Valentino Kanzyani

Valentino Kanzyani
Background information
OriginKoper, Slovenia
GenresTechno
OccupationDJ
LabelsRecycled Loops, Jesus Loved You

Tine Kocjančič, better known as Valentino Kanzyani is a Slovene techno deejay and music producer. He has also released records under the name Recycled Loops, which is also the name of one of the record labels that he co-runs (with DJ Umek), the other being Earresistable.

He became famous in Slovenia, when he started playing music in 1995 in a club called Ambasada Gavioli, together with his colleague DJ Umek.[1] During a three-and-a-half-year period he booked and played with many of the top DJs in the world. He manages to play music from 3 turntables simultaneously.[2][3] Valentino ranked at position 75 of the "TOP 100 DJs" selected by DJ Magazine.[4]

He has deejayed all over the world, and performed an Essential Mix on BBC Radio 1 in December 2003.[1][3][5]

He has also been an in-demand remixer, mixing tracks by artists such as Ken Ishii, Simon Digby, Deep Dish, Wally Lopez, and Jon Carter.[3][6]

He is the son of Slovenian musician Danilo Kocjančič who used to play in bands Kameleoni, Prizma, and Bazar.