylus, Joe C, D-Extreme who rocked many a Edge rave to the AM, Chris Harshman, Andy Hughes, Chris Fortier( huge influences beachside , in the beginning I wasn't sure if it was ok to be from the beaches!, Going back nearly 20 years ago there was this huge horde of dorky skateboard, post punk surfer type music people who like myself were wannabee DJs. DJ Mike Lacy- who scored an unlikely hit actually had the patience to teach me how to mix, thnx Mike I hope to carry that forward. There were so many under-rated and often overlooked people I can only apologize for not remembering everything. Please forgive I was not always at my best in these years. Other influences : Paul Grogan and Doran from Rampant records, thnx guys, East 909Street zine the innovative and masterful DJ Chang, Trip Magazine, run by Peter Wohelski from the Astralwerks label, Stephanie Smiley while she was with Moonshine records in LA, Shadow records - I loved acid jazz too!, Q Burn's crew of local heroes BMF, Slack, etc...local hometown breakbeat hero DJ Synrgy ( we still lovin' YOU Jeremy!) so many more thru the promotions I attended and produced and covered for the magazines. So does anyone remember Impact or Outer Limits in Cocoa, former employer and overall scoundrel Randy Johnson dood, you gave me a break but you were a total bastard and screwed EVERYONE you know in one way shape or form. No wonder you reportedly faked your own death ! How we live,love, laugh & learn. Enough said. If you went through all the stuff I had you'd no doubt be saying Music would have saved your life too! .. On a personal level my biggest challenges and defeats came with the Sanctuary parties those were an influence too. Frank Bynum ( Full MOon Productions) who was a real friend when I needed one most, the talented and underrated Dj Tracey (Uptown Records) who was our sound tech during the first years the under appreciated DJ Soul who showed me the real meaning of friendship without the trappings of my own indulgence. Those parties were for everyone we were servants to the people. I felt like I could have done a better job in so many ways. Sorry everyone. Thank you Carl Noone, Steve Schwind, Justin Nichols, Dante, Noel Sanger mad props to Noel~! I know there were hundreds of people who helped me and I want to thank you all for being so kind while I was struggling to find my way. Music saved my life and I NEED to THANK EVERYONE and anyone I met at a party, record store, or wherever. Whoever you are you helped keep me alive and well. LIFE is so precious and the sound of Rhythm is everywhere and in everything. Don't deny yourself the pleasure of the knowledge music brings into your life. peace through music. THANK YOU EVERYONE YOU ARE THE PART OF THE SOLUTION ~! We know the world is a better place because we loved this exciting new form of music called techno. It didn't necessarily change the world so much as the world was changing, EDM is a reflection. Still it was pretty cool to have been there listening as it began to shift one beat at a time. I am so thankful and humbled to have been given the opportunity to learn from everyone. Much love and respect Dj Silvio oh yeah ORLANDO show some love for :

sept '08

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where did this year go?

Halloween 2008 at Club Boom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiUnzY5IYRY

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Wilton Manors crown jewel of LGBTQ clubbing. Hear the dj ? Right on.

Uh Huh Her - Explode
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSJI0o7T4sk

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