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Morgan
Morgan performing live at Suoni delle Dolomiti, Trento on 17 August 2008
Background information
Birth name	Marco Castoldi
Born	(1972-12-23) December 23, 1972 (age 45) Milan, Italy
Genres	Alternative rock, electronic rock, experimental rock, synthpop
Occupation(s)	Musician, singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, bass, piano, keyboards, guitars, ukulele, harmonica, glockenspiel
Associated acts	Bluvertigo

Marco Castoldi (born 23 December 1972), better known by his stage name Morgan, is an Italian singer-songwriter, musician and multi-instrumentalist. His musical genres are mainly alternative rock and electronic rock, sometimes experimental rock and synthpop. He has also been a judge for seven seasons in the Italian version of The X Factor'" winning five of them through acts he mentored, Aram Quartet (series 1 - 2008), Matteo Becucci (series 2 - 2008-9), Marco Mengoni (series 3 - 2009), Chiara Galiazzo (series 6 - 2012) and Michele Bravi (series 7 - 2013).

He is also a founding member of Bluvertigo, an Italian band formed in 1992.

Discography

Solo

• 2003: Canzoni dell'appartamento
  


• 2004: Il suono della vanità
  


• 2005: Non al denaro, non all'amore né al cielo
  


• 2007: Da A ad A
  


• 2008: È successo a Morgan
  


• 2009: Italian Songbook Volume 1
  


• 2010: Morganicomio
  


• 2012: Italian Songbook Volume 2
  

Morgan live concert at the Cathedral of Asti (Italy) - July 15, 2011

With Bluvertigo

• 1995: Acidi e basi
  


• 1997: Metallo non metallo
  


• 1999: Zero - ovvero la famosa nevicata dell'85
  


• 2001: Pop Tools
  


• 2008: MTV Storytellers (live)

Collaborations

• 
  Franco Battiato in album Gommalacca
  


• 
  Antonella Ruggiero in Registrazioni moderne
  


• 
  Alice in her albums Exit, Personal Juke Box and Viaggio in Italia
  


• 
  Subsonica in Discoteca Labirinto
  


• 
  Cristina Donà in album Nido
  


• 
  Paola & Chiara in Arsenico
  


• 
  Mauro Pagani in Parole a caso
  


• 
  Banco del Mutuo Soccorso in No palco
  


• 
  Modena City Ramblers in Appunti partigiani
  


• 
  Patty Pravo in Il vento e le rose
  


• Artisti uniti per l'Abruzzo in Domani 21/04.09
  

Producer

• Mao in Black Mokette
  


• Soerba in Playback
  


• La Sintesi in L'eroe romantico
  


• 
  Aram Quartet in the song Chi (Who)
  

Filmography

• 2002: Perduto amor by Franco Battiato
  


• 2003: Il siero della vanità by Alex Infascelli - musician


• 2004: Ingannevole è il cuore più di ogni cosa by Asia Argento - musician


• 2006: Transylvania of Tony Gatlif - interpretes Milan


• 2006: Il quarto sesso (2006) of Marco Costa - musician, interprets Karl Marx

Bibliography

• 1998: Dissoluzione (Bompiani - I buchi neri)


• 2008: In pArte Morgan (Eleuthera)


• 2014: "Il libro di Morgan - Io l'Amore la Musica gli Stronzi e Dio" (Einaudi stile libero)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Morgan.

• Morgan official website


• Bluvertigo Myspace site


• Morgan's discography on Rockit.it