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1999 - Italy
Luigino Celestino di Agostino, aka Gigi D'Agostino or Gigi D'ag, Italian DJ and producer, was born on 17 December 1967 in Torino (Italy). Gigi's logo is based on the Japanese character 舞 (mai), which translates as dance or dancing.
Gigi's career as a DJ and a producer:
Mediterranean Progressive (1992 to 1997)
Gigi is known as one of the pioneers of Mediterranean progressive music, which consists of minimalistic sounds, Latin and Mediterannean melodies.
In 1994 Gigi launched the NoiseMaker label, under the direction of the Italian house producer Gianfranco Bortolotti.
The BXR Noise Maker label was created by Media Records to release Mediterranean progressive music.
From 1993 to 1994 Gigi was a member of the group Voyager.
From 1993 to 1998 Gigi was a resident DJ in the Italian disco named Ultimo Impero (Airasca, TO).
Cooperations: Daniele Gas, Michele Generale, Mauro Picotto, Cataldo Valente, Andrea Remondini.
Italodance (1998 to 2005)
In the beginning of 1998 Gigi's music became more melodic and he started using vocalists for his songs. His music became more like Italodance and he stopped making Mediterranean progressive music.
In 1999 Gigi was quite famous with Italodance hits like "L'Amour Toujours", "The Riddle", "La Passion" and "Another Way". In the same year he was awarded with the "Best Producer in 1999" award at the Italian Dance Awards. In the year 2001 he was awarded with the "Best DJ-Producer of the Year" award at the Red Bull Awards in Italy. Cooperations: Carlo Montagner, Diego Leoni, Paolo Sandrini
Lento Violento (since 2003)
Since 2003 Gigi started releasing Lento Violento tracks, this music style begun to get its shape around 2006. He created a lot of aliases to differentiate his new music style from his older Italodance work. Cooperations: Luca Noise, DJ Pandolfi, Diana J, Davide Marani, Manuel Negrin, Ruben Paganelli, Stefano Di Carlo, DJ Maxwell, Federico Romanzi, Mr Dendo, Moto Remoto, Daniele Mondello, Gianpiero Viani, Rapporto Distorto, LuHa MsM, The Love Family
At this moment Gigi is still experimenting with alternative music styles in the Electronic genre.
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