Joseph Capriati
| Jospeh Capriati | |
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| Background information | |
| Born |
July 25, 1987 Caserta, Naples, Italy |
| Genres | Techno, Tech house |
| Occupation(s) | DJ, Record producer |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Labels | Drumcode, Redimension, Analytic Trail |
Joseph Capriati (born 25 July 1987, Caserta) is an Italian electronic music producer and DJ. He was raised in the southern Italian city of Caserta.
Career
Originally beginning his career as a DJ in his hometown of Caserta, near Naples, Italy, Joseph Capriati started using his own name when he began making his own productions in 2006. In December 2007, Joseph had his first major release, “C’est la Vie”, on Italian record label Analytic Trail. A year later Joseph played his first Awakenings event on New Year’s Eve in Rotterdam, Netherlands alongside Analytic Trail label head and friend Markantonio.
2009 saw Joseph Capriati’s first releases on Adam Beyer’s esteemed underground label Drumcode Records with two EPs, ‘Sidechains/Kontrol Room’ and ‘Iron Pump/Black Line’. Since then, Joseph has been a regular at both Drumcode events worldwide and on the label side. The same year, Joseph released his ‘Login’ EP on Chris Liebing’s label CLR.
Joseph Capriati released his first artist album titled Save My Soul[1] in July 2010 on Analytic Trail. The album, which was also Analytic Trail’s first artist album, saw Capriati explore other genres of music such as breakbeat, drum & bass and downtempo. On the album, Joseph says it “included all of the musical influences that I got since 1998 when I started to play records.” [2]
To help celebrate the 15th anniversary of Drumcode Records in 2011, Joseph remixed Adam Beyer’s “A Walking Contradiction” as part of the 15 Years of Drumcode compilation, in addition to playing the 15 Years of Drumcode celebratory events held across Europe. After playing several back-to-back sets with Adam Beyer, Joseph Capriati released a collaborative EP together with the label founder, titled ‘Congenial Endeavor,’ on Drumcode in March 2012.
During the summer 2012 Joseph Capriati was named a resident of Marco Carola’s Music On parties at Amnesia in Ibiza, where he played 6 dates including the closing party.[3] 2012 also saw Joseph have appearances at world renowned festivals and nightclubs such as Tomorrowland, Awakenings, Time Warp, Fabric (UK) and Berghain (GER).
In 2013, Joseph Capriati shifted his status of newcomer to headliner with more than 130 appearances in 25 countries. In early 2013, Joseph conducted his first US tour with dates in Miami, Denver, New Haven, Washington D.C., New York City, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and San Francisco. Over the summer he exploded onto on the global festival circuit with performances at Awakenings, Kappa Futurfestival, Monegros Festivals, Tomorrowland, Kazantip, Sonus Festival, Mysteryland, and many more.
Throughout the year Joseph continued his residency in Ibiza and took it to cities such as New York City and Miami. In Ibiza, Joseph made his name known on the island[4] and began to play at DC10 as part of the Circoloco lineup amongst the likes of Dubfire, The Martinez Brothers, and Seth Troxler.
On November 25, 2013, Joseph Capriati released his second full-length album, Self Portrait, through Drumcode. Described as a “beautifully melodic dancefloor body of work” by DJ Mag, Self Portrait “contains some glorious futurist techno cuts.”Capriati started his career as a producer in 2007.[5] Accompanying the album, Joseph Capriati released a documentary titled “Autoritratto”,[6] which was filmed in his hometown of Caserta, near Naples during February 2013. The documentary tells the story of Capriati's rise to prominence and provides an insight into his personal life, all set against the backdrop of a 12-hour marathon set at Metropolis. At the end of 2013, Joseph Capriati was voted into Resident Advisor’s Top DJs of 2013 for the first time in his career by ranking in at #58.[7]
Joseph Capriati kicked off 2014 by playing at The BPM Festival and then headed to Miami in March for Miami Music Week. After playing the debut of Time Warp in Argentina and Mysteryland in the United States in May, Joseph debuted his own party brand called 100% JC party at City Hall during Sonar OFF Week in Barcelona on June 15, 2016. Typically playing an open-to-close set, these parties see Joseph playing anywhere from seven to twelve or more hour long sets.
