Cortona ()
Enzo Amico’s “Cortona” is his most exciting project yet. His first release,
“Foresta”, was snapped up by one of dance music's hottest underground
electronic labels, Music To Die For. His second release, the ‘XTACI EP’ for John
Digweed’s legendary Bedrock label, was a club hit across the world. Then
followed another 2 releases on Bedrock in the same year as well as a big release
on the very impressive Dutch label ‘District Recs’, played by Sasha, Digweed and
Hernan.
2026 has seen collabs with Nick Stoynoff, Patch Park, Desyfer, Max Wexem and
Zaccasam amongst others.
As well as these releases, he is getting more and more remix requests. John
Digweed commissioned a remix for his Bedrock Futuro compilation and
Cortona’s remix of Patch Park ‘Huhu’ was hugely supported. Also came remixes
for Dave Seaman for Selador, Mango Alley, Matter & Demuth, Stripped recs and
the chart topping remix of Boundaries by Gai Barone & Tiefstone.
Alongside the Cortona project, Enzo’s recently relaunched Plastic Fantastic
Records label has been hugely successful, topping the Beatport Progressive
charts with artists and remixers like Hernan Cattaneo & Mercurio, Chass &
Baunder, Circulation, Gowzer, Elliot Moriarty, Sean Harvey, Zuccasam, James
Harcourt, Patch Park, Nila, Fordal, Rolasoul, Dowden, Hobin Rude, Kostya
Outta, Redspace, Cedryma, Danny In Space & Nick Stoynoff.
One of Enzo’s proudest moments last year was being asked by Balance to do a
mix for their Selections mix series which has so far gained over 12,000 listens on
their Soundcloud page & being invited to do a Transition mix by John Digweed
The DJ bookings are starting to come in so the Cortona / Plastic Fantastic brand.
Enzo played at Balance Croatia for the 21C Progressive House group.
Forthcoming gigs: Bear Cave Bournemouth, We are Connected with DJ Ruby
Birmingham, ADE, NYE tbc.
Background: Enzo is best known for founding the award-winning London-based
record shop and underground music label, Plastic Fantastic, which ran between
1994-2006. He has DJ-ed since the early 90s, playing at many iconic clubs. In
the UK, he regularly played at Limelight, the Ministry of Sound, the Gardening
Club, Malibu Stacey, the Milk Bar and the Zap Club. He guest DJ-ed at John
Digweed’s Bedrock, X Press 2’s night, Cream, The Gallery and Whoop it Up and
was resident at Type at The Cross. Internationally, Enzo has played everywhere
from Paris to New York, Bucharest to Dubai. Highlights include Home in
Budapest, +Soda, playing with Deep Dish in Athens, Miami and headlining Sweet
in Vancouver. His first love will always be Ibiza, where he has played at many
clubs such as Amnesia, Ku, Pacha and the Cafe Del Mar.
Production-wise, Enzo has released music as Atomic Grater, Charris, Moroccan
Blonde, Bud Monkeyz, DEA (including 2 remixes for Hooj), Foto and now,
Balearic Jukebox and Cortona.