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Gianluigi Cavallo

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Gianluigi Cavallo
Background information
Also known asDjCavallo, Indyana, Lord Viper, Cabo, L'Eretico
Born (1968-08-09) 9 August 1968 (age 56)
OriginParma, Italy
GenresRock
Occupation(s)Singer, guitarist
Years active1999–present
Website[1]

Gianluigi Cavallo, also known as Cabo (born 9 August 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

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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

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

The radio adventure

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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 rock'n'roll"[10] and L'Eretico (the Heretic), a "trip through history, 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

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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

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

Discography

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Soloist

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  • 1994 – Brooklyn (12" with alias "DJ Cavallo")
  • 1994 – A say Baby (12" with alias "Indyana")
  • 1995 – Il Patto
  • 2014 – Heroes (David Bowie cover)

Discography performing with Litfiba

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Album

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Anthology

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Live

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Videography

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Compilations

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Singles

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Videoclip

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  • 2000 – Elettromacumba
  • 2000 – Il giardino della follia
  • 2000 – Spia
  • 2001 – La stanza dell’oro
  • 2001 – Mr.Hyde
  • 2003 – Larasong

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Cabo Cavallo rompe il silenzio: ecco i suoi Heroes" (in Italian).
  2. ^ "9 agosto" (in Italian).
  3. ^ "Brooklyn" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 12 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Indyana A Say Baby (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.
  5. ^ "Litfiba". iTunes.
  6. ^ it:Gianluigi Cavallo#cite note-4
  7. ^ it:Gianluigi Cavallo#cite note-4
  8. ^ "Email ai fans" (in Italian).
  9. ^ "The Cabo Archives: Time To Rock". Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  10. ^ "The Cabo Archives: L'Avvocato Del Diavolo". Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  11. ^ "The Cabo Archives: L'Eretico". Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  12. ^ "The Cabo Archives: Radio Shows". Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  13. ^ "Nuovo disco degli Scaramouche" (in Italian).
  14. ^ "Stefano Mordenti al lavoro sul nuovo album: uscirà nel 2014" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 27 December 2013.
  15. ^ "Miles 33 is delighted to announce that it has acquired VirtualCom Interactive". Archived from the original on 21 April 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  16. ^ "L'ex chitarrista rock che ha inventato lo "sfoglio" sull'iPad" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 7 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  17. ^ "Cabo omaggia David Bowie" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 7 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
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