DEC 023

If there was such a term as ‘sound intelligence’ it would be attributed to Dan Mela. Through his extensive twenty years of experience, Dan has crafted an individual, experimental style - making him one of the most respected Indie-Dance Dj/producers. His expansive imagination and skill allows him to fuse different genres and the freedom to seamlessly blend even jazz into his electronic sets - performing live shows with revered Italian and international Jazz artists Christopher Thomas, Dario Deidda, Amedeo Ariano, Joyce Yuille, Marco Micheli, Stefano Calzolari in theatres including at the Blue Note. On his releases with New Yorker Label, ‘Streetvibes Recordings’ & ‘What Ever Not’ he collaborated and involved with artists such as Vakula, D'Marc Cantu, LTJ X-Perience, Lady Blacktronika Marcello, Napoletano. Among the most groundbreaking were his tracks - "I Don't Know Why" (What Ever Not - 2012) "Re-Troit" ( Streetvibes - 2003 and Compost - 2009 ) and “Caos Calmo'' / "Get What I Want" (Ethereal Sound ) by Anton Zap.
Dan has been part of the dj duo "RUDAN" since 2015 together with Okee Ru.They won the "Dimensions Festival Vinyl Mix” of 2016 award and performed on the Beach Stage in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
They are the mastermind behind ‘Adults Only +25" - a party based in southern Italy which has attracted artists from all over the world. The party has so far hosted Sadar Bahar, Joe Claussell, Daniele Baldelli, Red Greg, Lakuti, Tama Sumo and many more to come. Dan & Denis have performed in clubs and festivals such as Linecheck, Dimension Festival and Polifonic. At VIVA festival they performed for Boiler Room.