Xavi Altés aka USMEV was born in Barcelona. He learned to play the piano and guitar at the conservatory during his childhood. He started playing as a dj and producing at the age of 16, releasing his first tracks in 2001. Some of his releases ended up on labels as MBF Ltd (DE), Resopal Schallware (DE), Cymasonic (NO) and Traum Schallplatten (DE), among many others. Xavi has played with artists such as Redshape, Anton Pieete, Lee Van Dowsky, Mirko Loko, Fairmont and Luna City Express; and his releases received the support from artists such as Laurent Garnier, Luciano, Richie Hawtin, Stacey Pullen, Joseph Capriati, Agoria, Marco Carola and Danny Tenaglia, among others. He was also predicted as one of the 15 Spanish artists to look at by the leading music publication Remezcla, Maya Jane Coles charted his remix of Maurice Aymard's "Dead feat. Colorado", and “Rondure EP” (MBF Ltd, 2014) was also described as “deep house for fine ears” by the prestigious magazine DJ Mag, which rated the release with an outstanding 8'5.