Ariel (DJ)
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Ariel Belloso is an Argentine
, UK Based DJ
and record producer
. He began his career playing new wave music
and disco music at clubs in Rosario
and Buenos Aires
during the early 1980s and moved to London in 1991, after spending 8 months in Ibiza, where he was influenced by the early house music
and acid house
sounds.
While DJing in London and throughout the world during the 1990s, he developed a personal unique style, combining the sounds of hard house and trance
, influenced by the rhythms of his Latin music background with main focus on polyrhythm
grooves and energy flow. This sound proved to be an integral and vital element for the evolution of London’s hard house and trance scene throughout the 1990s. He was also the first Argentine artist to enter the UK Top 30 Singles Chart with his record “A9”.
Since 2001–2002 Ariel had moved on musically. He abandoned the hard house and trance of the 1990s for a new, Latin influenced house and techno
sound, which he produced and performed through his 7 year weekly residency at London’s cutting edge club, Fabric
.
, Argentina
. Inspired by his older brother, he followed in his steps and before long had taken up his first residency in ‘Dimension’, Rosario, a 2000 capacity nightclub. More residencies followed, including Mengano, Metro, Lager and Damasco. On New Year's Eve, 1985, Ariel ended his residency at the nightclub Dimension with a set performance of 17 hours.
Ariel’s early musical influences and DJ style include early new wave music
and the disco
sounds of Talking Heads
, Blondie
, Kat Mandu, The Clash
, The B-52's
, Flash and the Pan
, and Gino Soccio
, as well as South American music like Tango
and Cumbia
.
He arrived in Europe in the spring of 1991, more specifically in Ibiza
. In a short amount of time he discovered the newly established rave
scene, house music
and the Balearic Beat
and met the Pacha
resident DJ Alfredo, also from Rosario. Soon after Ariel played his first European set at club Pacha in Ibiza, this was followed by guest spots in Lola, Es Paradis
, including one gig at the recently launched terrace at Space
.
As his reputation grew so did the bookings and during 1993, after basing himself in London, he began his residency at Crews in the heart of Covent Garden. Regular sets at Tribal Gathering
, Limelight, Club UK and Tunnel Club together with an arduous touring schedule saw Ariel become a pioneer of the UK hard house and trance scene of the early nineties . During these residencies Ariel was photographed by art designer ‘Trademark’ making him a pin-up on the London scene and adding to his public profile.
Over the next 5 years (1996–2001) many music magazines and websites started labeling Ariel's 8 hour sets at Bagley’s Studios legendary.
Enhancing the above notion was also a phenomenon observed in many music related virtual communities and internet forums such as Harderfaster.net and Dancemuzik.com which was comprised by a sequence of numerous nostalgic posts discussing the night
and praising it as London's Biggest Clubbing Landmark along with reunion messages by fans and lovers of the Freedom club and Ariel's 8 hours sets. This Freedom reunion-comeback desire was ignited a few years after the club ceased in 2002. However as of May 2007, those attempts were unsuccessful.
Keeping in mind London’s influence on the musical evolution of the electronic dance music
scene, many of the period's crossover tracks exposed on Ariel's dance floor became worldwide hits while being played repeatedly over a long period. Records such as DJ Sandy Vs Housetrap “Overdrive”, Latin Thing “Latin Thing” and Groovezone “Eisbaer” were first heard on Ariel’s dance floor.
In Friday, 21 August 1998, The Evening Standard
newspaper in London ran a 2 page article citing Ariel’s “Techno set at Bagley’s” as the main responsible cause of Class A drug consumption in the King’s Cross area of London.
In 1997, BBC’s Radio 1 DJ Pete Tong
described Ariel as the most underrated DJ in the UK.
Ariel left Fabric on 8 October 2006 after a 7-year long residency (approximately 350 gigs), the longest in his career.
Moreover, Ariel exposed his new style in other London’s cutting edge clubs, such as Turnmills
. His party “Latinaires” took place once a month, along with the weekly event “The Gallery” for 2 years (2002–2004). In 2004, Ariel launched “Manteca” a weekly Latin music club, at Freedom bar in London’s Soho
, introducing a wide range of traditional Latin sounds and styles to the London crowds, such as Rumba
, Salsa
, Cumbia
, Plena
and Brazilian Music along with live percussionists.
