- BIOGRAPHY -
Farfa is an abbreviation of farfalla which in Italian means butterfly. This is what he was baptized with by his friends and many others who have had the privilege of experiencing the mystical sensation of one of his sessions where he ingeniously drifts from one mix into another. His incredible technique together with his inimitable selection of music have made him one of the most prominentDJs in the international techno-house scene.
He was born in Florence where he began as a DJ in 1984, he has worked in the best clubs of Italy and worldwide. His international fame took off in 1994/5 when leading music magazines like Dee Jay Magazine, Up Date and Melody Maker (which dedicated 2 pages to him) began to publish articles about the Farfa Phenomenon. The English magazine Muzik chose Francesco as their DJ-face to promote their first issue. His sessions are played regularly on Italia Network, a national radio station which only plays house and electronic techno and Rai Stereo 2 have also asked him to do several special programs for them.
From October 2005 he is also having his own program on Ibiza Global Radio, regulary broadcasted every Saturday night and followed by loud of enthusiastic funs thru internet.
His talents as a producer began to evolve in the beginning of the 90s when, together with Joy Kiticonti - his inseparable work-mate in the studio at that time - did several remixes for people like Caspar Pound (Rising High), Charly Hall (Drum Club) and Dino Lenny. His participation in the Trip do Brasil project with Jose Padilla and D.J Cam, edited by Sony France, truly confirmed his international fame as a producer.
On 1997 he started Audioesperanto a very avant-guarde label on which he released 4 tracks. After that, he found his home at Serial Killer Vinyl, an independent label based in Barcelona which is releasing all his productions.
For SKV he mixed the compilation Florida 135 vol.2 along with Tony Verdi, Music Public Property and Travel Mate.
On 2003 Universal Love was played by the most relevant DJs from club scene and broadcasted worldwide on radios. It is now considered as a classic, Laurent Garnier is including it in his sets.
On 2005 Human Bridge his first solo album was released on SKV and on Glitter, the hype label of
Do It Yourself in Italy.
The album resumes Francesco..s global idea of music .. from House to Techno, passing thru a kind of sweet Trance and Electro .. Nice for relaxing, amazing to dance!
Acidazzo was the first single got a very good reactions and very satisfactory sells. Supported by djs as Nick Warren, John Digweed, Dave Seaman, Deep Dish, etc. it was also included in Pete Tong Essential Selection.
Acida 220 , the vocal version of Acidazzo, includes a David Tort remix, released at beginning of 2006.
The next single is called Changing Shapes, it will be released on June 2006 and includes remixes by David Ferreiro and Chus & Ceballos.
On December 2002 Francesco Farfa did an Essential Mix for Pete Tong program on Radio 1-BBC which aroused big responses from the audience.
In 2003 he was approached by the famous Italian tv-director Alberto D..Onofrio to shoot an episode of the series DJ TRIP, still broadcasted on SKY TV ( a satellite tv channel)
His fame has also sky-rocketed within Spain. He has maintained a monthly residency at Florida 135 for more than 3 years, and for the past few years, the Francesco Farfa Fan Club has been in operation and is constantly sought after throughout the country.
Francesco does not like to be labeled as a Techno DJ since he considers music to be a universal property at everyones disposition. If you ask him to define his style, he will answer: I am very spiritual, subliminal... I like to take people into a trip - a musical one!
(Italian)
Audio Esperanto è nata nel 1997 per iniziativa di
Francesco
Farfa. Audio Esperanto era una necessità, nacque da
un'urgenza: voler infrangere le barriere, travalicare le
categorizzazioni. A metà anni '90 era logico esistere solo
se si apparteneva ad una scena, se si sposava un genere
musicale, si accondiscendeva alle sue regole e si seguiva
una determinata corrente. Farfa - da sempre amante
dell'eclettismo, nonché vero appassionato di musica a
360
gradi - decise che era il momento di dare un segnale.
