Mario Caldato Jr.

Mario Caldato Jr.
Mario Caldato Jr.
Background information
Also known as	Mario C.
Born	February 24, 1961; São Paulo, Brazil
Occupation(s)	Producer, engineer, mixer
Instruments	Keyboards, bass, drum programming and Efx
Associated acts	Beastie Boys, ; Jack Johnson, ; Marcelo D2, ; Seu Jorge
Website	marioc.com

Mario Caldato Jr. (born February 24, 1961), also known as Mario C., is a Brazilian-American record producer and studio engineer best known for his work with Beastie Boys and Jack Johnson in the US, and with Marcelo D2 and Seu Jorge in Brazil. He is the winner of three Latin Grammys to date, along with several nominations and multi-platinum and gold records to his credit.

Biography

Born in São Paulo, Brazil, Mario Caldato Jr. is the son of Italian father Mario, Sr. and Brazilian mother Guiomar. In 1963 Mario and his family moved to the United States, settling in Los Angeles. As a young boy, Caldato received a Sears Silvertone organ as a gift from his father, and then a piano a few years later. Soon after he began taking classical music lessons. These lessons came to an abrupt end when he was slapped by his teacher for not practicing. The incident did not however deter Caldato's budding interest in pop music. He was further inspired by a 1970 performance by Duke Ellington at El Camino College in Torrance, California.

As a teenager Caldato played keyboards and percussion in various local bands including Soul Sticks, Wake, Sa-Fire, Phaze, Phaze II, and The Jungle Bugs. In 1979 he purchased a cassette deck and recorded the band of his friend "Money" Mark Nishita at Harbor College in Wilmington CA. After building a home recording studio with Nishita and then visiting Jamaica for 1983's Reggae Sunsplash Festival, he then produced The Jungle Bugs' 7" single and then an EP for Alice I Wonder with the help of Brian "Sly" Foxworthy.

In 1985, Caldato started a PA and DJ rental company with Mike Nishita, brother of "Money" Mark Nishita. A year later he met DJ Matt Dike at legendary downtown L.A. nightclub Power Tools. At Dike's request, Caldato built a recording studio in Dike's Hollywood apartment, transforming a closet into a vocal booth. It was at Dike's home studio that Caldato engineered and helped co-produce Tone Loc and Young MC's hit singles and albums for Dike and Mike Ross' label Delicious Vinyl. It was also at Dike's apartment that Caldato first met the New York rap group Beastie Boys and the duo the Dust Brothers.

Work with Beastie Boys / Grand Royal

In 1988-89 Caldato engineered the Beastie Boys second album Paul's Boutique. Caldato is visible in footage of the album's release party atop the Capitol Records building. Deemed a commercial failure at the time, Paul's Boutique is now considered an unimpeachable cult classic. The album began Caldato's long-term professional association with Beastie Boys, co-producing their multi-platinum classics Check Your Head, Ill Communication and Hello Nasty. His name became well-known to Beastie fans via the shout-outs "that's a record 'cause of Mario" on the song "Root Down", "Mario C likes to keep it clean!" on the hit single "Intergalactic, "Ed Norton is chillin' with Mario" and "Me and Ad and Adam and the Mario C" on the song "Three MC's and One DJ"[1] and "at the boards is the man they call Mario" on Sure Shot. During his early association with the Beastie Boys, Caldato also produced DJ Hurricane's 1st album The Hurra for Grand Royal. With Adam Horovitz, he produced two albums for the hardcore punk band D.F.L. for Grand Royal. Caldato also toured extensively worldwide with Beastie Boys during Check Your Head and Ill Communication mixing their sound live (sometimes in a quadrophonic setting), his style inspired in part by legendary dub reggae pioneers King Tubby and Lee "Scratch" Perry.

