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The concert with Raiders of the lost ARP is cancelled Solo project from Mario Pierro, also known as on half of Mat101 and Jollymusic. When you talk about Mario's solo projects, it's impossible not to notice his love for soul, funk and jazz: that's exactly the flavour you get in Mario's electro-techno. As Raiders of the lost ARP, Mario has released several EPs and one LP. In 2007, the "Beyond the Dark" EP showed the Raiders sound revised by two inspired remixes by Detroit pioneers Galaxy2Galaxy and Los Hermanos. The latest Raiders LP "Tema5" (Nature, NAT2127) were released in 2008.
MAT101 and Jolly MusicMario's professional music career started in 1996 when he met Marco Passarani from Nature records and together they decided to start a series of projects: releases, radio-show and organization of parties. The first musical project was called MAT101 and it was realized with Francesco de Bellis (aka Francisco) and Emiliano Tortora who lately decided to split from the band. They released one album and a couple of singles that helped them to become popular in the electronic underground movement. After 3 years MAT101 decided to start another project called JOLLY MUSIC: While MAT101 is more electro oriented, JOLLY MUSIC is more into psychedelic disco and electroacoustic soul. As Jolly Music, the duo also remixed artists such as Jamiroquai (accepted by the artist, but never released by the label) and Garbage. In 2002, Mario, Marco Passarani and Francesco have created the Pigna label as a sublabel of Nature, in order to release their most dancefloor-oriented tracks.  Since the release of the "4" LP, Mario has been perfecting a live set which features a combination of vintage analogue synths, drum machines and a laptop, playing several european clubs as well as the Detroit Fuse-In festival in 2006. The set features improvised tracks built on-the-fly as well as excerpts from the tracks on the records. Read more about Raiders of the lost ARP |
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