Simone Cavalli (musician)
Simone Cavalli (born 15 April 1994), is an Italian producer. Simone is a member of electronic music duo, The C.I.P.
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...
Discography
Album Title |
Released |
Label |
Format |
Peak chart positions (iTunes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Daydream |
June 9, 2014 |
Volcan Records |
digital download |
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Collaborations
Simone has been collaborating with Rockit Magazine, MTV Italy, MTV New Generation, MTV Digital Days, Rolling Stone Magazine (Italy), "Premio Roma Videoclip" (event, Rome IT), TAG24 Backstage Press Webzine, Art News Webzine, Anderground.it webzine, VC Media - Music and Concert Promotion (AUSTRALIA), Dj Mag Italia, LoudVision Webzine, Sky (TV), Rockambula Webzine, Paper Street, Safe&Sound Press, Reykjavik Boulevard Magazine, "Radio Città Futura" and major FM / National Radios (IT)
Simone 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)
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