Luca Ricci

Luca Ricci the talented up and coming Italian DJ and Producer was born and raised on a small island named Ischia in the Gulf of Naples. Luca first discovered his love for music as a young teenager while watching DJs spin all night at a local club. Later Luca received a video from a friend entitled; ?DMC World Championship? and he began mixing and scratching, sometimes spending up to 5-6 hours a day practicing on his turntables.

He began DJing at friend's parties performing ?free-style shows? and eventually was invited by a local bar to play his first ?real gig?. His sound has progressed from his days of emulating the likes of Public Enemy, Beastie Boys and Run DMC, but his infatuation of music is still his driving force.

In 1998 Luca set off on an adventure that would forever change his life. He moved to London, England to nurture and develop his passion for music. Although the adjustment was difficult, Luca met well-regarded international DJs and Producers alike and developed working relationships with many of them. As a result, he began producing and remixing some powerful tracks and recognition for his work ensued.

Luca's track "The Inside That Counts" - Dub Tronic, Age One (Italy,UK), has been heard on dance floors around the world. And in 2003 under the pseudonym of When is Dark, ?The Love You Need? ? Renaissance (UK), Stereo (Spain), Re-Vox (Italy), Kaos (Portugal) took everyone by storm. This great tribal bomb has been described as ?A decadent house track that will etch itself into your body and mind? (Simon Jones' review at Progessive Sounds)???.and it does?.