May 2010  

BIOGRAPHY

Mauro Picotto is an Italian DJ who began his career in 1984, at the age of eighteen, at a club in Piedmont called Top Sound. Following his studies he devoted himself full time to his passion as a DJ and in 1988 he became a finalist in the Italian DMC. In 1989 he won the Walky Cup Competition, broadcast on TV, which enshrined him as the best Italian DJ.
The same year he devoted much of his time to the production of his first album as R.A.F., and he soon became one of the leading producers at Media Records, of which he would eventually become a partner. In the meantime he began to produce himself, releasing massive tracks including Bakerloo Symphony, Iguana and Komodo to name a few, though his fame is mainly due to Lizard, a track that turned into a musical style, receiving awards and accolades from all territories, pushing Mauro to the Olympus of the Top 10 most popular DJs in the world.

In 2001 he began his metamorphosis, leaving Media records and creating Bakerloo and the label Alchemy with Riccardo Ferri. His productions would vary in genres from dance to trance, the most sophisticated techno to an evolution of all that is homemade music.
In 2003 Mauro Picotto created Meganite - Electronic Music Lifestyle - a successful club party linked to the best DJs of the moment. For the Meganite events he has had on his side top artists known today as Chris Liebing, Marco Carola and Adam Beyer, all playing alongside Mauro as Meganite resident DJs. Since the very beginning, the selection of artists chosen for Meganite has been of the highest quality for an evening mainly based on innovative electronic music, a cocktail of pure energy and emotion.

Mauro Picotto has released over 600 productions and numerous remixes, and to date he has sold over six million copies worldwide. He has played in best clubs with the most famous Djs, as well as having participated in all the major events, from Love Parade to Creamfields, MTV Festival, Winter Olympics in Turin, Ultra, Time Warp and Awakenings.

In 2010 Mauro will release his new album, which anticipates his impeccable and unique style for dance music lovers.
Mauro is resident in Italy, and in addition to collecting air miles, he lives between Spain and England where he has family. You can follow him daily on Facebook (Meganite & Mauro Picotto) and on Twitter (MauroPicottoDJ).

FOCUS ON

Mauro Picotto - 2010

With the vapor trail of 'Arrival' still ringing fresh in our ears, Mauro Picotto returns with the first selection of tracks from his eagerly anticipated new album '2010'.
Today's selection shows the two sides of Mauro's productions. On 'Motion' and 'Delicious' we are treated to the melodic Mauro. Warm, sweeping synths. Bright keys, breakdowns, gentle grooves and soft vocals are all present here.
Turning to the dark side, on the flip, we have 'Cold Blood' and '2010'. Icy, precise and industrial sounds are paired with forceful beats and devastating snare rolls to create the perfect contrast to the A side cuts.
A superb selection and one that wets, dare we say drowns, the appetite for the rest of the album!
Tracklist: "Motion", "Delicious", "Cold Blood", "2010" and more...

press release to follow

"2010" Early DJ feedbacks

Joris Voorn - "Very promising! Well produced and grooooovy!"
Umek - "Very cool tracks!!"
Adam Beyer - "Great sounding stuff, been playing Cold Blood for a long time already, really like 2010 also. Full support!"
Marco Carola - "Mauro GO è una Booomba!"
Guy J - "Cold Blood for me."
King Unique - "Motion and Cold Blood here, Nice EP."
Danny Tenaglia - "2010 for me."
Karotte - "Motion is a nice summer track. Love it. Cold Blood and 2010 are great stompin tech tracks. Full support for these 3."
Gregor Tresher - "Strong package!!!"
Laurent Garnier - "I really like Cold Blood."
Dubfire - "Love Motion"
Carlo Lio - "Always cool stuff from Picotto!"
Chloe Harris – (Bedrock) - "Motion isn't what i expect from Mauro at all and its great to hear! Love it. Delicious will be my housey go to. Cold Blood is huge 4 am tune. Chuggy. 2010 is funky but housey. Niceeee. Really aweosme each one is different. I can't wait to hear the rest of the stuff."
Gavin Kingsley – (Carl Cox Global Producer) - "As always - first class production from Mauro. 4 great tracks here - can't wait to hear more of the album."
Monika Kruse - "Good work Mauro! Full support!"
Secret Cinema - "Cold Blood is a peak time stomper!"
Nick Warren - "Motion and Cold Blood for me, good work Mauro!"
Technasia - "Full support. Love Cold Blood & 2010."
Stacey Pullen - "2010 is a solid banger!"
Len Faki - "Chords can be never grow old - Support on Cold Blood."
Elio Riso – (Space) - "Excellent production! Big support Mauro Picotto, Yeah!!!! This is power!"
Mihalis Safras - "Loving Delicious..support from Material."
Gary Beck - "2010 is great!! As is Motion, thanks."
Sian - "Very heavywieght tracks! Will try Delicious."
Sébastien Léger - "Delicious is delicious, will play."
Wally Lopez - "Complete package from housey beat to techno stuff...Delicious for me...Support."
Tom Stephan - "2010 is the one for me!"
Dosem - "I really like the contrast between both sides, Motion and Cold Blood are definitely the one's for me. Clean, deep and powerful!"
Pig & Dan - "Motion...Breathtaking!!"
Hector Romero - "All about Motion for me."
Anton Pieete - "Arrival!! Sounds great! Number 1 in my chart!"
Sian - "Great..loving this Arrival track."
Gel Abril - "Arrival is a bomb!!"
DJ Ralf - "I like Arrival....support!"
Tobi Neumann - "Arrival very funky! I like it!"
Behrouz - "Will play Arrival."
Tassilo (Pan-Pot) - "Delicious is a nice track."

press release to follow

EVENTS

Circus and Meganite

Circus & Meganite in Liverpool with Mauro Picotto - Steve Lawer - Yousef _ Santos - Riva Starr - Lewis Boardman.

www.circusclub.co.uk

Movement

Mauro Picotto at Movement Festival in Detroit (USA).

www.movement.us

Sankeys

Mauro Picotto at Sankeys (Manchester - UK), voted as the number one club in the world.

www.sankeys.info

Coloursfest 2010

Coloursfest, Glasgow, Scotland Meganite arena with Mauro Picotto - Umek - Christian Smith - Lutzenkirchen - Gabry Fasano - Riccardo Ferri live.

www.colours.co.uk

Save the dates

June 10th - S.A. Mauro Picotto 2010 album tour - D-Edge - Sao Paulo
June 11th - S.A. Mauro Picotto 2010 album tour - Club Deportivo - Lima
June 12th - S.A. Mauro Picotto 2010 album tour - Crobar - Buenos Aires

Come Together

Mauro Picotto presents Meganite Thursdays at Space (Ibiza), line up and dates TBA!

DOWNLOADS

Zouk Set

Download the live set from Zouk Singapore mixed by Mauro Picotto.

Click here to download it! (.zip format)

SOCIALIZE

Official MySpace

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Official Facebook Fan Page

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Official Twitter

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