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Italian-Brazilian trancer DJ Fabio Stein finally hits the limelight
Reported by Kiko
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Submitted 07-02-07 22:07
Perseverance is a word featured in Fabio Stein’s dictionary. This Italian-born DJ who moved to Brazil while still young studied graphic design, but left it behind to pursue his ideal career in the dance music industry. To reach it, he had — and still has — an obsessive thought in mind: to produce his own music. The next step was to lock himself up in a studio and dedicate time to it. Tracks done, he then had to send them to as many DJs and labels as possible, waiting for a reply — which came, at last.
Stein’s breakthrough moment came last year, when Judge Jules aired the track ‘Tran-4’ not once or twice on his weekly radio show, but a staggering 14 times. In 2006 he was also chosen to remix a Sander van Doorn track and had another of his remixes included on an Eddie Halliwell compilation.
Well, 2006 is over, but the good news for Fabio Stein hasn’t dried out. His tracks are being sold at digital stores, he’s signed up with a label and this Friday 9 February he’s making his UK debut at Vaccine’s 1st Birthday.
Fabio Stein — with this surname I presume you’ve got a German background, innit? Jokes aside, please introduce yourself.
Lol! Everybody is curious about the ‘Stein’ bit, which isn’t my real surname. My name is Fabio Benedetti Isidori — imagine printing that on a flyer! I was born in 1980 in a tiny city in Italy called Spoleto. The nickname ‘Stein’ came about in 1996. At that time I used to listen a lot to a tune called ‘Dr. Stein’, from the German heavy metal band Helloween. That was also when I started to play around with audio software. In 1998, someone came up with the idea that I should burn my tracks on a CD and hand it to DJ named Ricardo Guedes. Without hesitation, I wrote ‘Dr. Stein’ on the sleeve and the name stuck…
Why did you move to Brazil?
Actually it wasn’t my idea, as I was only five when me and my family moved out from Italy due to my Dad’s work.
And electronic music, when did it start to be part of your life?
The music itself has always been part of my life. It was only at a house party in 1997 with my mates that someone played an Altern8 CD and that changed my life. When I listened to ‘Frequency’ I couldn’t believe my ears. From that day I started to research a lot about electronic music.
You spent a couple of years in Italy. How was it?
After many years studying in an Italian-Brazilian school, the natural step was to try and attend university in Italy. I went to live in Rome in 1999 but, sooner rather than later, I gave up on the idea of going to uni and bought a pair of decks and a mixer instead! I did a basic DJ course at the backyard of a vinyl shop called Re-Mix. I’d already bought my first vinyls and would quickly come back home to practice. Then I met one of the most important Italian MCs: Master Enjoy. This guy was part of the techno brand Soundz that used to throw parties around the central region of the country. Although I was a house DJ at that time, one day he gave me the chance to play a set at his party and, ever since, we’ve been friends. I joined Soundz and played with them until 2001, when I came back to Brazil.
So why did you return to Brazil? Wouldn’t have been better for you remain in Europe?
I wasn’t a professional DJ back then, I was just a beginner. I felt a bit lost because I had dropped out of uni and saw an uncertain future ahead as a DJ. So I decided to come back to my family in Brazil and joined a graphic design course — this time, though, I made it. Then I met DJ Jack, who had founded trance brand, Energy BR. I’d been migrating from house to trance (a genre I fell in love with in 2000) a couple of years before, so since then we started to work together in order to establish a local trance scene. Italy is a country very difficult for electronic music, as it’s 100% associated with fashion over there. Therefore we normally see radical changes in the Italian scene: just look at DJs such as Mauro Picotto, Joy Kitikonti or Mario Più, who constantly change their styles.
When did you eventually become a DJ and producer?
I think my work as a DJ became relevant in 2003, when I joined Energy BR. As a producer, despite having started to play with it in 1997, I think I only seriously began to make that happen in 2003 as well. That was the year that I ventured to the Winter Music Conference in Miami and distributed about 200 promos. It was an intense and interesting contact with the music industry.
Why did you choose Euro trance? What attracted you?
