Loco Dice (born Yassine Ben Achour on 10 August 1974) is a GermanDJ and electronic music producer born and based in Düsseldorf, Germany. He is best known for his work in the house and tech house genres and his residencies at Ibiza nightclubs Space and Hi Ibiza.[4]
Background and career
Loco Dice was born to Tunisian parents, who immigrated to Düsseldorf, where he was born and raised.[5] Loco Dice started his career as a hip hop DJ and rapper, establishing a residency at local Düsseldorf club, Salon des Amateurs, before gaining support slots for performers such as Usher, Ice Cube, Jamiroquai, Snoop Dogg and R. Kelly.
He eventually, transitioned to house and techno, upon the urging of fellow DJs, Timo Maas and Sven Vath, after a summer in Ibiza in 2002. Since then, Dice has been a staple in the electronic music scene performing at venues such as Space, Fabric, or Time Warp[6] He has released records on labels such as Ovum, M-nus, Cadenza, Cocoon and Four Twenty, as well as his own imprint label, Desolat.[6] He also compiled and mixed "Time Warp 07", a double CD featuring various minimal tracks.[7]
Since 2002, Dice has been a staple on the Ibiza summer circuit, formerly with Carl Cox at Space and Ushuaïa but as of 2022, dividing his time between Pacha and Hi Ibiza. Outside the dance music scene, Loco Dice has written runway soundtracks for Argentine-Italian fashion designer, Marcelo Burlon during Men’s Fashion Week in Milan for the FW2020 and SS2020 seasons.[8]
Discography
Albums
7 Dunham Place (4x12") Desolat (DMD Discomania), 2009 / CD / digital) Desolat, 2009