In 2005 Ariel began a partnership with young producers Alex Celler and X Green to co-produce further music projects, and in March 2007 he officially launched his digital record label MyDust.
Moreover Ariel’s 1990s influences include the Balearic Beat
, the early 1990s Hard House sound of labels such as Strictly Rhythm
, Touché Records, UMM Records and later on Dutch labels Aspro Records and Work Records. His post-millennium sound is directly influenced by labels such as Mosaic, Camouflage, Mango Boy and Ibadan.
Throughout his career Ariel was inspired by artists such as George Morel, Todd Terry
, DJ HMC, S ‘N’ S, Marmion, Patrick Prins, Silvio Ecomo, Samuel L Sessions and Bear Who.
However, Ariel’s sound has progressed through the last 3 decades beginning as disco
and new wave music
throughout the '80s, hard house and trance
in the '90s and Latin tech house in the '00s.
Ariel DJ sets and track selection are always performed live, guide solely by instinct and consist of various mood changes and techniques aimed to create energy flow and atmosphere on the dance floor.
“Flowtation” Dj Sandy Vs Housetrap “Overdrive”, Storm “Time to Burn”, Lil Louis Vs Josh Wink
“French Kiss” and Darude
“Sandstorm” which became the biggest selling 12” of 2000.
Meanwhile Ariel also released a series of more underground records, including “The End EP” and “Icebreaker/Time”.
In 2000 Ariel released “A9” which went on to become the first UK Top 30 hit by an Argentine artist.(UK Singles Chart
#28)
Lately, in March 2007 Ariel started releasing a large number of tracks on his digital label ‘MyDust’. Some of those tracks were made during recent years but were never released.
, Turkey
, Hong Kong
and Ho Chi Minh City
in Vietnam
.
Ariel headlined the first ever Gay Pride in Africa in 1997 in Johannesburg and was also invited to performed at the Summer Stage in New York City's Central Park the same year. Ariel's 2005/6 Latin American tour saw him play in front of thousands on Rio de Janeiro
, Ipanema beach, Punta del Este
in Uruguay
and Santa Cruz
in Bolivia
.
Lastly, Ariel is regularly asked to perform at the private parties of Madonna
, Prince
, and Bon Jovi
among others celebrities.
In November 1999, Muzik magazine listed Ariel in their Top 50 best DJs in the world.
He was the first international DJ to be broadcast on Cuban radio, following his 2002 'Dia de la Revolucion' street party in Havana.
In 2004 and 2005 Ariel was honoured by playing two exclusive sets at the Argentine Embassy in London's Belgravia.
During his career,Ariel played repeatedly for charity events such as HIV
Research and London’s Big Issue.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
, UK Based DJ
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
and record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
. He began his career playing new wave music
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
and disco music at clubs in Rosario
Rosario
Rosario is the largest city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the western shore of the Paraná River and has 1,159,004 residents as of the ....
and Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
during the early 1980s and moved to London in 1991, after spending 8 months in Ibiza, where he was influenced by the early house music
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...
and acid house
Acid house
Acid house is a sub-genre of house music that emphasizes a repetitive, hypnotic and trance-like style, often with samples or spoken lines rather than sung lyrics. Acid house's core electronic squelch sounds were developed around the mid-1980s, particularly by DJs from Chicago who experimented with...
sounds.
While DJing in London and throughout the world during the 1990s, he developed a personal unique style, combining the sounds of hard house and trance
Trance music
Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...
, influenced by the rhythms of his Latin music background with main focus on polyrhythm
Polyrhythm
Polyrhythm is the simultaneous sounding of two or more independent rhythms.Polyrhythm in general is a nonspecific term for the simultaneous occurrence of two or more conflicting rhythms, of which cross-rhythm is a specific and definable subset.—Novotney Polyrhythms can be distinguished from...
grooves and energy flow. This sound proved to be an integral and vital element for the evolution of London’s hard house and trance scene throughout the 1990s. He was also the first Argentine artist to enter the UK Top 30 Singles Chart with his record “A9”.
