Plaza de Funk has been producing and DJing since 2001.After a few formative years spent dabbling with production and releasing records on labels such as Oxyd in his native country Italy, he moved to London in early 2004 and almost immediately got signed to West Records (best breakthrough label at Breakspoll 2005, and nominated as best label at Breakspoll 2006). The deal lead to the release of the Got The Funk Ep in 2005, which included a remix from Madox and was a massive hit, with support from all major players across the board.
The remix also received a nomination for best remix at Breakspoll 2006, and was included in the Beatz and Bobz compilation mixed by Jds.
The single was followed by the Back Home Ep on Mantra Breaks, again one of the most prominent breakbeat labels in the world, voted best label at Breakspoll 2007.
After these two releases Plaza started working on a string of remixes all through 2006 and 2007, re-tweaking Dj Killer on Functional, Flore on IbreaksFunk, The Drum Monkeys on Westway, MI Loki on Tricksta, and doing a split remix Ep with the Groove Diggerz for Ape records.
His remix of The Drum Monkeys’ Batty Batucada made even Fatboy Slim take notice, so much that he called Westway personally to get his hands on a copy of the vinyl! While his remix of Dj Killer’s Acid – released on Functional – has recently been included by General Midi on the latest instalment of the much respected Y4K series on Distinctive.
Even with all this remix activity, Plaza has still found time to come up with some original tunes, releasing Get On Down on West records in early 2007.
Press support has been high, with the new West single and the Flore remix being given the 5-star treatment in I-dj mag, the Got The Funk and Back Home Ep’s both voted sureplayers in Dj Mag, and the Drum Monkeys remix being chosen as dancefloor destroyer in the aforementioned Dj Mag.
Djing has also picked up hugely between 2006 and 2007, and has seen Plaza performing at Breakspoll at Fabric in February, playing two of the Uk’s biggest festivals – namely Glastonbury and Glade – while also jetting around to play in the States, France, Italy, and some of the most respected clubnights in the Uk.
There have been a lot more releases between the second half of 2007 and the beginning of 2008, namely the remix of Zimbardo "Say Hey" on Ruff Dog, the remix of Break The Box "Groovy Moves" on Ground Level, the remix of the Beat Assassins "Generation MTV" on Mofo and a new original, "Ghetto Groove/Beatdown" on Brighton Breaks.
In February 2008, Plaza De Funk was invited to play Breakspoll for the second time in a row and was nominated in two categories - best breakthrough dj and best breakthrough producer.
He won the award for Best Breakthrough Dj 2008.
He is currently working on more originals and remixes and touring around the world.
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13/10/2007 Plaza De Funk @ BANZAI
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01 - Domino - You're a Star - Ground Level Recordings
02 - DJ Phunkae - Super Star Bass feat Aleeta Bensen (Plaza De Funk Mix) - Real Hype Records
03 - AC Slater - BanGer (Original Mix) Party Like Us Records
04 - SPYKE - live up (Curtis B remix) Krispy Beatz Recordings
05 - Napt - Lose Control (12 Dub mix) - Funkatech Records
06 - SPYKE - No Limits - Ground Level Recordings
07 - Plastic Shell - Dead end - Ayra Recordings
08 - Kiwa - Drop Control - High Grade Records
09 - Travis T, Mephisto Odyssey - Supa Chron (Sam Hell Remix) - Groove Quest
10 - Break the Box - The Hell - Lucky Break Recordings
11 - SPYKE - Like This Show VIP - Ground Level Recordings
12 - Quadrat Beat - Showtime (original_mix) - 13breakz
13 - Deekline and Wisard - Back Up (Love for the music) - (krafty_kuts_club_remix) - Against The Grain
14 - Duel Calibre - Sensi Vip ft Cyril
15 - Vent - GoGorilla (4Kuba Remix) - Valium
16 - Stereo Type, Screwface, Ctrl Z - Under My Skin (Instrumental mix) - Hardcore Beats
17 - Quadrat Beat, Abuse - Explosion - 13breakz
18 - Stereo Type, Screwface, Ctrl Z - Balls To The Wall Part 2 - Hardcore Beats
19 - SPYKE - Jump into the sea - NRG Records
20 - Dilemn - The Dreamer (Original Mix) - Future Perfect
01 - Domino - You're a Star - Ground Level Recordings 02 - DJ Phunkae - Super Star Bass feat Aleeta Bensen (Plaza De Funk Mix) - Real Hype Records 03 - AC Slater - BanGer (Original Mix) Party Like Us Records 04 - SPYKE - live up (Curtis B remix) Krispy Beatz Recordings 05 - Napt - Lose Control (12 Dub mix) - Funkatech Records 06 - SPYKE - No Limits - Ground Level Recordings 07 - Plastic Shell - Dead end - Ayra Recordings 08 - Kiwa - Drop Control - High Grade Records 09 - Travis T, Mephisto Odyssey - Supa Chron (Sam Hell Remix) - Groove Quest 10 - Break the Box - The Hell - Lucky Break Recordings 11 - SPYKE - Like This Show VIP - Ground Level Recordings 12 - Quadrat Beat - Showtime (original_mix) - 13breakz 13 - Deekline and Wisard - Back Up (Love for the music) - (krafty_kuts_club_remix) - Against The Grain 14 - Duel Calibre - Sensi Vip ft Cyril 15 - Vent - GoGorilla (4Kuba Remix) - Valium 16 - Stereo Type, Screwface, Ctrl Z - Under My Skin (Instrumental mix) - Hardcore Beats 17 - Quadrat Beat, Abuse - Explosion - 13breakz 18 - Stereo Type, Screwface, Ctrl Z - Balls To The Wall Part 2 - Hardcore Beats 19 - SPYKE - Jump into the sea - NRG Records 20 - Dilemn - The Dreamer (Original Mix) - Future Perfect
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I hope all is well and good and I just wanted to let you know I've just put up a new track called ECHO so I thought you might want to have a listen. :o) It's just the instrumental version I did not long ago but I do have a full section of vocal to arrange into this track so I'll keep you posted on the outcome! :o)
I appreciate your time and support and any comments posted.
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