Tribute To - UR: The Early Years

Marco Passarani

Pigna, Final Frontier, Rome

It all began in the early '90s when Marco was involved in the Roman techno scene and started to contribute to techno raves both as a DJ and playing live. Marco's journey into the electronic dance scene has always been in a central position owing to the many collaborations he's undertaken. His very first productions came out in late 1993 on Detroit based label Generator. Marco Passarani is well known in Italy for organising some of the countries best-loved parties for over a decade, and is known Internationally through his distribution company Final Frontier. He runs several highly regarded labels including Nature, Plasmek and Pigna (home to Jolly Music, Raiders Of The Lost ARP and Mat 101). Not to mention having a string of releases on other labels such as Skam, Clone or Hyman. His original influences lie heavily in UR and early Detroit sounds, but since then have grown to include a variety of styles such as electro, hip hop, industrial and funk. Marco is a seasoned DJ, spinning almost everywhere in Europe and has also become 'the producer' behind many bands such as Jolly Music, J's Pool, Monomorph and Ambit 3. His RBMA Radio series Dimensione Jack put an Italian twist on the great techno radio shows of old. Mojo, allegro: all systems are go with this special tribute mix to the early days of Detroit's infamous Underground Resistance.