Mario Caldato Jr. (born February 24, 1961), also known as Mario C., is a Brazilian-born

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and studio engineer best known for his work with

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, Jack Johnson in the US, Marcelo D2 and Seu Jorge in Brazil.

Early life

Caldato was born in

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. When he was two years old, his family moved to

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. Caldato began playing keyboards as a youth and took classical music lessons.

Career

In 1986, Caldato met DJ Matt Dike at Los Angeles nightclub Power Tools. At Dike's request, Caldato built a recording studio in Dike's apartment, where he engineered and co-produced Tone Loc and

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's hit singles and albums. In 1988, Caldato began his long-term professional association with Beastie Boys when he engineered their second album, '' Paul's Boutique''. He co-produced their albums '' Check Your Head'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Through his association with the Beastie Boys, Caldato also produced DJ Hurricane's first album, ''The Hurra''. With Adam Horovitz, he produced two albums for the hardcore punk band D.F.L.. Caldato also toured extensively worldwide with Beastie Boys during '' Check Your Head'' and ''

'', and mixed their live sound. Caldato has also worked with such artists as Money Mark, Jack Johnson,

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, Blur, Cibo Matto, The Cult,

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, Manu Chao, Molotov, Super Furry Animals,

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, The John Butler Trio,

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, and

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Work with artists in South America

Caldato, a Portuguese speaker, has produced many Brazilian artists, including Planet Hemp, Marcelo D2, Seu Jorge, Nação Zumbi, Bebel Gilberto, Marisa Monte,

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, and

Mallu Magalhães Maria Luiza de Arruda Botelho Pereira de Magalhães (born August 29, 1992), known as Mallu Magalhães (), is a Brazilian singer, songwriter and musician. Mallu first came to prominence through her MySpace page, becoming known for her own songs a ...

. In 2008 he mixed the debut album of the Argentinian group Banda de Turistas titled ''Magico Corazon Radiofonico''. In 2010 Caldato mixed and co-produced the Seu Jorge and Almaz self-titled album released by Now-Again Records. Caldato organized, recorded and produced a charitable album with Anglo-Brazilian collaboratory supergroup,

The Bottletop Band The Bottletop Band is a supergroup consisting of leading musicians of both Brazilian and English music. Mario Caldato Jr. is the prime organiser of the band, overseeing the whole Bottletop band record and he was behind the mixing and product ...

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Caldato, Mario Jr. Living people Businesspeople from São Paulo Brazilian people of Italian descent Brazilian emigrants to the United States Brazilian record producers People of Italian descent Beastie Boys 1961 births