DJs from Mars is an Italian DJ and production team. They are known for their mashups of popular songs turned into electro dance music.

Background

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in the late 1990s. Both of them were producing songs for the label under different nicknames. It was only after a few years and several tracks together that they initiated the common project "DJs From Mars". Their videos on YouTube reached over 300 million views. With the help of their American manager

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. In 2013 DJs From Mars were ranked in DJ MAG's list of TOP 100 DJS. In 2015 they are featured as main characters in the Gillette advertising campaign “Shave Forth”.

Recognition

Lady Gaga featured their bootlegs of "Metallica vs Lady Gaga" on Twitter. Their productions are frequently featured on YouTube, as well. The duo received over 10 million views on their channel, and reached the 100.000 fans mark on their Facebook fan page in May 2012.

DJ career

Famous for wearing cardboard boxes on their heads while playing live, they performed at a number of night clubs and events over the world including Europe, USA, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Canada, and China. They opened for Tiesto in Atlantic City in March 2011. In 2022 they played at the Tomorrowland Mainstage.

Discography

Albums

2010

*''Alien Nation vol.1'' *''Alien Nation vol.2'' *''Bootfellas''

2013

*''Bootzilla''

2014

*''Bootzilla: Vol. 2''

2015

*''Bootzilla: Vol. 3''

2018

*''Bootzilla: Vol. 4''

2022

*''Bootzilla: Vol. 5''

Singles and EPs

*2003 ** Non Dormo Più - (Bliss Corporation) *2004 ** Open Sesame - (Movimental) ** Kipo Mambo (Mama Made a Disco Groove) *2007 ** The Motherfucker - (GreenPark) *2008 ** Who Gives A Fuck About Deejays - (The Dominion) ** Dirty Mary (My Name Is) ** Saturday Night On The Moon *2009 ** Suono & Immagine ** Don't Give Up ** Revolution Radio - as db Pure vs. Djs From Mars *2010 ** Luv 2 Like It - as Rico Bernasconi vs. Djs From Mars ** Club Bizarre - as

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vs. Djs From Mars *2011 ** Sex Bass & Rock 'n' Roll 2k11 -

vs. Djs From Mars ** Can't Come Home - as Picco vs. Djs From Mars ** Que Pasa - as

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+ Djs From Mars + Bellani & Spada *2012 ** Insane (In Da Brain) - as Djs From Mars featuring Fragma ** Phat Ass Drop (How To Produce A Club Track Today) *2013 ** Rock'N'Roll *2014 ** Welcome To The Darkside - as Djs From Mars vs. David Puentez ** Hardcore Vibes - as Djs From Mars vs. Picco ** Devil In My Brain - as Djs From Mars vs. Carnival featuring James F. Dini ** Unconditional Symphony -as Djs From Mars vs. The Urban Love ** The Night Rave Before Christmas EP *2015 ** Raving Bad EP *2016 ** Stronger - with Luca Testa featuring Becko ** Bootylicious EP *2017 ** Decks & Drops & Rock'n'Roll *2018 ** Somewhere Above The Clouds ** Gam Gam ** Christmas Pack *2019 ** The Spring Break Bootleg Pack ** The Summer Bangerz EP ** The Unforgettable EP *2020 ** Summer 2020 Bootleg Pack ** All I Want For Christmas Is Groove Bootleg Pack *2021 ** Sunday Morning ** The Drop - with

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, Rudeejay and Da Brozz ** Sunglasses At Night - as Djs From Mars featuring JD Davis ** Summer On Mars Bootleg Pack *2022 ** Killing Me Softly - with Gabry Ponte ** Christmas In The Club Bootleg EP

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'' Top 100 DJs

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Djs from mars Italian DJs Living people Ableton Live users 1979 births Masked musicians Electronic dance music DJs