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Family presents Tank and Family feat. Antonio Zambarelli

Author: Seven
Monday, October 18, 2004
FAMILY PRESENTS TANK AND FAMILY FEATURING ANTONIO ZAMBARELLI: Saturday October 23 at Seven

'Representing Sydney's Finest'

There is no doubt that Tank is Sydney's leading purveyor of quality house music and along with Family at Seven, make up Australia's leading house music clubs. With sophistication, glamour, cutting edge design and a passion for world-class events, Tank and Family have for a number of years been in a class of their own.

On Saturday October 23rd, Tank's resident DJ and driving creative force, Antonio Zambarelli will be in town to unite Tank and Family in a special showcase of the best Australia's house scene has to offer.

Tank and Antonio's credentials are undeniable, playing host to the best soulful House DJ's in the world, such as Louie Vega, Frankie Knuckles, Kenny Dope, Cricco Castelli, Spiller, Lenny Fontana, Brian Tappert, Steve "Silk" Hurly, Angels of Love, Blade, Ron Carroll, Jon Cutler, Knee Deep, Jamie Lewis and many many more. Like Family, Tank has developed a reputation amongst the music elite and therefore is never short of the most talented international and local artists around.

In 1987, on the prompting of a friend, Antonio flew into Sydney. The first few years saw him DJing in Sydney, Melbourne, the Italian Riviera, Rimini and Milano, chasing summer back and forth across the northern and southern hemispheres, but finally settling down in Sydney in 1996 with three business partners to develop and found the first super club in Australia - Home Nightclub.

Six months after its opening in November 1998, Antonio moved away from Home and began working on a new project with new associates - House Solution was six monthly house parties, each with an international guest held in a warehouse with a capacity of 4800 people. At the conclusion of the project in January 2001 and following an invitation from Justin Hemmes (managing director of the merivale group), Tank Nightclub was launched under the direction of d:vision entertainment, an independent entertainment management consultancy comprised of a team of three including Antonio.

Over his 20 year career, Antonio has shared the decks with who's who of the international DJ community including David Morales, Frankie Knuckles, Roger Sanchez, Eric Morillo, Claudio Coccoluto, Alex Neri, 'Little' Louie Vega, Kenny 'Dope' Gonzalez, Derrick Carter, Brian Tappert, Spiller, Benji Candelario, Boris Dlugosch, Paul Oakenfold... just to name a few.

Now more than ever, Antonio believes that a DJ has to be open and responsive to clubs and the people he plays for - he loves house music in all its variations, from funky, uplifting and vocal through to deep, dubby breaks. When away from Tank (which has been no more then 2-3 times per year), Antonio formulates his sets based on the size of the crowd, venue and and time slot, but always infusing his sets with his own style and flavour.

A man dedicated to his club and art, it is a rare privilege to get Antonio away from Tank and an even greater treat to have him help bring together Australia's finest house showcases for one special night.

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