Mauro Picotto biografy techno music

Mauro Picotto is a contemporary music icon. His productions have stormed the national charts in most of the western world and re-mixed everybody from Josh Wink to U2.

Mauro delivered one of the defining dance albums of 2002 with 'The Others' following his successful 'The Double Album'. He has also delivered multi-selling compilations across the globe .

December 2002 saw Mauro leave BXR. A global DJ schedule meant little time to concentrate on the quality of productions. His change in musical direction cemented this decision and has now launched his new project, Meganite. Meganite will be launching two new labels, tao_tek and alchemy distributed through the mighty Prime. Mauro has also changed his DJ style preferring the pounding grooves of tech house however he was keen to state "I am not a Techno DJ nor a Trance DJ nor a house DJ, I’m just a DJ, I play music I like and think that can change the atmosphere in a club. I wish people would be more open minded sometimes, after all there's only two types of music...good or bad!"

Mauro's Djing schedule is crazy with him being on more planes than the two long haul pilots and playing in front of the biggest crowds on this planet. Mauro is selective as to where he plays and performs at the best clubs and events in the world. This summer alone will see Mauro host meganite parties in Miami, New York, Montreal, Amsterdam, London, Glasgow and Dublin with future launch parties at Los Angeles, Chicago and Tokyo. Add normal guest appearances in locations of every continent in the world and it's safe to say his Gold air miles cards will be full to bursting!

IMPORTANT DATES

1985 | First gig in a club
1988 | Finalist DMC Competition, Italy
1989 | Winner WALKY CUP competition on DJ Television Italia Uno - Best DJ Italy
1991 | First Production as R.A.F. "We Gonna Get"
1995 | BXR Label project is born
1996 | Partner in Media Records
1996 | 5 Weeks as #1 with "Bakerloo Symphony" in Italy
1998 | My daughter Alessia is born
1998 | First production as Mauro Picotto - "Lizard"
2000 | "The Double Album" is released
2001 | Komodo, best selling single. Gold record in Germany.
2002 | Release of 'The Others' 2nd artist album
2003 | Launch of Meganite
2003 | Launch of house labels Alchemy & Tao Tek

AWARDS

| Best International DJ, Best Producer, Best Radio Hit : German Dance Awards.
| Best International DJ: Danish Dance Awards.
| Best International DJ: Ericsson Swiss Dance Awards.
| Best International DJ: BBM Irish Dance Awards.
| Best International DJ: Deejay Magazine Spanish Dance Awards.
| Best International DJ: TMF Dutch Dance Awards.
| Best international DJ @ 2FM Irish Dance Music Awards.

| Voted No. 8 in DJ Mag"The Worlds Top 100 DJs" djmag.com 2002