Maurizio De Jorio
Maurizio De Jorio is an Italian music producer and singer, born in Trento, Italy. He became involved in mainstream musical production in the mid-1980s.
Like most musicians in the Eurobeat genre, De Jorio has performed under a number of pseudonyms for various labels. He is most well known for being one part of the Eurodance group Max Coveri, alongside Edoardo Arlenghi, Mauro Farina, Corrado Baretta, Bratt Sinclaire, and Pamela Prandoni, producing hit tracks such as "Running in the 90s" and "Night of Fire". Both are featured in the anime Initial D – of which both appearances has garnered incredible popularity for De Jorio and the Eurobeat genre in general. Some of the other songs used in Initial D are: "Speedy Speed Boy", "Stop Your Self Control", "Golden Age", "Running in the 90s", "Take Me to the Top", and "No One Sleep In Tokyo ".
De Jorio's musical origins starts with his single "In A New World" in 1987 at Out Records, then in 1991, Gino Caria had taken him to A.Beat-C. and signed him to the record, beginning his Eurobeat career. His first song that he lent his vocals to was "Love & Celebration" by David Essex. in 1992, he had started working with Andrea Leonardi, who was currently freelancing for the label. He split from A.Beat-C. later in the mid-1990s to join Sinclaire and his newly co-founded Eurobeat label, Delta Music Industry, which was also co-founded by Laurent Schruster Gelmetti and Clara Elena Moroni, who had both worked at Time Records. De Jorio had worked with Newfield and Moroni for a good number of songs, which in 2019, were released on the Delta Ultimate Collection and Bratt Sinclaire Eurobeat Style album compilations. Currently, De Jorio performs only under his alias Dejo for Bratt Sinclaire's label, SinclaireStyle.
De Jorio joined Max Coveri in 1996, replacing Massimo Maglione before he adopted the drag queen alias Billy More.
Partial discography
As lead artist
;As 7th Heaven1990s
;As Derreck Simons- ''TNT''
2000s
;As Alan Ford| Year | Title | Album |
| 1994 | Magic | Super Eurobeat Vol. 49 - Extended Version |
;As CasanovaLost In The Time Lost In The Time Lost In The Time Lost In The Time Lost In The Time Power of Love Lost In The Time Don't Leave Me Now Don't Leave Me Now Don't Leave Me Now Don't Leave Me Now Don't Leave Me Now Feel The Passion Feel The Passion Feel The Passion Feel The Passion Feel The Passion In The Name Of Love / What Is Love ) In The Name Of Love In The Name Of Love In The Name Of Love In The Name Of Love In The Name Of Love In The Name Of Love Under Pressure Under Presser Under Presser Suspicious Suspicious Suspicious Suspicious I Did It For Love Help Me To Say Goodbye Help Me To Say Goodbye Help Me To Say Goodbye Help Me To Say Goodbye Help Me To Say Goodbye I Would Die for You Jealous Guy Just for Tonight Same Old Feeling Coming Home Superfly Satisfy My Soul The Hero Holiday Crazy Love Crazy Love
;As Dejo1.2.3.4. Fire! Boys Gone Wild Drifting all night For The Fans with Tora In The Eyes Of A Tiger with Bratt
- Lightning Over Japan Loving Eurobeat with Bon Too Young to Fall in Love We Rock'em All with Chai Wheelpower And Go! with Bon Wilder Faster Louder
;* Christmas Time
;* Trust Me
;As David Essex / D. Essex / D-EssexGoodbye IllusionLove & CelebrationSin of LoveAll Your Love Burning LoveDemolition ManListen to the RhythmTokyo Tokyo
- Victim of LoveBoom Boom Fire
- Boom Boom Fire Breaking The LawDancing CrazyFahrenheit EuronightHyper Star EnergyMaster PowerMax Power with Dr. LoveMusic for HireMusic ForeverRestless and WildTake Me to the TopThank You-Arigato
- No One Sleep In Tokyo
- My Rock Is For Japan
- Big Is Your Faith
- Welcome to my World
- Yankee
;As Max CoveriGolden AgeHigh Desire
- I Don't Wanna Break Your Sweet HeartLike a ThunderRunning in the 90sSupercar
- Crazy For Your LoveGo Say Goal! Still Love You All
- Go! Save Goal
- Bad TonightDestination Unknown
;As OdaFace to FaceSex CrimeShy GunSpeed Demon
;As RoswellAlien LightCome On!
- My Way
As SinclaireStyle All Stars Xmas Love
As Tokyo Future
- ''Tokyo Future''
Inclusion in other media
- Many of his songs are used for fad music on the website, YTMND.
- His promotional model, Edoardo Arlenghi, is used in place of his own image for the marketing of songs under his pseudonym "Niko". He can be seen most prominently in the music video for the song "Night of Fire".
- Various songs including "Night of Fire", "Speedy Speed Boy" as, "Golden Age", "Running in the 90s", "Crazy For Your Love", "Take Me To The Top", and "Wheelpower & Go!" are featured in the Japanese anime Initial D, which contributed to the popularity of Eurobeat music. Additionally, "Running in the 90s" became an Internet meme due to its inclusion in Initial D, being played in many videos where vehicles are seen driving at high speeds.
- * Other of his songs, such as "Stop Your Self Control" and "Burning Love" appeared in other media based on the series.
- * Songs such as "Wilder Faster Louder" and "In The Eyes Of A Tiger" are featured in the Japanese anime MF Ghost, the sequel of Initial D.
- One of his first aliases was "David Essex", which came from the 70' famous British singer David Essex (David Albert Cook). The reason why it went back to the truncated "D. Essex/D-Essex" is due to David Essex's lawyer threatening to sue for usage of the name clashing with his discography.