Morgan (singer)
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Morgan | |
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 Morgan performing live at Suoni delle Dolomiti, Trento on 17 August 2008 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Marco Castoldi |
| Born | December 23, 1972 Milan, Italy |
| Genres | Alternative rock, electronic rock, experimental rock, synthpop |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer-songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, bass, piano, keyboards, guitars, ukulele, harmonica, glockenspiel |
Marco Castoldi (born 23 December 1972), better known by his stage name Morgan, is an Italian singer-songwriter, musician and multi-instrumentalist. His musical genres are mainly alternative rock and electronic rock, sometimes experimental rock and synthpop. He has also been a judge for seven seasons in the Italian version of The X Factor, winning five of them through acts he mentored: Aram Quartet (series 1 - 2008), Matteo Becucci (series 2 - 2008-9), Marco Mengoni (series 3 - 2009), Chiara Galiazzo (series 6 - 2012) and Michele Bravi (series 7 - 2013).
He is also a founding member of Bluvertigo, an Italian band formed in 1992.
Discography
Solo
- 2003: Canzoni dell'appartamento
- 2004: Il suono della vanità
- 2005: Non al denaro, non all'amore né al cielo
- 2007: Da A ad A
- 2008: È successo a Morgan
- 2009: Italian Songbook Volume 1
- 2010: Morganicomio
- 2012: Italian Songbook Volume 2
With Bluvertigo
- 1995: Acidi e basi
- 1997: Metallo non metallo
- 1999: Zero - ovvero la famosa nevicata dell'85
- 2001: Pop Tools
- 2008: MTV Storytellers (live)
Collaborations
- Franco Battiato in album Gommalacca
- Antonella Ruggiero in Registrazioni moderne
- Alice in her albums Exit, Personal Juke Box and Viaggio in Italia
- Subsonica in Discoteca Labirinto
- Cristina Donà in album Nido
- Paola & Chiara in Arsenico
- Mauro Pagani in Parole a caso
- Banco del Mutuo Soccorso in No palco
- Modena City Ramblers in Appunti partigiani
- Patty Pravo in Il vento e le rose
- Artisti uniti per l'Abruzzo in Domani 21/04.09
- Bugo in Sincero
Producer
- Mao in Black Mokette
- Soerba in Playback
- La Sintesi in L'eroe romantico
- Aram Quartet in the song Chi (Who)
Filmography
- 2002: Perduto amor by Franco Battiato
- 2003: Il siero della vanità by Alex Infascelli - musician
- 2004: Ingannevole è il cuore più di ogni cosa by Asia Argento - musician
- 2006: Transylvania of Tony Gatlif - interpretes Milan
- 2006: Il quarto sesso (2006) of Marco Costa - musician, interprets Karl Marx
Bibliography
- 1998: Dissoluzione (Bompiani - I buchi neri)
- 2008: In pArte Morgan (Eleuthera)
- 2014: "Il libro di Morgan - Io l'Amore la Musica gli Stronzi e Dio" (Einaudi stile libero)
External links
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Categories:
- Living people
- Musicians from Milan
- People from Brianza
- People from Monza
- Italian rock musicians
- Italian pianists
- Italian keyboardists
- Italian bass guitarists
- Male bass guitarists
- Alternative rock musicians
- Italian male singer-songwriters
- Italian singer-songwriters
- Italian Roman Catholics
- 1972 births
- Italian male pianists
- 21st-century Italian singers
- 21st-century pianists
- 21st-century bass guitarists
- 21st-century male singers