Paolo "Paul" Micioni (born 3 March 1956) and Pietro "Peter" Micioni (born 18 February 1963) are an Italian duo of DJs, musicians and record producers.

Career

Born in

Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...

, the Micioni brothers started their career as DJs in the 1970s, Paul in 1973 and Peter in 1977. At the end of the decade, Paolo Micioni was noticed by

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in the disco club where he was

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, the Easy Going, and then Simonetti together with Giancarlo Meo decided to produce him in a musical project named after the club, Easy Going, achieving a significant success with the song "Baby I Love You".Cantore, Lalla (1990). "Micioni, Paul e Peter". Castaldo, Gino (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore. p. 1072. Following Paolo's production of his brother's 1980 debut single "Driving on Broadway", in late 1981 the two brothers formed the group Traks, mainly active in recording dance versions of 1960s and 1970s rock songs, notably a successful rendition of

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' hit "

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". After producing several singles for Best Records, including the hits "

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" by

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and "Nightime Lady" by Mike Francis, Micionis founded their own label, Cat Records, producing several Francis and

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hits. In later years they founded a recording studio, Gimmick, and produced works by

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, Tiromancino,

Marina Rei Marina Restuccia (born 5 June 1969), known as Marina Rei, is an Italian singer and songwriter. Biography Born in Rome, the daughter of the drummer of the orchestra of Ennio Morricone and turnist Vincenzo "Enzo" Restuccia, at 18 Rei started to de ...

, Niccolò Fabi.

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