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FLAVIO ZUPPANTE ( Aka MANDARIN PLAZA ) E' NATO A ROMA NEL 1984. ALL'ETA' DI 7 ANNI HA INCOMINCIATO A STUDIARE LA BATTERIA PRESSO LA SCUOLA DI MUSICA DELLA SUA CITTA'. A 17 ANNI HA IMPARATO A SUONARE LA CHITARRA. LO STUDIO E' STATA L'ATTIVITA' PRINCIPALE PER LA FORMAZIONE MUSICALE DI MANDARIN: SI ...

FLAVIO ZUPPANTE ( Aka MANDARIN PLAZA ) E' NATO A ROMA NEL 1984. ALL'ETA' DI 7 ANNI HA INCOMINCIATO A STUDIARE LA BATTERIA PRESSO LA SCUOLA DI MUSICA DELLA SUA CITTA'. A 17 ANNI HA IMPARATO A SUONARE LA CHITARRA. LO STUDIO E' STATA L'ATTIVITA' PRINCIPALE PER LA FORMAZIONE MUSICALE DI MANDARIN: SI E'DEDICATO ALL'APPRENDIMENTO DELLE FONDAMENTALI NOZIONI DI COMPUTER MUSIC, AUDIO DIGITALE, SINTESI SONORA E TECNICHE DI MIXING. ATTIVITA' PRINCIPALE: COMPOSITORE DI MUSICA BIG BEAT, PROGRESSIVE HOUSE IN CUI VIENE DATO DECISAMENTE RISALTO IL RITMO E GLI ELEMENTI PERCUSSIVI. GLI ARTISTI CHE ORA INFLUENZANO IL SUO STILE SONO I CHEMICAL BROTHERS, DEADMAU5, TIESTO E I DAFT PUNK. COME DJ E' CONTINUAMENTE ALLA RICERCA DI TRACCE CARATTERIZZATE DA SONORITA' PARTICOLARI ED INNOVATIVE HE WAS IN THE CENTER OF KIEV WHEN HE DECIDED TO BECOME A DJ...MAYBE 'CAUSE HE ENVIED SOME DEEJAYS WHO WAS ENTERING INTO A CLUB FOLLOWED BY SEVERAL WONDERFUL GIRLS. ANYWAY HE WAS JUST A LITTLE CHILD WHEN HE UNDERSTOOD THAT MUSIC RUN THROUGH HIS VEINS. MANDARIN PLAZA (REAL NAME IS FLAVIO ZUPPANTE) WAS BORN IN ROME IN 1984, AND FROM HE WAS AN INFANT HE'S ATTRACTED BY DRUMS AND PERCUSSIVE RYTHMS; SO AT THE AGE OF 7 YEARS HE STARTED TO STUDY DRUMS IN HIS TOWN MUSIC SCHOOL. HE HAVE BEEN GROWN LISTENING OASIS AND BEATLES MUSIC; THEN, WHEN HE WAS 17 HE BOUGHT AN ACOUSTIC GUITAR AND LEARNT TO PLAY HIS FAVOURITE BANDS MUSIC. STUDYING HAVE BEEN THE MAIN ACTIVITY FOR MANDARIN FORMING: HE DEDICATE HIMSELF TO LEARNING KNOWLEDGES 'BOUT COMPUTER MUSIC, DIGITAL AUDIO, SOUND SYNTHESIS AND MIXING TECHNIQUES. HE IS MAINLY A BIG BEAT MUSIC COMPOSER, LIKE HIS FAVOURITE ARTISTS, THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS, BUT HE WRITE ALSO PROGRESSIVE HOUSE TRACKS IN WHICH HE GIVE PROMINENCE TO THE RYTHM AND TO PERCUSSIVE ELEMENTS. NOW, THE ARTISTS WHO INFLUENCE HIS OWN STYLE ARE THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS, DEADMAU5, TIESTO, DAFT PUNK. AS DJ, HE'S ALWAYS IN SEARCH OF TRACKS WITH INNOVATIVE, PARTICOULAR AND ORIGINAL SOUNDS.