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Can Costa

Dance
A.k.a. Ricardo Perez Costa Ricky Ryan

Ricky Ryan from Argentina has been djing for almost five years. Its due to his relentless search for quality, that has enabled him to progress at a remarkably fast pace. He has shared the booth with many well known local and international djs such as Justin Robertson, Circulation, Francesco Farfa, Rowan Blades, Kings of Tomorrow, Joshua Collins, Tarrentella & Redanka, Soul Mekanik, Echomen, Rachael Starr, Steve Bug, Martin Landsky, Tim Skinner, Chris Fortier & Paolo Mojo from Fabric UK among others. Ricky has travelled around the world mixing in different clubs and festivals such as Pacha, Mint Club, Smirnoff Experience, Pokerflat, BUE, Personal Fest & Creamfields - sharing in the line up with Massive Attack, Rinocerose, Andy Fletcher (Depeche Mode), FC Kahuna, The Human League, Herbalizer, Junior Sanchez, Ashley Casselle, Slacker, James Zabiela, Darren Emerson, Groove Armada, Paul Oakenfold, Jimmy Van M, Plump Djs, Dub Pistols, Tom Middleton, Erick Morillo, Marco Carola, Christian Smith & Richie Hawtin. With jazz, vocals, guitar & piano knowledge - under his Can Costa moniker - Ricky has signed future releases for labels such as CPR, Stigma, Boxa, Cure, Vapourize, Babylon & Proton Music. In addition, he's already released productions on Mining Vinyl & Music is Freedom Recordings. He's collaborated with other well known artists like MOS, Joshua Collins, Kosmas Epsilon and has been remixed by Pig & Dan, Shiloh & Pj Davy. His music has recieved support from Sasha, Digweed, Danny Tennaglia, Deep Dish, Hernan Cattaneo, Luke Fair, Desyn Masiello, Lee Burridge, Sander Kleinenberg, Nic Fanciulli / Skylark, James Zabiela, Omid 16B, Satoshi Tomiie, Adam Freeland, Steve Gerrard, Josh Wink & Steve Lawler to name a few. Ricky's "Featured Artist" mix for Proton Radio reached over 1,000 listeners. This was the first time for listener levels to reach this bench mark, achieving world record. Nowadays, Ricky spends most of his time producing music and promoting events, not to mention djing while hosting a residency at Discomaniac & Superclub - sharing the booth with weekly guests such as Greg Vickers, Jody Wisternoff from Way out West, Paul Rogers, Kasey Taylor, Aad from 16 Bit Lolitas, Stephane K, Guy Gerber, Tom Neville, Christian Cambas & Christopher Lawrence.

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