Work with other artists in North America / Europe / Australia

Caldato's long-standing friendship with Money Mark has resulted in Mario's engineering, producing and mixing much of Mark's solo output, including the albums Push The Button (Mo' Wax, 1998), Change Is Coming (Emperor Norton, 2001), and Brand New By Tomorrow (Brushfire, 2007). Caldato has also produced three Jack Johnson albums On & On, In Between Dreams and Johnson's fourth Billboard Number One album From Here to Now to You. He has also worked with Beck, Bjork, Blur, Cibo Matto, The Cult, Day One, Los Lobos & John Lee Hooker, Manu Chao, Mother Tongue's self-titled debut, Molotov, Super Furry Animals, Gruff Rhys, The John Butler Trio and Yoko Ono. In 2008, he mixed the self-titled debut EP of One Day as a Lion, a project comprising Zack de la Rocha (of Rage Against the Machine) and Jon Theodore (previously of The Mars Volta).[2] In 2008, he produced the 2nd album of Joseph d'Anvers, a talented French songwriter, called Les Jours Sauvages, featuring appearances by Money Mark, Vanessa da Mata, Moreno Veloso and Kassin & Domenico. In 2012 he mixed the debut by Kids These Days, "Traphouse Rock," recorded by Wilco's Jeff Tweedy.[3] Also produced Ethan Tucker debut LP 2015, also Mala Vita, So Far So Good LP from Holland 2016, Willie Bobo Dig my Feeling LP and Con Brio debut LP Paradise in 2016 from San Francisco.

Work with artists in South America

The Portuguese-speaking Caldato spends significant time in Brasil, where his personal heritage infuses his music projects. He has produced many Brazilian artists, including Planet Hemp, Marcelo D2, Seu Jorge, Nação Zumbi, Bebel Gilberto, Marisa Monte, Vanessa da Mata, and Mallu Magalhães. In 2008 he mixed the debut album of the Argentinian group Banda de Turistas titled Magico Corazon Radiofonico, one of the new revelations of the Latin scene. In 2010 Caldato mixed and co-produced the Seu Jorge and Almaz self-titled album released by Now-Again Records. Caldato organized, recorded and produced a charitable album with Anglo-Brazilian collaboratory supergroup, The Bottletop Band. In 2014 he was responsible for mixing Criolo second album Convoque seu Buda and also Filipe Ret, Revel LP and Ana Cañas To Na Vida LP in 2015. Also produced Aymoréco debut LP 2016, Santiago Cruz, Trenes, Aviones y Viajes Interplanetarios LP from Colombia, also mixed Alvinho Lancellotti, Canto de Marajó LP and FingerFingerrr, MAR LP in 2016.

