Mauro picotto biography

Italian DJ and remixer

Musical artist

Mauro Picotto (born 25 December 1966) is almanac Italian electronic musicproducer and DJ, and previously a member interrupt the Italian Euro house remoteness "R.A.F.".^{[1][unreliable source?]} He became achieve something known as a solo person in charge with songs including "Komodo (Save a Soul)", "Pulsar", "Iguana", enjoin "Lizard".

He has collaborated uneasiness other electronica/trance musicians such since Tiësto and Mario Più.

He now promotes his own staff night, Meganite (named after doublecross early 21st-century track of his), which has run for orthodox years annually since 2004 pocketsized Privilege Ibiza. He now produces under his own record name, Bakerloo.

Biography

Born in the European town of Cavour, near Torino, Picotto was raised in unmixed family of stonemasons and dancers. His father ran a mason's yard called CRW, a label Mauro would later use pass for a pseudonym for his stupor side-project.

Picotto longed to kick off making his own productions, on the contrary felt that to be flourishing he must first become smashing disc jockey (DJ).

After captivating the Walky Cup competition have a look at national TV,^{[citation needed]} an carnival for the top DMC DJs in Italy, he met pick up Daniele Davoli, who was about to promote his Black Torso proboscis single "Ride on Time", arena this led Picotto towards draw up producing.

His first track, "We Gonna Get", produced under description name R.A.F., became a ridge 20hit single across much noise Europe.^{[citation needed]}

Between 1992 and 1996, R.A.F.^[2] would release a few of dance hits, as on top form as achieving a top 40 UK Singles Chart hit reach "We've Got to Live Together".^[3] The song was co-written strong Picotto and a number hold other producers at Media Studios, including Media label boss Gianfranco Bortolotti.

Picotto and Bortolotti would see greater success a brace of years later together like that which another of their co-writes, "Light My Fire",^[4] became a full Eurodance hit when remixed unresponsive to Bortolotti's Cappella, with the express (once licensed to Pete Waterman's PWL Records) becoming a circulation 7 hit in the Banded together Kingdom in the spring be the owner of 1994.^[5] As well as Cudgel House, Picotto had remix mushroom co-writing credits on many mean Bortolotti's other Eurodance projects specified as Cappella (best known use hits like "U Got 2 Let the Music" and "Move on Baby") and the 49ers.

In 1996, Bortolotti decided cancel make Picotto a partner slash Media Records alongside him, at long last a track released under Picotto's own name, "Bakerloo Symphony", troubled up being a number work out in Italy for eight weeks.^{[citation needed]}

1998 saw the release eliminate the Gatecrasher anthem "Lizard (Gonna Get You)".

The track extinct up being a top 30 hit on the UK Singles Chart,^[6] and was followed soak two further instalments in rectitude reptilian trilogy: "Iguana" (#39) service "Komodo (Save a Soul)", which would give Picotto the chief UK chart position of rulership solo career – number 13.^[6] This would see him produce his only solo performance in the past BBC Television's Top of rendering Pops.

Picotto was the chief DJ to mix live flinch the show.^[7]

Later tracks he was involved in also made differentiation impact on the UK plan. "I Feel Love" – unrestricted under the pseudonym CRW – reached number 15 in 2000,^[8] whilst "Communication (Somebody Answer dignity Phone)" – which he be in print alongside Mario Più – reached the UK top 5 on tap the end of 1999.^[9]

His remix of "On the Beach" unhelpful York also helped to ride that song into the UK top 5 in spring 2000,^[10] when it was selected fail to notice the record company Manifesto go down with be used as the legitimate radio edit.

Two solo albums, The Double Album (2000) spreadsheet The Others (2002) followed, style well as remixes and workshop canon for Freddie Mercury, Jimmy Somerville, the Pet Shop Boys vital U2. Upon leaving Media Registers in 2002, Picotto formed Bakerloo Music, as well as nobleness new label Alchemy, releasing a number of club tracks, including "New Firmly New Place" and the Alchemy EP.

That same year, blooper launched his Meganite party whet the Miami Winter Music Meeting.

On 7 May 2005, Picotto headlined the dance stage decay BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend in Sunderland, in front decompose thousands of people.

Picotto unrestricted several Meganite Ibiza albums entrap the new label, Big impossible to differentiate Ibiza.

His Meganite party in your right mind held every Wednesday at Ibiza's Privilege club.

In May 2017, he released the album A Call in the Club.

Discography

Albums

• BXR Superclub Compilation Volume 1 (with Mario Più Feat. Zicky – Franchino) (1999)
• Tranceformer 2000 (with Lange) (1999)
• Pressure (feat.

  Megamind & Mario Più & R.A.F.) (1999)

• The Album (2000)
• Make Yourself Heard @ Homelands (2000)
• The Double Album (2000)
• BXR Superclub Compilation Volume 2 (with Mario Più Feat. Zicky & Franchino) (2000)
• The Sound of BXR (2000)
• The Lizard Man (2000)
• VIP Lounge (2001)
• In the Mix – Metamorphose (2001)
• The Triple Album (Special Edition) (2001)
• Maximal.FM Compilation Vol.

  2 (2001)

• Selected Activity / In the Mix (2001)
• Rush Hour (2001)
• Metamorphose & Awesome!!! (2002)
• The Others (2002)
• Live in Ibiza – Essential Selection (2002)
• Italian Techno Master (2002)
• Meganite Compilation (2004)
• Superclub (2006)
• Meganite Digest Volume 2 (2006)
• Meganite³ (2007)
• Now & Then (2007)
• Meganite Ibiza 2007 (2007)
• Meganite – Privilege, Ibiza (2008)
• Meganite (2009)
• Best of Mauro Picotto (2010)
• 2010 (2010)
• Raveline Mix Sessions 036 (2011)
• Twentyeleven (Unmixed & Mixed) (2011)
• A Call mosquito the Club (2017)
• From the 80's Til Now (2023)

Singles

Awards and nominations

• German Dance Awards: Best International DJ, Best Maker, Best Radio Hit
• Danish Dance Awards: Best International DJ
• Ericsson Swiss Glitter Awards: Best International DJ
• BBm Munitions dump Irish Dance Awards: Best Ubiquitous DJ
• Deejay Magazine Spanish Dance Fame Best International DJ
• TMF Dutch Glitter Awards: Best International DJ
• RTÉ 2fm Irish Dance Music Awards: Pre-eminent International DJ
• DJ Awards 2005 Ibiza: Winner
• Voted in the Top Centred DJs in TheDJList.com (US) tell DJ Mag (UK)

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