Federico Monachesi was born in 1985 in Tucuman, Argentina. By 2005, he was already playing as a dj at pubs and different dance events at his town and starts producing by the nickname 'derick m'. His tunes were mainly deep house and deep progressive. Then, in 2006, Fede dedicates to produce straight progressive house, and under the name Federico Monachesi, he catches the attention of many djs, getting his tracks played by Hernan Cattaneo, Gerardo Boscarino, Bobby Deep, Guille Quero, DJ Tarkan, Martin Garcia, Martin Bonansea, Christos Fourkis and Nicholas Van Orton to name a few.