Biography

Throughout his career Pino has worked worked with a range of top artists, musicians and producers such as Paul Corkett (Bjork, The Cure, Nick Cave) The Hofesh Shechter Company , Gavin Goldberg (Britney Spears, Moby) Luca Campaner (Westlife, Beverley Knight) Gioacchino Maurici (Calogero, Zazie, Florent Pagny) and the soul legend Geno Washington amongst others.

 

Following his early DJ years he went on to focus on writing, producing and foremost performing as a drummer. He has been living in London since 1996 but has also toured extensively throughout several European countries, sharing the stage with acts such as Morcheeba, Placebo and Hooverphonic.

 

As a producer and writer he is inspired from the simple need to be creative and explore uncharted avenues. Through the years he has been working in many high profile studios such as Mayfair, Rack, Milo, Boogie Back and Moles both as a drummer and producer. In 1999 he joined the band Sublama and co-produced their debut album Picturehouse with Nick Hunt (Dave Stewart, Urban Species, Placebo). The band quickly achieved airplay on established radio stations in the UK, Holland and Germany. Sublama also managed to attract a great deal of attention from MTV's Real World due to their growing popularity which lead to their first licensing deal in Korea.

 

In 2002 he started up [Fodez] a solo project inspired by the amalgamation of various art forms like photography, painting, poetry, dance and music to create a blend of sounds and visual stimuli. The aim was to fuse the organic with the synthetic to create engaging soundscapes using acoustic instruments and technology while providing a collaborative platform for creative expression. With this in mind he set off to write his first solo album [To be continued...] on Lofo Records, which was critcally aclaimed in the UK press, and then went on to shooting photographs throughout Europe. His latest collaborative project was called Amplicity, a concept based on the amplification of the minute and evolves around subjects like totality, society and reality.

 

Pino incorporates rhythm into almost every aspect of his life. He believes it is important to share the beautiful art of drumming. As a respected performer and educator, he was the head of the drumming department at Percussity between 2007 and 2012. He was also a resident tutor at the Brighton Institute of Modern music (BIMM) from 2005 to 2012. He has written various tuition articles as a freelance contributor for leading UK drum magazines Rhythm and Drummer, which gave him an outlet to share some of his concepts and ideas with the wider drumming community.

 

Having committed may years to teaching Music in higher education in the UK, Pino accumulated a wealth of professional experience as both an educator and musician, culminating in pursuing a Master's Degree Level Qualification from Middlesex University in 2011, and carries on teaching and playing music to the present day.

 

I like to dedicate some of my time to the educational side of things as I believe it is important to pass on the knowledge and spread the beautiful art of drumming. I have been working in various music schools since 1997, including the London Music School and the London Centre of Contemporary Music. I was a resident tutor at the Brighton Institute of Modern Music and have been lecturing there from 2005-2012. I have also headed the Percussity drum department and have written various tuition articles as a freelance contributor for UK drum magazines Rhythm and Drummer, which gave me an outlet to share some of my concepts and ideas with the wider drumming community.

 

2006 – 2012                The Brighton Institute of Modern Music (BIMM) 

 

2001 – 2004                The London Centre of Contemporary Music (LCCM) 

 

1999 – 2000                London Music School (LMS) 

 

1997 – 1999                CAVEM Music School (Luxembourg)

 

Beside being involved in the music industry for over 20 years I have also had the privilege to study with several global drumming ambassadors such as Dom Famularo, Jim Chapin, Pete Zeldman and Thomas Lang. I graduated from the Musicians Institute (MI) in 1997 and with my P.G. Cert. (Ed) Post Graduate Certificate in Further and Higher Music Education from Middlesex University London, I take my teaching seriously.

 

2009 – 2011                Middlesex University London (Études de pédagogie)
                                    Post Graduate Certificate in Further and Higher Music Education P.G. Cert. (Ed)

 

2009                            BIMM University
                                    BA Music

 

1996 – 1997                Musicians Institute London (PIT)
                                    Platinum award and drummer of the year award