Born in Rome, Max Durante is one of the pioneers of Electro made in Italy and one of veterans of italian Techno (he was a part, with Lory D and Leo Anibaldi, of Sound Of Rome). Strongly influenced by Hip Hop and Electro Funk of the 80s, Durante had released his tracks (sometimes a pure old-school Electro made with analog equipments, sometimes a Modern Techno) on respected labels like 7b, Electrix, MinimalRome and Monotone. In the past he has founded, with Anthony Rother, the project called Netzwerk Europa, has started a join-venture with Keith Tucker from Aux 88 and has collaborated with Tuxedomoon for the re-press of their album on International Deejay Gigolo. In the spring of 2009 he created three new digital labels: Analog Dust, Sintetico and Macroaudio. In the same time he has re-launched Prodamkey, the music platform born in 1998.