Marco Trentacoste Explained

Marco Trentacoste
Birth Date:	1976 8, df=y
Genre:	Alternative rock, industrial, electronic
Birth Place:	Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Instrument:	Guitar, keyboards
Years Active:	1993–present
Label:	Edel Records, Sony Music

Marco Trentacoste is a London-based music producer, guitarist and mixer engineer who has been active since 1993.

Career

Trentacoste grew up in Milan.

In 1993, Trentacoste founded the band, V.M.18,^[1] and released their eponymous album^[2] in 1996. Following V.M.18's split in 1997, Trentacoste played with The Paolo Martella Band (1997–1999) and Delta V (1998–2001).^[3] During this period, Trentacoste also remixed songs for various artists including Bluvertigo, Soerba^[4] (under the name 'Clockwork')^[5] and Pino Scotto.^[6]

From 2001 to 2008, Trentacoste was a member of Deasonika^[7] and also produced four of their albums ('L'Uomo Del Secolo' (2001),^[8] ^[9] 'Piccoli Dettagli Al Buio' (2004),^[10] ^[11] 'Deasonika' (2006),^[12] 'Tredicipose'^[13] (2008)).^[14] Deasonika participated in the 56th Sanremo Festival^[15] in 2006 with the song,'Non Dimentico Piu'.^[16]

From 2006, Trentacoste started working with Le Vibrazioni and produced their gold album, 'Officine Meccaniche' (2006).^[17] Trentacoste went on to produce and mix Le Vibrazioni's album and DVD of live performances, 'En Vivo'^[18] (2007) – which included the successful single 'Insolita' (featured in the movie, 'Colpo D'Occhio'^[19] starring Riccardo Scamarcio) – and also produced and mixed Le Vibrazioni's fourth album, 'Le Strade Del Tempo' (2010).^[20]

Between 2008 and 2012, Trentacoste produced, mixed and played with a number of artists in Italy including Lacuna Coil (as mixer of the live DVD, 'Visual Karma'),^[21] Giusy Ferreri^[22] (as producer and mixer-engineer for the album,^[23] 'Il Mio Universo')^[24] and Eros Ramazzotti^[25] (as sound engineer for the multi platinum album, 'Noi').

Since 2013, Trentacoste has focussed predominantly on international projects such as music for the 'Lawless' movie trailer and The Dyneema Project^[26] and working with Hooverphonic (as guitarist on the single, 'Amalfi')^[27] and Dope Stars Inc. (as remixer and producer of the song, 'Along With You').^[28]

In 2016, Trentacoste worked with KMFDM^[29] mixing the anthology album 'Rocks: Milestones Reloaded'^[30] and remixing two of their songs, 'Amnesia'^[31] ^[32] and 'A Drug Against War'.^[33]

In 2017, Trentacoste started working with the Chinese rock artist, Xie Tian Xiao^[34] (谢天笑), producing and mixing the album 'That's Not Me' (那不是我).^[35] For this work, Trentacoste was nominated for a 'Golden Melody Award' for 'Best Vocal Recording Album'.^[36]

In 2018, Xie Tian Xiao (谢天笑) won the Golden Melody Award for 'Best Chinese Rock Artist 2018' with the album 'That's not me' (那不是我)^[37] produced, recorded and mixed by Trentacoste.

In 2020, Marco Trentacoste released his first solo instrumental album, "Consequence".^[38]

Other

In 2003, Trentacoste produced and mixed an album for Marco Cocci's^[39] band, Malfunk.^[40] ^[41]

Between 2004 and 2007, Trentacoste was a member of the Rezophonic project.

Deasonika's 2006 album features Jaz Coleman, singer of Killing Joke.^[42]

In 2015, Trentacoste and DJ Aladyn^[43] worked on a personal side project called 'The Spooky Scientists' and released a cover of the Joy Division song 'Insight'.^[44]

Trentacoste plays guitars and synth on most albums.