Pablo Gargano is an Italian trance DJ and producer who accepted an invitation from his friend to join him in Belfast, Northern Ireland. There, he started work for the 'Underground' record shop in Queen Street and became their resident DJ at their series of events known as 'Hellraiser'. Taking place at the Ulster hall, they regularly got crowds of 1300 people and within a few months his success rate was soaring with regular exposures in national press and undergrounds radio show passion fm. He found he was getting the frequent opportunity to hadline alongside the highest echelon of world D.J.s he soon obtained a strong reputation within the techno acid and trance genre with his individual style.
After moving to London and virtually having to start from scratch it only took 6 months to get back in the business, releasing singles for Rabbit City Records & Metropolitan Music getting DJing sets in clubs such as: Eurobeat2000, Innersenses, Club 414, and Heaven in London. After the return of his old partner Steven from Italy, they decided to open Eve Records in 1995 thanks to a P&D Deal with Flying distribution.
As the aforementioned doors and the rest of the world started to open for him as a DJ playing in Holland, US, Canada, Israel, Turkey, Australia and all over the UK. More of his releases were seeing success getting played in sets by the likes of Paul Oakenfold, Pete Tong, Sasha, Digweed and John '00' Flemming.
Links to Peel[]
Peel discovered the DJ in 1996 and would play tracks from him on his radio programmes until the spring of 2001. After 2001, Peel seemed to have lost interest in the artist's records and never played any of his music.
Shows Played[]
- 28 April 1996: ‘One Time (12 inch - Eve 5 )’ Eve
- 01 June 1996 (BFBS): 'The Stranger (12"' (Eve) (JP: 'Nice record: one of those irritating little marketing things, it says here something like, "As usual, Eve Record releases are only identifiable by the number on the label," and you think, what is the point of that? 'Cos it doesn't tell anybody who it's by, what the tracks are called or anything.')
- 08 June 1996: ‘The Stranger (12 inch )’ Eve
- 15 June 1996: ‘Free Style (12 inch – The Stranger )’ Eve
- 25 August 1996: ‘Trance In Saigon (12 inch – Eve 9 )’ Eve
- 05 October 1996: Bolero Extacid (12" - Rid-Ers Of Drum E.P.) Metropolitan Music
- 12 October 1996: Hi-State Of Trance (12" - Rid-Ers Of Drum E.P.) Metropolitan Music
- 13 October 1996 (BBC World Service): Hi-State Of Trance (12" - Rid-Eers Of Drum E.P.) Metropolitan Music
- 1997
- 28 May 1997: On A Deep Tip (Follow The Rimshot Remix) (album - Senza Volto - An Eve Collection) Eve
- 19 June 1997: Mental Overdrive (12" - Astronologic E.P.) Metropolitan
- 2001
- 17 April 2001: My Noise (Sol Ray Remix) (Recover Records)
- 26 April 2001 (Radio Eins): My Noise (Sol Ray Remix) (Recover Records)