Since 2001–2002 Ariel had moved on musically. He abandoned the hard house and trance of the 1990s for a new, Latin influenced house and techno
Techno
Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...
sound, which he produced and performed through his 7 year weekly residency at London’s cutting edge club, Fabric
Fabric (club)
Fabric is a nightclub in London, United Kingdom. It was voted number 1 in DJ Magazine's "Top 100 Clubs in the World" poll in 2007 and number 2 in 2008, 2009 and 2010...
.
Early years (1983–1991)
Ariel was born into a nightclub owning family known as Katanga in the city of RosarioRosario
Rosario is the largest city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the western shore of the Paraná River and has 1,159,004 residents as of the ....
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. Inspired by his older brother, he followed in his steps and before long had taken up his first residency in ‘Dimension’, Rosario, a 2000 capacity nightclub. More residencies followed, including Mengano, Metro, Lager and Damasco. On New Year's Eve, 1985, Ariel ended his residency at the nightclub Dimension with a set performance of 17 hours.
Ariel’s early musical influences and DJ style include early new wave music
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
and the disco
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...
sounds of Talking Heads
Talking Heads
Talking Heads were an American New Wave and avant-garde band formed in 1975 in New York City and active until 1991. The band comprised David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison...
, Blondie
Blondie (band)
Blondie is an American rock band, founded by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer in the early American New Wave and punk scenes of the mid-1970s...
, Kat Mandu, The Clash
The Clash
The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...
, The B-52's
The B-52's
The B-52's are an American rock band, formed in Athens, Georgia in 1976. The original line-up consisted of Fred Schneider , Kate Pierson , Cindy Wilson , Ricky Wilson , and Keith Strickland . Following Ricky Wilson's death in 1985 Strickland switched to guitar...
, Flash and the Pan
Flash and the Pan
Flash and the Pan was an Australian New Wave musical group initiated during the late 1970s by Harry Vanda and George Young, both former members of The Easybeats...
, and Gino Soccio
Gino Soccio
Gino Soccio is a Canadian disco record producer. His heritage is Italian. His only US Billboard Hot 100 entry was the #48 hit single "Dancer" in 1979, but he did hit #1 on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart twice...
, as well as South American music like Tango
Tango music
Tango is a style of ballroom dance music in 2/4 or 4/4 time that originated among European immigrant populations of Argentina and Uruguay . It is traditionally played by a sextet, known as the orquesta típica, which includes two violins, piano, double bass, and two bandoneons...
and Cumbia
Cumbia
Cumbia is a music genre popular across Latin America. The cumbia originated in the Caribbean coast of Colombia, where it is associated with an eponymous dance and has since spread as far as Mexico and Argentina...
.
Early 1990s (1991–1996)
After completing secondary education top of his school Ariel attended Rosario University of Economics, studying for 2 years before making the decision to leave for Europe.He arrived in Europe in the spring of 1991, more specifically in Ibiza
Ibiza
Ibiza or Eivissa is a Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea 79 km off the coast of the city of Valencia in Spain. It is the third largest of the Balearic Islands, an autonomous community of Spain. With Formentera, it is one of the two Pine Islands or Pityuses. Its largest cities are Ibiza...
. In a short amount of time he discovered the newly established rave
Rave
Rave, rave dance, and rave party are parties that originated mostly from acid house parties, which featured fast-paced electronic music and light shows. At these parties people dance and socialize to dance music played by disc jockeys and occasionally live performers...
scene, house music
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...
and the Balearic Beat
Balearic Beat
Balearic Beat or either Balearic House and Balearic Trance is an eclectic blend of DJed dance music that originally emerged in the mid-1980s. It later became the name of a more specific style of electronic dance music that was popular into the mid-1990s...
and met the Pacha
Pacha
Pacha is a nightclub franchise with headquarters in Ibiza, Spain. The first Pacha club was opened in Sitges outside Barcelona in 1967. The Ibiza club, located in Ibiza Town, is the best known venue today. During 2009 Pacha acquired El Divino, near the marina of Ibiza la Nueva, which will be...
resident DJ Alfredo, also from Rosario. Soon after Ariel played his first European set at club Pacha in Ibiza, this was followed by guest spots in Lola, Es Paradis
Es Paradis
Es Paradís Terrenal , commonly known as Es Paradís, is one of several clubs in Ibiza. It is located in a large pyramid-shaped building, near the egg in Sant Antoni . Its roof opens at times to let sunlight in for the plants inside. Es Paradis is known for its Fiesta Del Agua .-External links:** at...