In music I’ve always searched for three elements: melody, energy and happiness. Trance was the slope in dance music that offered me all of them. I’d listened and enjoyed some other stuff in 1998 but, when I bought the CD ‘MTV Ibiza 2000: The Party’, I heard tracks such as Marc Et Claude’s ‘I Need Your Lovin’ (Dark Moon Remix), Rank 1’s ‘Airwave’ and Planet Perfecto’s ‘Bullet In The Gun’... Whoah, that blew me away!
What have been your musical influences?
The first DJ to influence me was Ricardo Guedes, that’s why I started playing house. All the following have since influenced me: Carl Cox, Danny Tenaglia, Carlos Manaça, Tiësto, Paul van Dyk, Mauro Picotto, Ferry Corsten, Yoji Biomehanika, Judge Jules, Scott Mac, Mark Sherry, Johan Gielen, Eddie Halliwell and Sander van Doorn. As producers, I’d mention: again, van Dyk, Picotto, Sherry and van Doorn, plus Nu NRG, Mark Norman, Marcel Woods, Randy Katana and Mac Zimms.
You’re part of the Energy BR crew. Please tell us a bit more about it. When did it start out and how are the DJs?
Energy BR started in 2002. It was DJ Jack’s initiative alongside Nuta, Justin and Alan França. The idea behind the brand was to reunite trance DJs from all over Brazil. It’s part of our casting: Márcio Passos and Bubty from Belém (North of Brazil); Dorph & Tedcorr from Campinas (near São Paulo); Flávio Grifo from São Luís (Northeast); Foxxy from João Pessoa (Northeast); Roger Lyra and Jay B, from Rio de Janeiro; Save and Superti from Porto Alegre (South); and a few DJs from São Paulo, including Jack, Justin, Nuta, Phabian, Cláudio Cavallera, Alex Strunz, Rodolfo Sabino and myself.
We’ve got a website www.energybr.net with features, reviews, pics and videos of our gigs, competitions and threads. Our greatest achievement is our State of Trance party which, since our humble start in 2002, has grown so much that it’s become a national reference when it comes to trance. Our gig has around 1500 to 2000 regular punters and is held at Anzu Club with only Brazilian DJs.
I believe the name State of Trance is inspired by Armin van Buuren’s radio show. How has it been?
Actually, believe it or not, it’s a coincidence that the name of the party is the same of Armin’s program as we didn’t know about it. We’ve done some nights in small clubs for no more than 100 people, though our biggest gigs have been at Anzu Club — the venue that has received names such as van Buuren himself, Marco V, Judge Jules, Scot Project, Scott Bond and Ferry Corsten.
It seems that 2006 was a blessed year for you. First, you won a contest to remix no-one other than trance don Mr. van Doorn. Then, your track ‘Tran-4’ was part of Judge Jules’ compilation ‘Judgement Sundays 2006 — The True Sound of Ibiza’. To top it off, your remix of Mainx’s ‘88 To Piano’ featured on Eddie Halliwell’s ‘Cream Ibiza 2006’. What’s coming up in 2007?
2006 was indeed one of the best years of my life. I worked a lot in studio, either on my tunes or doing remixes, and I believe that it’ll give me more opportunities for 2007. I’ve got three tracks almost ready to be released on Maelstrom Records (UK) and Silicon (Holland), as well as some remixes for Five AM, Discover Dark and Johan Gielen. This year I’ll dedicate more time in the studio and will also show my DJ skills. My manager and I have been working on getting more gigs in Europe in the middle of the year.
When did you sign up with Maelstrom Records?
Some time around May last year. It was thanks to Judge Jules, who played my Tran-4 track 14 times on his The Weekend Warm-Up radio show at BBC’s Radio 1! One day he said it was an unreleased track and therefore was perplexed that it hadn’t been signed yet. At the same week I received proposals from three labels! I chose Maelstrom because of the artists they work with as well as for being the only one that offered me more than one track.
By the way, how did you meet him? And Eddie Halliwell?
Can you believe that we never shook hands? In January last year I started to send my tracks to a bunch of DJs and labels. Jules was one of the few who replied me, asking for more. In February he came to play at Anzu Club and included two of my tracks in his set. Me and my mates went crazy! I walked to the front of the DJ booth and started to jump and shout like a fool until Jules realised I was the author of the tunes. So he wrote a note about ‘Tran-4’: “Easily the best track of 2006 so far.” Can you imagine my reaction? I couldn’t speak to him, though, after the gig. Since then, we’ve been talking via email.
