The story behind "Komodo (Save A Soul)" by Mauro Picotto

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Italian DJ and producer Mauro Picotto is a well-known name in the music scene, since the 1980s. In my previous interview with him, we already spoke about “Lizard”, one of his biggest classics.
For this week’s vlog I asked Mauro if he could share the story behind “Komodo (Save A Soul)”, another massive classic, which came out back in the year 2000.
Enjoy and thanks for watching!
Also check out my interview with Mauro Picotto about "Lizard"; • The story behind "Liza...
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@mauropicotto5825 9 ай бұрын

Thanks to everyone 🙂

@muzikxpress 9 ай бұрын

And thank you again for your time and your great stories!

@dragon-cloud 9 ай бұрын

🙏🙏🙏Thank you for all the hard work you put into such a long career of making some incredible music! I still am regularly rockin a few of your tracks in my vinyl sets. Much love from south of Boston MA. Cheers 👋🍻🥂☕️🔥 🐉☁️

@74alida 9 ай бұрын

Saluti da Pinerolo 👋

@nickepic1863 9 ай бұрын

Thank you legend

@duanearmix 9 ай бұрын

You're a childhood hero for me, i have lots of compilation albums that have your tracks in the early 2000s. Thanks for the music🥳

@Stereo_type1982 9 ай бұрын

I like that he says "now is too much" it absolutely is, tracks have about ten breakdowns after the other then then completely change after the drop. It sounds ridiculous.

@hinsen 9 ай бұрын

Deep Forest created its own melody (though I'm not sure) but the original song can definitely be called folk music. We currently know that the oldest version was made by a person called Afunakwa somewhere in the 1970s, but the original could have been written even before the 20th century, which means the composer is unknown. But the fact is that Mauro Picotto created the best commercial version of good old Trance of this song.

@mauropicotto5825 9 ай бұрын

Agreed, also I only discovered this few weeks ago. Now we all know the real reason why Deep Forest didnt give me the clearence for the sample at the time, they couldn't because they already took it from someone else first... Thanks for the clarification at least Save a Soul now is clear and Komodo completely original 🙂

@rtjdeckingandfencing1229 9 ай бұрын

Was only just listening to Komodo (and lizard and iguana) in the car half hour ago :-)

@muzikxpress 9 ай бұрын

Good timing haha

@liberty0758 7 ай бұрын

What an absolute legend. Komodo is still his best work, in my opinion. Loved the track so much that I ended up composing the main theme as a ringtone on a Nokia 3310 I had at the time.

@teleportedfunk 9 ай бұрын

I once had a dream where Komodo was playing and it was so powerful, i woke up with the tears of joy in my eyes because this tune has a big nostalgic value for me, oh the memories of the 2000-2001, the best music, the best years of my life. Big respect to Mauro Picotto, one of the best DJ and producer.

@ReeltoRealDemoTapes 9 ай бұрын

What a legend, he can talk about his past with such excitement, you bring out the best of the artist, Twan

@muzikxpress 9 ай бұрын

And thank you too!

@TheFinalDirectorsCut 9 ай бұрын

Mauro is one of the best and original DJs ever. His music is just fantastic!

@laurasalomaa1518 9 ай бұрын

I just love this song. I have listened this again and again and again for 22 years, and I never get tired with this. This song have been with me on gym or if my heart has brokened or when I have wanted just to enjoy about my life. One day, I hope, I have opportunity to see Mauro in live.

@743degrees 9 ай бұрын

The 'Tea' mix has always been my favourite version. Perfection! 🎶👌

@PAZPERDEE 9 ай бұрын

What a nice guy, I sold so many of his tracks back in the day.

@acidmack1041 Ай бұрын

I absolutely loved Deep Forest - Deep Forest back in 1994 so obviously loved Komodo (Save A Soul) too. But its crazy that Deep Forest said no to Mauro sampling them seeing as they had ripped the the track off from somebody else in the first place

@Ice-T. 9 ай бұрын

This guy is a true legend

@bucky716 9 ай бұрын

A top 5 favorite tune of all time. Thank you Mauro and thank you Twan for getting this out!

@muzikxpress 9 ай бұрын

And thank you too! 😊

@giannasaccomano2600 6 ай бұрын

This interview is amazing. I enjoyed listening to it. Thanks Twan for your job!

@muzikxpress 6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much!

@rajkoklancnik9487 6 ай бұрын

Mauro you are my top DJ.Welcome to Slovenia ❤❤❤❤ happy New jear 2024

@emakcay 9 ай бұрын

its a legendary song, maybe i played it hundred times or more.

@Stereo_type1982 9 ай бұрын

Also Like him talking about how he likes techno, I was in Gods Kitchen in Ibiza in 2001 and walking through the crowd and felt something bumping into the back of my knees repeatedly, took a few seconds to register then I kept feeling it, I turned round to see what was going on and it was Mauro standing behind me smiling with his record box, I was wearing a UR T shirt and he smiled at it and nodded then headed up to the booth.

@trancextend 9 ай бұрын

The legendary Komodo track. Oh boy!!

