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About Me

Album out! click to listen & buy!Born in a coastal town in Italy with a light skin tone Grillo found himself pretty much the only kid at the beach getting constantly sun burnt and schorched. Forced to stay indoors during the hottest days of summer he developed a passion for making mixtapes on his boombox out of old tapes he found around the house. These early recordings were a mix of old italian folksingers, videogame soundtracks and long religious sermons from grandma's collection of C-90s. Teenage years brought Grillo decks, records and software trackers, along with a passion for hip hop and sampling, the lost art of recycling applied to music. Today, in addition to regularly collaborating with local rap acts, leftfield electronica projects and rogue indie movie crews Grillo crafts his own blend of music consisting of crusty beats, vintage samples, 8-bit bleeps and field recordings: sounds like recycled crap yet an original voice somehow emerges from it all.

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Member Since: 3/26/2006
Band Website: skuff.tv/channels/grillo
Band Members: me (akai mpc) myself (keyboards) and I (guitar)
Influences: Pete Rock, Dabrye, Scott Herren, Premier, Bugz in the attic, Madlib, Jazzanova, J Dilla, Questlove, RjD2, Jel, Beat Minerz, Spinna, Hi tek, Dangermouse, Jazzanova, Flying Lotus, Peanut Butter Wolf, vintage Ye, Gui Boratto, John Hughes III, Apparat, John&Paul, Shadow, Dj Cam.
Sounds Like: My new album, out on Beatpick.com, fairplay digital label, check it out the full previews and buy!My release on dusted wax, [DWK013] Grillo - Side B EP, click on the cover for streaming and downloadsMy little mixtape project: personal remixes of next generation's producers, including flying lotus, dabrye, georgia anne muldrow and more. Free download click below!
Record Label: Beatpick
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

News and things and beats!

Ok, lots of good news so better get started with it.First of all, Dusted Wax released its second all-star compilation, you can find it here and it's got a brand new dope track by me, Luta, and the res...
Posted by grillo on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:33:00 PST

New record finally out!!

It's called Dirty Pretty Beats and it's out now on Beatpick a fairplay/digital label. It means as of now it's only available as a digital download, but with free unlimited previews on the website, no ...
Posted by grillo on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:05:00 PST

Check out 9 tones of funk!

Stereopod is the podcast from the guys at Stigae label, and features a great mix of underground music. The last episode is called 9 tones of funk and features one of my newest tracks, "boots", a...
Posted by grillo on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:43:00 PST

Side B E.P. is here!

Well not here here, but on dusted wax website obviously, go to this page for the download links and all the info.Thanks again to DWK for their support and i hope you enjoy the music!...
Posted by grillo on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 01:49:00 PST

Upcoming Release - Side B!

Good news everybody! I've got an EP coming out soon on Dusted Wax Kingdom called Side B, go check out their page and their whole catalog, lots of nice music to download and enjoy!! I've also got an ar...
Posted by grillo on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 04:11:00 PST

Free mixtape download!!

Recorded a while ago, lots of tracks are now 'classics' !! Free download here...
Posted by grillo on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 12:05:00 PST