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Teknicolor ‘Spéciale’ – DAN GHENACIA & ENZO SIRAGUSA

This is a big one – first up, a Mint Club debut for the undisputed kingpin of the Paris techno scene, who happens to hold down a long standing residency at the underground mecca that is DC10, and also founded and ran one of our favourite labels for 7 years – the critically and popularly adored Freak N Chic. Introducing man of the moment - Dan Ghenacia. And joining him for this special event we have one of the leading figures of the Capital’s underground Sunday sessions, founder and resident of London’s notorious Fuse events – Enzo Siragusa. You heard.

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/// Dan Ghenacia
Dan’s love affair with music ignited when he spent a year in California, soaking up early West Coast house and psychedelia. Dan parleyed this passion into a record selling business on his return to Paris, but as a true fan of the music he didn’t just want to peddle vinyl – he wanted to play it. The next few years of Dan’s career flashed past in a whirl of light, sound and notoriety as he helmed a notorious after-party at Batofar. It made his name in Paris and started to generate a buzz around Europe, where he was increasingly travelling. But – at the height of its success – Dan pulled the plug. “People were really unhappy,” he recalls, but he had new challenges to meet.
Quitting a successful night can break an average DJ – but it can make a great one, and Dan used his new-found freedom to accelerate his career, stamping his distinctive intelligent-techno-meets-deep-house sound on influential clubs like Fabric and The End in London, Tenax in Italy, and Space and DC10 in Ibiza.

Always averse to peer pressure, Dan avoided Ibiza for years – until DC10 won him over – and he quickly scored a coveted residency there. “I was afraid Ibiza was going to be cheesy,” he grins. This caution about chasing “the next big thing” is apparent in Dan’s work – and it’s the trait that has enabled him to effortlessly ascend to the dance music A-list without ever compromising his style. Both as a DJ and producer, and as a label’s head, Dan unfailingly stands for quality over quantity, substance over style, and, well, freakiness over mere chic. His Freak n’Chic label ran for seven years and through his long-standing residency at Circoloco in DC10 and years of subsequent touring, the Ghenacia gospel has spread far and wide. Discovering artists such as Dyed Soundorom, Djebali, Anthony Collins and even releasing the debut Jamie Jones EP, Dan knows good music and continues to deliver it. This year will see Dan launch his new label ‘Appollonia’ with long time friends Shonky and Dyed Soundorom – watch this space.

/// Enzo Siragusa
Enzo Siragusa is one of a dedicated cavalry of DJs leading the charge to put London back at the forefront of the electronic music scene. His Sunday afternoon FUSE party at 93 Feet East has converted a new generation of clubbers - and a few huge name DJs - to the joys of deep dubby house and techno, marathon DJ sets and a cosy little courtyard in Brick Lane. After a decade of DJ-ing and a couple of lost summers in Ibiza Enzo turned to the capital and played around with various venues before settling on 93 Feet East in 2008 to launch an all day rave every Sunday. Focusing on a type of music rather than the name of the DJ, hypnotic grooving extended sets were the order of the afterhour, promotion was strictly word of mouth, entrance was guestlist only, and the response was swift. Enzo explains...”the sound we play is so much deeper and dubbier than you'd get in a night-time club, we've educated the crowd to the stage where we can play almost anything in there...we can go deep....and it will still go off. At the end of the day I'm a raver... I know how I would want to feel on that dancefloor, how I'd want to rush, and feel the music. That's the most important part of a party!”

Going back to Ibiza was the obvious next step; with a big proportion of the FUSE faithful in tow, and Enzo took up residency first in Playa D'en Bossa's Delano, and then the following year in Ushuaia, whilst the London party continued to grow in popularity. His gigs across Europe have spread the FUSIC sound to places such as Bar25 in Berlin, Space in Ibiza, and Studio Martin in Romania, but Enzo's heart will always belong to Brick Lane. Enzo's close knit group of residents has entertained the likes of tINI, Nima Gorji, Davide Squillace and of course Loco Dice, who popped in for an unannounced session last November. Straight off the dancefloor itself, Enzo has now nurtured a collective of hot young DJs and producers all dedicated to the cause of FUSE, with a label and agency already making waves.