The infamous note
I met Eddie at his performance in São Paulo last year. I had sent those tracks to him as well. During his set he played my remix of Manix’s ‘88 To Piano’ and said some words on the microphone, but I think punters were too drunk and didn’t understand a word!
Eddie
On 9th February you’re making your debut in London, playing at The Gallery, one of the most important nights of the world. Are you preparing a special set?
I’m looking forward to the date! I’m already re-recording all my CD case for the day. I’m preparing some special edits of my tracks as well. I wanna be the first to arrive and the last one to leave the club, as I’d like to see all the marvelous people I met through the internet last year. I’d like to listen to all sets because I admire the DJs who are playing with me at the night. It’ll be such an honor to share the decks with them!
An unforgettable moment?
Recently I had a chance to make one of my dreams come true: playing Binary Finary’s ‘1999’ (Gouryella Remix) at 6am at an open-air party, with the sun rising on the horizon and hundreds of people raising their hands to the air! It was a magic moment!
A set to be forgotten?
One of my worst moments was at the first edition of State of Trance in 2005. I was the first DJ to play and the whole sound system stopped working: the decks and the CDJs… Every time I tried to mix, the equipment had a problem. I was so pissed off I threw my headphones on the floor and swore at the venue’s owner. My mates managed to sort everything out though and the rest of the night was fantastic!
What’s your currently top 10?
1. Yoji Biomehanika & Romeo Toscani — ‘Six Hours’ (Original Mix) [Hellhouse]
2. Danny Oliveira — ‘Drop It (Your Love)’ (Fabio Stein’s Funk’O’Panic Remix) [Discover]
3. Safri Duo — ‘Baiao’ (Krzysztof Chochlow Remix) [Promo]
4. Fabio Stein — ‘Panic Mode’ (Danny Oliveira’s Concept One Remix) [Maelstrom]
5. Ricky T — ‘Cape York’ (Mix 2) [Promo]
6. Miikka & Jussi — ‘Reginella’ (Fabio Stein’s Royal Remix) [Five AM]
7. Sander van Doorn Vs. V — ‘Vendetta Goes Down’ [Bootleg]
8. David Forbes — ‘Super Imposed’ (Mark Sherry’s Outburst Remix) [Silicon]
9. Superti — ‘The Transrocket’ (DJ Jack & Fabio Stein Remix) [White]
10. DJ Jack — ‘Made In Brazil’ (Original Mix) [White]
Thanks for your time Fabio! And Happy Birthday Vaccine!
Photos courtesy of Fabio Stein. Not to be reproduced without permission.
The Gallery - Vaccine 1st Birthday
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Friday 9th February 2007
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Turnmills [map]
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10.30pm - 7.30am
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£10 Members // £10 Students B4 12am // £12 Guests B4 11.30pm // £15 Thereafter
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www.turnmills.co.uk/gallery
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After having a storming year moving from its Thursday night slot at the end of 2005 to a monthly residency at The Gallery in early 2006, VACCINE celebrates its 1st Birthday in style by taking over the whole of The Gallery on Friday 9th February for another spectacular one of a kind event. The formula of cutting edge dance music, the best DJs and producers from UK, the rest of Europe and the World showcased to die hard trance fans whilst supporting local and homegrown talent has seen VACCINE ram out T3 month on month at The Gallery. It has also won a legion of fans from loyal clubbers, trance enthusiasts and leading DJs such as Eddie Halliwell and Judge Jules. Since VACCINE launched in T3 at The Gallery, it has showcased DJs such as Ronald van Gelderen, Kyau vs Albert, Martin Roth, Kuffdam and Plant, Signum, Fred Baker, Alex MORPH, Sean Tyas, Niklas Harding, Cosmic Gate, Simon Patterson, Lange, Yves Deruyter, Dumonde, Jon O Bir, Phynn, Cor Fijnemon and many more, often being the first night in the UK to book many of them. The 1st Birthday will be no different in terms of pushing the boundaries and not being afraid to showcase the very best music provided by the very best artists to an up for it and knowledgeable crowd. VACCINE is proud to be different, proud to be one year old and proud to present…
The main room sees VACCINE present a cutting edge line-up from all corners of the globe. Headlining will be the massive Flash Brothers all the way from Israel. The trio of brothers have been responsible for a range of massive tunes including ‘Amen, Faith In Love’ and ‘Hazy March / Captured’. Regularly touring the world at some of the worlds biggest events, the Flash Brothers were invited to perform at last year’s prestigious DJ Mag Top 100 party (alongside Paul van Dyk, Armin van Buuren and Sander van Doorn) in recognition of their achievements and their global popularity - resulting in a place at No.23 in the Top 100 Poll. Joining them will be Matthew Dekay; one of the most forward thinking and unique DJs in the world. Tunes such as ‘Clearing the Mind, The Deep Show’ and ‘Trousy’ have made him a firm favourite with the trance establishment looking for intelligent deeper edged music and with his ability to stamp his own mark on any genre, Matthew is one of the most exciting DJs in years and VACCINE are excited to have him on board. Martin Roth will be making a return to the VACCINE fold after playing what some called the best set VACCINE witnessed in 2006. A prolific producer, Martin’s productions find favour with the leading trance jocks in the world and in the last year alone he’s released the massive ‘Shockwaves’ as well as remixing Chakra – ‘Love Shine Through’, Lost World – ‘A Life Elsewhere’ and Mannix – ‘Institution’. With a unique and refreshing take on all things trance Martin is one of the DJs and producers who perfectly embodies all that VACCINE is about and will provide a truly memorable main room experience including Birthday Pyrotechnics!!!! Fabio Stein has shot to our undivided attention in 2006 with a string of massive tracks and remixes bringing a whole new sound and angle to the trance scene. What few realise is that Fabio is no newcomer to the world of trance and is one of the leading names in his home country of Brazil. His track ‘Tran-4’ was considered “one of the strongest trance tracks of the 2006” by Judge Jules and his remixes for Sander van Doorn’s ‘Punk’d’ (‘Pimp My Track’ winner), Marcel Woods’ ‘Advanced’ (tracklisted at Trance Energy 2006) and Mainx’s ‘88 To Piano’ also received strong support, especially from Paul van Dyk. Fabio will be making his UK debut at the VACCINE 1st birthday ahead of a busy year for one of tomorrows trance stars. E Craig is one of the most consistent producers of techy dance music with a firm emphasis on combining dark and twisted basslines with an emphasis on trancey melodies making his productions sure fire hits. He is a regular DJ at events such as Dance Valley and Mysterylands among many others and his techy and tribally beats will provide an excellent part of the musical progression that is the VACCINE main room. Finally VACCINE resident The Viceroy finishes the main room off - like only he knows how. Having joined VACCINE in its early days, The Viceroy has gone on to play extensively at Turnmills also making several high profile appearances in The Gallery main room. He’s also been snapped up by Recoverworld for their Discover Dark and Flux Delux labels by John Askew. Finally, Winner of Mixmag’s prestigious bedroom DJ competition Gary Optim provides the early doors warm up – so get down early!
The second room sees Meze take over with a night of prog beats and lush melodies provided by the cream of Mediterranean talent including the UK debut of prog future star Stel. He’ll be joined by Alliance, Alex Tomb, Simply Nick, Darien J and Profis who complete an all round perfect prog line-up providing the perfect compliment to the full-on sounds of the main room and T3.
Talking of which, the 3rd room sees VACCINE present a live room of trance provided by the best trance live acts in the world. For quite possibly the first time ever the most prolific live acts are playing in the same room and are joined by a world exclusive special guest live act to be announced nearer the date playing their first and last ever live set to the VACCINE crowd! Joining this mysterious guest will be none other than Dogzilla bringing their brand new live act to London just as their brand new track ‘Frozen’ lands in the shops. If its anything like the previous monsters such as ‘Without You’, ‘Your Eyes’ and ‘Dogzilla’, we will witness another dance floor destroyer being performed live in the intimate surroundings of T3 which lends itself superbly to live acts. Kuffdam and Plant fly in from Scotland and Cyprus respectively to join the live line-up with their hugely popular live performance! Since their last visit to VACCINE K&P have chalked up yet another trance anthem with the vocal destroyer that was ‘The Ones We Loved’. Fellow Vandit legend Giuseppe Ottaviani makes his VACCINE debut as the third live act in T3. Giuseppe is fresh from touring the world with his live performances including blowing the roof off at Cream @ Amnesia in Ibiza this summer and his massive anthem ‘Through Your Eyes’. Expect the same epic performance and full on energy that made his previous project NuNrg so popular. In true VACCINE style the headline acts will be joined by rising stars including the hottest property in trance to come out of the UK in recent time; Frase. With a string of productions and remixes being released on labels such as Flux Delux, Discover and Anjunabeats and being regularly supported by the likes of Paul van Dyk, Armin van Buuren and many more, Frase has quickly established himself as one of the new breed. VACCINE resident supreme and promoter Ben Beaton who played at the very first VACCINE in Anexo of Turnmills, joins the line-up for a very special birthday set, plus London rising star Alex Buck makes a welcome return to VACCINE on warm up duties after enjoying a prolific rise in 2006.
