Marco Carola Biografia

ITALIANO:

MARCO CAROLA - Nato a Napoli l 7 febbraio 1975, Marco Carola e’ emerso alla fine degli anni 90 come uno dei piu influenti esponenti della musica techno e elettronica. Cresciuto sotto il sole del napoletano, gia' all'eta' di 13 anni suonava il suo primo kit di batteria, strumento che suono' per anni prima di cominciare a comprare e suonare dischi. Durante il 1990, quando la scena House italiana stava vivendo il suo momento d'oro, la batteria fu sostituita da due piatti e un mixer con i quali comincio' a praticare l'arte del mixaggio e divento' un dj proponendo i nuovi ritmi House. La transizione verso la techno per Marco Carola comincio' nel 1993. Con la fine del periodo dell' Italian House, la techno offriva una nuova ed eccitante occasione di creare suoni mai sentiti prima di allora. La sua abilita' nel mixare e il suo cresciente talento nella produzione in studio fece si che molti artisti si rivolgessero a lui come produttore. Tra le varie uscite piu' orientate verso la House e' riuscito anche a produrre un 12" per i MAW (Master at Work).
Carola si rese conto presto che produrre per etichette altrui poneva troppi limiti alla sua creativita' e nel 1996 comincio' a produrre materiale che era piu' in linea con il suo obbiettivo musicale.
Il risultato fu la Design Music, etichetta che divento' la prima label italiana a concentrare gli sforzi unicamente nella produzione di techno. La prima uscita fu il suo 12" Man Train. Il suono originale di Carola riempi' istantaneamente lo spazio tra la dinamicita' dei suoni sincopati della Surgeon, i cavernosi muri di suono della Lost e l'alta fedelta della Blueprint. La Design Music oggi agisce come una delle piu' inportanti fonti di Techno per l'Italia e piu' in particolare Napoli con nuovi artisti emergenti come Gaetek e Random Noize prodotti su questa etichetta. Dopo la Design, Carola fondo' nel 1998 la 1000 al fine di produrre musica ultra nuova per dj, testata da lui stesso durante i suoi sempre piu' numerosi set in giro per il mondo. Nel 1998 portava avanti i suo primo tour Australiano seguito da numerosi tour in Nord America dove il suo unico stile di mixare con tre piatti lo rese uno dei piu richiesti dj techno del momento. Nel gennaio 1998 si uni' a Corrado Izzo, mente dei i220 e fondo' due nuove etichette, la Zenit e la Question come parte della ELP (electronic label pool) etichetta che produceva gia' numerosi dj/producers da tutto il mondo.
Il duro lavoro di Carola e Izzo resero la Zenit una delle prime etichette della ELP. fonte:http://guide.supereva.com/nightlife/interventi/2005/04/205498.shtml

INGLESE:

Born in Naples on February 7, 1975, Marco Carola has emerged in the last four years as one of the city's most influential exponents of Techno and electronic music. Growing up in the Neapolitan sunshine, by the age of 13 he got behind the skins of his first drum kit which he played for several years before ultimately being addicted to buying and playing records. In 1990, when the Italian House scene was enjoying its golden age alongside the madness of Acid House, Carola`s drum kit was rapidly replaced by a two record player set and a mixer whereupon he practised the art of mixing and learned how to dj to House music's new dancefloor rhythm. Together with like-minded friends, such as Gaetano Parisio, Davide Squillace, Random Noize, and other Neapolitan clubbers and DJs who were eagerly looking for something new in club music, the transition towards Techno for Carola began in 1993. With the golden age of the Italo-House movement coming to an end Techno offered a complete new vision of possibilities. Creating and experimenting with new and exciting sounds. Around this time Marco Carola also started to think about building a studio in order to express his personal vision of Techno music. His ability to mix music and his emerging studio talent encouraged many artists to record at his studio. Between his many more House oriented releases at this time he even managed to produce a 12" for the highly respected MAW (Masters at Work) imprint. Carola soon found the creative limitations of recording for other people`s labels too restrictive for his own creative output and in 1996 he set about producing material for a new, dynamic sound destined to be released on his very own label. Design Music became the first Italian label focussing purely on Techno music, bursting out of Naples with his own Man Train 12" as the inaugural release. Quickly garnering support from Techno DJs worldwide, Carola`s sound seemed to immediately slot somewhere between Surgeon`s dynamic syncopation, Lost`s cavernous walls of sound, and Blueprint`s hi-fidelity. The label now acts as one of the main lifelines for fresh Techno music from Italy and most notably Naples with new up and coming artists like Gaetek and Random Noize releasing under the Design banner. After Design, Carola founded his 1000 imprint in 1998 in order to produce ultra-fresh DJ music which he could test on his ever expanding international gigging schedule. By 1998, his first Australian tour was under way, swiftly followed by tours of North America where his unique 3 deck, mixing style made him one of the most requested Techno DJs at the time. In January 1998 Marco Carola teamed up with Gadgets mastermind and i220 founder Corrado Izzo and established two new labels in the shape of Zenit and Question as part of the ELP (Electronic Label Pool) umbrella for artists and labels. 3 years of development and networking followed. Since early 2001 Marco Carola lives in London (UK) after a two years break in Frankfurt. In October 2001 Marco showed his vision of contemporary electronic music by releasing his second album "Open System" which received rave reviews from music critis around the world. With its mix of different styles - a combination and fusion of slower material, break-oriented electronical beats, melodical lines, experimental arrangements together with organic sounds and pads - he proves that he is one of Techno music`s true prime movers. fonte: http://www.thedjlist.com/djs/MARCO_CAROLA/