A life spent behind the decks. Fabio Slider, the stage name is suggested to him at the beginning of his career by a speaker of Verona, who notices his unusual ability to play with the turntable sliders. For over 40 years Fabio would go to play in the best clubs in Italy and the world, succeeding in combining different genres, thanks to his eclectic vinyl collection. Every time the result is a unique in high-quality performance, which has made the DJ an inspiration for the new generations.
At the age of 14 he soon begins to develop a passion for music and everything which surrounds the world of the night. Along with some older friends, he enters his first club in Verona. Here he is immediately struck by Daniele Baldelli's technique. He spends the whole night in the booth and gets in touch with the DJ and begins to follow him in the clubs where he plays, trying to understand his secrets.
After refining the technique, to gain experience in the field, he decides to organize a series of private parties, which in a short time word spread all over the city, and his name is suddenly in the front lines. It is precisely during one of these parties that the first PRs approach him, offering him to play at “Alter Ego”, one of the most historical clubs in Verona. Owner Luigi Andreis is a crucial figure, he is the first to believe in him and give him a real chance to work.
The feedback of the audience and the colleagues is immediate, especially because Fabio presents a sound that is not present in Italy yet: NY house music, whose he begins to buy records before the others could get their hands on it, buying from Distros which span from Switzerland to England. To this day he prefers to look ahead and be carried away by new sounds of English and Dutch matrix which he discovered in Ibiza. Adding to it the Italian and American flavor.
On the working level, after three years, Slider ends his collaboration with “Alter Ego” club and begins to go beyond Verona, playing first on Lake Garda. Playing among the few DJs who played during the first floating warehouse party, the “Space Boat”, with 24 hours non-stop music. Also among the fun meccas of the Adriatic sea such as Rimini and Riccione. Here he performs in some of the most important clubs of the scene, as a guest at "Movida" and as a resident at "Gilda" and "Aida".
After several seasons, however, he decides to take a break and visit New York, to consolidate his musical background. In this moment of his life, an essential moment is the meeting Frankie Tamburo, who was working in marketing for “Strictly Rhythm” one of the most important American house labels. He introduces a stimulating and creative environment, which the best American DJs/Producers refer to “Golden Era”.
Once he returns to Italy, on the one hand he starts working on his first music productions and in cooperation with Marco Dionigi, Gibo Rosin, Mauro Pagani, Steve Mantovani, Walter S and Pino Arduini. On the other hand, he is called as a resident DJ at "Mazoom le Plaisir" club, one of the most important clubs in Italy, where he remains a prominent resident for almost five years.
Once that experience is over, Slider pushes himself further. After a life spent playing for others, he opens his own club in Verona: “Klub 59”. Pioneer of current concept stores, where everything you see is on sale, “Klub 59” is characterized by a total mix of music, fun and design, to the point of deserving an ad hoc article on AD, the prestigious monthly magazine of furniture and architecture design. Not only that in 2007 the restaurant of this concept club is elected the best fashion cafe in Italy.
Once sold “Klub 59”, he prefers not to be linked to ready-made realities anymore, but to evaluate individual projects from time to time: he ends up playing records in Europe, sharing the stage with some of the most important DJs of the music scene. Subsequently, he meets the entrepreneur Michele Preda, who offered him residency at “Veniceberg”: a niche and an exclusive club in Verona which, over the years, has succeeded to be well-known in Italy and Europe and for which Fabio, together with Preda, creates a monthly evening party named “Bizarre”.
Strengthened by his variegated experience, Slider goes back to New York, but this time to perform at "Le Bain" club in Manhattan and at "Tba" club in Brooklyn. Here the mediation of the DJs and producer Pablo Romero and Lorenzo Foroni, Fabio’s son, aka Lorenzo Slider, plays a key role. Lorenzo has lived in America for many years and continues, according to his own style, the work started by his father.
Here, during his DJ sets, Fabio relies on his records, which he has collected over the years and are the result of a very dedicated research. The collection consists of more than 50 thousand pieces of very different genres: from the house to the deep house, from the techno acid to the UK garage, including the test presses which had never been published by the artists and record companies. They would send him the promos and expect feedback.
This is to say that by being driven by instinct, eye, experience and even the mood of the moment, Fabio is able to create a unique performance every time, becoming a point of reference for new beginners, who, not surprisingly, call him "master".
SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY:
Marco Dionigi & Fabio Slider - The Wild Trax EP Vol. 1
Gibo Rosin & Fabio Slider - Level Free
The Sun Project - The Sound
Gibo Rosin & Fabio Slider - Passion In Feat. Amily
The Three Es (Steve Mantovani, Walter S, Fabio Slider) - Bullish
Simon Faz & Fabio Slider - Unbelievable
REMIX:
Simon Faz & Fabio Slider Remix - Al Fin y al Cabo
