Vincent Ache

Vincenzo Pati. The passion struck me at the age of 14. Thedials, switches and blinking lights of hi-fi control panelsstirred a curiosity that, soon enough, became amazementas I spun vinyl and funk flowed forth: Archie Bell & the Drells,Average White Band, Brass Construction, Cameo, ColonelAbrams, James Brown, Roy Ayers, Steve Arrington, andothers. Soon enough, I realized that music was becomingmore than a passion. Gripped by the soul music dubbedPhiladelphia sound and, soon thereafter, the wider world ofAfro music, it dawned on me that music had become a drug.I began working in a bank at the age of 23. The drabsurroundings, however, never pulled me away from music. Iwas becoming hooked on house music, at the time anascent yet quickly rising movement. A close childhoodfriend, was becoming a DJ and producer