Origin Italy Website thecipmusic.com Record label Volcan Records Associated acts The C.I.P Genres Electropop | Labels Volcan Records Role Musical Artist Years active 2014–present Name Michele Scheveger | |
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Born March 27, 1989 (age 35) ( 1989-03-27 ) Occupation(s) Singer, producer, songwriter | ||
Michele Scheveger (born 1989) is an Italian producer and a member of electronic music duo The C.I.P. He plays guitar, keyboards and synthesizers.
Contents
- Early life
- Music career
- Influences
- Italy
- Spain
- Australia
- UK
- USA
- Mexico
- Columbia
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
- Awards and nominations
- References
Early life
Scheveger was born in Tuscany (Italy) in 1989. Being exposed to a big variety of music including ambient, post rock, rap and pop - dance music - pop punk, Scheveger was mainly introduced to electronic music by his friend Simone. Was in 2013 that Scheveger got in touch with Antonio Filippelli, producer and quite big name in the music industry, having played for "Vanilla Sky" in the World Tour and working for Emi and Sony. Scheveger left to Australia in February 2014, where he found a "vivid and amazing" music scene, that helped him having a clearer vision and influenced him a lot.
Music career
In 2008, Scheveger co-produced and co-wrote the debut album of his pop punk band called "Tinkerbell". The homonym album was released and distributed in Japan under major emo and punk label RADTONE RECORDS / MEDIA FACTORY and counted more than 150.000 plays on My Space. Also, in early 2013 Scheveger signed for Volcan Records and recorded "Daydream" for "The C.I.P", having again a really active role as a composer and songwriter, taking care of arrangements and lyrics, using synthesizers, samplers, drum machines and mac programs such as Logic, Ableton, Reason etc. The single "We'll set the world on fire" raised international attention and was played by major international radios and TV channels like MTV.
Influences
Scheveger's influences include:
Tycho, Flume, The Cure, Van She, M83, Tame Impala, Depeche Mode, Capital Cities, Chvrches, Empire of The Sun, Blink 182, Jimmie eat World, Brian Eno, The Killers, Mgmt, Jon Hopkins, Paul Kalkbrenner, Yeasayer, We have band, Miami Horror, The Postal Service, Sigur Ross, Diive, Groove Armada, Skrillex, Nirvana, Caribou, Giraffage, 65daysofstatic, Oliver Tank, Phoenix, Wavves, Best Coast, La Sera, Sebastien Tellier and many others.
Scheveger is also influenced by the skateboarding and surfing culture.
Italy
Rockit Magazine, MTV Italy, MTV New Generation, MTV Digital Days, Rolling Stone Magazine (Italy), "Premio Roma Videoclip" (event, Rome IT), TAG24 Backstage Press Webzine, Art News Webzine, Anderground.it webzine, Dj Mag Italia, LoudVision Webzine, Sky (TV), Rockambula Webzine, Paper Street, Safe&Sound Press, Reykjavik Boulevard Magazine, "Radio Città Futura" and major FM / National Radios (IT)
Spain
Radio Nacional De España (RNE), 20minutos.es, sol mùsica (TV channel), scannerFM, Canal Sur Televisión, astredupop, Radio Segovia, BCN events magazine, Rockets, HiSTéRiCaS GrabacioneS
Australia
VC Media - Music and Concert Promotion (AUSTRALIA),
UK
EQ music blog, Bizarre, Fancy Melancholic, The Crack Magazine, Digital Warble
USA
Radio FG USA, Bagel radio, Rormix
Mexico
Rock Activist, Revista Marvin
Columbia
Escena Indie
Uruguay
Urbana AFM
Venezuela
Onclef
Scheveger also shared the stage with artists like Planet Funk, The Bloody Beetroots, Groove Armada, Todd Terje, Congorock.