Fabio Frittelli (24 July 1966 – 6 February 2013), better known by his pseudonym Mo-Do, was an Italian musician. Mo-Do appeared in the 1990s as an Italian
electronic music
Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electroac ...
act. Although Mo-Do was Italian, his songs were in German.
History
Origin of the name
The name ''Mo-Do'' is claimed to originate from first letters of Frittelli's birth town (
Monfalcone
Monfalcone (; Bisiacco: ; fur, Monfalcon; sl, Tržič; archaic german: Falkenberg) is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Gorizia in Friuli Venezia Giulia, northern Italy, located on the Gulf of Trieste. Monfalcone means 'falcon mountain' ...
) and the day of his birth (''Domenica'', i.e. "Sunday" in Italian), respectively.
Career
Mo-Do was formed when Frittelli met producer
Claudio Zennaro
Claudio is an Italian language, Italian and Spanish first name. In Portuguese it is accented Cláudio. In Catalan language, Catalan and Occitan language, Occitan it is Claudi, while in Romanian it is Claudiu.
Origin and history
Claudia (gens), ...
. Other producers who worked with Frittelli (sometimes quoted as members of the group) were
Fulvio Zafret,
Mario Pinosa
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and
Sergio Portaluri.
Mo-Do is probably best known for the single "
Eins, Zwei, Polizei
"Eins, Zwei, Polizei" (English: One, Two, Police) is a 1994 song recorded by Italian dance musician Mo-Do (a.k.a. Fabio Frittelli) and was released as the debut single from his first and only album, ''Was Ist Das?'' (1995). The song got its i ...
" (co-produced with Zennaro and Zafret) which reached No. 1 in the German, Austrian and
Italian music charts.
Death
Frittelli was found dead at his home in Italy on 7 February 2013, at age 46. Police ruled his death a suicide.
Discography
Album
* ''Was ist das?'' (Metronome Records, 1995)
Singles
*Non-album single; only appeared on the Lithuanian CD release of ''Was ist das?'' as a bonus track
References
External links
Mo-Do Biography in the Eurodance Encyclopedia
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1966 births
2013 deaths
2013 suicides
People from Monfalcone
Italian electronic musicians
Italian house musicians
German-language singers
Remixers
Suicides in Italy
20th-century Italian musicians