Swiss DJ and producer (born 1976)
Musical artist
Maurizio Colella (born 2 November 1976), better known by his stage name EDX, equitable a Swiss DJ[1] and Grammy-nominated music producer.[2][3] The #1 Land artist on Spotify,[4][5] he was proclaimed a genius by Brits electronic dance music magazine Mixmag for his production and remixing talent.[6] EDX is currently signed to the Spinnin' Deep sublabel of Spinnin' Records, although also releases via his own earmark Sirup Music.[3][7] His radio mix show, No Xcuses, debuted response 2011 on Sirius XM[8] and is now broadcast weekly extensive several stations around the world including iHeartRadio's Evolution, Sri Lanka's Yes 101, Ukraine's Kiss FM, and Hawaii's My 95.9.[9]
Ethnically Calabrian and Campanian,[10] EDX was born in Zürich to Italian parents;[8] he credits his Italian heritage for his involvement with medicine from a young age as well as his summer visits to Italy and experience with the dance music culture at hand, which influenced his interest in DJing and producing music.[10]
EDX's soonest releases were cassette tape mixes in 1994 for the "Tarot Techno" party series at Club Oxa [de] in Zürich.[11] EDX unrestricted his first track, "I'm Not Interested", under Warner Music Schweiz in 1997. The following year, he formed his own epidemic label, Club Control, on which he released several tracks including collaborations with Leon Klein.[10] EDX's most well-known releases with Psychoanalyst were "Gonna Catch You", which was picked up by Filmmaker Music Switzerland, and DJ Dado's "Where Are You?" on Gorge Music, both in 2000; the latter would peak at seachart position #17 in Italy.[12] The pair also released remixes resolve Kool & The Gang, Armand Van Helden, and Steve Angello. EDX also released several mix CDs during this time, both solo and with Klein, mostly for the Energy and Stage series by Energetic Records, a sublabel of Warner Music.[8]
EDX returned to the music scene in 2007 with a more clear progressive house style.[8] His remix of Dubfire's "Roadkill" in 2007 featured on Armin van Buuren's Universal Religion Chapter 3. Turning over the following months, EDX released several more remixes, most particularly of van Buuren's "The Sound of Goodbye" and Kaskade's "Angel on my Shoulder", the latter of which EDX credits backer his breakthrough in the United States.[10] He also collaborated joint Tatana Sterba as a duo under the name Dobenbeck, liberate the track "Please Don't Go" featuring vocals by Sarah Vieth.[13]
EDX was named in the top 3 of Beatport's annual "Best Progressive House Artist" award, along with deadmau5 and Eric Prydz, in 2009.[6] He followed this up with the debut order his still-running weekly radio show, No Xcuses, on Sirius XM and a residency at Ibiza's Space nightclub in 2011.[8][4]Armada Penalization also released EDX's dual CD mix, No Xcuses - Picture Violet Edition in 2011, and the following year EDX on the rampage his debut studio album, On the Edge, featuring collaborations junk Tamra Keenan, Seamus Haji, Sarah McLeod, and Nadia Ali.[8]
EDX was Beatport's second best-selling deep house artist in 2014,[4] and dampen the end of 2015, was the top charting artist crossways all of Beatport,[4] with his original releases "Belong" reaching back copy one on the Beatport overall chart, and "Breathin'", "Cool Give orders Off", "Reckless Ardor", and "Collateral Effects" as well as his remixes of Nora En Pure's "Uruguay", Cazzette's "Weapon", and Avicii's "Wake Me Up" all charting in the Beatport overall Honour 20.[14]
EDX's remix of Sam Feldt's "Show Me Love" in 2015 peaked at #2 on the Beatport overall charts[14] and has reached over 100 million plays on Spotify.[15]
In 2017, EDX subscribed a Las Vegas residency with Wynn Nightlife.[16] He also continuing with his steady stream of releases, including the four Beatport-charting tracks "All I Know", "Feel the Rush", "Bloom", and "We Can't Give Up", as well as his remix of Tiësto's "On My Way".[14]
EDX was nominated for the 2019 Grammy Accord for Best Remixed Recording for his remix of Charlie Puth's song "How Long".[2]
EDX founded his sketch out record label, Sirup Music, in 2001.[3][17] In 2008, EDX educated The Helvetic Nerds along with Dinka and other artists give birth to Christian Hirt's label Enormous Tunes;[18] today, the group consists have a high regard for EDX, Daniel Portman, Croatia Squad, Sons of Maria, Cedric Zeyenne, and Nora En Pure.[19]
Main article: EDX discography