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Mauro Picotto

Mauro Picotto (born December 25, 1966 in Cavour, Italy) is an Italian electronic music artist. Previously a member of Italian rave outfit Cappella, he became well-known as a solo artist with techno-trance tracks including "Komodo (2000)," "Pulsar (2001, with new mixes in 2002)" and most famously for "Lizard" (1999, remixed in 2000). He has collaborated with other, high-profile techno-trance musicians such as Tiësto and Mario Più. He now promotes his own techno club night, Meganite (named after an early 21st century track of his), which has run for consectutive years annually since 2005 at Privilege Ibiza. He now produces under his own label, Bakerloo.

Biography This section is written like an advertisement. Please help rewrite this section from a neutral point of view. (June 2008) Born in the Italian town of Cavour, near Turin, Picotto was raised in a family of stonemasons and dancers. His father ran a mason’s yard called CRW, a name Mauro would later use as a pseudonym for his trance side-project. Picotto longed to start making his own productions, but felt that to be successful he must first become a DJ and learn exactly what people wanted to hear in a record. After winning the Walky Cup competition on national TV[citation needed], an event for the top DMC[clarification needed] DJs in Italy, he got a chance to meet with Daniele Davoli who was there to promote his Black Box single "Ride On Time", and this led Picotto to really throw himself into music production. His first track "We Gonna Get", produced under the name RAF, became a Top 20 hit across much of Europe[citation needed] and Picotto had well and truly caught the bug. Another RAF release followed, alongside remixes and co-writing credits for the likes of Clubhouse (who had a huge European hit with 'Light My Fire'), Cappella (best-known for rave hits like 'U Got 2 Let The Music' and 'Move On Baby') and the 49ERS. Soon the time was right to release a track under his own name and the resulting record, "Bakerloo Symphony", ended up being Number 1 in Italy for eight weeks.[citation needed] Also in 1996 Mauro became a partner in Media Records alongside Gianfranco Bortolotti.

1998 saw him make his bid for UK stardom, with the release of the Gatecrasher anthem "Lizard" – a record that, for many, summed up the hegemony of the emerging trance sound. The track ended up being a Top 30 hit - charting at #27 in the UK - and was followed by two further instalments in the reptilian trilogy: "Iguana" (#39) and "Komodo", which would give Mauro the highest UK chart position of his career - #11. This would seem him make his one and only solo performance on the BBC chart show Top of the Pops. Mauro was the first DJ to ever mix live on the show.[1] Later tracks he was involved in also made an impact on the UK charts. "I Feel Love" - released under the pseudonym CRW - reached #12 in 2000, whilst "Communication (Somebody Answer The Phone)" - which he produced alongside his friend and fellow Italian DJ Mario Piu - became the anthem for mobile phones (which was the basis of its leading riff) when it reached the UK Top 5 at the end of 1999, having received popular Ibiza attention all summer long Mauro's remix of the Balearic trance hit "On The Beach" by York, also helped to propel that song into the UK Top Five in Spring 2000, when it was selected by the record company - Manifesto - to be used as the official Radio Edit. Two solo albums, The Double Album (2000) and The Others (2002), came next, as well as remixes and productions for the likes of Freddie Mercury, Jimmy Somerville, the Pet Shop Boys and U2. Unfortunately, it didn’t take long for other producers to start to cash in on the Picotto sound and soon everybody was aping his tough, uncompromising style.[citation needed] Having paid his dues, and notching up a string of hits, it was time for Picotto’s metamorphosis from chart-friendly trance-techno star to full-blown, underground techno legend. “I used to play 6-hour sets at Gatecrasher,” Picotto explains. “But I began to grow up and the generation of people I was playing to was growing up with me. I began to make the transition into techno because it felt right and I loved the music. It wasn’t like I suddenly said, ‘ Right, now I’m going to play techno.’ I just like good music and I’m proud that, as well as creating new fans, I’ve brought a lot of my old fans with me and opened them up to a new style of music.” Picotto has made an estimated 250 tracks to date.[citation needed] After leaving Media Records in 2002, Picotto formed Bakerloo Music, as well as a new label Alchemy, releasing several massive club tracks, including "New Time New Place" and the "Alchemy EP." That same year he launched his Meganite party at the Miami Winter Music Conference and tickets instantly became must-haves for the assembled danceratti (dance glitterati). This party has become a bedrock in Ibiza, with Picotto having a resident DJ slot in the Meganite event held every Wednesday throughout the summer at Privilege, Ibiza (The World's Biggest Club). Having seen residents including Adam Beyer, Chris Liebing, Mistress Barbara, John Aquaviva and Marco Carola, with Mauro himself supplying the unique vibe of fat bass and throbbing grooves that have characterized his career, the event returns to Ibiza this year for 16 weekly nights over the season, highlighted by Meganite’s 5th birthday which is set to be the event of the summer, featuring a “Mega” live show by Italian electronic music giants Subsonica, alongside Picotto and special guest Claudio Coccoluto. Now a phenomenon by any standards, Meganite is continuously going from strength to strength, hosting nights all over the world and this year returning to Ibiza for its fifth successful year at Privilege. Meganite is the full and complete representation of Mauro’s desires. It’s his people with his favourite DJs doing what they want to do, knowing it’s what the crowd wants too. To celebrate this achievement, Picotto has released the new album,Meganite Ibiza, on new label Big In Ibiza. A 2CD mix representing the eclectic sounds of Meganite. Classics remixed & new and upfront bangers from Mauro and his team of like-minded studio manipulators. Apart from still keeping busy on the studio buttons and running his own event, Picotto is spending most of 2008 as the wandering entertainer he is. Jumping on jets, arriving in some city anywhere on earth, playing 8 hours of unique, pulsating electronic grooves and then jumping on another jet. He is the wandering minstrel of the 21st century and his career has no inclination of ending soon! Discography Albums * The Album, The Double Album, The Triple Album (Special Edition) (2000) * The Others (2002) * Live in Ibiza (2002) * Superclub (2006) * Now & Then (2007) * Mauro Picotto Presents Meganite Ibiza Singles * "My House/Bakerloo Symphony" (1996) * "Angel's Symphony" (1996) * "Lizard" (1998) * "Lizard (Gonna Get You)" (1999) UK #27 * "Lizard (Gonna Get You)" (Remix) (1999) UK #33 * "Iguana" (1999) UK #39 * "Pulsar" (1999) * "Komodo" (2000) UK #13 * "Bug/Eclectic" (2000) * "Come Together" (2000) * "Pegasus" (2000) * "Proximus" (2000)- heavily samples "Adiemus" by Adiemus * "Like This Like That" (2001) UK #21 * "Verdi" (2001) UK #74 * "Pulsar" 2002 (2002) UK #35 * "Back to Cali" (2002) UK #42 * "Evribadi" (2007) Awards * German Dance Awards: Best International DJ, Best Producer, Best Radio Hit * Danish Dance Awards: Best International DJ * Ericsson Swiss Dance Awards: Best International DJ * BBm Magazine Irish Dance Awards: Best International DJ * Deejay Magazine Spanish Dance Awards Best International DJ * TMF Dutch Dance Awards: Best International DJ * RTÉ 2fm Irish Dance Music Awards: Best International DJ * DJ Awards 2005 Ibiza: Winner * Voted in the Top 100 DJs in TheDJList.com (USA) and DJ Mag (UK)

 

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