DJ Vinnie Campisi - XM Radio


    Location:
    Yonkers, NY

    By Night I'm...
    Since the ripe age of 2 when Vin's Mom potty-trained him by bribing him with a record player, Vinnie has always felt extremely connected to music his whole life. He started mixing music at the age of thirteen, performing locally in his home town of Yonkers N.Y. In 1983 at the age of just 16, he landed his first club gig at Wheels Roller Rink also in Yonkers. After playing at many clubs, he landed a job in New Rochelle NY at a club called "Streets" This was significant because Streets had 4 competitors in the immediate area, clubs that were a little bigger and a little more well known. It was here that Vinnie learned about editing on the Reel-to-Reel, digital drum machines, and samplers. It was 1987. Within a few months Streets became the most popular club in the area. This was directly related to Vin's new style of DJing. Using a all this equipment, Vin was able to create new songs live at the club, play his own special remixes of songs, or make vocal medleys using accapellas and beats on the 3 1200's. This style is still his today. At the age of seventeen he credited his first two mixes for WBLS radio in NYC. He continued performing at many clubs in Manhattan and the New York area, and in 1989 started working at "The Loft" Recording Studios as a Remixer / Producer / Engineer. In the same year he made a Remix Medley Record called "Bits and Pieces 89" - which got air-time on NY radio. In 1990 his remixes of "Feel the nasty Groove / Take you Higher" by Fojo reached #5 on the Underground Chart in Billboard Magazine. It was at "The Loft" that producers Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers contacted him to do a remix of their new song "I Wanna Make Love to You" for the group "Rythem Syndicate." He took this song from a Ballad to a huge Techno hit in Europe. Also in that year Vinnie composed, mixed, and engineered his own track called "Techno Confusions" under the name of Planet V. This record reached #1 domestically and #7 on the world charts as reported by the then national "U.S. Rave Magazine" 1995 brought on a change in his music career. He created the alias "DJ Vincent Vanguard" and under this alias he continued his work with Techno and Progressive House in the NYC Club Scene with residencies at NYC's Tunnel, Roxy and Limelight. While Vincent Vanguard was gaining huge popularity in the club scene, DJ Vinnie Campisi was getting back to his roots of Classic Disco, Early 80's Dance Music, and Freestyle - pioneering the widely popular "Play Everything" format, in NYC Lounges. Vincent Vanguard is presently playing for A-list Celebrities at private events in NYC. DJ Vinnie Campisi brings to Chrome is his knowledge of Classic Dance Music backed by a career which spans 26 years - all mixed by a Techno DJ. His mixing style is classic of dj's in the late 70's while his technique is all NYC nightclub. Vinnie's sets are produced with the dancefloor in mind - not the standard mixtape. Look for "One-of-a-kind" Remixes and Old-School tricks to keep it interesting. The playlist comes right out of NYC's top clubs of the Disco era - Studio54, Funhouse, Paradise Garage, The Loft, Underground, Adam's Apple......... DJ Vinnie Campisi was signed to XM Radio in January of 2007, as a resident DJ of Channel 83 - Chrome. This is a Classic Dance Channel. He was chosen not only for his mixing ability, but it was his technique as a NYC Techno DJ that really grabbed "XM's" attention. Also Signed on to the "Disco and Funk King Radio Show" www.WebradioWCWP.com Saturdays 2-4pm. Most Recently contracted to PCDJ as one of their Software Demo DJ's.

    Favorite Music
    After 26 years of solid DJing I have experience and Knowledge in almost every style of music...Rap, Hip-Hop, Classics, Funk, 80's, Latin, Afro-Cuban, Somba, Brazil, Freestyle BUT My Favorite stuff is Tribal, Electro and House.

    PMBUZZ RADIO!!

    Thursday, January 24, 2008, 09:08 PM EST [General]

    Whats up  BUZZ People!

    Check me out on PMBuzz Radio - that's the orange lookin image on the right of the main page...click on it. There's a bunch of good DJ's with a wide range of music. Check the schedule...my mixes are mainly house, but I'll be mixin alot of different types of music in the future. Look out for it.

     

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    Alphabet Lounge/China Club

    Friday, December 28, 2007, 09:41 AM EST [General]

    Well it worked. I blew up 2 HOUSE sets 1 - Electro and 1 Hard Trance....I wound up with China Club Saturdays.

    A bunch of you came through and I really Appreciate it. I 'll update you guys on my starting night and what we're going to do with PMBUZZ.

