Tony Rapacioli

Tony Rapacioli (also known as Praha & Kansai)
Birth name Tony Rapacioli
Born London, England
Origin London
Genres
Progressive House

Dance Music
House Music

Occupation(s) Writer, producer and remixer
Years active 1990–present
Labels Unknown
Website zenhiser.com

Tony Rapacioli, also known as Praha and Kansai, is an electronic music producer and sound designer from London, England. Rapacioli used the music persona mainly when he was producing and remixing progressive house tracks.

Throughout his career, Rapacioli has used a number of different musical aliases for his work as a producer, writer, dj and remixer. His work has featured on record labels including Platipus Records and AM PM Records. His work has featured on various compilation albums for both Virgin/EMI and also Ministry of Sound. His track Rococo, featured on Midnight Club II.[1][2]

Rapacioli also founded the sound design record label, Zenhiser, which is based in Noosa, Australia.

Career

Rapacioli started his music career as a DJ, with DJ sets on pirate radio station Touchdown FM.

Following his initial work as a DJ, Rapacioli began to write and produce singles. This began in 1992, when he worked as Sly T with Ollie J on their single, Undeground Confusion for Black Market International.[3] After working on his first single as a writer, he recorded a second single under the same alias, titled Help Me.

After a break in producing & writing, Rapacioli became involved again with Triptonic, producing the tracks Brain Step and Do You Feel in 1996.[4] A year later, he wrote and produced the house track by GRN, Off World.[5] In 1999, the single Pure Energy was released by Dreamcatcher.[6] All of the production for the single Home, was carried out by Rapacioli.[7]

In 1999, Rapacioli featured on his first Ministry of Sound compilation, the Clubbers Guide To...Australia with the remixed version of TR Junior's track Rock With Me.[8]

Praha was first used in the year 2000, when Rapacioli released 3 separate tracks under the name. They were the first solo tracks he had released as an artist, and they included the track, Pachinko.[9] After beginning to use the Praha artist name, he remixed the La Rissa track, I Do Both Jay & Jane. The track featured on the Ministry of Sound album, Clubbers Guide To... Ibiza.[10] Later the same year, Rapacioli first featured on the Ministry of Sound's The Annual.[11] The track on the album was Outlaw by Fu Man Choo. The remixed track also featured on Trance Nation.[12]

In 2002, the compilation album Future Chill by Virgin EMI Records featured the Dreamcatcher track, I Don't Want to Lose My Way.[13] Trance Nation: Deeper was released in 2003 and featured a remix by Rapacioli.[14]

From 2001 onwards, a number of tracks written by Rapacioli featured on various compilation albums. This began with the track Pachinko, which featured on Progressive Anthems by Virgin EMI Records. It also featured on Dave Pearce's True Euphoria in 2001.[15] Later that year, he released the single, Ce La Faro.[16]

Rapacioli had his single Shake Baby, remixed by Tall Paul in late 2002. The remixed version of the track featured on the compilation album, Future Sound of Ibiza.[17]

Between 2001 and 2004, he also released a number of tracks under the music persona, Kansai. The two most notable tracks released under this name were Rococco and Remember This Night. Both of which featured on various albums, including a number of Platipus Records compilation albums.

In 2002, his track Rococo featured on the video game Midnight Club II.[1]

Today, Rapacioli is the owner of Zenhiser, a sound design record label.[18]

Discography

Notable singles

Title Artist Release year Position Featured on
Underground Confusion Sly T & Ollie J 1992 Co Writer & Producer n/a
Help Me Sly T & Ollie J 1992 Co Writer & Producer n/a
Brain Step Triptonic 1996 Co Writer & Producer n/a
Do You Feel Triptonic 1996 Co Writer & Producer n/a
Off World GRN 1997 Writer & Producer n/a
Home / Pure Energy The Dreamcatcher 1999 Writer & Producer n/a
Slipstream Takra 1999 Writer & Producer n/a
Rock With Me TR Junior 1999 Writer & Producer n/a
The Big Blue Samui 1999 Writer & Producer n/a
Home / Pure Energy The Dreamcatcher 1999 Writer & Producer n/a
Mojito Praha 2000 Writer & Producer n/a
Pachinko Praha 2000 Writer & Producer True Euphoria (2001) & EMI: Progressive Anthems (2001)
Ce La Faro Tony Rapacioli 2001 Writer & Producer n/a
Troubled Soul Lamai 2001 Co Writer & Producer n/a
Jingalay Rouge 2001 Writer & Producer n/a
Retro Piano Rouge 2002 Writer & Producer n/a
Dohan Girls Rouge 2002 Writer & Producer n/a
Eighty Ten Loco 2002 Writer & Producer n/a
Kala Chant Praha 2002 Writer & Producer n/a
Shake Baby Praha 2002 Writer & Producer Future Sound of Ibiza
Closer Praha 2002 Writer & Producer n/a
Rococco Kansai 2003 Writer & Producer Cream – Future Trance Ibiza & ID&T: Trance 2003 Volume 1
Remember This Night Kansai 2003 Co Writer & Producer Godskitchen: Worldwide[19] & Platipus: Platipus Nine

Notable remixes

Title Artist Release year Position Featured on
Rock With Me TR Junior 1999 Remixer Clubbers Guide To...Australia
I Do Both Jay & Jane (Praha Remix) La Rissa 2001 Remixer Clubbers Guide To...Ibiza 2001
Outlaw (Praha Remix) Fu Man Choo 2002 Remixer Ministry of Sound: Trance Nation & The Ibiza Annual – Summer 2001
I Don't Want to Lose My Way Dreamcatcher 2002 Remixer Virgin/EMI: Future Chill

References

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