Mike Di Scala

Mike Di Scala
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Background information
Also known as	Re-Con, Masta Blasta UK, Maximum Hustler
Born	5 April 1981 (1981-04-05) (age 30) Liverpool, England
Genres	Hardcore dance, house, electro
Occupations	Record producer, singer-songwriter disc jockey
Years active	1999–present
Labels	BCD, All Around the World, 3 Beat
Associated acts	Ultrabeat, Rezonance Q, Whelan & Di Scala, Darren Styles, Hixxy

Mike Di Scala (born 5 April 1981), also known as Re-Con, is a British electronic musician, record producer, disc jockey and singer-songwriter from Liverpool, England. Di Scala began producing records as Re-Con in the late 1990s and he first emerged as the producer of English dance group Rezonance Q (also known as BCD Project) and was also the vocalist of Ultrabeat who had a No. 2 hit with "Pretty Green Eyes" in 2003.

He has produced numerous records of various genres of dance music including hardcore dance, house and electro and uses several aliases such as Re-Con, Rezonance Q and Pawn Shop. He is also well known for his work with Dave Whelan as the duo Whelan & Di Scala and he has also collaborated with many other artists such as Darren Styles and Hixxy.

Career

Re-Con

Mike has also launched a successful career as a hardcore DJ and producer using the alias of Re-Con. As Re-Con, Di Scala has worked with some of the other big names in hardcore and dance music, such as Darren Styles, Hixxy, Mark Breeze, Alex K and Squad-E.

Rezonance Q/BCD Project

Main article: Rezonance Q

Di Scala's early career was as a disc jockey in Liverpool's nightclubs and as a studio engineer for other producers. His first productions were mainly "scouse house" and in 2001 he started his own record label, BCD Records, with his studio partners Lee Butler and Les Calvert. Butler, Calvert and Di Scala produced and released many "scouse house" records and bootlegs on this label using many different aliases such as Rezonance Q, One Long Sausage, Sumo and Uproar. In 2002, Mike started getting his productions signed and remix work for big dance record labels (as Rezonance Q and BCD Project). In 2003 his first commercial single, "Someday", was released as Rezonance Q and this charted in the top thirty of the UK Singles Chart. He also started producing with Chris Henry and Ian Redman as Ultrabeat. BCD Records continued to release 12" records until 2006.

Ultrabeat

Main article: Ultrabeat

The success of Rezonance Q led to the record label releasing his Ultrabeat record "Pretty Green Eyes", which became a smash hit at #2 in the charts. Following this, Ultrabeat released other successful singles "Feelin' Fine" and "Better Than Life".

Whelan & Di Scala

Mike continued producing "scouse house" and commercial dance as Rezonance Q, BCD Project and Ultrabeat et cetera, but began producing more funky house and electro styles of dance with Dave Whelan, using aliases such as Adhesive, The Chosen Few and Whelan & Di Scala.

Solo career

Mike's DJing career takes him the length and breadth off the UK, DJing in all the major clubs in the country playing under the names of Ultrabeat/Re-con and Mike Di Scala. Mike is also regarded as an international DJ, touring Australia twice, with various gigs in America and not forgetting Ibiza, Majorca and the rest of Europe.

Mike Di Scala is usually the vocalist for his own Ultrabeat and Re-Con tracks but has also sung for other artists such as Hypasonic and WAVE. Mike will perform sometimes Live PAs of his songs when DJ'ing or when he is touring with Ultrabeat.

Solo discography

See also: Rezonance Q discography and Ultrabeat discography

Albums

DJ mixes (as Re-Con)

• Harcore Til I Die 2 (2004)
• Bonkers 15: Legends of the Core (2005)
• Bonkers 16: Maximum Hardcore Energy! (2006)
• Best of Bonkers (2007)
• Hardcore Til I Die (2008)
• Hardcore Til I Die 2 (2009)
• Hardcore Til I Die 3 (2010)

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		UK
2003	"So Emotional" (as Masta Blasta UK)	161[1]
	"Don't You Want Me" (as Masta Blasta UK)	197[1]
2004	"Like a Dream" (as Maximum Hustler)	175[1]
2006	"Shot Away" (as Pawn Shop)	100[2]
2007	"Turn My Life Around"	—
2008	"Space & Time" (with Colin Airey)	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Aliases and groups

• 3 Amigos
• Adhesive
• Agent X
• Bag of McCoys
• The Bassline Hustlers
• BCD Project
• CamelPhat
• The Chosen Few
• Clear Vu
• Da Mode
• Da Revolution
• Das Cockster
• Dino
• Finally Out
• Footwork
• Hardknox
• Hi-Flyerz
• High Society
• Holdon
• The Jetson
• King of Clubs
• M&C Project
• Mancini
• Masta Blasta UK
• Maximum Hustler
• Men from Mars
• O-Leta
• One Long Sausage
• Overdose
• Pawn Shop
• Re-Con
• Rezonance Q
• Sax on the Beats
• Shake n' Jack
• Sumo
• The Tranceriffs
• Ultrabeat
• Uproar
• Well Hung
• Wheels & Disco
• Whelan & Di Scala

See also

• Rezonance Q
• Ultrabeat

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_M.HTM
2. ^ http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_P.HTM

External links

• Whelan & Di Scala official website
• Mike Di Scala on Myspace
• Mike Di Scala on Facebook
• Mike Di Scala discography at Discogs
• Mike Di Scala at Allmusic

Persondata
Name	Di Scala, Mike
Alternative names	Re-Con
Short description	Producer, DJ and musician
Date of birth	5 April 1981
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Date of death
Place of death