john acquaviva born in 1963 is an italianborn canadian dj producer artist and musical entrepreneurjohn began his international career in 1989 with richie hawtin by founding one of the worlds best known and influential techno labels plus 8 records the founding of plus 8 records put john acquaviva and richie hawtin at the vanguard of the emerging international electronic music movement and dj culturein 1993 acquaviva and hawtin also founded definitive recordings and the label is now celebrating 20 years of club and underground anthems an acknowledged pioneer of new music and ideas john was one of the first people to take notice and embrace electronic musics digital future at the dawn of 2000 by championing final scratch and following that success john took another step to help found and launch beatportcom the largest dancemusic download site in the worldhe currently runs definitive recordings a label that he began in 1993 with richie hawtin and karl kowalski after the labels hiatus in the late 1990s acquaviva relaunched definitive recordings in 2005 with an entertainment attorney mark quail since then the label has carved out a name with its distinctive driving but funky tech house sound and six number one tunes on beatportcomnot satisfied with just his own work john started fostering new artists for his definitive label djs and producers such as olivier giacomotto simon doty damon jee dj tonio jan van lier and dan diamonhaving been on the international dj circuit since the founding of plus 8 in 1990 and on a perpetual world tour ever since john achieved his commercial pinnacle in 2006 with acquaviva reaching no22 on the dj mag 2006 listhis international career has spanned well over two decades at the very highest level throughout thousands of parties with millions of people having heard him play keeping him in high demand john has had both personally and with his label six number ones and narrowly missed a seventh when his track sofa king made together with olivier giacomotto peaked at number two on the overall beatport chartin december john acquaviva released an official music video for the underground track good music made together with alex delia nihil young and the us based singer dan diamond official music video for good music