Has played with Redshape, Anton Pieete, Lee Van Dowsky, Mirko Loko, Fairmont or Luna City Express, and his releases received the support from Laurent Garnier, Luciano, Richie Hawtin, Agoria and Danny Tenaglia, among others.
Xavi Altés was born in Barcelona. He learned to play the piano and guitar at the conservatory during his childhood. He started playing as a dj and producing at the age of 16, releasing his first tracks in 2001. Some of his releases ended up on labels as MBF Ltd (DE), Resopal Schallware (DE), Cymasonic (NO), Bogota Records (NO), Traum Schallplatten (DE) or Monza Ibiza Records (ES).
He has played with artists such as Redshape, Anton Pieete, Lee Van Dowsky, Mirko Loko, Fairmont and Luna City Express; and his releases received the support from artists such as Laurent Garnier, Luciano, Richie Hawtin, Stacey Pullen, Joseph Capriati, Agoria, Marco Carola and Danny Tenaglia, among others.
After landing in the Traxsource Deep House list and staying there for several weeks, he was predicted as one of the 15 Spanish artists to look at by the leading music publication Remezcla, Maya Jane Coles charted his remix of Maurice Aymard's "Dead feat. Colorado", and “Rondure EP” (MBF Ltd, 2014) was also described as “deep house for fine ears” by the prestigious magazine DJ Mag, which rated the release with an outstanding 8'5.
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DISCOGRAPHY:
Usmev - Ànima i Vèrsus / Resopal Schallware - 2011
Legobox - Deep Fried Onions EP - Usmev Remix / 10Kilo Records - 2011
Usmev - Strato / Dubhe Recordings - 2012
Usmev - Cosmica / Sintetics - 2012
Usmev & Maurice Aymard - Blow / Tenampa Recordings - 2013
Usmev - Crazy Bastard / Monza Ibiza Records - 2013
V/A (Usmev) - Back To Life EP "Brot" / Cymasonic Recordings - 2013
Usmev - Dynamic EP / Cymasonic Recordings - 2013
Usmev - Typa / Sintetics - 2014
Usmev - Twilight Room feat Bleu Renee / Bogota Records - 2014
Maurice Aymard - Between Stars Remixes Part II - Dead (Usmev Remix) / Galaktika - 2014
Usmev - Rondure EP / MBF Ltd - 2014
Usmev - Deepermeister EP / Cymasonic - 2014
Brunetto - Cynnamon (Usmev remix) / Irregular Label - 2014
V/A (Usmev) - Tour de Traum vol.9 "Tanzfläche Unter Den Sternen" / Traum Schallplatten - 2014
V/A (Usmev) - Smells Like Winter "Supreme Being" / Seven Villas Music - 2015
Trulz & Robin - Adventure (Usmev remix) / Cymasonic - 2015
Marius Franke - Metropol (Usmev remix) / MBF Ltd - 2015
Usmev - This Vibe EP / Cymasonic - 2015
Usmev - The Tropical Express / MBF Ltd - 2015
Ivaylo - It's All About (Usmev remix) / Bogota Records - 2016
Usmev - I Wanna Dance With You feat. Acid Pimps / Envy Music - 2016
Usmev - Enkimdu und Ninurta / Cymawax - 2016 (12")
Usmev - A Resaon To Dance feat. Camilla Luna (Incl. Johnny Fiasco remix) / Bogota Records - 2017 (12")
Usmev - Fire Groove (Incl. Kresy remix) / Seven Villas Music - 2017
Usmev - You Brought The Light EP / Alma Soul Music - 2017
Usmev - I'll Keep Fighting feat. Camilla Luna (Incl. remixes by Sistema, Javier Orduña & Fernando Lagreca) / Minifunk - 2018 (12")
Adham Zahran - Empire (Carles Xavier remix) / Galaktika - 2018
Usmev - Pompo EP / Jesus Was Black - 2020
V/A (Usmev) - Twisted Artists "Slow Cured" / Gartenhouse - 2020