When Italian ALEX COSTA arrived in the world in 1979 he feels he was already addicted to electronic music. Inspired by the DJs surrounding him in his PR role in the clubs in the early nineties, he made the switch to DJ and radio show host. In 2005 he started to produce - zoning in on quality deep house, tribal and tech house and scoring him a series of releases including Daddy Soon on Toolroom Records earlier this year.

IT’S A GROOVE: Ride the rip tide of bounce beats, surf the bass swells, let the vocals spray over you before you break hard and fast on the sound crests. Totally radical – it’s a groove!

WAS GREAT: IS GREAT! Charged with quirky industrial swing, vocal chants and high octane bounce – all meshed up to make a powerful people-mover.[info from nw]