During the Ibiza season of 2014 Joseph returned to Amnesia for the third consecutive year and also performed at Carl Cox’s Music is Revolution party at Space and Jamie Jones’ Paradise party at DC10 for the first time. He also continued to play back-to-back with some of the best DJs on the circuit, including Carl Cox, Danny Tenaglia, Jamie Jones, Beyer, Dave Clarke and Dubfire. On the production-side Joseph Capriati remixed DJ/producer Carl Cox’s for his track “Kommen Zusammen” and was included in Space Ibiza’s 25th Anniversary compilation. In December 2014, Capriati ranked up to #38 on Resident Advisor’s Top DJs of 2014.[8]
In 2015 Joseph Capriati took his 100% JC parties worldwide to places like The BPM Festival in Playa del Carmen, Trade during Miami Music Week, Cavo Paradiso (Mykonos), Fabrique (Milan), Paradiso (Amsterdam), Sonus Festival in Croatia, and a return to Barcelona. His festival profile also continued to grow with sets at Electric Daisy Carnival: New York, Ultra Music Festival, EXIT, Movement Festival Detroit, T In The Park, SW4, and TomorrowWorld.
As part of the fabric mix series, Joseph mixed fabric 80[9] in February 2015 and included tracks of his own plus selections from Adam Beyer, Joel Mull, and Alan Fitzpatrick. 2015 also saw Capriati release a string of remixes for Danny Tenaglia’s “DIBIZA” on Stereo Productions, Pan-Pot’s “Fugitives” on Second State, and Carl Cox and Joey Beltram’s “Slice” on Bush Records. Drumcode also released a remix package for Joseph’s album Self Portrait and featured reworks from Dubfire, Coyu, Julian Jeweil, and Luigi Madonna. 2015 saw Joseph Capriati voted into the top 50 of Resident Advisor’s Top DJs poll once again at #38.[10]
After playing The BPM Festival in January 2016, Joseph Capriati announced that he plans to launch his own record label called REDIMENSION in 2016. The first record, a collaboration with Adam Beyer, was released on June 20. Over the course of his DJing career, Joseph Capriati has become one of the most streamed artists on live event streaming platform Be-At.TV.[11]
Discography
Albums
· 2010, Save My Soul LP (Analytic Trail)
· 2013, Self Portrait LP (Drumcode)
Singles & EPs
· 2007, C'est La Vie (Analytic Trail)
· 2007, Teoria Della Fissione (with Carassi) (Cápsula)
· 2007, Weekend (Minibus)
· 2007, Formaldehyde (with Carassi) (Globox)
· 2007, Flip Da Box (Globox)
· 2008, Don't Poison A Sleeping Dog (Casbah Rec!)
· 2008, Molotov (with Markantonio) (Analytic Trail)
· 2008, Farlocco (Frankie Rec)
· 2008, Things That Work (with Uto Karem) (Agile)
· 2008, Verin Tools (with Rino Cerrone) (Unrils)
· 2008, Orange (with Rino Cerrone) (Loose)
· 2008, Round Zero (with Markantonio) (MKT)
· 2008, Giallo Canarino (with Spedicati) (Cmyk)
· 2008, Weekend Remixes (Minibus)
· 2008, Codice Morse (with Markantonio) (Alchemy)
· 2008, Fuck On/Girotondo (Mosaiko Musik)
· 2008, At Last (with Abnormal Boyz) (Splitsound)
· 2009, Sidechains/Kontrol Room (Drumcode)
· 2009, Login (CLR)
· 2009, Oasi (RMX) (Analytic Trail)
· 2009, Iron Pump/Black Line (Drumcode)
· 2010, Gashouder (Drumcode)
· 2010, Galaxy Express/Old River (Drumcode)
· 2011, The Napoli Connection (b/w Rino Cerrone & Markantonio) (Drumcode)
· 2011, The Gallery (Drumcode)
· 2011, Missed Flight (with Cari Lekebusch) (Drumcode)
· 2011, Save My Soul Remixes (Analytic Trail)
· 2012, A-Sides (b/w Alan Fitzpatrick)
· 2012, Congenial Endeavour (with Adam Beyer) (Drumcode)
· 2013, Awake/Fratello (Drumcode)
· 2013, Self Portrait Remixes (Drumcode)
· 2016, Parallels/External Links (Redimension)