Maurizio De Jorio facts for kids

Maurizio De Jorio (born September 24, 1968) is an Italian music producer and singer from Trento, Italy. He started making music professionally in the mid-1980s.

Like many artists in the Eurobeat music style, Maurizio De Jorio has used several different stage names for various music labels. He is best known for being part of the Eurodance group Max Coveri. With Max Coveri, he helped create popular songs like "Running in the 90s" and "Night of Fire". Both of these songs became super famous because they were featured in the Japanese anime series Initial D. Their appearance in the show helped Maurizio De Jorio and the Eurobeat music style become incredibly popular around the world. Other songs by him used in Initial D include "Speedy Speed Boy", "Stop Your Self Control" (as 'Marko Polo'), "Golden Age", "Take Me to the Top" (as 'D. Essex'), and "No One Sleep In Tokyo" (with Fernando Bonini as 'Edo Boys').

Maurizio's Music Journey

Maurizio De Jorio's music career began in 1987 with his song "In A New World" (released under the name Tom Maurice). In 1991, he joined Polydor Records, which was the start of his Eurobeat journey. His first song where he sang was "Love & Celebration" by David Essex.

In 1992, he started working with Andrea Leonardi, also known as Bratt Sinclaire. Later in the mid-1990s, Maurizio left Polydor Records. He then joined Bratt Sinclaire and helped start a new Eurobeat music label called Delta Music Industry. He worked with other talented artists there, and many of their songs were later released on special music collections. Today, Maurizio De Jorio mostly performs under his stage name Dejo for Bratt Sinclaire's music label, SinclaireStyle.

Maurizio De Jorio joined the group Max Coveri in 1996.

Maurizio's Many Music Names

Maurizio De Jorio has used many different names for his music projects. Here are some of his well-known aliases:

• 7th Heaven
• Alan Ford
• Casanova
• Dejo
• Delta All-Stars (with Clara Moroni, Davide Gelosa, and Daniela Rando)
• D-Essex
• D. Essex
• David Essex
• Edo Boys (with Fernando Bonini)
• Kevin Johnson
• Marko Polo
• Max Coveri
• Morris
• Morris & Cherry
• Roswell
• Charlie Tango
• SEB All Stars
• SinclaireStyle All Stars (with Roberta Grana and Manuela Leschino)
• Tokyo Future (with Fernando Bonini)

Music in Pop Culture

Maurizio De Jorio's songs have appeared in many places:

• Many of his songs are used for popular internet trends on the website YTMND.
• A model named Edoardo Arlenghi is sometimes used in pictures and videos for songs released under Maurizio's name "Niko". You can see him in the music video for the song "Night of Fire".
• The worldwide hit "Night Of Fire" was originally sung by Edoardo Arlenghi, but Maurizio's version was chosen at the last minute.
• Several of his songs, including "Night of Fire", "Speedy Speed Boy", "Golden Age", and "Running in the 90s", are featured in the Japanese anime Initial D. This show greatly helped make Eurobeat music famous. Also, "Running in the 90s" became a very popular Internet meme. It's often used in videos where cars are shown driving very fast.