FROM LUCA TO MONDO
IN 1980, THE SINGER-SONGWRITER MONDO IS BORN. HIS GIVEN NAME IS LUCA MONDELLI. LUCA GROWS UP WITH HIS PARENTS WHO ARE ORIGINALLY FROM ITALY, HIS OLDER SISTER AND HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, IN ST.MORITZ. DURING HIS SCHOOL YEARS, HE IS GIVEN THE NICKNAME „MONDO“
AT THE AGE OF 10, HE BEGINS TO PLAY GUITAR. IN 1996 MONDO FORMS THE BAND „CHEYENNE “. AFTER THEIR DEBUT CONCERT IN CHAPELLA, MONDO MOVES TO CHUR WHERE, IN 1999, HE FINISHES HIS BUTCHER APPRENTICESHIP. TWO YEARS LATER, HE FINISHES BUSINESS SCHOOL.
DURING THIS TIME MONDO NEVER STOPS MAKING MUSIC. IN 2008 HE WRITES THE SONG „BALKON “, HIS FIRST SONG IN SWISS-GERMAN. MONDO HAD ACTUALLY NEVER THOUGHT OF MAKING MUSIC OUTSIDE OF HIS OWN FOUR WALLS. BUT TWO YEARS LATER HE PERFORMS „BALKON“ AT A CASTING CALL, „LA VUSCH“, ORGANIZED BY THE RADIO RUMANTSCH PROGRAM „BATTAPORTA“.
MONDO WRITES FURTHER DIALECT SONGS LIKE „SUNNABLUAMA“. AND COINCIDING WITH A PETITION FOR A CULTURE CENTER IN THE UPPER ENGADINE, WHICH MONDO HIGHLY SUPPORTS, HE WRITES THE SONG „KULTURZENTRUM“. HE ALSO BEGINS WRITING SONGS WITH RUMAUNSCH TEXTS LIKE „PROTESTA“, „VULNERABEL“ AND „AMACA “. NEXT MONDO PLAYS AT A WHOLE NUMBER OF CONCERTS, FROM THE ENGADINE THROUGH THE VALLEYS OF SWITZERLAND. SINCE OCTOBER 2011 MONDO AND THE AMERICAN MUSICIAN BETH WIMMER PLAY AT CONCERTS TOGETHER. SOON THE AUDIENCE UNDERSTANDS WHAT MONDO SAYS WITH HIS MUSIC AND HOW IMPORTANT HIS MESSAGES ARE. MONDO IS AN ARTIST - MUSICIAN AND POET - WHO LIKES TO SPICE UP HIS LYRICS WITH A BREATH OF IRONY AND MAKE PEOPLE THINK.
„uf & ab“ – THE DEBUT ALBUM
FINALLY ! MONDOS FIRST ALBUM, „UF & AB“, A CO-OPERATION WITH THE PRODUCER OF RADIOSKY RECORDS AND MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST DAMIANO DELLA TORRE FROM ITALY (ADRIANO CELENTANO, ROCK POLITIC, TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY),IS AVAILABLE ON DECEMBER 14, 2011 AS A DIGITAL PRE RELEASE FOR DOWNLOAD.
AS OF JANUARY 2012 „UF & AB“, THE PHYSICAL ALBUM, IS AVAILABLE ON CD AT WWW.MONDOMUSIC.CH.
WATCH FOR ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL ARTISTS AND MUSICALLY VARIED SWISS ALPINE ALBUMS IN RECENT YEARS!
