Leo Guardo

I started DJing in the late nineties, still a teenager, playing clubs around Italy through the early 2000s. What shaped me then went from the Afro and tribal end of house, Osunlade and DJ Gregory, through David Morales and Masters At Work, out to Daft Punk, Martin Solveig and Jamie Lewis. Tribal and pop at once, which is still how I play. In 2008 I moved to Australia and the dancefloor became the sideline. I trained as a sound engineer and worked in television audio. I was still playing, but I had never really released anything. Around 2015 Afro Tech arrived through Enoo Napa, Da Capo, Culoe De Song and Black Coffee, and it settled what I wanted to make. The first records came in 2018. Some of it came back around. Enoo Napa remixed my own Niamini on Tribe Records. David Morales and Black Coffee have played my music. DJ Chus reworked Save a Prayer in 2023, it passed two million streams, and in 2025 we made Find You for Armada. I live between Milan and Melbourne now. Most of the work comes from working with singers. Toshi, Lizwi, Idd Aziz, Tabia, Nomvula SA, Hanna Hais and Foozak, on MoBlack, Sondela, Connected, Nervous, Tribe, REDOLENT and VillaHangar. Afro Tech is the centre but not the whole thing. I take as much from soulful electronic music and film scoring as from the floor. In 2026 I started my own label, No Fear Just Love. A way to feel creatively free and release independently. The Vision and Jekalo are out on it with Simone Glad, and there is more coming.