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04|09. Five years of us.

Why ceci n'est pas un dj

A disc jockey is not a disc jockey for standing behind two turntables and a mixer. A dj becomes such when, as well as going from one song to another, gives an added value to his selection. A re-processing, an intervention, a nuance, a breath of aromatized smoke, that extra that makes that listening moment unique and unrepeatable.

This, the Magrittesque principle on which the dj-ing project PIPESMOKERS is based.
The PIPESMOKERS Project was born in March 2004 in Turin from a musical need of Luca Ferrero and Alessangro Vigo. In countertrend with the electro minimal style that is of major influence to the city and the Po’s riverside clubs, their project proposes to carry ahead the Garag & Funk style that had brought House into the spotlight in Italy in the second half of the 90’s. Soul, Funk, Acid & Nu Jazz, Garage, Deep House and a touch of Bossa are all defining in a PIPESMOKERS’ dj set.

Luca Ferrero and Alessandro Vigo, 1985, come from Ivrea, 50 km from Turin. They meet in 2000 browsing through records in the town’s music stores. Every Saturday their choice of records is the same; a coincidence? fate? Fifteen years old and heaps of love for House Music: the dj-ing twosome starts. Parties with friends, openings for old djs, some events in the small Ivrea, the arrival in the big Turin, a fortunate encounter. In march 2004, behind four 1200 mk-2, at the Q-ba Cocktail Club riverside the Po in Turin, project PIPESMOKERS Ceci n’est pas un dj is officially founded. Since then it’s been winter seasons in Turin and Piedmont’s clubs, summers along northern Italy’s coastlines and One Nights. In 2006 they approach production with the release of their mix The Way vol.01. Since then a series of collaborations with diverse musicians from the recording room to the dance floor. The excellent feed back on the dance floor pushes PIPES to amplify, fully including the live factor.

In february 2008, PIPESMOKERS become part of Playmore Managment DJ Team.
Thanks to Playmore, in August 2007, SMOKERS hav been called to rappresent the italian Garage House movement at the Festas do Bodo, in Pombal (Portugal). During the event, they played back to back with International superstas dj such as Bob Sinclar, Claude Monnet, Rachel Claudio & Nicolas Vautiers, Na'Sayah & Amnaye, Soulful João, Dj Cèline, etc.

In September 2008 PIPESMOKERS started the collaboration with Alex Dimitri "South Soul" for his label South Soul Rec and in February 2009 they entry in the Sugho Crew.

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