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Pain and bewilderment in the world of music and clubbing, among the sectors most affected by the pandemic, due to the disappearance of Claudio Coccoluto, 59, dj of international stature, protagonist of the avant-garde in the console for more than forty years. The artist, originally from Gaeta, in the province of Latina, where he had begun to love turntables in his father’s appliance store in the notes of Maghella magician of Raffaella Carr (as he told us in a recent interview with the tranquility that was one of his distinctive features), died on Tuesday, March 2 at 4.30 at his home in Cassino, along with his wife Paola and their children Gianmaria and Gaia. The funeral will take place on Wednesday, March 3 at the Church of Santa Maria in Montesanto in Rome, in the Piazza del Popolo, dedicated to the artists.. To give the news, on Facebook, the son Gianmaria Coccoluto: Our dear dad has left us tonight.
Among the first to pay tribute to his teammate Giancarlo Battafarano, alias Giancarlino (together they founded Goa, 25 years of history in the capital, the only Italian club to finish in the ranking of the best in the world): The best teacher and friend of all time is leaving. He brought culture to club music as a DJ and innovative artist. Always ready to put the face to the media both for the joyful aspects and for the problems of our sector. A part of me goes with him.
Coccoluto, Cocco for friends and professionals, debuted in 1978 as a presenter on the local radio station Radio Andrómeda., your first interface with the public. In the world of clubbing arrives in the eighties, called by Marco Trani, another fundamental figure in the world of djing who passed away prematurely at the age of 53 and appreciated for his virtuosity on the turntables, replacing Corrado Rizza. Protagonist and innovator in the line of underground electronics, Coccoluto stands out for its stylistic originality, the result of constant research and unlimited passion. And to think that, as a teenager, I hated disco music and black music. To conquer it, listen to a bani cassette mixed by Daniele Baldelli and Mozart, resident in Baia degli Angeli in Gabicce Mare, on the Romagna Riviera: It catapulted me – I’ll recall later – into the idea that the DJ had a creative essence. The peak of his career, the night that made him most proud, the performance at the Sound Factory in New York in ’91: All the greats were on the track, from Louie Vega to Tony Humphries.
During the emergency shutdownWhen the world of clubs came to a halt, it was one of the most active in sensitizing politics and public opinion about the difficulties of the sector which, in addition to representing a forge of experimentation beyond mere entertainment, employs thousands of people : clubbing a cultural flyer for youth movements, so far the approach of institutions has been reductionist –had ventured in May of last year in an interview with Messenger Service-: both the government and the Mibact have not yet defined a definitive role for this sector, despite the fact that it has an enormous incentive. The lack of interest and subsidies creates a dangerous condition, professionals must arrive alive to a hypothetical reopening date that no one knows yet, while they have to pay the rent, the bills … Words that, now, resonate even louder. The last dj set in streaming that saw him the protagonist from his home studio, on December 21, on the Technics Facebook channel.
Hundreds of greetings on social networks, among the first from the host Andrea Delogu, who tweets: Teacher. A man who taught the class that he lacked in the profession of producer and DJ. A man who made the history of electronic music. And there are many who ask that Tuesday night, in the inaugural episode of the San Remo Festival, be remembered by the world of music and entertainment: if there is someone who can do it in the best way, it is Amadeus and Fiorello. , the message that bounces in the forums along with the deep sadness for the loss of an artist who made generations of young people dance.
March 2, 2021 | 08:23
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