Shield

Shield is the owner and mastermind of Rebirth Records. With an ethos centered around the foundations of house music, Rebirth rapidly cultivated a reputation, refusing to conform, not following given trends, but creating its own unique sound; building a link between the 'soul' of a song and combining it with a contemporary modern sounds! Their releases quickly became an 'essential must' in the record bags of the most respected DJs Internationally, so therefore, it's not surprising that Rebirth has been aptly dubbed the 'best Italian house label'. Shield is also one half of NUfrequency, responsible for producing the breathtaking 'Go That Deep', featuring the amazing vocals of the legendary Shara Nelson (who achieved global success as part of trip-hop pioneers Massive Attack). Signed to NRK in the Uk the single has been hailed as the 'best soulful house tune of 2008'. And also 'Fallen Hero' featuring Ben Onono, which is the most charted tune ever on Resident Advisor. Shield has recently re-edited house classics from Frankie Knuckles, Lil'Louis, A Guy Called Gerald, Alison Limerick and Tony Ransom. The result is something really hot that made jumpin key djs like Pete Tong, Michel Cleis, Dennis Ferrer, Locodice, Luciano, X-Press2, Deetron, Ashley Beedle, Rolando, Wolf & Lamb, Sebo K, Ralf and 2000 And One. His collaborations with Robytek gave life to the singles 'Pump It' featuring Foremost Poets in 2009, the strong 'Dowtntown Soul' in 2011 and a take on Adeva's gave classic 'In and Out of My Life' fort he legendary Easy Street Recordings, played a lot by djs like Tony Humphries, Cassius and Jazzanova. In 2012 the release of 'Way Of Life' EP on Luciano's amazing label Cadenza. Shield played gigs in Poland (Piekarnia and Utopia in Warsaw), Czech Republic (Radost and Duplex in Prague), Uk (Ministry Of Sound and Turnmills in London, Nottingham and Manchester), Germany (Tresor in Berlin), Miami (Nikki Beach, Shelbourne and Club Sin), Ibiza (Eden, Café Mambo, Café' Del Mar).