, including one gig at the recently launched terrace at Space
Space (Ibiza nightclub)
Space is a nightclub on Ibizaowned bi STANCA. It was awarded "Best Global Club" at the International Dance Music Awards in 2005 and again in 2006...
.
As his reputation grew so did the bookings and during 1993, after basing himself in London, he began his residency at Crews in the heart of Covent Garden. Regular sets at Tribal Gathering
Tribal Gathering
Tribal Gathering was a dance music festival that catered for different types of dance music cultures such as drum and bass, techno, rave and house. -History:...
, Limelight, Club UK and Tunnel Club together with an arduous touring schedule saw Ariel become a pioneer of the UK hard house and trance scene of the early nineties . During these residencies Ariel was photographed by art designer ‘Trademark’ making him a pin-up on the London scene and adding to his public profile.
Mid 1990s and the “Freedom Era” (1996–2001)
In 1996 Ariel decided to try something new, a weekly residency in London where he could play all night instead of two hour regular guest slots. Very soon he was offered a ten hour long set in the second room of London’s largest venue, Bagley’s Studios in Kings Cross (now renamed Canvas) for the weekly Saturday night named “Freedom”. Three months later he moved to the main room, where he performed for 8 hours, from 11pm to 7am playing a fusion of hard house, trance and techno rhythmically inspired by his Latin roots. For that period, Freedom was one of the busiest Saturday nightclubs in London.Over the next 5 years (1996–2001) many music magazines and websites started labeling Ariel's 8 hour sets at Bagley’s Studios legendary.
Enhancing the above notion was also a phenomenon observed in many music related virtual communities and internet forums such as Harderfaster.net and Dancemuzik.com which was comprised by a sequence of numerous nostalgic posts discussing the night
and praising it as London's Biggest Clubbing Landmark along with reunion messages by fans and lovers of the Freedom club and Ariel's 8 hours sets. This Freedom reunion-comeback desire was ignited a few years after the club ceased in 2002. However as of May 2007, those attempts were unsuccessful.
Keeping in mind London’s influence on the musical evolution of the electronic dance music
Electronic dance music
Electronic dance music is electronic music produced primarily for the purposes of use within a nightclub setting, or in an environment that is centered upon dance-based entertainment...
scene, many of the period's crossover tracks exposed on Ariel's dance floor became worldwide hits while being played repeatedly over a long period. Records such as DJ Sandy Vs Housetrap “Overdrive”, Latin Thing “Latin Thing” and Groovezone “Eisbaer” were first heard on Ariel’s dance floor.
In Friday, 21 August 1998, The Evening Standard
Evening Standard
The Evening Standard, now styled the London Evening Standard, is a free local daily newspaper, published Monday–Friday in tabloid format in London. It is the dominant regional evening paper for London and the surrounding area, with coverage of national and international news and City of London...
newspaper in London ran a 2 page article citing Ariel’s “Techno set at Bagley’s” as the main responsible cause of Class A drug consumption in the King’s Cross area of London.
In 1997, BBC’s Radio 1 DJ Pete Tong
Pete Tong
Peter "Pete" Tong is an English DJ who works for BBC Radio 1. He is known worldwide by fans of electronic music for hosting programmes such as Essential Mix and Essential Selection on the radio service, which can be heard through Internet radio streams, for his record label FFRR Records, and for...
described Ariel as the most underrated DJ in the UK.
Early – mid 2000s (2001–present)
Ariel has been a resident DJ at London's Fabric since its opening in 1999; furthermore it was the first place he showcased his new Latin tech house sound, playing many of his own productions and performing with live instrumentation provided by percussionists and various musicians. An example of this sound is featured on his recent compilation for DTPM Recordings "Sydney Vs London"Ariel left Fabric on 8 October 2006 after a 7-year long residency (approximately 350 gigs), the longest in his career.
Moreover, Ariel exposed his new style in other London’s cutting edge clubs, such as Turnmills
Turnmills
Turnmills was a London nightclub on the corner of Turnmill Street and Clerkenwell Road in the London Borough of Islington. It closed on the morning of 24 March 2008....
