Maurizio Guarini | |
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 Maurizio Guarini | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Maurizio Guarini |
| Born | January 25, 1955 Rome, Italy |
| Genres | prog rock, jazz rock, fusion |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, record producer, arranger |
| Instruments | Keyboards, bass |
| Years active | 1974–present |
| Labels | BackToTheFudda |
| Website | www |
Maurizio Guarini is a self-taught keyboardist, multi-instrumentalist and composer, best known as a member of the progressive rock band Goblin.
Born in Rome, Italy in 1955, Guarini started playing organ and guitar at the age of 10. He started playing live at high school concerts with some rock bands. Later, his music exploration moved on to progressive / jazz-rock. After graduating from high school in 1973, he attended the Math faculty at the University La Sapienza in Rome.
In spring 1975 Massimo Morante from Goblin invited Guarini to join the band, just after Deep Red was released. Starting with the very first concert in September 1975, Goblin, that reached top of the charts at that time, kept touring Italy until the end of 1976. [1]
In March 1976 Goblin released the album Roller . [2]
Just after three days of recording of the score for the movie Suspiria, on November 23, 1976, Guarini temporarily left the band. Late in 1978, after two years of studio work mainly in studio at RCA Records in Rome, Guarini re-joined Goblin, with a different line-up. Production of the band in the following years includes scores for the movies Patrick (1978), Buio Omega (1979), Contamination (1980), St.Helene's (1981), Notturno (1983) and the non-movie related album Volo]' (1982).
In parallel, during this years, Guarini collaborated with other musicians, mainly with the Italian composer Fabio Frizzi, and performed as session musician in several scores, mostly for movies directed by Italian director Lucio Fulci: The Beyond, City of Living Dead, Zombi 2 and others. Still about film scoring, in 1984 Maurizio started a cooperation with the Italian Composer Pino Donaggio, with whom he collaborated on 25 soundtracks.
Other non movie-related activities up to 1990 include collaborations with Italian artists, in studio production and in live concerts.
In 1993 Guarini earned a bachelor's degree in Computer Science.
In November 1998 Guarini and his wife moved to Toronto, Canada, and for a few years worked mainly in software development. [3] [ unreliable source? ]
In 2003 former Goblin bandmates Massimo Morante and Fabio Pignatelli contacted Guarini with the idea to restart the dormant Goblin. The new band, under the name BackToTheGoblin, [4] [ failed verification ] worked two years to realize the new album BackToTheGoblin 2005, released at the beginning of 2006, with the Canadian independent label BackToTheFudda.
In 2007 Guarini founded a trio with Great Bob Scott and Chris Gartner, former members of the Canadian band Look People. The band, named Orco Muto, played live in Canada, mostly performing revisited Goblin tunes, with the addition of some original compositions.
In 2009 Goblin started a European tour, but in December the band split again. In March 2010 Guarini and Morante asked the original founder Claudio Simonetti to re-join the band, and founded New Goblin, with a new line-up. New Goblin [5] [ failed verification ] started a World tour that included Europe, Japan and Australia, [1] and released two live albums recorded in Rome and in Tokyo in 2011.
Guarini released his first solo album, Creatures from a Drawer, in January 2013
Guarini has recently begun work on new material for his follow up record to 2013's Creatures from a Drawer.
Guarini was invited by legendary French progressive rock ensemble MAGMA to support and showcase live the world premiere of his new group MAURIZIO GUARINI CIRCLE in Toronto, Canada on April 2, 2016, at The Opera House. More plans for Canadian, U.S., Japanese and European festival appearances are in development.
2013 Creatures from a Drawer
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