Simone Cavalli (musician)

Simone Cavalli
Simone Cavalli from the electropop duo band The C.I.P
Background information
Born	(1994-04-15) April 15, 1994
Origin	Italy
Genres	Electropop
Occupation(s)	Producer, songwriter
Years active	2014–present
Labels	Volcan Records
Associated acts	The C.I.P
Website	thecipmusic.com

Simone Cavalli ^[1] (born 15 April 1994), is an Italian producer. Simone is a member of electronic music duo, The C.I.P.^[2][3]

Early life

Simone was born in Tuscany (Italy) in 1994. He started to play piano at the age of 8 and he grew up listening to a big variety of music including punk, post hard core, rap, dance, and pop music. He played in many different bands in his teen days till he started his own project in 2010 with Michele Scheveger creating The C.I.P. After finishing highschool Simone was introduced to Michele by common friends and he realised they were sharing same visione. Being introduced to electronic music 3 years before, Simone started to play and write for what would have become "The C.I.P". It took approximately two years to get things ready, after changing line up a few times, Simone and Michele came to the conclusion that the two formed a perfect balance and that was the best line up they've ever had. in 2013 Simone got in touch with Antonio Filippelli, producer and big name in the music industry, having played for "Vanilla Sky" in the World Tour and working for Emi and Sony. 2013 has seen Simone living in Rome (Italy) and Dublin (Irland) where he produced "Daydream" collaborating with MTV and Sony.

Music career

Simone starts his music career in early 2013 signing for Volcan Records and recording "Daydream". He has a really active role in The C.I.P, taking care of the arrangements and creating cool beats using synthesizers, samplers, drum machines and mac programs such as Logic, Ableton, Reason ecc..

Influences

Simone's influences include:

Tycho, Flume, The Cure, Van She, M83, Tame Impala, Depeche Mode, Capital Cities, Chvrches, Empire of The Sun, Blink 182, Jimmie eat World, Brian Eno, The Killers, Mgmt, Jon Hopkins, Paul Kalkbrenner, Yeasayer, We have band, Miami Horror, The Postal Service, Sigur Ross, Diive, Groove Armada, Skrillex, Nirvana, Caribou, Giraffage, 65daysofstatic, Oliver Tank, Phoenix, Wavves, Best Coast, La Sera, Sebastien Tellier and many others...

behind the scenes

Discography

Collaborations

ITALY: Rockit Magazine,^[5] MTV Italy,^[6] MTV New Generation,^[7][8] MTV Digital Days,^[9][10] Rolling Stone Magazine (Italy), "Premio Roma Videoclip" (event, Rome IT),^[11] TAG24 ^[12] Backstage Press Webzine,^[13] Art News Webzine,^[14] Anderground.it webzine,^[15] Dj Mag Italia,^[16] LoudVision Webzine,^[17] Sky (TV),^[18] Rockambula Webzine,^[19] Paper Street,^[20] Safe&Sound Press,^[21][22] Reykjavik Boulevard Magazine,^[23] "Radio Città Futura" ^[24] and major FM / National Radios (IT) ^{[25][26][27][28][29]}

SPAIN: Radio Nacional De España (RNE),^[30] 20minutos.es,^[31] sol mùsica (tv channel),^[32] scannerFM,^[33] Canal Sur Televisión,^[34] astredupop,^[35] Radio Segovia,^[36] BCN events magazine,^[37] Rockets,^[38] HiSTéRiCaS GrabacioneS^[39]

AUSTRALIA: VC Media - Music and Concert Promotion (AUSTRALIA),^[40]

UK: EQ music blog,^[41] Bizzarre,^[42] Fancy Melancholic,^[43] The Crack Magazine,^[44] Digital Warble ^[45]

USA: Radio FG USA,^[46] Bagel radio, Rormix ^[47]

MEXICO: Rock Activist,^[48] Revista Marvin ^[49]

COLOMBIA: Escena Indie ^[50]

URUGUAY: Urbana AFM ^[51]

VENEZUELA: Onclef ^[52]

Simone also shared the stage with artists like Planet Funk, The Bloody Beetroots, Groove Armada, Todd Terje, Congorock.

Awards and nominations

• Best New Generation Electro (MTV)
• Artist Of The Month (MTV)
• on ROLLING STONE Magazine (Italy)
• on heavy rotation on MTV ITALIA (TV)

References

External links

• Facebook Profile