. His party “Latinaires” took place once a month, along with the weekly event “The Gallery” for 2 years (2002–2004). In 2004, Ariel launched “Manteca” a weekly Latin music club, at Freedom bar in London’s Soho
Soho
Soho is an area of the City of Westminster and part of the West End of London. Long established as an entertainment district, for much of the 20th century Soho had a reputation for sex shops as well as night life and film industry. Since the early 1980s, the area has undergone considerable...
, introducing a wide range of traditional Latin sounds and styles to the London crowds, such as Rumba
Cuban Rumba
In Cuban music, Rumba is a generic term covering a variety of musical rhythms and associated dances. The rumba has its influences in the music brought to Cuba by Africans brought to Cuba as slaves as well as Spanish colonizers...
, Salsa
Salsa music
Salsa music is a genre of music, generally defined as a modern style of playing Cuban Son, Son Montuno, and Guaracha with touches from other genres of music...
, Cumbia
Cumbia
Cumbia is a music genre popular across Latin America. The cumbia originated in the Caribbean coast of Colombia, where it is associated with an eponymous dance and has since spread as far as Mexico and Argentina...
, Plena
Plena
Plena is a folkloric genre native to Puerto Rico. Its creation was influenced by African and Spanish music.-History:The music is generally folkloric. The music's beat and rhythm are usually played using hand drums called panderetas, but also known as panderos or pleneras. The music is accompanied...
and Brazilian Music along with live percussionists.
In 2005 Ariel began a partnership with young producers Alex Celler and X Green to co-produce further music projects, and in March 2007 he officially launched his digital record label MyDust.
Influences
Ariel's distinctive electronic sound, during both the ‘90s and ‘00s, is formed by his knowledge and understanding of World and African rhythms cultivated into his sets. His percussive, Latin based groove is heavily influenced by the dynamics of Rumba Music and the traditional Cuban roots.Moreover Ariel’s 1990s influences include the Balearic Beat
Balearic Beat
Balearic Beat or either Balearic House and Balearic Trance is an eclectic blend of DJed dance music that originally emerged in the mid-1980s. It later became the name of a more specific style of electronic dance music that was popular into the mid-1990s...
, the early 1990s Hard House sound of labels such as Strictly Rhythm
Strictly Rhythm
Strictly Rhythm is an American record label, best known for its highly regarded house-music catalogue. It is considered by many to be one of the genre's most important and influential labels.-History:Strictly Rhythm Records is house music...
, Touché Records, UMM Records and later on Dutch labels Aspro Records and Work Records. His post-millennium sound is directly influenced by labels such as Mosaic, Camouflage, Mango Boy and Ibadan.
Throughout his career Ariel was inspired by artists such as George Morel, Todd Terry
Todd Terry
Todd N. Terry is an American DJ, producer, and remixer.-Career:Terry's productions extensively used samples blending the sounds of classic disco, the Chicago sound, and elements of hip-hop....
, DJ HMC, S ‘N’ S, Marmion, Patrick Prins, Silvio Ecomo, Samuel L Sessions and Bear Who.
The Ariel sound
From the beginning Ariel always forged his own path as a DJ. He did not follow any mainstream music current and stayed intact with passing trends. Furthermore, he managed to create his own personal sound by choosing the records he played according to his taste, not with regards to the artist’s or label's popularity and success status.However, Ariel’s sound has progressed through the last 3 decades beginning as disco
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...
and new wave music
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
throughout the '80s, hard house and trance
Trance music
Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...
in the '90s and Latin tech house in the '00s.
Ariel DJ sets and track selection are always performed live, guide solely by instinct and consist of various mood changes and techniques aimed to create energy flow and atmosphere on the dance floor.
Music productions
Ariel’s debut single “Deep”, released in 1997, was a hardhouse/trance record, released on Wonderboy Records and entered the number 1 spot on the UK Official Dance Chart straight after its release. Following the success of “Deep”, Ariel had multiple commissions for remixes. Some of these remixes include some trance classics as Marmion “Schöneberg”, Vincent De MoorVincent de Moor
Vincent de Moor is a Dutch trance artist. He is most notable for his work with the record producer Ferry Corsten under the working title, Veracocha, and for his 2001 single, "Fly Away".-Early career:...
