Under the gun: Nic Fanciulli

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  • This week RA prods British wunderkind Nic Fanciulli for his top ten vinyl secrets.
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  • This week RA prods British wunderkind Nic Fanciulli for his top ten vinyl secrets. Fanciulli is part of the British dance ratpack taking clubland back from the old guard. Back in 2003 when other bedroom DJs were still taking notes about their heroes, Fanciulli was busy finding a funkier, housier DJ sound of his own, pricking up ears with singles and remixes under the name Skylark (with studio partner Andy Chatterley); as well as setting up his own label Saved Records. Three years later he’s graduated to the big leagues. This year alone he's busted out two twelve inches and one compilation for UK stable Renaissance, including one of the biggest tunes of the Ibizan summer 'Lucky Heather', which has drawn comparisons to L'il Louis 'French Kiss' for its epic loooooong build. It's just been given a rerub by Dubfire from Deep Dish and features first up in Nic's chart. Nic is also a member of the Buick Project, who've handed in reworkings of Tiefschwarz and Underworld among others. The project is also a five-piece band complete with a guitarist, a drummer and a lead singer, and they've also just started doing live shows so keep an eye out for them at your local pub on school nights. Recently, Nic has wrapped up a remix of 'I Try' for Francois Dubois (the deep house alter ego of Funk D'Void) on Urbantorque. His new compilation 'Renaissance presents Nic Fanciulli Volume 2' is fresh off the presses, and he’s currently working on a mix CD with James Zabiela and getting ready to tour Asia. Big parties are on the horizon including the Twilo doppelganger at Womb in Tokyo on New Year's Eve. RA pestered Nic for his top ten tracks and, nice soul that he is, he gave up the goods without too much prodding.
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