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Trance. House. Techno.
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Room 1:
Hosted by Vaccine
The Flash Brothers
Matthew Dekay
Martin Roth
Fabio Stein (UK Debut)
E Craig
The Viceroy
Gary Optim
Room 2:
Hosted by Meze
Stel
Alliance
Alex Tomb
Simply Nick
Darien J
Profis
Room 3:
Hosted by Vaccine Live!!
World Exclusive Live PA (TBA)
Dogzilla (Live)
Kuffdam and Plant (Live)
Giuseppe Ottaviani (Live)
Ben Beaton
Frase
Alex Buck
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From: paul jack on 7th Feb 2007 23:14.33
looking forward to it!
From: theviceroy on 8th Feb 2007 00:14.01
Cant wait for Fabio to break his UK cherry with us on Friday night!!!
From: Frase.org.uk on 8th Feb 2007 09:29.07
Wicked interview! Cant wait to see him tear up that main room tomorrow! 
From: BenGold on 8th Feb 2007 10:02.21
Nice read! Looking forward to tomorrow!
From: Mike Harris on 8th Feb 2007 10:56.09
Top interview, one of my favourite producers at the moment, cant wait to see him Friday! 
From: Olly Perris on 8th Feb 2007 12:21.20
This dude is due for big things - fantastic producer!
From: Gustavo FRICKEN on 8th Feb 2007 12:22.48
Grande entrevista, grande DJ! Cant wait to listen to Fábio´s productions! Full strengh 2007!
VALEU
From: Franky on 8th Feb 2007 18:50.47
Fabio´s skills behind the decks are as good as his productions on studio.
This is certainly the first of many gigs at Turnmills.
Fabio is playing alongside Ali Wilson in march @ Anzu Club, Brazil.
cheers!
From: gontijo on 8th Feb 2007 20:58.06
well
well
well done
P.E.D.R.A.
From: Maria on 9th Feb 2007 11:58.38
Very nice interview Kiko. Hey Fabio...looking forward to see you tonight at Turnmills. Will be lovely to meet you. Big kiss!!!
From: Alan-Banks on 11th Feb 2007 17:17.28
A great producer and real friendly guy.
Wish him all the best
From: Adam White on 11th Feb 2007 19:37.45
one of the nicest people I've ever met - blew Turnmills to pieces too.
From: Fabio Stein on 12th Feb 2007 09:13.26
Big thanks to Kiko for the interview... we actually did it in portoguese and only remembered that it needed to be in english afterwards! So, cheers for the translation as well! 
It was great meeting all of you at this beautyful night at Turnmills, thank you all for all the great time! I felt at home with you and hope to be back soon.
Let me just get some rest (hard long flight home, but really worth it) and I'll give you my full impression of that night in the forum.
Thank you so much for the great time!
Love,
Fabio
P.S.: Maria, vc acabou indo na Turnmills??? Poxa, não te vi lá... 
From: JAY B on 15th Feb 2007 06:48.37
CHEERS from Rio de Janeiro!!! HEy Fabio keep doing the great work my friend, well done !!!
From: Maria on 17th Feb 2007 20:19.43
Fabio...desculpa, achei que voce fosse tocar mais cedo. Quando vi o set time tive que cancelar minha ida porque precisava acordar cedo no sabado, mas nao vai faltar oportunidade de nos encontrarmos aqui. Voce vai estar por aqui em Julho? Pm me please.
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