LTJ Xperience - Aint Nothing But A Groove

Luca LTJ Trevisi (LTJ Xperience) began his DJ / Producer career in the 80s. As Resident DJ in two of the most famous Italian clubs of the time, Kinky in Bologna and Cap Creus in Imola, he was one of the first Italian jocks to spin House and to re-propose those black music, jazz and latin-bossa classics from the 70s that at the end of the same decade would have given birth to the Acid Jazz and Rare Groove movements. His first single release in 1988, titled First Job, together with Kekkotronics, was also the first release ever on Bologna based IRMA records. It was featured in a lot of compilations of the time and entered several playlists, rapidly reaching cult status for many UK and US DJs. During the early 90s LTJ delivered a couple of singles in a kind of pre-breakbeat style: Dont Stop The Sax, released all over Europe, and Funky Superfly. He also produced US singer Tameka Starrs single Going In Circles, always for IRMA records, still a classic in the Downtempo / R&B field. In the second half of the nineties Luca began to produce Acid Jazz bands like Bossa Nostra, still today one of IRMA records main acts. Their first album had Vicky Anderson as special guest and today is still considered one of the most important European acid jazz albums. In the following years he concentrated on developing his activity as collector and rare vinyl merchant, which gave him the chance to get in touch with DJs from all over the World and to discover many forgotten gems from the past years. Thanks to this experience he was able to create two extremely successful rarities series on IRMA records: Groovy and Suono Libero. In the meanwhile LTJ started to DJ outside Italy too, performing in important venues like the Blue Note and Jazz Café in London, Giant Step in New York and Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. In 1999 saw the release of his first solo album under the LTJ Xperience moniker. Style: House