Paul and Peter Micioni
Paolo "Paul" Micioni (born 3 March 1956) and Pietro "Peter" Micioni (born 8 February 1963) are an Italian duo of DJs, musicians and record producers.
Career
[edit]Born in Rome, the Micioni brothers started their career as DJs in the 1970s, Paul in 1973 and Peter in 1977.[1][2][3] At the end of the decade, Paolo Micioni was noticed by Claudio Simonetti in the disco club where he was resident DJ, the Easy Going, and then Simonetti together with Giancarlo Meo decided to produce him in a musical project named after the club, Easy Going, achieving a significant success with the song "Baby I Love You".[1][2][4] After Paolo producing the 1980 debut single "Driving on Broadway" of his brother Pietro, in the late 1981, the two brothers formed the group Traks, mainly active in recording dance versions of 1960s and 1970s rock songs.[1][2][5]
After producing several singles for Best Records, including the hits "Masterpiece" by Gazebo and "Nightime Lady" by Mike Francis, they founded their own label, Cat Records, producing several Francis and Gary Low hits.[1][2] In later years they founded a recording studio, Gimmick, and produced works by Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, Tiromancino, Marina Rei, Niccolò Fabi.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Cantore, Lalla (1990). "Micioni, Paul e Peter". Castaldo, Gino (edited by). Dizionario della canzone italiana. Curcio Editore. p. 1072.
- ^ a b c d e Burrocacao, Demented (30 July 2021). "Quelli dell'Italo disco". Rolling Stone Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ Fiaschetti, Maria Egizia (11 May 2020). "Pietro Micioni e gli esordi da dj: «All'Alibi mi accompagnava papà»". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ Locati Luciani, Luca (27 February 2013). Crisco Disco: Disco music & clubbing gay negli anni '70 - '80 (in Italian). Vololibero. ISBN 978-88-97637-22-6.
- ^ Bufalini, Andrea Angeli; Savastano, Giovanni (20 September 2019). "Traks". La Storia della Disco Music. Hoepli. ISBN 978-88-203-8990-1.
External links
[edit]- Paul Micioni discography at Discogs
- Peter Micioni discography at Discogs
- Easy Going discography at Discogs
- Traks discography at Discogs