It all started in 1998 on a houseboat in Helsinki harbour. Roberto Rodriguez was one of the organisers of a "swimming" club night. It all went well till the day of the closing party: some time in August '98, almost the entire Finnish Dj and producer scene played the venue and after a successful night, Roberto & the posse went for a last afterparty to a friend's house. A few hours later, hardly awake, Roberto watched the newsflash on TV showing his boat - his house, his working place, his party venue, his home. It had sunk shortly after their departure. Roberto lost an impressive collection of classic techno and house records, an elaborated light & sound system and an awful lot of personal stuff. Working as a garbage truck driver, Roberto still invested all income he could afford in music production equipment. After several months "on the road", he became a producer.

Just a few years later, Simpatico Roberto is known as the producer of the Future Beat Investigators, responsible for their massive success on labels like Raw Fusion or Sonar Kollektiv, also responsible for oldschool-ish Housebombs on Laka or Frisbee Tracks. So far, some might also know him as a part of the Acid Kings (Sähkö Recordings/ Keys Of Life) or for the 90s Deephouse he dropped via Stereo Deluxe. With the “Engine EP” he opens his book again, reading the new lines of the “Rodriguez House Sound”, this time on Plastic City.