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Italian superstar DJ Ricky Montanari talks with InternetDJ courtesy of "Roberta". Find out everything you wanted to know about this talented DJ right here on InternetDJ. Which is the first Club where have you been worked? The first club in which I have played has been the Mirage in 1979, a very small club in Rimini centre, where I organized some parties for students on Saturdays afternoon. Which is your preferred club and why? At the moment it’s Club Stereo at Montreal, the dream that comes true for every dj, open 12 hours, with the best sound system of the world and a great console like a mini apartment with every kind of possible comfort for a dj that has to play for a lot of time, a little bit like the style of the legendary Paradise Garage, a club to which the founder, Angel Moraes, has totally inhaled. Which music do you play and do you feel more yours? Basically every track that can be danced and suited for my personal taste, I know that with this I have said both everything and nothing, but it goes really like this. Your longer set? 7/8 hours to the Club Stereo. Which is the best dj set that you have ever heard? I have heard many and different dj sets during the years and it would be really hard to say which was the best, I could list some djs that have surely left a sign in my heart: Kid Batchelor, Cirillo, Flavio Vecchi, Tony Humphries, Danny Tenaglia, Mozart & Rubens, Dave Piccioni, Carl Cox, Sander Kleinenberg, Dave Morales, Frankie Knuckles, Ralf and naturally the master of all of us Mr. Larry Levan, even if for him obviously only on tapes and ampexs. Which is the best way for being regenerated himself/herself/themselves after an evening? Sex, little darlings and a good sleep. What do you listen at 8 in the morning? Drum and bass. Do you think that in Italy Clubs will last other 10 years? Troubles if it were not this way. When you are not busy to the console where do we find you? In my country house to play with my daughter or in garden with a good book, or in study with my sweet "half" Davide Ruberto. Where do you see yourself in 10 years? I hope in this world to make more or less the things that I do now. How have you decided to become a dj? Simply being with my nose attached to Mozart’s console at Angels’ Bay. Describe your perfect weekend. Take the airplane with my love and some friends to go to play we can say at London, the day after take back the airplane to go to Ibiza to play and even to stay for few days to relax. How much is it important for a dj to become a producer? A lot but not fundamental, it’s important if it is a felt thing and it certainly helps to understand better the music and to make to be known at international level. What do you think records market crisis is owed to? Surely to the possibility of download free on the net a lot of products that are in circulation, but also to the scarce quality that products have sometimes and here I generally refer mostly to dance music. What do you think that success is? Maybe it’s the recognition from the public to the love that an artist puts in his job. How do you take care of your professional image? Unfortunately I am not a great administrator of my professional image. The figure of the dj looks like more always to a rock star, do you agree? I would say that we are a little bit away from rockstars, we are surely more approachable. How do you choose the music you play? Exclusively according to my taste, I think that’s fundamental. Does club culture exist? It should exist. Do you think that in this moment is there a crisis in club sector? Tell me a sector that is not in crisis!!! Do Italian clubs have to envy anything from European ones? More than to envy they should learn some things that abroad are more considered, as sound system, no vocalist, great events. What do you think about Italian house productions? Generally unremarkable. "I Am A Dj I Am What I Play", is the refrain of an old disk of David Bowie: Do you recognize yourself in these words…