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Hernan Cattaneo |
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Hernan Cattaneo listened to Europop bands like Simply Red and Level 42, music he found sifting through Billboard magazine. In 1987, a friend visited Vinylmania in New York City, and brought back a sweet taste of Chicago house in the form of Trax and DJ International pressings, artists like Frankie Knuckles, Derrick May and Inner City. "They blew my mind," exclaims Hernan. "I loved them because they combined the energy of the Europe's electronic music, like Depeche Mode and New Order, with the soul of American music. After that, everything changed for me." In '98 and '99, Hernan toured the United States with Paul Oakenfold, a tour that brought him to many high profile events including the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Denver and Nevada's Burning Man festival. Soon enough residencies followed at Cream in Liverpool and Ibiza, Perfecto in Ibiza, and events at all the big European festivals, as well as dancefloors from Iceland to Singapore. In summer of 2001, Hernan played at Channel 4's event at Clapham Common, playing to a stunning 70,000 screaming fans. Other outstanding performances by Hernan include the Bedrock anniversary in October 2001, Cream anniversaries in Liverpool and the last 3 years Creamfields events, Homelands 2001 and headlining Creamfields in Buenos Aires. By the end of last year, Hernan made # 50 on the DJ chart with his club hit "Deep Funk" blowing up the charts, and the cover of DJ magazine. September 2001, Hernan was a winner of the 'Best Newcomer DJ' at the Pacha Ibiza awards. During the summer of 2002 Hernan Cattaneo played throughout the UK at Homelands, Renaissance, The End, Bedrock, Shindig, Cream, Back to Basics, The Gallery, Creamfields and toured across Europe: Germany, Greece, Hungary, Spain, Czech Republic, Portugal, Belgium , Turkey, and in Ibiza at We Love Sundays at Space, Perfecto at Pacha, and Renaissance at Amnesia. |
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