Production, mixing, and engineering credits for LPs and EPs

1989 Tone Lōc (Loc'ed after Dark) eng, mix
1989 Young MC (Stone Cold Rhymin') eng, mix
1989 Def Jef (Just a Poet with Soul) eng, mix
1989 Beastie Boys (Paul’s Boutique) eng, mix
1992 Beastie Boys (Check Your Head) co-prod w/ Beastie Boys, eng, mix
1994 Beastie Boys (Ill Communication) co-prod w/ Beastie Boys, eng, mix
1994 D.F.L. (My Crazy Life) EP prod, eng, mix
1994 Mother Tongue (Mother Tongue) prod, eng, mix
1994 Pure (Some other kind of Meat) mix
1995 Beastie Boys (Aglio e Olio) EP co-prod w/ Beastie Boys, eng, mix
1995 D.F.L. Proud to be mix
1995 DJ Hurricane (The Hurra) prod, eng, mix
1996 Beastie Boys (The In Sounds from Way Out) co-prod w/ Beastie Boys, eng, mix
1997 Planet Hemp (Os Caes Ladram mas a Caravana nao Para)🇧🇷 prod, eng, mix
1998 Beastie Boys (Hello Nasty) co-prod w/ Beastie Boys, eng, mix
1998 Money Mark 1/2 of (Push the Button) prod, eng, mix
1998 Tejo Beat various Portuguese artists Blasted Mechanism, Boss AC, Cool Hipnoise, Da Weasel, Ithaka, Primitive Reason(Tejo Beat)[4] 🇵🇹 prod, eng, mix
1999 1000 Clowns (Freelance Bubble Head) mix
1999 Arno 1/2 of (European Cowboy/a Poil Commercial) prod, eng, mix
1999 Beastie Boys (The Sounds of Science Anthology) co-prod w/ Beastie Boys, eng, mix
1999 Hot Sauce Johnson (Truck Stop Jug Hop) mix
1999 Molotov (Apocalypshit) prod, mix
1999 Nawfel (Nawfel)🇫🇷 mix
2000 Day One (Ordinary Man) prod, eng, mix
2000 Morgan 1/2 of (Organized) co-prod w/ Morgan, mix
2000 Mundo Livre S/A (Por Pouco)🇧🇷 mix
2000 Planet Hemp (A Invasao do Sagaz Homem Fumaca) prod, eng, mix
2000 Silmarils (Vegas 76)🇫🇷 prod, mix
2001 Money Mark (Change is Coming) mix
2001 Planet Hemp (MTV ao Vivo)🇧🇷 prod, mix
2001 Scapegoat Wax 1/2 of (Okeeblow/SWAX) prod, mix
2002 Mother Tongue (Streetlight) mix
2002 Seu Jorge (Samba Esporte Fino/Carolina)🇧🇷 prod, eng, mix
2003 Jack Johnson (On & On) prod, mix
2003 Marcelo D2 (A Procura da Batida Perfeita)🇧🇷 prod, eng, mix
2003 Super Furry Animals (Phantom Power) mix
2004 Donavon Frankenreiter (Donavon Frankenreiter) co-prod w/ Jack Johnson, eng, mix
2004 G Love (The Hustle) prod, eng, mix
2004 Marcelo D2 (MTV Acustico)🇧🇷 prod, mix
2005 Beastie Boys 1/2 of (Solid Gold) co-prod w/ Beastie Boys, eng, mix
2005 Day One (Probably Art) prod, eng, mix
2005 Jack Johnson (In Between Dreams) prod, mix
2005 Super Furry Animals (Lovekraft) prod, eng, mix
2006 Marcelo D2 (Meu Samba e Assim)🇧🇷 prod, eng, mix
2006 Marisa Monte (Universo ao Meu Redor)🇧🇷 co-prod w/ Marisa, eng, mix
2006 Willie Bobo (Lost and Found) mix
2007 Gruff Rhys (Candylion) add-prod, mix
2007 John Butler Trio (Grand National) 🇦🇺 prod, eng, mix
2007 Manu Chao (La Radiolina) 🇫🇷🇪🇸 eng, mix
2007 Money Mark (Brand New by Tomorrow) prod, eng, mix
2007 Nação Zumbi (Fume de Tudo)🇧🇷 prod, eng, mix
2007 Nawfel (The War of Sound)🇫🇷 mix
2007 Orquestra Imperial (Carnaval so Ano Que Vem)🇧🇷 co-prod w/ Kassin & Berna, eng, mix
2007 Vanessa da Mata (Sim)🇧🇷 co-prod w/ Kassin, eng, mix
2008 Banda de Turistas (Magico Corazon Radiofonico) 🇦🇷 mix
2008 Chico Cesar (Francisco Forro y Frevo)🇧🇷 mix
2008 Dirty Heads (Any Port in a Storm) mix
2008 Joseph d Anvers (Les Jours Sauvages)🇫🇷 prod, eng, mix
2008 Mallu Magalhaes (Mallu Magalhaes)🇧🇷 prod, eng, mix
2008 Marcelo D2 (Arte do Barulho)🇧🇷 prod, eng, mix
2008 One Day as a Lion (One Day as a Lion) EP eng, mix
2008 Salsedo (Wine and Pasta)🇫🇷 co-prod w/ David mix
2009 Ana Carolina 1/2 of (Nove)🇧🇷 co-prod w/ Kassin, eng, mix
2009 Brothers of Brazil (Punkanova)🇧🇷 prod, eng, mix
2009 Manaca (Manaca)🇧🇷 prod, mix
2009 Marcio Local (Sem Nenhum Problema/Márcio Local Says Don Day ...)🇧🇷 prod, mix
2009 The Slew (100%) mix
2009 Vanessa da Mata (Multishow ao Vivo)🇧🇷 co-prod w/ Kassin, mix
2010 Bombolessé (Movimento) mix
2010 Flobots (Survival Story) prod, mix
2010 Seu Jorge and Almaz (Seu Jorge and Almaz)🇧🇷 co-prod w/ Almaz, eng, mix
2010 Vanessa da Mata (Bicicletas, Bolos e Outras Alegrias)🇧🇷 mix
