DJ Rocca is a producer and musician. He started to produce in late 90s working on some drum&bass and breakbeat singles as Maffia Soundsystem from the same name club in Italy, where he was the main resident DJ. In his career DJ Rocca has collaborated with Howie B, Pressure Drop, Zed Bias, Dimitri From Paris, Chris Coco, Daniele Baldelli and Jazzanova producing singles, remixes and albums for some of the best European labels as Sonar Kollektiv, Compost, Classic, Rekids, Skint, Hell Yeah, Rebirth, Internasjonal, Futureboogie Recordings, !K7, Deep Freeze, Tirk, International Feel, Defected, Skint, Gomma, Rotters Golf Club, Faze Action Recordings.
DJ Rocca works with Dimitri From Paris and Daniele Baldelli. With the legendary Dimitri From Paris he has given voice to various projects: a new electro-disco act entitled “Erodiscotique” with an album on Japanese “BBQ” label, four huge EP’s on “Gomma” and “Hell Yeah” records, various remixes and some tracks included in two compilations respectively entitled Knights Of The Playboy Mansions, mixed by Dimitri From Paris and Bob Sinclair, and Back In The House, mixed by Dimitri; both compilations are released by Defected records.
With Daniele Baldelli, DJ Rocca has released two albums, “Podalirius” in 2012 and “Quagga” in 2017, in addition to some 12″ on “Is It Balearic?”, "Rogue Cat Sounds", “Nein Records” and "File Under Disco". With the award-winning jazz musician Franco D’Andrea he has formed the Electric Tree Project, a contemporary music trio, hovering between jazz and electronics, with a double album released in April 2016 by Parco Della Musica Records, defined as record of the month for the magazine Musica Jazz (June 2016). The collaboration with such a great name of the jazz scene, moves on with the realization of an octet and the production of a new album entitled “Intervals I” and "Intervals II", recorded live at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome. As a producer, DJ Rocca is also part of Ajello (with Taver), Supersonic Lovers (with Marcello Giordani) and Crimea X (with Jukka Reverberi). He has remixed big names such as Oliver Koletzki, Luke Solomon, Blaze, Isolee, Pete Herbert, Bjorn Torske, Chris Coco, Dimitri From Paris, Andrew Weatherall, Justin Robertson, Soul Clap.
DJ Rocca also runs his own label: “Danny Was A Drag King” and releases music for artists like Ajello, Supersonic Lovers, Luminodisco, Verdo, Marcello Giordani and Hard Ton. In 2010, with the project DJ Rocca and 5th Suite, he reached the top of the dance charts in Brazil, with the huge track “Party Bobba”.
Social media links :
http://www.djrocca.com
https://www.facebook.com/deejayrocca
https://twitter.com/DJRocca_music
https://soundcloud.com/dj-rocca
Playlist Mutant Disco Radio Show By Leri Ahel #401 - Guest Mix DJ Rocca
Leri Ahel Mix
01. Hans Berg - The Clearing Pt. 01 (2MR)
02. Nenad Vilović - Sjećanje (Memory) (Fox & His Friends Records)
03. Danse Alice - Higher (Far From Above Edit) (Lumière Noire Records)
04. Kalabrese feat. KAYYAK - Don't Loose The Center (Rumpelmusiq)
05. Mano Le Tough - Weather Master (Live At Robert Johnson)
06. Hrdvsion - How The F It Trax (I Love Acid)
07. Mark E - Mirrored Cube (Delusions Of Grandeur)
08. Alien D - Release (Budget Cuts Records And Tapes)
09. Il Est Vilaine - Insurrection (Lumière Noire Records)
10. JOBE - Keep Your Word (Unfound Sounds)
11. Hot City Orchestra - 6 Tracks One Bottle (Internet Is Over)
DJ Rocca Mix tracklist coming up
Airing dates:
Monday January 23rd @ Radio Roža 9 PM CET (Croatia)
Tuesday January 24th @ Radio Student 10.30 PM CET (Croatia)
Friday January 27th @ Kanal 103 9 PM CET (North Macedonia)
Friday January 27th @ Radio Aparat 10 PM CET (Serbia)
Saturday January 28th @ KLFM 00 AM CET (Croatia)
Sunday January 29th @ Dinamo FM (Turkey)