Nicola Di Giacomo is born in the city of Salerno, Italy in 1974. His mother instilled and nourished his passion for music. At the age of eight, he begins to show interest in the disco-music genre, growing up with artists such as Giorgio Moroder, Cerrone and Gino Soccio. A few years later he becomes entranced with the budding New York and Italian house scenes. Soon after, Nicola sets up a home studio, and although poorly equipped, manages to record his first demos; later developed in professional studios. From 1994 onwards, his first productions begin, with DJ Nicolass constantly searching for innovative sounds, consolidating his own unique style of fuzz-funk crammed with matchless grooves and sounds. Joe develops the love for artists like Daft Punk, Cassius, and Junior Jack, incorporating these sounds with those used in French-house. In the mean time he establishes several important working friendship, continuously acquiring fresh electronic beats. Shortly, DJ Nicolass finds himself exporting his talent and music to both Germany and Austria, where he embarked on a tour of local nightclubs. In recent years will know the nickname "Joe Manina", producing several songs such as "Pussymen" and "Haunted House", released by the "TIME RECORDS", remixing various productions, until the arrival of the project "NU MOODS" thanks to which will scale the charts. Actually he works constantly and always looking for new sounds for his mixes. In 2012, he founded a new own label "Blast Records".