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Teho Teardo
Background information
Birth nameMauro Teho Teardo
Born (1966-09-19) 19 September 1966 (age 58)
Pordenone, Italy
GenresElectronic music
Occupation(s)Composer
Musician
Sound artist
Years active1986 - present
LabelsInvisible Records
Expanding Records
Cargo Records

Teho Teardo is an Italian musician and composer.

He is a founding member of the rock band Meathead. In 1990s he collaborated with Mick Harris, Jim Coleman and Lydia Lunch.[1] With Scott McCloud (Girls Against Boys) he started a new project called Operator. Together they released an album titled Welcome To The Wonderful World in 2003 and toured with Placebo. In 2006 he made an album inspired by Pier Paolo Pasolini's poetry with Erik Friedlander.

Teardo composed music score for many Italian films like Gabriele Salvatores' Denti or Paolo Sorrentino's The Family Friend and Il Divo. For Denti he received the Quality prize from the Italian Minister of Culture. For his soundtrack of the Il Divo Teardo won the David di Donatello Award in 2009.[2]

Discography

Teho Teardo

  • Caught from Behind (1984)
  • Paid in Full (1988)
  • Tower/Microphone (2005)

Erik Friedlander & Teho Teardo

  • Giorni Rubati (2006)

with Modern Institute

  • Excellent Swimmer (2006)

with Operator

  • Welcome to the Wonderful World (2003)

with Here

  • Brooklyn Bank (1997)

with Matera

  • Same Here (1996)

with Blixa Bargeld

  • Still Smiling (2013)

References

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