Vincenzo Siracusa or Pepper as he is known to many has been surrounded by music all his life. His father once in a small band and mother in the fashion industry, he was inspired from a very early age and absorbed all he could. As a child he took piano and guitar lessons, but soon found a true passion for drums. It is here where his true love for beats was found.By the age of 12 Pepper was a drummer in a band with his friends making music and writing lyrics. Here he discovered a genuine passion for producing, sampling and experimenting with various music and sounds.
As his musical tastes and knowledge expanded he took a strong liking to House music, Garage, Jungle and “Dance” music in general, however always still enjoyed listening to Soul, R’n’B, Hip-Hop and every other genre of music for that matter. Pepper consequently became interested in DJs and DJing techniques such as mixing, beat-juggling and scratching and it was then a new DJ was born.
Pepper stared DJing aged 14 and was strongly influenced by the House and Garage scene of the eighties and nineties, especially from artist such as Todd Terry, Masters At Work, Frankie Knuckles, Kerri Chandler, Grant Nelson and Todd Edwards to name a just few.
Brought up listening to London based underground pirate radio stations, Pepper was eager to find the right connections that would eventually lead him to his own show on radio. His radio career started by playing on various radio stations as a guest and soon enough he secured his own radio show on Ouch FM in 2000. In 2005 he left Ouch FM to pursue his career as a DJ, on London’s leading House music radio station UNKNOWN FM. His “Audio Therapy” radio show has been running ever since.
When it comes to radio Pepper excels in professionalism and confidence, generating a huge response from the listeners, who many have followed over the years. The combination of exclusive, fresh, contemporary underground music mixed with Pepper's unique style and presentation make his shows popular and interesting for the audience. His experience and confidence is also reflected when performing in clubs. Pepper started performing as a DJ by organising house parties, performing at various schools, collages, universities and progressing into pubs, bars and clubs at a very early age. More recently Pepper has been performing at clubs such as Ministry Of Sound and tours Greece and other parts of Europe every summer. Last summer he has also performed in the Middle East and at the closing parites in Ibiza.
He is experienced in playing in all types of venues and on all types of sound systems, and loves to get involved with the crowd however big or small. He is a true raver at heart, so is great at judging a crowd and simply giving them exactly what they want and has single handedly created his own following of people that love his music over the years.
Pepper has matured into a versatile and diverse DJ, that plays and mixes all types of music for all types of people. His sets mainly consists of a mixture of Deep, Soulful, Tech and Jackin' House music, blended in with hints of Latin, Tribal, Minimal, Progressive and Electro House from all over the world creating a unique sound.
Dr Pepper has achieved so much at such a young age and is determined to be amongst the best and reach the top, and his enthusiasm, persistents and characteristics show that he has the potential. He is an up and coming rising artist, with a genuine love for the music and is a name to watch out for in the future.
Dr Pepper's Audio Therapy radio show has been running on Unknown FM since 2005. He was introduced to the station through Dave Jones of Room Control Records, who Pepper had been working with at the time. After performing a number of radio shows with Dave Jones on a Friday morning from 10AM - 12PM, Pepper was offered his own radio slot on a Thursday morning from 8AM - 10AM.
After four years of waking up London with his weekly prime-time, drive-time morning show, Pepper took a break from breakfast radio and after a few months away from the airwaves, he decided it was time to change his showtime. In December 2008 Pepper was back with a brand new slot of Thurday nights from 10PM - 12AM (GMT) on Unknown FM.
Pepper is a true house music lover, who plays all types of house music. You will mainly find him playing a mixture of Soulful, Deep, Triblal, Jackin, Tech, Latin and Funky Uplifting underground House music on his radio shows. Depending on his mood you may also hear the odd hint of Minimal, Progresive and Electro House thrown in for good measure.
Pepper has previously presented and interviewed various international artists on Unknown FM including Pound Boy's Craig C (Look At You Records / USA), DJ Virus (Galaxy Space Night / RaBe FM / Swizterland), Brian Morris (Ministry Of Sound Radio / UK), DJ Romain (Nu Faze Records / USA), Pat Bedeau (Strictly Music) and many many more.
Apart from DJing and producing, Pepper also finds the time to help manage and maintain an internet based radio station / television channel called UKFLOW (www.ukflow.tv), which has been established since 2004. "Flow" is a platform for young, talented UK artists to perform their talent to the world through the internet. It has a huge following and international recognition, which is growing on a daily basis. It has been featured in newspaapers on numerous occasions and has be labeled as one of the fastest growing internet radio stations in the UK.
UKFlow is currently recruiting DJs, MCs, vocalists, presenters ...etc... so if you have a talent that you want to promote to the world through radio / television, contact Pepper at
for more information.
The Natural Born Funkers are a collective of artists formed in 2003 and originally consisted of Dr Pepper & Mr Curtesy. The pair met and joined forces on Ouch FM, where they shared a radio show every day of the week for more then two years.
The duo later discovered that not only did they share the same birthday but also shared the same dream and that was to become well established artists in the industry and to travel the world doing what they loved doing best...DJing.
In 2005 the pair came that one step closer to making their dream a reality when they single handedly organised and accomplished a successful tour of Greece playing in some of the best clubs and bars in Athens, Zakinthos / Zante and Monevasia amongst many other places.
The tour was so successful that the duo revisited Greece the following year and completed yet another memorable tour in 2006, this time visiting Kos, Rhodes, Zakinthos / Zante and once again returning to Athens.
//DJ Curtesy
Room Control Records
In 2004 Pepper was introduced to DJ / producer Dave Jones, the founder of the independent record label Room Control Records. They met through a mutual friend and it was not long before Dave asked Pepper to join him on his Room Control Radio Show on Unknown FM (Fridays 10AM – 12PM).
Towards the end of that year Dave organised a Room Control Tour in Australia for six weeks and asked Pepper to cover his radio show. Once Dave returned and after a few more radio shows together, the Unknown FM management were keen to offer Pepper his own radio slot and he has been on there ever since.
Pepper gradually became more involved with the label, working on releases, promotion, radio interviews and club nights, where he played at clubs such as London’s Ministry Of Sound on numerous occasions representing Room Control.
After many years in the music industry Dave Jones believed it was time for him to retire and due to the unfortunate decline in world record sales within the record industry, the label suffered greatly and was forced to take a break and re-evaluate its position.
With releases from many international recognised artists such as The Nights Of The Round Tables, DJ Romain, DJ Spen & The Muthafunkaz, it was difficult for a small independent record label to continue working with such high profile artists and still keep to its high quality standard of productions, so the label was sold in 2007 to be managed by a bigger more established label.
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