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John Type is a dj, producer and turntablist who has been specializing in scratching since 1997 and who was champion of the Italian Skratch Kombat in 2003 and third place winner of DMC World Championship in 2008. In 2001 he joined Alien Army, the most important DJ band in Italy, holding twelve first place awards for their music from organizations like DMC and ITF. He published “The End” with Alien Army on IRMA records and Bomb Hip Hop (USA), which was judged by URB Magazine as one of the 50 best albums of Hip Hop Underground in 2003. Thanks to his natural talent he has proved to be an excellent composer and producer, capable of crossing styles with ease and originality, moving freely between jazz, funk, electronica, hip hop, experimental music and more. The fruits of his labors can be heard in his first solo album, “Lunatic Decadence,” with appearances by D-Styles (Los Angeles), Mike Boo (San Francisco), Tayone, Laura Falcinelli, and Bozorius, which will come out in 2010 on IRMA records. In 2007, he started the John Type Ensemble, a band that of six people with instruments that include record players, bass guitar, drums, keyboards, trumpet and trombone.
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