Biography
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Born
5 April 1981 (age 43)
Michael Pasquale "Mike" Di Scala (born 5 April 1981) is a British electronic musician, record producer, disc jockey and singer-songwriter from Liverpool, England. He began disc jockeying and producing records in the late 1990s and he first emerged during the early 2000s as the producer of English dance group Rezonance Q (also known as BCD Project) and the producer and vocalist for Ultrabeat who had a No. 2 hit with "Pretty Green Eyes" in 2003.
He has produced numerous records and various genres of dance music including hardcore, house and electro and uses several aliases such as Re-Con, One Long Sausage, Maximum Hustler and Masta Blasta UK. He is also well known for his work with Dave Whelan as the duo Whelan & Di Scala and he has also collaborated with many other artists such as Darren Styles and Hixxy.
Colin Airey
In a career spanning over 15 years, Colin has made the transition from local bars and clubs in the North West to playing in some of the biggest clubs around the world.
Starting off in Liverpool, he began to create a new sound of funky and vocal house which attracted promoters from the cities leading club, Garlands. It was there that he served his apprenticeship, building up a very respectable name for himself as a DJ.
From there, he became resident at some of the top nights in the North West of England, such as Club 051, Sunrise, The World (Warrington), Club Zinc (Rhyl) and in 1998 was asked to play on the Miss Moneypenny’s tour.
In 2002 he became a resident DJ for Cream and was asked to go on tour with them in Greece and Cyprus where he was a weekly resident at Cream Ayia Napa, Falaraki and also Zante.
In September 2004 he left Garlands after nearly 9 years and became resident at one of Liverpool’s most exciting clubs, Society.
It was whist playing at Society; he was given the chance to work with some of the worlds most respected producers, including Jose Nunez and Stonebridge.
After 2 fantastic years the time was right to move on and he was lucky enough to join Ministry of Sound, where he played on various tours across the UK before being given the chance to play for Hed Kandi at the end of 2006, where he remained resident until 2010.
When joining Hed Kandi, Colin played all over the world, working in some of the industries most prestigious venues. In countries including Brazil, Mexico, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, China, Korea, Singapore, South Africa, USA and Russia, as well as playing all over Europe.
Last summer he played twice in one the world’s best clubs, Space in Ibiza.
This is without doubt the highlight of his career so far.
In the studio:
Colin’s first successful track, Jackin, was signed to Play Recordings in 2002. Jackin was played by many DJs including Sasha, Danny Tanaglia, Steve Lawler, Xpress 2 and Tom Stephan and received glowing reviews by Lottie who played it on her Radio 1 show and charted it at number 1 in her personal chart for February 2002. She also cited him as a new face to look out for live on Radio 1.
He was then signed to Low Pressings with tracks such as, Jungle Runner and Better Way. The track was a hit with all top DJs and got to number 7 in the cool cuts countdown.
He also teamed up with House of 909’s front man Nigel Casey to form E.F.F, making tracks called Back in the Jungle, Infidel and Downtown, which were featured on mix compilations for NRK and had great support from Xpress 2 and Peace Division.
In 2003, Colin teamed up with Rob Jay of 3 Beat Records and formed MIRABEAU and set out on their first debut single entitled Brass Disc which was snapped up by Seamus Haji for Big Love Records and supported by many leading DJ’s and was featured twice on Pete Tong’s Essential Selection.
Their next single, Back from Outer Space was again played by Tong, which led to Italy’s hottest label Oxyd, jumping at the chance to sign it.
It became number #1 in the Buzz chart and #3 in the hype chart.
It also became one of the Top 5 Ibiza anthems of 2004.
It had an amazing 6 plays on Radio 1 and the award of Pete Tong’s essential new tune.
All Around The World signed the track, and instantly licensed it for compilations including Hed Kandi and Clubland 6. Hed Kandi also licensed another track called Ghetto Funk for their Disco Heaven compilation.
Colin was also working on an offshoot project named Hydroponix, with a track titled Don’t Stop, Go. It was signed to Sander Kleinenberg’s label, Little Mountain Records.
Its debut play came on Sasha & Digweed’s Essential mix broadcast live from Renaissance on Radio 1. It then made its second play on the Essential mix from Creamfields by the legendary Deep Dish.
Following this success came two tracks signed to Forensic, Houston Calling and Inner Love, which had plays from Sasha and Steve Lawler to name but a few.
Most recently, Colin has been working in the studio with Mike Discala on various projects including a track called Space and Time, which has had remixes from Deadmau and Jerry Repero. The track was also played by Tiesto, Pete Tong and Sasha amongst others.
Residencies: – Current & Previous:
Hed Kandi / Ministry of Sound / Cream / Society / G Bar / Garlands / Miss Moneypenny’s / Club 051 / Peruvia / The World / Club Zinc
Record labels:
Hed Kandi (UK) – AATW (UK) – NRK (UK) – Baroque (UK) – Forensic (UK) – Oxyd (Italy) – Big Love (UK) -Little Mountain (Netherlands) – Low Pressings (UK) – Kidology (UK) – Harlem (UK)
Collaborations:
Mirabeau & Hydroponix – Colin Airey & Rob Jay
Mike Discala & Colin Airey
E.F.F. – Colin Airey & Nigel Casey, formerly of House 909
Airey & Trippier – Colin Airey & Jamie Trippier
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