Mao (singer-songwriter) explained

Mao
Birth Name:Mauro Gurlino
Birth Date:1971 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Turin, Italy
Years Active:1987–present

Mao, stage name of Mauro Gurlino (born 16 April 1971, Turin, Italy) is an Italian singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, radio and television host and actor.

An artist mainly known for his work as a singer-songwriter and radio and television presenter, active since the late 1980s, he achieved national fame in the 1990s as the leader of the music group Mao e la Rivoluzione and for his co-hosting with Andrea Pezzi of the TV programme Kitchen broadcast on MTV Italy.

Biography

He has earned a degree in History and Criticism of Cinema at the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy of the University of Turin. A creative and in-depth critique discussing the musical film Yuppi du by Adriano Celentano was among his final thesis topics. «He is and has been anything», as once he was defined by a journalist describing his eclectic thirty-year career.

He has been leader in the Nineties of the band Mao e la Rivoluzione, publishing two albums for Virgin Records (Sale[1] and Casa,[2] [3] attending Sanremo Festival with the song Romantico and performing the opening act for Oasis), presenter with Andrea Pezzi for TV shows broadcast on MTV Italy (Kitchen, Hot, Romalive, Tiziana, Tokusho),[4] speaker for radio stations since the high school (Rai Radio 1, Radio Deejay, Radio Città Futura, Radio Flash), actor both in long films (20 Venti by Marco Pozzi, 500! by Giovanni Robbiano, Lorenzo Vignolo and Matteo Zingirian, Lost Love (Perdutoamor) by Franco Battiato, Roundtrip (A/R Andata + Ritorno) and A Liberal Passion (Passione sinistra) by Marco Ponti, by Enrico Lando) and in short films (directed by Enrico Iacovoni, Nicola Rondolino, Igor Mendolia and Guido Norzi).

Over the years, he has collaborated with several musicians, among which, Delta V, Max Gazzè and Morgan, producer of his first solo record Black mokette,[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] released by Sony Music, followed by the soundtrack for the film 500!,[11] [12] [13] released by Mescal. Together with Santabarba, he played as resident band for the music TV show Scalo 76 broadcast on Rai 2. Rai, the Italian national television, had him as well as resident musician for the radio show Ventura Football Club broadcast on Rai Radio 1.

For over twenty years, together with his artistic collective CortoCorto, he has been organising showcases for the Turin nightclubbing scene through the soundtrack contests Duel, the song contests LaBase and the talk shows Il Salotto di Mao, formats which have hosted more than 1,000 artists. He was member for ten years of the trio Le Voci del Tempo, a band telling the Italian history in clubs and theatres with shows mixing images, readings and songs.

In 2010 he published his third solo record, Piume pazze,[14] [15] [16] [17] distributed for free on internet, followed by two novels Meglio tardi che Mao (Express Edizioni)[18] [19] [20] in 2011 and Olràit! Mao sogna Celentano e gliele canta (Arcana Edizioni)[21] in 2013. He is owner and manager of CortoCorto STUDIO, an audio-video recording and production studio located in the heart of San Salvario neighborhood in Turin.

Between 2019 and 2020 he returned on the record market with the singles Nudi alla meta, Le cose and the music video of Scusa caro vicino, born from the artistic collaboration with the writer Enrica Tesio and produced by DJ Aladyn and Max Bellarosa from Radio Deejay. Also in 2020, in a duet with Il Tusco, he released the music video for Velenosa. In 2022, exactly twenty-five years after the release of the seminal album Casa, he surprisingly published the music video for Stringimi #25, recorded as a duet with Bianco and filmed at the Murazzi del Po in front of the historic Giancarlo club. He is currently working on a brand new album of unreleased songs.

