ProgramWSF 2012 DJs
DJ Mauri
DJ Mauri is recognized as one of the leading and most requested salsa DJs in Europe’s enormous salsa community. His DJ-career began in 1996, when he was requested to substitute for the resident DJ of a small café in Amsterdam. Since then, his DJ career has sky rocketed to include being the head DJ of some of the biggest-salsa parties in Holland, the resident DJ of various congresses across Europe, and the compilation of various salsa CD's.
Based out of Amsterdam, DJ Mauri is the Resident DJ of two of the biggest monthly salsa parties in Holland; The Salsa Lounge in Amsterdam and The Salsaventura Show Party in The Hague. He is often asked to oversee parties and concerts when prominent salsa artists are visiting Holland and has DJ-ed next to bands such as Los Van Van, Manolito y Su Trabuco, Jimmy Bosch, Eddie Palmieri, El Gran Combo, Los Soneros del Barrio and many others. He has successfully managed the appearance of legendary bands like El Gran Combo for concerts in Amsterdam and Greece.
DJ Mauri's style varies from New York Salsa-Dura to Cuban Music and 50's and 60's Mambo but he is equally comfortable playing other genres. His signature is his amazing ability to read the crowd, knowing when to play the right salsa grooves and when to switch it up to other genres to keep the crowd pleased and entertained. He is a favourite among event organizers, dancers and music-lovers for his talents as a DJ, his integrity with his work and his sociability.
DJ El Malo
Stefano Amato, alias DJ El Malo, was born in Zurich in 1975. Already as a child, besides soccer, he developed a great passion for music. After an instructive trip across Cuba, the native Italian was sure: his future DJ career would consist of Salsa beats.
From his former experiences as a House-DJ he got the indispensable beat feeling, from his HipHop and R&B trips he got the great mixing technique and from his passion to the Latin way of life he got the needed faith in the music. When DJ'ing, he provides an unrivalled mix of Fania classics.
In less than five years he became one of the most known and best Salsa DJ's, invited to important international Salsa Congresses all over the world. Moreover, he was honored several times for his work in the World of Latin Music - like in 2005, at the West Coast Salsa Congress in Los Angeles. He has also launched two great Salsa Compilations with the label "Latin Touch".
DJ Sezar
Sezar started to spin vinyls at the early age of 16. He began with hiphop and R'n'B, then trance, jazz house and Latin house and finally, around 2003, he switched to salsa. Since 2009 his reputation as a DJ has been rapidly increasing internationally. He has worked at congresses in Berlin, Warsaw, Sofia, Gothenburg, Antalya, Dubai, Ulm, Oslo, etc. In 2012 Zurich, Athens Spring festival, New Delhi, Riga and Malaga were added to the list.
Over the years he has worked with local parties, clubs, bands, socials and festivals, has helped promoters and performers, and has also been involved in productions and shows.
DJ Sezar is flexible and works with the floor and will give the dancers various improvised sets of music. He mostly plays salsa mambo, from time to time giving the dancers something surprisingly different. His enjoyable, varied sets will keep you going and going.
Sezar in his own words: "I play music with my mind and heart connected to the dance floor. I play in response to how the DJ before me played, and at the same time how I want to deliver the booth to the next DJ... It's all about the party!
I don't play for myself or individuals. I play for the people to dance as much as possible. And most importantly, I play for the present and the past musicians... (Bless them all)."
DJ TRESORman
Born in a small town near Warsaw. At first, he was fascinated mainly by electronic music from the break of 80's and 90's. Starting his career as a DJ, he mixed the music of such artists as Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, New Order, Ultravox or OMD. In high school, he and his colleagues were the originators and organisers of a rave, techno and house event at the Firana Cabana club. He owes his nickname, DJ TRESORman, to his extensive collection of records with electro, techno, minimal and house music released by TRESOR, a renowned Berlin-based record company.
He started his adventure with salsa in the first half of 2005, at Arek Domagała's dance classes, and continued intensive dance education at Salsa Factory, a Warsaw-based school of salsa. Since 2005, Artur's music interests have changed and he started to collect albums with Latin American music.
DJ TRESORman presently cooperates with Salsa Factory, Torres Salsa Group, eSalsa.net and Salsa Libre providing music support at Latino events in Poland. His DJ sets are characterised by excellent mixing technique, sense of climate on the dance floor, great contact with the audience and spontaneity. He hates monotony and likes to surprise. The circle of his steady "patients" keeps increasing.
DJ Habanero
Hector Del Rio Torres is one of Poland's few DJs specializing in Cuban music. He was born in Havana to a pair of dancers, soloists of the famous Danza Nacional de Cuba, currently coaches and dance teachers. "Hecti", as he is affectionately called by his Polish friends, grew up surrounded by the sounds of Afrocuban drums, and often watched his parents rehearse and perform. Over time, he began to perform himself with various youth dance groups directed by his parents.
Hector is a qualified sound engineer. His ultimate dream is to work at the recording studio where he completed his apprenticeship during the recording sessions for Los Van Van's "Chapeando".
Hector in his own words: "I have a deep love and appreciation for the roots of Afrocuban culture, having been born and bred into it. It is part of my soul and of my body. Today, the world of sounds that built my childhood resonates in Salsa music. I am happy to share this flavour and positive energy with anyone willing to experience it."
DJ El Gato Volador
DJ El Gato Volador began his career as a collector of Popular Cuban Music in the 1993. He has been working as a professional DJ of Cuban music since 2006, when he started his work in the Club Acqua Chiara of Udine – Italy with great success. In the following years he has DJes at Together Fashion Cafè in Udine, Italy and at various clubs in Europe. In 2010, he began to be constracted as the official DJ at various International Festivals and Congresses, including Domenica Latina in Trapani (Italia), Festival del Guaguancò in Barcelona (Spain), Aquì Cuba in Rennes (France), Cubanamera in Mallorca (Spain), Havana en Belgrado (Serbia), Thessaloniki Afro-Cuban Salsa Fest (Greece), AfroCuban Festival in Poznań (Poland), Festival Cubano in Bielsko-Biala (Poland) and many more.
DJ Yoorek
Przygodę z muzyką latino rozpoczął kilka lat temu w Gdańsku, gdzie mieszka i pracuje. Taniec pochłonął go całkowicie, ale równie ważna stała się dla niego muzyka i jej promowanie. Jest organizatorem słynnych sopockich salsotek w Hotelu Haffner, gdzie króluje mambo, bachata, kizomba. Do roku 2011 był stałym rezydentem w Klubie Pick&Roll. Jako DJ w czasie Biby Salsowej 2009 - 2010 był odpowiedzialny za bachatową oprawę muzyczną. Zapraszany do Poznania grywał w najstarszym klubie Muchos Patatos. Na Bibie 2011 grał na głównym parkiecie gdzie królowało mambo, timba i inne. Do roku 2012 grywał na wielu festiwalach w Polsce: Bachata Lovers 2010 i 2011; Summer Salsa&Kizomba Festiwal 2011; Bachaturo 2011; Salsowa Reanimacja 2012; Afro Cuban Poznań 2012; Warsaw Kizomba Festiwal 2012 i Salsa Spring Break 2012.
