Gaudi (musician)
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Daniele Gaudi |
| Also known as | Gaudi, Dub Alchemist, Groovekilla, Mad Master Moog, Lele Gaudi, |
| Born |
12 July 1963 Bologna, Italy |
| Genres | Dub, reggae, electronica, world music, breakbeat |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, Record Producer, songwriter, Singer |
| Instruments | Theremin, piano, moog, keyboards, melodica, singing |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Labels | Polygram, Mercury Records, Six Degrees, Interchill, FAX, Em:t, RareNoiseRecords |
| Website | z |
Daniele Gaudi (born 12 July 1963 in Bologna, Italy) is a composer, musician, record producer and solo artist based in London. Dub, electronica and worldbeat are the music genres that primarily surface in his 15 solo albums. Despite the majority of his production work taking place at his studio in north London, he is a busy live performer and spends a large proportion of his time touring – performing to theaters, clubs and festival audiences around the world. His career started in the early 1980s, his musical foundations were set in electronic music, avant-garde and reggae.
Gaudi's professional career started in 1981 in Italy as a keyboard player in the new-wave bands Wild Planet, Red Light, and Violet Eves, the latter band playing an important role in the Italian underground music scene combining electronica, punk and traditional Italian melodies. Later, Gaudi joined the reggae band Bamboo Company, which gave him the opportunity to develop his production skills and increase his music knowledge in what was to become the heart and soul of his music style from then on—Reggae music.
Gaudi started to gain recognition in the music underground scene for his production work and began to be approached by other bands for studio production and collaboration works. This included work with 'The Gang' (album Barricada, 1985) and 'Disciplinatha' (album Abbiamo pazientato 40 anni, ora basta, 1987).
In 1986, Gaudi and three members of his previous band Bamboo Company formed Raptus, one of the first Hip Hop bands using Italian lyrics; they released the 12-inch single "Peggio della colla" with the Indie label Multimedia Attack Punk Records and were subsequently spotted by Italian rockstar Vasco Rossi and his production team Terryball that produced their next single. While expectations for the project were high, unfortunately exposure was low and the band split.
In 1987, Gaudi began his first solo project as a singer under the name 'Lele Gaudi' with the creation of what was to become the first 'Raggamuffin' album written in Italian. In 1988 the album was finished however record companies were uneasy with the concept of an untried formula and unwilling to take the risk of releasing it. Gaudi spent the next 2 years meeting record labels to find an appropriate deal. During this period he also spent time in Jamaica, testing his project and getting valuable feedback on the quality of his work; it was well received.
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