Luca Bellesi (luca.bellesi@koolbeat.com)
He has always been involved in proposing new songs for his bands and other artists, both in Italy and Switzerland, He was guitarist in numerous bands and author of pop songs and soundtracks for theater shows.
Since 1992 he has studied jazz guitar, rock blues with Francesco D’Amico, Francesco Tosoni, Silvio Piccioni, Andrea Braido and many others.
Since 2012 he has studied Music Production and arrangement with: Fabrizio Sciannameo (Alex Britti), Francesco Tosoni (Nathalie, Metro’, I Giganti), Stefano Borzi (Renato Carosone, Riccardo Cocciante, Mietta, Mango, Franco Califano, Gazosa, Valerio Scanu, Syria ), Aldo Fedele (Lucio Dalla, Stadio, Morandi).
He joined professional masterclasses with Saverio Grandi, Luca Chiaravalli, Federica Camba and Daniele Coro, Bungaro, Diego Calvetti, Niccolo Agliardi and many others.
He currently writes, arranges and produces pop songs with many Italian and international artists.
In 2018 he founded “Kool Beat” with Marco Ottolino.
Marco Ottolino (marco.ottolino@koolbeat.com)
From 1983 to 1990 he had studied classical piano in Rome. Left his academic studies, he dedicated himself to electronic music. He deepened his study of synthesizers by working on the first Roland (Juno, TR808, TR 909), Korg (MS20) and Yamaha (DX7) machines.
In the 2000s he founded, together with other Swiss and Italian musicians, a collective of trip hop musicians for which he wrote and arranged numerous songs, using the then little-known DAW platform Ableton Live.
C++ programmer and expert in the MIDI protocol, in 2014 he collaborated with a group of Californian engineers to write an interface for iPad and iPhone for the use of vintage synthesizers such as the Roland Fantom XR and the Moog Slim Phatty. The app is still among the most downloaded.
Since 2014 he has studied jazz piano with maestro Carlo Uboldi, dedicating himself to both classical “standards” and new jazz and pop productions.
In 2018 he founded “Kool Beat” with Luca Bellesi.
Emanuele Pafundo (emanuele.pafundo@koolbeat.com)
He began playing the acoustic guitar in the early 2000s and attended various courses, initially individual guitar and piano, and subsequently ensemble music, playing the electric guitar. After that he had joined a metal band from Como as lead singer for about 5 years.
He is interested in composition and production: he obtained an academic diploma in BTEC music technology, deepening his study of the principles of digital audio and the most advanced techniques of music production and sequencing systems, the ability to manage the backline, and the knowledge in field of acoustic physics and psychoacoustics. He follows further complementary courses in music theory, composition, piano, singing and ear training.
Able to cover all aspects of a production (writing, arranging, production, recording, editing, mixing and mastering), he has always produced and arranged for independent hip-hop artists, also taking care of the post-production and mastering of several albums and individuals.
In 2023 he joined “Kool Beat” as Producer.