Gianluigi Cavallo | |
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | DjCavallo, Indyana, Lord Viper, Cabo, L'Eretico |
| Born | 9 August 1968 |
| Origin | Parma, Italy |
| Genres | Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, guitarist |
| Years active | 1999–present |
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Gianluigi Cavallo, also known as Cabo (born 9 August 1968 in Parma, Italy) is an Italian singer, guitarist, composer, system integrator and programmer. He played in the band Litfiba from 1999 to 2006. [1]
While working as programmer, following his passion for music, Gianluigi Cavallo performed as DJ in different independent radios, becoming a valued singer in some of them. The nickname "Cabo" is a contraction from the Spanish form of his surname (Caballo). [2]
His record debut was in 1994 with the mix 12" Brooklyn in which there were three different versions of "Cavalcamix", a sort of electrodance medley of '50s rock music. [3] Some months later he produced a new mix 12" called "Indyana" with the dance piece A say baby, a revisitation of a riff from the song Black Betty by Ram Jam. [4]
In 1999 he became singer and frontman of the popular Italian rock band Litfiba. With them Cavallo wrote lyrics and music of Elettromacumba (2000), Insidia (2001), and Essere o sembrare (2005) winning 4 gold records and selling about 200,000 discs. [5]
During the period with the band Cavallo took place in many tours and two live albums. [6] The first of them, Live on Line, published in 2000, had also a free distribution by the search engine Lycos. For this, in Italy they were the forerunners in legally downloaded music. [7] Cabo announced his departure from Litfiba in November 2006 with an email sent to his fans. [8]
From 1998 to 2002 he was the presenter of three radio programs: Time to Rock, where he broadcast rock classics of the past, [9] L'avvocato del diavolo (The Devil's Advocate), in which told the "mysterious and strange stories of rock'n'roll" [10] and L'Eretico (the Heretic), a "trip through history, secrets, myths and legends". [11] From 2014 a lot of these radiophonic recordings became available via streaming, by himself Cabo, by Mixcloud. [12]
In the period with Litfiba, Cavallo produced together with Carlo Barducci (Parsifal studios owner) the first album by the folk band Scaramouche [13] and of Morpin. [14] When he departed from Litfiba came back to informatics and now he is General Manager and co-founder of VirtualCom Interactive, one of the most important national software houses. [15] In Virtualcom he invented an advanced ePaper solution for mobile devices used by thousand Italian and international newspaper to show online the contents of the papery magazine. [16]
On 8 November 2014, after 7 years far from musical scenes, he published a videoclip where he plays a cover of Heroes by David Bowie. [17]
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