Ennio Skoto

ENNIO SKOTO HAS AN ADVENTUROUS EAR. THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-RAISED AND MIAMI-BASED DJ AND PRODUCER HAS QUICKLY ESTABLISHED HIMSELF THROUGH HIS RELENTLESS MISSION OF REINTERPRETING SOUNDS AND STYLES. ENNIO SKOTO HAD A FIRST-ROW SEAT TO THE POSSIBILITIES OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC IN HIS TOWN OF VILLA TAPIA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, WHERE HE SPENT HIS YOUTH IN THE DJ BOOTH OF HIS UNCLE’S BAR NEXT DOOR. EVEN BEFORE HE COULD MIX HIMSELF, HE WITNESSED FIRST HAND JUST HOW SOUND AND SPONTANEITY CAN INTERSECT TO CREATE UNFORGETTABLE GATHERINGS. INSPIRED BY LATIN, REGGAE, ROCK, HIS INFATUATION WITH DANCE MUSIC SOON LED HIM TO DIVE DEEP INTO HOUSE AND TECHNO.

AFTER SPENDING HIS EARLY TEEN YEARS LEARNING THE INS AND OUTS OF DJING THROUGH TRIAL AND ERROR, SKOTO OPTED TO GO ALL IN ON ORIENTING HIS LIFE AROUND MUSIC. AFTER MOVING TO MIAMI WITH HIS FAMILY, HE ENROLLED IN AN AUDIO PRODUCTION AND SOUND ENGINEERING PROGRAM TO LEARN HOW TO CRAFT TRACKS OF HIS OWN + LEARN ABOUT THE MUSIC BUSINESS. HIS EDUCATION ALSO EXTENDED TO NIGHTLIFE AND LEARNING HOW TO CURATE AND PRODUCE MEMORABLE EVENTS HIMSELF: AFTER SECURING A GIG AT INFLUENTIAL MIAMI NIGHTCLUB BARDOT, HE SOON BECAME A REGULAR ON THE 305’S DJ CIRCUIT. IN THE YEARS SINCE, HE’S PLAYED EVERYWHERE FROM SCENE FIXTURES LIKE FLOYD, THE ELECTRIC PICKLE AND ATV RECORDS TO MIAMI’S MOST INFLUENTIAL FESTIVAL III POINTS.

HIS MUSICAL JOURNEY IS NOT ONLY REFLECTED IN THE COMMUNITIES HE’S BECOME INVOLVED WITH AND THE PLACES HE’S PERFORMED — INCLUDING ECUADOR’S LOST BEACH CLUB AND THE CAVE IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC — BUT ALSO WITHIN THE TEXTURES OF HIS DJ SETS AND RELEASES. LIKE ANY GREAT SONIC CURATOR, ENNIO TRANSCENDS STRICT GENRE CATEGORIZATIONS TO CELEBRATE THE LIMITLESS POSSIBILITIES OF DANCE MUSIC. HIS SETS TOUCH ON EVERYTHING FROM PSYCHEDELIC JAZZ HOUSE TO ACID TECHNO, ALL DELIVERED IN A NATURAL, SINGULAR STYLE.

ENNIO’S SKILLS AND VARIETY ON THE DECKS ALSO TRANSLATE TO HIS OWN RELEASES. FOLLOWING ON THE HEELS OF HIS 2020 EP “THERAPY,” + TRACKS RELEASED ON VINYL HE’S SPEARHEADING A NEW IMPRINT, FACES LABEL, TO SHARE HIS OWN WORKS AS WELL AS THOSE OF FRIENDS AND COLLABORATORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. AUTHENTIC EXPRESSION IS THE MARK OF ANY QUALITY ARTIST, AND ENNIO IS COMMITTED TO REVELING IN HIS LOVE OF MUSIC ALONGSIDE MUSIC ENTHUSIASTS.