Robbie Casa Blanco
Life is a story to be told and Robbie “Casa” Blanco has certainly been round the block. He has been DJing since 1986, starting off in a small pub in North London called The Steam Rock Café. He learnt DJing the old school way by doing mixes on dual cassette decks at parties. He soon upgraded to a couple of domestic belt driven turntables, one from his mum’s JVC Stereo and the other borrowed from a mate at school.
His first residency was in 1993 to 1994 at the Dorchester Hotel London which had a stunning collection of in-House vinyl. His highlight gig was doing a private wedding anniversary party for the Sultan of Brunei in Mayfair, where the Dom Perignon sat in cases under the tables!
Robbie eventually emigrated to Melbourne Australia in December 1994, where he moved between clubs and the ever so successful KISS FM Melbourne. Stylistically, he has always leaned towards Disco and Soulful House, being a collector of anything Disco, Boogie, rare groove, acid jazz, Soulful House and Latin.
His remixing started way back in 1997 for his own DJ sets, starting off with re-edits and overdubs. By 2017 he launched his own record label Redux Inc. Releasing, on vinyl only, his multi track remix of Shake your body down to the ground by The Jacksons was quickly followed by remixes for Lenny Fontana and Shirley Lites of Fire, Night’s Over by Raquel Rodriguez, Love Train by The O’Jays, and You are, you are by Linda Clifford.
In 2019 he has been releasing through Simon Kennedy’s Label, Dubplate Disco Recordings and Midnight Riot Records, and of course his own label Redux inc. In 2020 he made great inroads with 3 vinyl released and 20 plus reworks. In 2021 He Celebrated 5 Years of releases of Redux Inc Records, putting out a 3 volume set of releases comprising 9 songs per compilation with each comp featuring 2 brand new releases.
Work in progress this year is a collaboration with vocal singer Michelle Weeks, and a very special collaboration with none other than Dr Packer. Hold tight, cause the future's looking bright!
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