A teenager at the time the rave scene exploded in the UK over twenty years ago, Desyn Masiello has been part of the house music and rave scene since the start. A dedicated vinyl junkie from day one, and a tireless passion to create DJ sets that lift the soul, move the body and open the mind, are what make Desyn the DJ he is today.
A full time professional touring DJ for the past 10 years, Desyn has played almost every mega club and every major festival in the world, from a career he started from one mix cd that he sent out in 1999, which earned the respect of various promoters around the world who started to book him. Career highlights have seen him appear on the front cover of DJ magazine (Jan 2010, with SOS) and release over 5 DJ mix CD compilations into the stores worldwide on labels such as Balance, Ministry of Sound, Bedrock and Yoshitoshi. Desyn has also appeared in the DJ magazine “Top 100 DJs” three times, 2005, 2006 and 2007.
Once introduced by John Digweed on his radio show as “the man that never sleeps”, this was really recognition from one of the legends of the scene of just how much passion and work is required for Desyn to on-goingly craft his own unique sound and stand out as a DJ. Desyn is a self confessed vynil addict, admitting that he spent most of his youth in dusty second hand record stores, amassing a musical knowledge and taste that stretches across many genres. This is reflected today in his sets which defy any real attachment to any genre or clique in the scene.
Desyn’s career was built almost purely on his DJing ability, having only released a handful of low key underground co-productions in his career, it was instead word of mouth and reports from the dancefloor of his DJ sets that sparked his rise and recognition. He has a work ethic that is focused almost entirely on the production of DJ sets. Desyn states “I really focus all my work time on preparing DJ sets that take you on a special ride and open your mind to new feelings.”
In 2006 at the peak of his solo career (having been voted at that time no. 54 DJ in the world), Desyn took a U-turn and decided to focus his work away from his solo career, and instead team up with fellow musical pioneers and close friends Omid 16b and Demi and create the musical DJ-trio of SOS. SOS was a project born out of three like minded friends who lived in London and all grew up with similar musical tastes and passions. Their journey together saw two CD compilation releases into the stores and took them on a four year tour around the world playing together as a back to back DJ-trio. “Working in a team and trying something totally new with two very talented other musicians was an invaluable experience for me as a DJ, we all shared knowledge and skills and helped each other grow as people and artists. It is a period of our careers that has given us all important growth as people and artists for future life.”
2011, Desyn is now fully focused on DJing individually again, a new weekly radio show and forthcoming new album release are all lined up, and the non stop world tour continues. Watch this space!