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Go to Scarpi myspace for pics, gigs, updates and things.

Biography

I've been creating music since I was a small child, I personally don't remember but ask my mum. I am very grateful for my extensive education in music both in institutions and in the community. I've taken part in many different musical experiences wherever they arise on stage, at home, in Clubs, in the street or in the studio. My contributions on stage include performances with the London Community Gospel Choir, Kinesthesia, Rhythms of the City, Meta Meta and many more.

Now...
I work with various musicians and producers, work includes remixing, songwritng, vocals, arranging, MIDI programming, audio work, engineering. I currently front Malambo - possibly London's only Afro-Peruvian band.

I teach guitar, theory, musicianship, singing, music tech.

By day, I build products for the web and multimedia. My view is that the majority of people browse the web in order to find information. My approach is to put myself in the web-browsing position of as many different types of users as possible, so that the information can be found easily and quickly. More on web stuff

News

04/02/08
Your Love Acoustic Version released buy now at traxsource.com

12/11/06
New Sharifa 'Breakout' remix coming soon...er wot else.. spent most of the summer gigging, recording, writing. Got a myspace up at last. Check that for some Malambo tunes...

13/07/06
GIG - Malambo - Wed July 19th Cafe 1001 Bricklane London 8pm FREE

GIG - ROTC - Sat July 22nd Guanabara & Sadlers Wells Brazilian Carnival

26/04/06
GIG - Mon 1st May with Ritmos de Cidade @ Barbican Centre 3pm - 7pm FREE

12/03/06
GIG - Thu 16 March 2006, 20:30pm It seems Afro-Peruvian music is kicking off at the moment. Come and see Malambo @ Sevilla Mia on Hanway Street London. We play music from the coastal regions of Peru. Rhythmic, jazzy and guaranteed to get your hips movin. Free entry

12/03/06
GIG - Sat 25 March 2006, 10:30pm More Samba vibes with Ritmos de Cidade at GUANABARA Parker St. Cnr of Drury Lane London WC2B 5PW.

17/02/06
GIG - Sat 25 February 2006, 10:30pm Getting into true Brazilian carnival spirit with Ritmos de Cidade at GUANABARA Parker St. Cnr of Drury Lane London WC2B 5PW. Get there early!!

09/01/06
Am still alive! Have been busy busy busy....bzzzzz bzzzzz I'm hoping to have some very good music news soon!!...

13/03/05
GIG - Sunday 20th March 2005. I will be accompanying singer/songwriter Selvin Thomas at an event called 'Reverberations' held at Cargo in Shoreditch (London). Tickets £5 in advance/£8 on the door. Show starts 8pm. Download the flyer
Download the press release (36Kb - .doc)

14/02/05
Coming soon... an acoustic cover version of 'Your Love'. Brand new vocals, a completely different vibe.

20/11/04
It's been a busy time recently, have been doing a lot of research into where I'd like to go next with music. Some new collabs, new sounds & vibes, exciting times ahead...

30/08/04
Scarpi with Markus Enochson, Dave Lynam (House FM) & Hamish Dunn @ Soulogic Thursday 9th Sept 2004 Free B4 9 £3 after.
Medicine (downstairs), 89 Great Eastern Street, Shoreditch London EC2A 3HX
www.soulogic.co.uk for more info.

17/08/04
'Your Love' massages the ears of happy shoppers UK wide!
If you are shopping in any of the following stores, H&M, Knickerbox, Reebok and Miss Selfridge, you may hear the sounds of Scarpi helping you to part with your dosh!!

03/08/04
Your Love now on sale
Scarpi -"Your Love"/Benzo "Believe" Forum Trax EP vol1 CONBRIO03 hits the shelves of all good record shops.

20/07/04
Your Love release date: next week!!
Slight delay in the release date, not too long though. Roll on next week!

15/07/04
Your Love release date: 20/07/04
Scarpi - "Your Love" one half of "Forum Trax EP" (Con Brio records) will be on sale from Tuesday 20th July 2004. Read some of the DJ feedback so far.

22/06/04
Scarpi @ Ministry of Sound London.
I'll be performing a PA of 'Your Love' together with Benzo performing a PA of 'Believe' at MOS on Saturday 17th July 2004.

22/06/04
Thanks to Luke and Matt @ Casafunk. The 1st Birthday Bash was a great night. Benzo boys rocked it. Thanks to all who attended.

10/06/04
Casafunk 1st Birthday Bash with Scarpi and Benzo I will be perfoming a PA of 'Your Love' and some other tracks at Casa Funk June 19th. The Benzo boys will be behind the Decks together with residents Luke Spencer & Matt Nash
Casa Funk @ The GLASSHOUSE, Bull Yard, Coventry. 7pm til Midnight - Free Admission

11/05/04
Scarpi - 'Your Love' gets a record deal!!!! Con Brio records have signed 'Your Love'. It's currently sitting at number 51 in the DJ Mag Hypechart. Release date to be announced. I'm very excited.

06/05/04
Thankyou To everyone who came down and supported me at the Camel. More PA's to be announced soon...

27/04/04
Scarpi - 'Your Love' Live PA this Sunday 2nd May 2004!!! I've been invited to perform 'Your Love' live at Soulogic. Residents Dave Lynam and Hamish Dunn will be spinning with special guest Richard Earnshaw from 8pm - 2am. Free entry @ The Camel 31 Duke Street London W1 (In the basement). C U there!

26/04/04
Scarpi - 'Your Love' makes it into Paul Farris' chart. Currently at number 5 in the weekly chart of Four Four promotions manager/Con Brio records owner Paul Farris. Could this be the beginning of many exciting things??!!!

17/04/04
Scarpi - 'Your Love' Exclusive Preview!! The file has now been taken offline. Much positive feedback was received, the web stats show that many of you had a listen!! Thank you all for your time. Great feedback was received!

14/04/04
'Your Love' Exclusive Preview!! Listen to the track - 2MB (mp3) Until the end of the week! Currently being aired on HouseFM and on the dancefloors of a few London clubs!!

30/03/04
'Your Love' gains amazing support The 200ish happy clubbers in the Baby box at MOS gave 'Your Love' an amazing response. Thanks to everyone on the Four Four promotions forum for your positive feedback. Chris Warne Housexy/Pacha became the owner of my only CD-R and consequently played 'Your Love' on his HouseFM radio show on Sunday morning.

28/03/04
MOS Four Four party pics!! Thanks to Joe for playing 'Your Love', judging by the crowd reaction, I'd say it went down rather well. It was an amazing night with sets by Paul Farris, Chris Warne, Tony Lopez, Joe Brown and Hamish Dunn. Sean Doyle iced the cake with his amazing bass playing throughout the 7 hours. What stamina!!

22/03/04
'Your Love' Debut at MOS 'Your Love' will get it's first playing at the Ministry of Sound this Saturday 27th March at the FourFour forum party. Exciting....

09/03/04
Library Music Commission complete I've just finished 3 tracks for a forthcoming library music CD for the royalty free library images/music company 'Digital Vision'. The brief was 'Uplifting and Chilled House'. It's just gone for the cut, will post links to previews soon..

23/02/04
Scarpi at the Soul Cellar Southamton It went well!! Lots of positive feedback, good to see some of the Farris Forum peeps down there!! Watch this space for updates on 'Your Love'. It's currently doing the label rounds..

04/02/04
Scarpi at the Soul Cellar Southamton