    Thanks again -

    Vinnie

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    alphabet lounge - dec 27

    Saturday, December 22, 2007, 11:36 AM EST [General]

    this is an important one guys...

    i really need some of you to come through on my list on the 27tht. im trying to hook myself and in turn pmbuzz - up with a crew of nyc promoters - so we can get some buzz parties goin. just come in on my guestlist and stick around for a little while and then leave if u want - but i'd love for u guys to hear me play.

    thanks for all the e-mails so far..keep them coming.

    --vin 

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    Love PMBUZZ - Represent me.....

    Tuesday, December 18, 2007, 02:24 PM EST [General]

    I sent out a broadcast, but now here's a blog on the same thing.

    I'm trying to hook myself up and in turn pmbuzz up for some NYC parties. I need you guys to come to a party that I'll be playing - at the Alphabet Lounge in NYC on Dec 27th. We need you ppl to come out on my guestlist to show them that we - me and pmbuzz have some pull here in nyc so we can get rolling on our PMBUZZ parties.

    Please let me know if any one of you will be able to represent us this night. I put myself and XM Radio out there for this event.

    Thanks - - -

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    My Bio

    Thursday, September 13, 2007, 11:32 AM EST [My Bio]

    Since the ripe age of 2 when Vin's Mom potty-trained him by bribing him with a record player, Vinnie has always felt extremely connected to music his whole life.

    He started mixing music at the age of thirteen, performing locally in his home town of Yonkers N.Y. In 1983 at the age of just 16, he landed his first club gig at Wheels Roller Rink also in Yonkers. After playing at many clubs, he landed a job in New Rochelle NY at a club called "Streets" This was significant because Streets had 4 competitors in the immediate area, clubs that were a little bigger and a little more well known. It was here that Vinnie learned about editing on the Reel-to-Reel, digital drum machines, and samplers. It was 1987. Within a few months Streets became the most popular club in the area. This was directly related to Vin's new style of DJing. Using a all this equipment, Vin was able to create new songs live at the club, play his own special remixes of songs, or make vocal medleys using accapellas and beats on the 3 1200's. This style is still his today.

    At the age of seventeen he credited his first two mixes for WBLS radio in NYC. He continued performing at many clubs in Manhattan and the New York area, and in 1989 started working at "The Loft" Recording Studios as a Remixer / Producer / Engineer. In the same year he made a Remix Medley Record called "Bits and Pieces 89" - which got air-time on NY radio. In 1990 his remixes of "Feel the nasty Groove / Take you Higher" by Fojo reached #5 on the Underground Chart in Billboard Magazine.

    It was at "The Loft" that producers Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers contacted him to do a remix of their new song "I Wanna Make Love to You" for the group "Rythem Syndicate." He took this song from a Ballad to a huge Techno hit in Europe. Also in that year Vinnie composed, mixed, and engineered his own track called "Techno Confusions" under the name of Planet V. This record reached #1 domestically and #7 on the world charts as reported by the then national "U.S. Rave Magazine"

    1995 brought on a change in his music career. He created the alias "DJ Vincent Vanguard" and under this alias he continued his work with Techno and Progressive House in the NYC Club Scene with residencies at NYC's Tunnel, Roxy and Limelight. While Vincent Vanguard was gaining huge popularity in the club scene, DJ Vinnie Campisi was getting back to his roots of Classic Disco, Early 80's Dance Music, and Freestyle - pioneering the widely popular "Play Everything" format, in NYC Lounges. Vincent Vanguard is presently playing for A-list Celebrities at private events in NYC.

    DJ Vinnie Campisi brings to Chrome is his knowledge of Classic Dance Music backed by a career which spans 26 years - all mixed by a Techno DJ. His mixing style is classic of dj's in the late 70's while his technique is all NYC nightclub.

    Vinnie's sets are produced with the dancefloor in mind - not the standard mixtape. Look for "One-of-a-kind" Remixes and Old-School tricks to keep it interesting. The playlist comes right out of NYC's top clubs of the Disco era - Studio54, Funhouse, Paradise Garage, The Loft, Underground, Adam's Apple.........

    DJ Vinnie Campisi was signed to XM Radio in January of 2007, as a resident DJ of Channel 83 - Chrome. This is a Classic Dance Channel. He was chosen not only for his mixing ability, but it was his technique as a NYC Techno DJ that really grabbed "XM's" attention. Also Signed on to the "Disco and Funk King Radio Show" www.WebradioWCWP.com Saturdays 2-4pm.

    Most Recently contracted to PCDJ as one of their Software Demo DJ's.

     

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