“Flowtation” Dj Sandy Vs Housetrap “Overdrive”, Storm “Time to Burn”, Lil Louis Vs Josh Wink
Josh Wink
Josh Wink is an electronic music DJ, label owner, producer, remixer, and artist. He is a native of Philadelphia, United States. A pioneering DJ in the American rave scene during the early 1990s, Wink was the most prominent exponent of the tribal forms of techno and house in the U.S...
“French Kiss” and Darude
Darude
Ville Virtanen , better known by his stage name Darude is a trance producer and DJ from Eura, Hinnerjoki, Finland. Debuting in 1995, he released the hit single "Sandstorm" in late 1999 and subsequent album Before the Storm...
“Sandstorm” which became the biggest selling 12” of 2000.
Meanwhile Ariel also released a series of more underground records, including “The End EP” and “Icebreaker/Time”.
In 2000 Ariel released “A9” which went on to become the first UK Top 30 hit by an Argentine artist.(UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
#28)
Lately, in March 2007 Ariel started releasing a large number of tracks on his digital label ‘MyDust’. Some of those tracks were made during recent years but were never released.
Gigs
Throughout his career Ariel's has combined his weekly residencies with international appearances around the world.Residencies
| Year | Club | Location | Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983–1986 | Dimension | Rosario, Argentina | Weekly |
| 1986–1987 | Mengano | Rosario, Argentina | Weekly |
| 1988 | Lager | Rosario, Argentina | Weekly |
| 1989–1990 | Palá | Rosario, Argentina | Weekly |
| 1990 | Metro | Rosario, Argentina | Weekly |
| 1991 | Lunes Locos @ Pacha / Thursdays @ Es Paradis / Lola / Angels | Ibiza, Spain | Monthly |
| 1992–1994 | Village Youth @ Limelight / The Playground, Iceni / Browns | London, UK | Weekly |
| 1992–1993 | Basement, Sundays @ Kudos / Attitude @ Legends | London, UK | Weekly |
| 1993 | Fuct @ Crews | London, UK | Weekly |
| 1994–1995 | Lovezoo | Neuchatel, Switzerland | Monthly |
| 1994–1995 | Ritual @ Xenon | Madrid, Spain | Monthly |
| 1995 | Zap | Brighton, UK | Monthly |
| 1995 | Ritual @ Velvet Underground | London, UK | Weekly |
| 1995–1996 | Prism @ Underneath Bagleys | London, UK | Weekly |
| 1996–2001 | 8 Hour Sets Dancehall, Freedom @ Bagleys | London, UK | Weekly |
| 1999–2006 | DTPM, Room 2 @ Fabric | London, UK | Weekly |
| 2002–2004 | Latinaires @ Turnmills | London, UK | Monthly |
| 2004–2005 | Manteca @ Freedom Bar | London, UK | Weekly |
| 2005–2007 | Home Of La Troya @ Renaissance Rooms / Ministry Of Sound | London, UK | Quarterly |
| 2006–2007 | Lounge Mondiale @ The End | London, UK | Bi Monthly |
| 2006–2008 | Matinee @ Area / Fabric | London, UK | Monthly |
| 2007 | Gorgeous @ Space | Ibiza, Spain | Weekly |
| 2007–2008 | Smartie Partie @ Turnmills | London, UK | Quarterly |
| 2007–2009 | Heaven | London, UK | Weekly |
| 2009–2011 | Onyx, Area | London, UK | Weekly |
Guest spots
His music has taken him to more than 40 different countries over the last 15 years, including the whole of Europe and main spots in North America and Asia, playing some of the greatest venues and music festivals around the world. Ariel was also one the first international DJs to play the Middle East and Asia, visiting other places such as IsraelIsrael
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
, Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
and Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City , formerly named Saigon is the largest city in Vietnam...
in Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
.
Ariel headlined the first ever Gay Pride in Africa in 1997 in Johannesburg and was also invited to performed at the Summer Stage in New York City's Central Park the same year. Ariel's 2005/6 Latin American tour saw him play in front of thousands on Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
, Ipanema beach, Punta del Este
Punta del Este
Punta del Este is a resort town on the Atlantic Coast in the Maldonado Department of southeastern Uruguay. It is located on the intersection of Route 10 with Route 39, directly southeast of the department capital Maldonado and about east of Montevideo...
in Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
and Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, commonly known as Santa Cruz, is the capital of the Santa Cruz department in eastern Bolivia and the largest city in the country...
in Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
.
