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Marco Carola

🚧 bumpy naples techno + tech house

born in naples on 7 february 1975 and still italian based. resident advisor's line for him is four words long and hard to improve on: a global ambassador of techno.

he was making records with adam beyer on drumcode by 1998, mixed Fabric 31 in 2006, and put out Play It Loud! in 2011, which is still the record with his name on it that most people know. the sets have travelled a long way from the hard naples techno he started with toward something groovier, and ibiza spotlight's read is that the groove is the part that never changed.

the thing that made him permanent is Music On. he started it in 2011 at the shelbourne hotel in miami, brought it to amnesia in ibiza the following year, and it has been at pacha since 2019. his own description of it is a brand proposing the creation of a cutting edge club sound.

the 2026 season runs fridays from 15 may to a two night close on 8 and 9 october, and the lineup is close to a directory of this page. Adriatique, ANOTR, Black Coffee, Chris Stussy, Cloonee, Jamie Jones, Jazzy, Mau P, Max Dean, Michael Bibi, PAWSA, Rampa, Rossi., Seth Troxler, Vintage Culture and Wade are all on it.

he has also founded a run of labels going back to the nineties, design, zenit, question, one thousands and do.mi.no among them. in august 2023 he played back to back with Solomun for pacha's fiftieth anniversary. his newest record is an edit of nic fanciulli's Lalo's Groove, out on saved in october 2025.

from
naples, born 7 february 1975
runs
Music On, started in miami in 2011, at pacha in ibiza since 2019
the record
Play It Loud!, 2011
this summer
music on at pacha, fridays, closing on 8 and 9 october

quotes are verbatim from the artists' own public posts and interviews, spelling and all. more profiles coming, 179 to go.