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DJ Alfredo, icon of Ibiza’s dance music scene, dies aged 71
DJ whose anything-goes spirit had a huge influence on British club culture had suffered a stroke in 2021
Photograph: Everynight Images/AlamyBorn Alfredo Fiorito in Argentina in 1953, he emigrated in 1976 to Paris, then Madrid, then Ibiza, living a casual existence selling candles and clothes while picking up DJ experience at a bar. His Amnesia residency was characterised by a complete lack of snobbery and an equally total embrace of heady, sensual music across the genre spectrum, from high-gloss soft rock to pop, reggae, disco, funk, electro and early house: a euphoric blend that came to define the bohemian spirit of the Balearic island. A group of young British DJs – Danny Rampling, Paul Oakenfold, Nicky Holloway and Johnny Walker – collectively had a Damascene moment witnessing Alfredo performing at Amnesia in the late 1980s.
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