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Artist News
Aeroplane loses pilot
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 18 June 2010
Cosmic disco duo Aeroplane is now a cosmic disco solo project, as Vito De Luca yesterday announced the departure of his production partner Stephen Fasano. The news comes as Wall Of Sound prepare to release the duo’s debut album on 6 Sep.
In a statement, De Luca told fans: “It has been nearly three years since Stephen and I released our first twelve-inch on Eskimo. Nearly three years since we’ve been doing remixes and touring the world as DJs with some success. And for nearly three years we have been enjoying every second of it. Maybe you don’t know this, but Stephen and I have been working together for more than seven years now. Seven years of good and bad times. Seven years of creating different projects, exploring different directions. Today, we are more excited and passionate than ever about creating new music. Except that, [in] the last [few] months, Stephen’s vision and mine [have been] going different ways”.
He continued: “That is the reason why we decided that one of us should leave Aeroplane. Not to destroy it, but to make it last. Discussions were intense, and emotional, but Stephen is leaving me in charge of our baby. I will be, from now on, the one and only member of Aeroplane. Why me? Just because recently, I’ve been responsible for most of the music and the studio work. Aeroplane became more mine than his. There is no angriness here, no conflicts to come, just a mature decision to save what we’ve been building together and that both of us do not want to see disappear”.
Earlier this year, De Luca and Fasano were responsible for Radio 1’s 500th ‘Essential Mix’, kicking off with their forthcoming new single ‘We Can’t Fly’. You can listen to the entire mix here: soundcloud.com/aeroplane/aeroplane-500th-essential-mix-live-from-circus-liverpool
And yes, that is a terrible pun in the headline of this story, but I will tell you now, you got off very lightly.
