Joseph Capriati Prepares to Metamorfosi: DJ and producer Joseph Capriati started DJing when he was just 11 years old.

I was walking around my home in Caserta, Italy,and I remember seeing American people having?a party - at the time, in front of my house, there was a?residency were the families of American soldiers sent?to?the Naples base of NATO were living, he says. It was?Independence Day and I saw this figure of a guy?mixing and I just clicked and knew I wanted to do the?same! It wasn't easy though, in that era there was no?internet of course and it was also expensive to buy?records, mixers and turntables. I started to work during?summer, helping my uncle in his construction company,passing along to him his work instruments basically,and?at the end of the summer he gave me something that?today would be around $500. I was finally able to?buy one?turntable! My grandma gave me a second one, which?didn't even have pitch control, I was using?my own?fingers, you know? As per the mixer, a friend of a friend?gave me a third hand one (which, for the?records, I still?have) and I then bought two records. I remember mixing?these 2 records only for over 6?months! Well, from there I?started.

Today, he describes his sound as a blend of techno, house, tech-house, and minimal.

I play different types of sessions, he says. If you?really?know me, you know you can expect one session or one?another depending on the venue, on the?party, on the?crowd and generally the vibe. I don't have a line to follow?and I'm very versatile, for example if?I play at?Awakenings, you can expect a very techno focused set. If I play in?the Terrace of Space Club in Miami, you?can expect a?groovy set, if I play in Ibiza, you can expect a House /?Tech-House set. It really depends and I?love to be able to?follow the vibe and take my sound from there.

Capriati says that, like many people, he struggled during the pandemic and lockdown.

I personally really touched the deepest darkness, but?it was a big wake-up call for me and from?that moment I?really learned a lot and really grew a lot, he says. Now I live my life?with a very different perspective and?a different?excitement. It's like going back to the basics.

You can expect a global set, groovy and growing into techno, he says. I love Exchange, I haven't played there for a long?time, and I've changed a lot since that last time. I am in?a constant metamorphosis really: my music is a?reflection?of it. I believe it's gonna be the best time ever there. Be?ready for it, I am.

He has plenty more going on this year too.

There are so many projects on the pipeline for 2022, he says. I?just released on the legendary Kompakt Records?Label?my remix of 'Agents Of Time,' you'll then see this summer?my very first ever Ibiza production-short?residency, and I'll?have a Triple Vinyl of Remixes of my latest album, Metamorfosi, coming out soon on my?own label,Redimension.

Joseph Capriati Prepares to Metamorfosi: The?Metamorfosi remix?album is out soon. Joseph Capriati performs on May 20 at Exchange LA.