About Luciano
Lucien Nicolet in Montcherand, Switzerland), known mononymously as Luciano, is a Swiss and Chilean DJ and producer. He has been a twenty-time winner of differents awards in electronic music scene including Ibiza DJ Awards, Vicious Magazine in Spain, and Swiss NightLife. As well as in numerous categories His DJ sets are strongly influenced by Latin American music. Luciano's initial style of minimal techno has evolved into a blend of house and techno.
Luciano was born in Montcherand, Switzerland to a Swiss father and Chilean mother. His father was a jukebox repairman with a large record collection that was played at home. While part of his childhood was spent in Switzerland, musically it would not be as influential as the Chilean and Latin American sounds he would experience upon moving to Santiago, Chile at the age of eleven. His mother along with his sister relocated there after his parents' divorce.
When he was twelve years old, his mother bought him a guitar, which was when Luciano's involvement with music began. He was the guitar player in a punk rock band at school until the age of sixteen. Not long after, he learned that electronic instruments such as sequencers and drum machines were replacing analog ones. After finding a French band called Bérurier Noir that used drum machines in place of a drum set, his passion and interest in electronic music commenced.
Luciano and his wife have 3 sons and a daughter. In 2007, Luciano moved from Berlin to a Swiss village near Geneva to spend more time with them. Luciano enjoys gardening, nature and being surrounded by it.
At the beginning of his career, his handlebar moustache was his signature image. In recent years, he has sported a hot pink streak in his hair.
Influenced by the Detroit fathers of techno such as Juan Atkins and Derrick May, Luciano took his dedication to electronic music to the clubs of Santiago de Chile. His friendship with Dandy Jack and his younger brother Adrian Schopf influenced his decision to DJ. At the time, Luciano DJed at clubs that he was too young to attend, sometimes even being hidden backstage during police raids. Although Luciano began DJing at the age of sixteen, he did not begin producing until the age of nineteen, in 1997. Throughout his youth, Luciano performed construction and other odd jobs in addition to his gigs to support himself.
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