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Silvano Del Gado

Florence, Italy

Silvano Del Gado.. Deejay, percussionist and drummer specialized in Afro-Cuban percussions.
I started to study with Mr. Valerio Perla and then I continued my education following international teachers such as Ernesttico (to improve percussions), Mr. Oracio Ernandez (el negro) to improve battery and with Mr. Galeazzi ( Maggio Fiorentino) for vibes.

This great passion for percussion started when I was 7 years old, when "Homo Sapiens" a really famous group in the 70' and in the 80') played in my garage and I strummed with their instruments.

In 1998 I started to play in clubs with the name of Silvano Del Gado.

Matching percussions with dj was a great successful idea and it was the chance to make me become popular in Italy and all over the world up to "Disco Down" my first record with Gianni Bini and Paolo Martini.
From that moment I started to produce on my own with the music tags Subliminal records and Defected.
and beginning with the "Coffee Beat "series (volume n.2 was a tri