Biography
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SPIDJ
Real name: Manuel Herrero López
Techno DJ from Galicia, Spain.First heard techno thanks to his older brother, in 1997. That same year, he visited Code, an underground venues in A Coruña. There he heard Kike, a prominent DJ of the scene in that city. From that moment on, he became very interested in electronic music, attending as a spectator to places such as Bambina, Joy Eslava and Zeus. In December 2000, he acquired his own equipment, along with a small vinyl collection, thus beginning to practice his first sessions. A year later (2001), he received an offer to play in the pub Nebulosa (Arteixo). In 2002, he was contacted by Technoise, and they included him in various parties alongside with national and international DJs; he is definitely a natural talent from the north. At the same time, he debuted in the Atlantic Hall (Montesalgueiro), an important inflection point in his career, since it was the first big room he set foot on. In 2003 the he began musical composition, starting by lightly inquiring in Fruity Loops, making some demos. By the end of 2007, he started taking things more seriously, dedicating a lot of hours in his free time to composing, thus leading him to gradually improve his sound and delve fully into Reason, in 2009 he released his first track.
In 2014 he started the "New Vinyl Order" project, an online vinyl store, record label and electronic music blog. He also taught basic DJ and production classes.