2011 Bambas Dois (Bambas Dois)🇧🇷 mix
2011 The Bottetop Band (Dream Service) prod, eng, mix
2011 Charlotte OC’Conner (For Kenny) prod, eng, mix
2011 Domenico (Cine Prive)🇧🇷 mix
2011 Gruff Rhys (Hotel Shampoo) add-prod, eng, mix
2011 Rene Lopez (E.L.S.) prod, eng, mix
2011 Seu Jorge (Musica para Churrasco vol 1) prod, mix
2011 Sublime and Rome (Your Truly) mix
2011 Zee Avi (Ghostbird) 🇲🇾 prod, eng, mix
2012 Dirty Heads (Cabin by the Sea) co-prod w/ Louie R, eng, mix
2012 Kids These Days (Traphouse Rock) mix
2012 Los Sebosos Postizos (Interpretem Jorge Ben)🇧🇷 prod, eng, mix
2013 Jack Johnson (From Here to Now to You) prod, mix
2013 Marcelo D2 (Nada Pode Me Para)🇧🇷 prod, eng, mix
2014 Amanda Brecker (Way to Be)🇧🇷🇺🇸 co-prod w/ Jesse Harris, eng, mix
2014 Bebel Gilberto (Tudo)🇧🇷 prod, eng, mix
2014 Criolo (Convoque Seu Buda)🇧🇷 mix
2014 Stéphane San Juan (Systeme de Som)🇫🇷 mix
2014 Vanessa da Mata (Segue o Som)🇧🇷 mix
2015 Ana Cañas (To na Vida)🇧🇷 add-prod, mix
2015 Day One (Intellectual Property) prod, eng, mix
2015 Ethan Tucker (Misunderstood) prod, eng, mix
2015 Filipe Ret (Revel)🇧🇷 mix
2015 Seu Jorge (Musica para Churrasco vol 2)🇧🇷 co-prod w/ Seu Jorge, eng, mix
2016 Con Brio (Paradise) prod, eng, mix
2016 Mala Vita (So Far So Good) 🇳🇱 prod, eng, mix
2016 Day One (Intellectual Property) prod, eng, mix
2016 Aymoréco (Aymoréco)🇧🇷 prod, eng, mix
2016 Willie Bobo (Dig My Feeling) co-prod w/ Eric Bobo, mix
2016 FingerFingerrr (MAR)🇧🇷 mix
2016 Santiago Cruz (Trenes, Aviones y Viajes Interplanetarios) 🇨🇴 co-prod w/ Kassin, eng, mix
2016 Alvaro Lancellotti (Canto de Marajó)🇧🇷 mix
2016 Pequeno Cidadão (Vem Dançar)🇧🇷 mix
2017 Debi Nova (Gran Ciudad) 🇨🇷 co-prod with Debi, eng, mix
2017 Jesuton (Home) co-prod w/ Bernardo and Jesuton, eng, mix
2017 Forro In The Dark (Sandcastle)🇧🇷 mix
2017 Tamy (Parador Neptunia)🇧🇷 mix
2017 Os Paralamas Do Sucesso (Sinais Do Sim)🇧🇷 prod, eng, mix
2017 Davi Moraes (Ta Em Casa)🇧🇷 mix
2017 Orquestra Afro-Brasileira (75 Anos)🇧🇷 prod, eng, mix
2018 Paulo Miklos (A Gente Mora No Agora)🇧🇷 mix
2018 Mexican Institute Of Sound (Disco Popular) mix
2018 Self (Ornament and Crime) prod
2018 Mario Biondi (Brasil) 🇮🇹 co-prod w/ Kassin, mix
2018 Rogê (Nômade)🇧🇷 co-prod w/ Kassin, mix
2018 Cézar Mendes (Depois Enfim)🇧🇷 co-prod w/ Marisa Monte & Arto Lindsay, eng, mix
2018 Marcelo D2 (Amar É Para Os Fortes)🇧🇷 prod, eng, mix
2019 Lila Downs (Al Chile) mix
2019 Tiago Iorc (Reconstrução)🇧🇷 co-prod w/ Roberto Pollo, eng, mix
2019 Freddie Gibbs & Madlib (Bandana) mix
2019 Marcelo Jeneci (Guaia)🇧🇷 add-prod, eng, mix
2020 Marcelo D2 (Assim Tocam os MEUS TAMBORES)🇧🇷 co-prod, eng, mix

References

https://genius.com/Beastie-boys-three-mcs-and-one-dj-lyrics
ANTI- One Day as a Lion Archived 2010-01-03 at the Wayback Machine
"Review: Kids These Days, 'Traphouse Rock'". Archived from the original on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
https://www.musixmatch.com/album/Various-Artists/Tejo-Beat

External links

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[1] ttps://genius.com/Beastie-boys-three-mcs-and-one-dj-lyrics

[2] ANTI- One Day as a Lion Archived 2010-01-03 at the Wayback Machine

[3] "Review: Kids These Days, 'Traphouse Rock'". Archived from the original on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.

[4] ttps://www.musixmatch.com/album/Various-Artists/Tejo-Beat

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Studio albums	Licensed to Ill Paul's Boutique Check Your Head Ill Communication Hello Nasty To the 5 Boroughs The Mix-Up Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
Compilations	Some Old Bullshit The In Sound from Way Out! Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds of Science Solid Gold Hits Beastie Boys Music
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Associated acts	The Young and the Useless Dust Brothers Mario Caldato Jr. BS 2000 The Latch Brothers
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