Lastly, Ariel is regularly asked to perform at the private parties of Madonna
Madonna (entertainer)
Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...
, Prince
Prince (musician)
Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...
, and Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi is an American rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Formed in 1983, Bon Jovi consists of lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi , guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, as well as current bassist Hugh McDonald...
among others celebrities.
Honors/Achievements
He was the first Argentine artist to enter the UK Top 30 Singles Chart with his record “A9”.In November 1999, Muzik magazine listed Ariel in their Top 50 best DJs in the world.
He was the first international DJ to be broadcast on Cuban radio, following his 2002 'Dia de la Revolucion' street party in Havana.
In 2004 and 2005 Ariel was honoured by playing two exclusive sets at the Argentine Embassy in London's Belgravia.
During his career,Ariel played repeatedly for charity events such as HIV
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...
Research and London’s Big Issue.
Albums
- 1999: The Sound of Freedom (Automatic Records)
- 2000: Freedom – 4 Ultimate Years Of Clubbing (Wax Records)
- 2003: Nu Latin Live (Red and Blue)
- 2005: DTPM - Sydney Vs London (DTPM Recordings)
- 2006: Mandarin (MyDust)
- 2009: Camará (MyDust)
Singles/EPs
- 1996: Deep(Pilot Recordings)
- 1997: Deep (I'm Falling Deeper)(A&M RecordsA&M RecordsA&M Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that operates under the mantle of its Interscope-Geffen-A&M division.-Beginnings:...
)(UK Singles ChartUK Singles ChartThe UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
#47) - 1997: The End EP (Pilot Recordings)
- 1999: Icebreaker/ Time (Pneumatiq)
- 2000: A9 (Automatic Records)(UK Singles ChartUK Singles ChartThe UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
#28) - 2000: A9 (London RecordsLondon RecordsLondon Records, referred to as London Recordings in logo, is a record label headquartered in the United Kingdom, originally marketing records in the United States, Canada and Latin America from 1947 to 1979, then becoming a semi-independent label....
) - 2000: Ariel Presents: Tools Volume One (A7 Records)
- 2000: Sampler One - Out Here (A7 Records)
- 2003: Central (Phoenix G)
- 2007: Se Miro (MyDust)
- 2010: Chevere (MyDust)
Remixes
- 1996: Vincent De Moor - Flowtation (XL RecordingsXL RecordingsXL Recordings is a British independent record label owned by Richard Russell. It originated as a 1989 offshoot of Beggars Banquet Records.Though only releasing an average of six albums a year, XL Recordings has worked with The Prodigy, Radiohead, The White Stripes, Dizzee Rascal, M.I.A., Vampire...
) - 1997: Kool World - In-Vader (Kool World Records)
- 1997: The Vinyl Frontier - Vibe to the 7 (Sound Design)
- 1998: Marmion - Schöneberg (FFRR)
- 2000: Josh Wink & Lil' Louis – French Kiss (FFRR)
- 2000: Angelic - It's My Turn (SeriousSerious"Serious" is the 22nd single by Duran Duran. It was released 1 October 1990 as the second single from the Liberty album.-About the song:By the time the single was released, interest in the Liberty album had already waned. Poor promotion, including a decision not to tour in support of the album,...
) - 2000: DJ Sandy vs. Housetrap – Overdrive (Positiva)
- 2000: Darude – Sandstorm (Neo Records)
- 2000: Storm - Time to Burn (Data RecordsData RecordsData Records is a record label based in London, the record label is full owned by Ministry Of Sound. Releases by Data Records are often said they are released by Ministry Of Sound.-Albums:-Singles:*Some releases Infomation is From Discogs....
) - 2000: DJ Jean - The Launch (AM PM RecordsAM PM RecordsAM:PM Records was the dance division of A&M Records Ltd in Great Britain. It was disbanded after A&M's owner PolyGram merged with Universal Music Group....
) - 2001: Warp Brothers - Phatt Bass" (Nu life)
- 2001: Nigel Gee - Hootin' Harry (Neo Records)
- 2001: Joshua Ryan – Pistolwhip (Nu Life)