ZAV

Nelson Zavarella (ZAV) was born in Caracas, Venezuela on February 4. At the young age of 4 he moved to Orlando, FL, which he soon learned to be was a hub for dance music. At age 10 ZAV got his first guitar. He loved it from the start and taught himself how to play it. Three years later he decided to start a screamo band with some of his friends. During that time he started using FL Studio to produce backing tracks such as synths for the band. Then one day ZAV was shown a video teaser for Ultra, and it was love at first site. Not only did he make it an immediate goal to go to Ultra, but he also decided he wanted to become a Producer / DJ. At age 15 ZAV began to make Hardstyle and Dubstep tracks. Then ZAV came across a video of Hardwell’s “Encoded”. This motivated him to make house music too.