PACO OSUNA

PACO OSUNA

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Barcelona, Spain

Paco Osuna was born in Barcelona. His passion for music started out when he was very young, at the tender age of 14 he was part of a regular crowd at Studio 54,where the most charismatic dj, Raul Orellana, was spinning Acid House, marking Paco in the way of understanding djing.

In 94 Paco moved to Valencia where he had his first contact with the decks as on hobby. In 95 Paco made his first dj set as a professional at the ACTV club, where he gained a year residency. After that, he started playing in many different clubs like: Heaven, Universal, etc...

In the meanwhile he worked in a record shop, where he got access to a recording studio in which he produced 3 singles for the label Lucas Records. In 99 he got a residency at the Amnesia Ibiza, where he had the brilliant opportunity to be lined up with the biggest djs and could learn the different styles looking to build his own.

Amnesia was also the place where Paco got in touch with the person that more influenced his future as much personally as professionally, Sven Vath. Sven discovered Paco to be very talented and introduced him into his Cocoon Booking agency, making Paco the first Spanish dj to play for the prestigious agency.

In 2001 Paco decided to leave house music and move closer to Techno. From now on Paco’s career has been getting better and better, leading him to the best clubs and festivals all over the world and giving him a seat in the techno scene.

Among the clubs and Festivals he played there are some to be said: Dance Valley (Holland 2001),Elements (Holland 2001),City Parade (Belgium 2001), Sonar (Spain 2002), Love Parade (Germany 2002), Nature One (Germany 2003), Tresor (Berlin), U60311(Frankfurt), Fuse (Brussels), Womp (Tokyo), Rook (Sharm el Sheik), Chemistry (Amsterdam),etc....

During these years Paco produced on different labels like: Serial Killer, Morbido, Real State, etc...so finally setting up his own one, SHAKE Rec. ,Which soon gained his reputation leading him to work with big artists like: Rino Cerrone, Davide Squillace,Toni Rios, W.J.Henze, Markantonio, Danilo Vigorito, Marco Carola.

In the same year Paco teamed up with his friends Angel Molina and Marc Liceras to manage a record shop, SCI-FI, today one of the most respected record shops in Barcelona.

When is time to play his skill on 3 decks and efx machines make his set a unique experience. In 2001 he also started his own night at the club ZEN, turning Sunday night into a special happening where big dj’s like Richie Hawtin, Marco Carola, and Sven Vath have performed.

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