Birth name Giuliano Di Paolo Name Julio D Years active 2011–present Role Singer | Labels Art Emotion Record label Art Emotion Website juliod.com | |
Occupation(s) Singer-Songwriter, Record Producer, Music Video Director Instruments Vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards Albums Sabes Mi Nombre, Outsider, Better Man Genres Pop music, Contemporary R&B, World music Profiles | ||
Giuliano Di Paolo (born in Milan on July 27, 1977), better known by stage name Julio D, is an Italian singer-songwriter, record producer, and music video director. His music includes a wide variety of influences including R&B, jazz, hip hop, synthpop, reggae and afrobeat.
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2011-2013: Sabes Mi Nombre / Better Man
His debut album Sabes Mi Nombre is published in 2011 by Art Emotion (previously released by INgrooves).
In the first half of 2012, two new singles are published: "Amarte Más" and "Sun Comes Up". These songs don't obtain big consensus. "Yo Te Quiero" came right after. Co-written with songwriter Silvio Cassaro, the track got a lot different. At its debut, the video gained a lot of attention on YouTube.
In March 2013, Better Man was released. Sung in English, Italian and Spanish, the album emphasizes a more focused sound to urban, hip hop and R&B, merged with Afro-Caribbean and zouk rhythms.
2014-2015: Outsider / iNomad
Outsider, his third album, is announced in 2014. Once again, synth pop, neo soul and afro-urban are mixed in its tracks. "Niente Di Più" is chosen as first single, while "Courage & Faith" is the second tune extracted. Its music video is entirely shot during an intensive Moroccan tour.
In 2015, he produced a number of videos called iNomad. The aim of the project is to show the recording process of a whole song, in a natural environment, through the use of mobile technologies (already experimented by singer-songwriter Son Pascal).
At the beginning of the same year, the song "Beautiful" is released.
2016-2017: You Can't Stop Us
In 2016 Giuliano released one new single every two months, which will be included in the album "You Can't Stop Us", posted in January 2017. Changing the way usually the album is published and marketed, it's called by the artist evolving album. He explains this is a more contemporary approach to involve public through the LP development, while releasing a new album after a long period of time.