Aprire una porta. Audio Esperanto nasce da qui: una label
che non fosse etichetta in assoluto, ma più
un'opportunità
per ricordare il linguaggio universale della musica.
Nessuna catalogazione, nessuna barriera, nessuna imposizione
, nessun limite.
Un percorso rischioso. L'unico percorso possibile per Farfa,
un artista che da sempre ha vissuto da outsider rispetto
ai movimenti, ma che di volta in volta ha saputo
guadagnarsi stima, rispetto e risultati direttamente sul
campo, mescolando le carte, andando al di là delle
aspettative e rischiando il famoso passo in più. Audio per
tutto ciò che è sonoro, Esperanto con riferimento
all'idioma globale. Idee ad ampio raggio, proposte
differenti e accuratamente selezionate: nessun imposizione
dal mercato, ma bensì proposte per il mercato, solo
quando
il cuore e la mente erano pronte a farlo. Quattro Ep in due
anni, grande attenzione dai media internazionali - che
arrivano a parlare del "Fenomeno Farfa" - e lusinghieri
feedback dai maggiori dj mondiali, da Danny Tenaglia a
John Digweed; dopo due anni la record label si ferma:
Farfa si trasferisce a Barcellona, sente aria nuova,
inizia a collaborare con l'etichetta Serial Killer Vinyl,
trova la sua dimensione e decide di ibernare il suo
progetto.
A distanza di 10 anni dalla sua fondazione e ad otto dalla
sua nascita, Audio Esperanto ritorna.
E' passata tanta acqua sotto i ponti, Farfa ha girato il
mondo come uno dei più apprezzati superstar dj, ha
pubblicato il suo album di esordio e numerosi ep e remix,
ma il cerchio sembra essersi chiuso: dopo un lungo periodo
di commistioni, aperture, collaborazioni, negli ultimi
anni si stanno rialzando pericolose quelle barriere che
Audio Esperanto ha sempre voluto combattere.
Per questo - nel periodo di maggior crisi per l'industria
discografica - si ritorna, con la solita voglia di sfidare
le convenzioni e di portare spunti e vita nuova.
(English)
Audio Esperanto was born in 1997 by the initiative of Francesco Farfa.
Audio Esperanto was a necessity, an urgency: fighting the barriers, passing over the categorization.
In the middle of 90s was logic to exist only if you belonged to a scene, to a particular kind of music, if you agreed its rules and followed a specific current.
Farfa – always been an eclectism lover, as well as real keen on music at 360° - decided that was the moment to give a signal.
To open a door. Audio Esperanto originated from here: a label aiming to be not absolutly label, but most of all an opportunity to remember the universal language of music.
No cataloguing , no barriers, no impositions, no limits.
A risky way. The only possible way for Farfa, an artist that has always lived as outsider compared to the movimenti, but that managed to acquire esteem, respect and results directly in the “field”, surpassing the expectations and risking the famous “ step more”.
Audio is for everything that is sound, Esperanto is refered to the global idiom.
Wide ideas, different and scrupolously selected proposals: no impositions from the market, but proposals to the market, only when the heart and the mind were ready to do it.
Four EP in 2 years, great attention from the international media, that arrived to talk about the phonomenon Farfa – and flattering feed back from the major worldwide djs, from Danny Tenaglia to John Digweed;
After 2 years the record label stops: Farfa moves to Barcelona , breathes new air, startes to collaborate with the label Serial Killer Vinyl, finds his own dimension and decides to “hibernate” his project.
Audio Esperanto come back, after 10 years from its foundation, and 8 year from its birth. Many things happened during this period: Farfa travelled all trought the world as one of the most appreciated superstar dj, published his debut album and several ep and remix, but the circle seems to be closed: after a long period of commissions, openings, collaborations, in the last years it seems that the dangerous barriers that Audio Esperanto wanted to fight, are rising again.
For this reason, in the period of the bigger recording industry crisis, we come back, with the same desire of challenging the conventions and of bringing cues and new life.
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