Discography

Mao e gli indiani

Singles (7")

Magnifica Scarlatti

Demos (MC)
Compilations (LP)
Compilations (MC)

Voodoo

Albums (LP)
Compilations (LP)
Compilations (LP Promo)
Compilations (MC)

Mao e la Rivoluzione

Albums (CD - MC)
Singles (12")
Singles (CD)
Singles (Promo 7")
Singles (Promo CD)
Compilations (CD)
Compilations (MC)

Mao

Albums (CD)
Singles (CD)
Singles (Promo CD)
Singles (Digital)
Compilations (CD)
Compilations (Promo CD)
Compilations (Digital)
Bootlegs
Collaborations
Albums (CD-MC)
Albums (CD)
Albums (Digital)
Albums (LP)
Singles (10")
Singles (7")
Singles (CD)
Singles (Promo CD)
Singles (Digital)
EPs (Digital)
Compilations (CD)
Compilations (CD Promo)
Compilations (MC)
Compilations (Digital)
Productions
Albums (CD)
Albums (Digital)
EPs (Digital)
Singles (CD)
Singles (Digital)

Bit Reduce

Compilations (CD)

U-Matic

Albums (CD)

Videography

Mao

Collaborations

Line-ups and side projects

Live equipment

Filmography

Short films
Long films

Television

MTV Italy
Match Music
Rai

Radio

Radio Flash
Radio Deejay
Radio Torino Popolare
Gru Radio
Rai Radio 1
Radio Città Futura
Radio Reporter Torino

Novels

Curiosities

See also

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mao e la Rivoluzione - Sale. Riccardo Cavrioli. Brit pop e dintorni. it. 1 February 2022.
  2. Web site: Mao - Casa. Editorial board. 1 January 1998. Rockol. it. 1 February 2022.
  3. Web site: Mao - Casa. Editorial board. DeBaser. 19 February 2007 . it. 1 February 2022.
  4. Web site: La tv vista da Mao. Andrea Camerino. 14 March 2003. Film.it. it. 1 February 2022.
  5. Web site: Intervista a Mao al Tora! Tora! Festival. Roberta Accettulli. 12 June 2001. Rockit. it. 1 February 2022.
  6. Web site: Mao - Prima di addormentarmi. Fausto Murizzi. 6 July 2001. Rockit. it. 1 February 2022.
  7. Web site: Intervista a Mao. Christian Amadeo. 30 July 2001. Rockit. it. 1 February 2022.
  8. Web site: Il 7 settembre il nuovo album di Mao, prodotto con Morgan dei Bluvertigo. Editorial board. 31 July 2001. Rockol. it. 1 February 2022.
  9. Web site: Mao - Black mokette. Fausto Murizzi. 19 September 2001. Rockit. it. 1 February 2022.
  10. Web site: Mao - Black mokette. Diego Ancordi. 23 October 2001. Rockol. it. 1 February 2022.
  11. Web site: Una colonna sonora per Mao. Editorial board. 22 January 2002. Rockol. it. 1 February 2022.
  12. Web site: Mao - 500! (colonna sonora originale). Fausto Murizzi. 20 November 2002. Rockit. it. 1 February 2022.
  13. Web site: Mao - 500! (colonna sonora originale). Mauro Zaccuri. Radio Clash. it. 1 February 2022.
  14. Web site: Mao, esce il nuovo album dal title "Piume pazze". Editorial board. 28 May 2010. Rockol. it. 1 February 2022.
  15. Web site: Secondo album solista di Mauro Gurlino in arte Mao. Grazia De Micco. 3 June 2010. Freak Out Magazine. it. 1 February 2022.
  16. Web site: Mao - Piume pazze. Luciano Triolo. 2 August 2010. Fard Rock. it. 1 February 2022.
  17. Web site: Intervista a Mao. Gloria Annovi. 22 September 2010. Kalporz. it. 1 February 2022.
  18. Web site: Mao, brani riarrangiati e un libro: il risultato è in "Meglio tardi che Mao". Editorial board. 15 December 2011. Rockol. it. 1 February 2022.
  19. Web site: BOOKIT, appuntamento numero #21. 2012-04-12. Rockit. it. 1 February 2022.
  20. Web site: Mao - Meglio tardi che Mao. Renzo Stefanel. 2012-10-26. Rockit. it. 1 February 2022.
  21. Web site: Mao - Olràit! Mao sogna Celentano e gliele canta. Francesco Bommartini. 23 January 2014. ExitWell. it. 1 February 2022.
  22. Web site: Italia '90: la top 10 dei brani indie-rock italiani pubblicati nei Nineties (parte 2: "outsiders"). Gianni Gardon. 22 January 2018. Indie for Bunnies. it. 1 February 2022.
  23. Web site: Canterò tra gli animali i miei brani interattivi. Davide Agazzi. 30 August 2013. la Repubblica. it. 1 February 2022.

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