Max Porcelli — DJ, Producer and Label Founder

I’m Max Porcelli. I’ve been making, playing and teaching electronic music since 1989.

It started at 14, on my first night in an Italian club: JBL stacks, fog, lights, and a DJ above the floor running the whole room. I learned to mix in a friend’s garage, then in a cellar in northeast Italy, recording cassette mixes and listening back the next morning to hear everything I’d got wrong.

What I do

Label. Founder and head of 989 Records, the independent house and tech house label I started in 2007 in Pordenone, Italy.
Production. Over 90 releases as producer and remixer. I’ve remixed Jocelyn Brown and Inaya Day. My first record was produced with Sam Paganini, who taught me more in a handful of sessions than a year of trial and error.
DJing. Behind the decks since 1989, with my first live set in a Slovenian club in 2007. In 2018 I directed a DJ school in Ibiza and hosted a show on Mambo Radio.
Radio. The 989 Records Radio Show airs on Balearica Music Radio (Ibiza) and Patchouli Deep Radio (London).
Teaching. Steinberg Certified Trainer. I teach music production and DJing through 989 Academy, and on Udemy and SkillShare, where I’ve worked with thousands of students.

How I write

Everything on this blog comes from behind the decks, from the studio and from the classroom. When I quote gear specifications or prices I check them against the manufacturer’s own documentation, and I say so when a figure is approximate. If you find something outdated, the contact form is open.

Find me

989 Records di Porcelli Massimiliano — Via Tiburzio Donadon 8, 33170 Pordenone (PN), Italy