Black Loops
Get to know the artist
Black Loops is the name of Riccardo Paffetti, an Italian house DJ and producer based in Berlin. It began as a duo with Gabriele Micheli and has been Paffetti's solo project since 2017. His house draws on New York deep house, 90s Italo house, disco, soul and funk, and has come out on Freerange, Classic, Shall Not Fade and Quality Vibe.
- Labels
His release list also includes Aterral, Toy Tonics, Hudd Traxx and Heist Recordings.
- On the decks
He is a vinyl collector, and digging for records is part of how he plays.
- Country
- Germany
- First RA show
- 2013 · Renate, Berlin
- On RA
- 431 shows in 39 countries
- Released on
- Classic, Freerange Records, Hudd Traxx, Neovinyl Recordings, Pets Recordings, Good Ratio Music
- RA followers
- 15,830
- Plays
- Deep HouseHouse
In our cities
- 113 shows · last Aug 2026 at OXI
- 35 shows · last May 2026 at Night Tales Loft
- 10 shows · last Aug 2026 at De Fik Garden
- 8 shows · last Oct 2025 at Plaza Hotel Sydney
- 7 shows · last Jul 2024 at Elsewhere
- 5 shows · last Nov 2025 at OneSixOne
- 2 shows · last Feb 2026 at WWW
Upcoming across cities
Often on the same bill as
- Harrison BDP
35 shared bills · last Jun 2026
- Carlo
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14 shared bills · last May 2025
- Vithz
11 shared bills · last May 2026
- Demi Riquisimo
7 shared bills · last Jun 2024
- Adryiano
6 shared bills · last May 2024
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