Gianluigi Cavallo

Gianluigi Cavallo
Background information
Also known as DjCavallo, Indyana, Lord Viper, Cabo, L'Eretico
Born (1968-08-09) August 9, 1968
Origin Parma, Italy
Genres Rock
Occupation(s) Singer, guitarist
Years active 1999–Present
Associated acts VooDooClan, Litfiba
Website

Gianluigi Cavallo (born 9 Aug 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]

The beginnings

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]

Career with Litfiba

In 1999 he became singer and frontman of the popoular 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 on November 2006 with an email sent to his fans.[8]

The radio adventure

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 the rock'n'roll"[10] and L'Eretico (the Heretic), a "trip through hystory, secrets, myths and legends".[11] From 2014 a lot of these radiophonic recordings became available via streaming, by himself Cabo, by Mixcloud.[12]

After Litfiba

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]

Today

On November 8, 2014, after 7 years far from musical scenes, he published a videoclip where he plays a cover of Heroes by David Bowie.[17]

Discography

Soloist

Discography performing with Litfiba

Album

Anthology

Live

Videography

Compilations

Singles

Videoclip

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Cabo Cavallo rompe il silenzio: ecco i suoi Heroes" (in Italian).
  2. ↑ "9 agosto" (in Italian).
  3. ↑ "Brooklyn" (in Italian).
  4. ↑ "Indyana A Say Baby (Vinyl) at Discogs".
  5. ↑ "Litfiba".
  6. ↑ it:Gianluigi Cavallo#cite note-4
  7. ↑ it:Gianluigi Cavallo#cite note-4
  8. ↑ "Email ai fans" (in Italian).
  9. ↑ http://the-cabo-archives.blogspot.it/p/time-to-rock.html
  10. ↑ http://the-cabo-archives.blogspot.it/p/lavvocato-del-diavolo.html
  11. ↑ http://the-cabo-archives.blogspot.it/p/leretico.html
  12. ↑ http://the-cabo-archives.blogspot.it/p/radio-shows.html
  13. ↑ "Nuovo disco degli Scaramouche" (in Italian).
  14. ↑ "Stefano Mordenti al lavoro sul nuovo album: uscirà nel 2014" (in Italian).
  15. ↑ "Miles 33 is delighted to announce that it has acquired VirtualCom Interactive".
  16. ↑ "L’ex chitarrista rock che ha inventato lo "sfoglio" sull’iPad" (in Italian).
  17. ↑ "Cabo omaggia David Bowie" (in Italian).

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