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b i o g r a p h y
d j m i c r o m e t r o p o l i c e
Gianfranco Capanelli, aka Micrometropolice grew up in Zurich, Switzerland as son of an Italian immigrant family. His first
contacts with music was in the early eighties, listening
new wave, which was played up and down in all radio stations at that time. At the age of thirteen, the punkrock abum‚
Boredom‘ (The Buzzocks) was the start of a longterm love
for all kinds of uncommercial music. It was at that time Gianfranco bought his first guitar, and from then on six strings
meant a lot to him. The punkrock band „Strega Nera“ was just a first result of this coincidence, and Strega Nera started to
tour around Switzerland in 1992, performing with bands such as „Toxoplasma“, „kzfdk“, „Aligaga“, „Shower curtains“ and
many more Swiss and German punk bands. At the end of 1993 Strega Nera played in Italy for several concerts, bringing
Gianfranco back to his own roots. It was back in 1994 that the first electronic instrument, a diamond drum machine, made
its way to Strega Neras studio, and from then on the sound started to be influenced by dub and tec music. the first two turn-
tables where bought and the real instruments left untouched for the next couple of years.
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At the age of seventeen, Gianfranco moved on to live with his friends and started to play tec music, mixed with eighties
classics at Provitreff Zurich, starting his dj career and enjoying dance and club music. it was at this time, a huge boom of
electronic music reached Switzerland. Together with producer „Dr. Dreck“ and designer „Carlo Cannone“ the party label
„Format Laden“ was founded, providing partys all around Switzerland, Spain, Italy and Germany. Organising the first ever „Carneval der Verpeilten“ in Berlin, „Reclaim the Streets“
streetraves with over 2000 people in Bielefeld, Zurich and Bern. Two years later, in 1998 Gianfranco played for the first time
as dj „Micrometropolice“ formaly known as „GC“.
Gianfranco Capanelli produces film, radio and dance music in
his studios in Zurich Switzerland and at Playmobil 42Æ
in Shanghai.
Since March 2006, Gianfranco Capanelli lives in Shanghai, China. He toured almost all the big Cityes in this huge Country and played Chinese Clubs that include:Babyface, Armani, O2, Barbarossa, Tango, Tanghui and lots more. In early 2007, Gianfranco participated at the Beijing midi Festival, co-organised the second "Tourist" Party in Shanghai and goes on, producing Music.
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Dj Micrometropolice is well known for his groovy funky tec house sets and his favourite styles in 2006 are dirty funkhouse to hip house and alternative hip hop.
From 1998 to 2006 Micrometropolice played at:
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Provitreff (Zurich), Gabo de Gata (Spain), Malaga (Spain),
El Marion (Spain), Csoa (Milano), Totem (San Benedetto), Aera, Rohstofflager, Liquid, Dani H, Stratos Lounge, Spydergalaxy, Dachkantine, Supermarket, Club Q, G5, UG, Rote Fabrik
and many more clubs in and round zurich. Played at: Via Felsenau (Bern), Rohbau (Basel), Abbruchaus (St. Gallen),
WMF Sommerlager (Berlin), Maria am Ostbahnhof (Berlin), Wagenplatz (Hamburg), AJZ (Bielefeld), Club der Visionaere
(Berlin), Rote Sonne (Munich), Streetparade (Switzerland), Kunsthalle Zurich, Vision Festival (Switzerland)........
... for booking & contacs in china: micrometropolis@bluemail.ch
...dont forget to check out the webradio: www.audioasyl.net
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