@robinbrinkler 9 ай бұрын

Haha 🙂 great interview guys, Mauro will always be a legend, thanks for this one!

@muzikxpress 9 ай бұрын

Thank you Robin!

@marcel1463 9 ай бұрын

That was such a great song! Thank you very much for this interview Muzikxpress.

@muzikxpress 9 ай бұрын

Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it!

@EuroDJ 9 ай бұрын

Mauro Picotto ... Media Rcords ...Legendary people and studios) ... Thnx 😉

@gordong7418 9 ай бұрын

funny, informative and interesting ! Loved it ! Thanks Twan !!! Great idea to ask him to share funny/interesting stories ! I could listen to Mario speak for many hours probably ! What a nice guy too !

@muzikxpress 9 ай бұрын

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the interview!

@radiantfires2597 4 ай бұрын

Great Interview!

@jasonvansanden7862 9 ай бұрын

Looking forward to seeing Mauro at Masif in Sydney soon!

@yasirishvellos2607 9 ай бұрын

This is one of the first songs that introduced me to trance, thank you Mauro picotto❤🎉🎉

@djdiscoworm 9 ай бұрын

Let's Take The Train To Muzik Express !!!

@jonog4207 9 ай бұрын

Legend

@jonog4207 9 ай бұрын

I emailed you about a few tracks mate. It would be great if you could do at least one of them in future 😎

@fezmania5078 9 ай бұрын

Great interview. It was a good listen. I enjoyed it. Thank you for sharing it, Twan.

@muzikxpress 9 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

@kaitracid3168 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the Video

@dragon-cloud 9 ай бұрын

It is incredible and i love that many other legendary artists and producers also watch these awesome interviews. Seeing as you are here i would also like to thank you for all the great tracks you have made as well! 🙏🙏🙏 i only have one of your tracks on vinyl but its an oldie 😎 So Simple 💪 Cheers from south of Boston!

@muzikxpress 9 ай бұрын

And thank you Kai!! Always happy to see you here!

@muzikxpress 9 ай бұрын

Pretty cool right? I know that some of these names watch (or watched) several of my videos: Ferry Corsten, Jono Grant (Above & Beyond), Dave Dresden (Gabriel & Dresden), Darude, Jonas Steur, Sied van Riel, Sneijder and I'm sure there's a whole bunch I forgot hehe.

@dragon-cloud 9 ай бұрын

@@muzikxpress It definitely is awesome and i am happy for you to be able to showcase these incredible moments with not only the ones you interview with but also us and the rest of the world. 🙏 If you ever happen to make it here to the states maybe vacation or something, it would be awesome to see a video with Christopher Lawrence. Just an idea to throw out there for you, he has been rockin the floors over here since the mid/late 90s. Cheers Twan!

@frostbite4954 9 ай бұрын

Man, I wished that I still had The Double Album. Tomorrow I’m going to Explore more of Mauro Picotto. I really love Save A Soul/Komodo and Iguana. But the Goodbye track on the chill out side of that album also. My all time favorite of him for now is still Megamind - Taub?

@MichaelMasonMusic 9 ай бұрын

Can't wait to watch this

@quobou 9 ай бұрын

This guy is amazing

@eccIefechan 8 ай бұрын

Interesting he mentions selling his old equipment to Sam Paganini. That's a name I've not heard in a long time. He was behind the project "Paganini Traxx", best known for "Zoe" but also "Release Yourself" which had a Qattara Remix.

@WilliamAshleyOnline 9 ай бұрын

Good interview, thanks for doing it.

@muzikxpress 9 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

@DjMiBsweden 9 ай бұрын

Love it

@teocdj 7 ай бұрын

Il piu grande di sempre!

@bernyboss 9 ай бұрын

Greattt!!! 😎😎😎

@darbomusic 9 ай бұрын

Yeeeeees 🎉❤😊

@ZuhiFromHun 7 ай бұрын

Hope proximus and promodo will be explained too!

@muzikxpress 7 ай бұрын

Hopefully one day, took me years to get these 2 interviews with Mauro, so let’s see hehe

@cbasgsm 9 ай бұрын

I would hope to see a back to cali interview

@muzikxpress 9 ай бұрын

Maybe one day 🤞🏻

@muzikxpress 9 ай бұрын

What is your favorite production or remix made by Mauro Picotto?

@mauropineda4307 9 ай бұрын

Iguana

@WilliamAshleyOnline 9 ай бұрын

Ultimahora.

@MichaelMasonMusic 9 ай бұрын

Going Back to Cali where I live in the U.S.

@tuanbe 9 ай бұрын

I Feel Love -it shows up every year on my "most played on Spotify" track list.

@WilliamAshleyOnline 9 ай бұрын

HAD TO COME BACK WRONG SIDE.. actually Baguette. It is actually the most hard techno sounding track I can think of that he made. Actually very similar in sense to UK acid techno around the time but a little more upbeat from TLC labels such as liberators, geezer etc. Still has a bit of that UK acid techno feel to it.