Maurizio De Jorio
Maurizio De Jorio is an italo disco and Eurobeat musician from the 1990s to the present.
Background
Like most musicians in the Eurobeat genre, he has performed under a number of pseudonyms for various labels (including A-Beat-C, Delta, and SinclaireStyle). Maurizio De Jorio is probably most well known for his song "Night of Fire" which he performed under the Niko alias. He is also incredibly popular for the songs he performed that appeared in the anime Initial D. Some of these songs include: Marko Polo - "Speedy Speed Boy", Marko Polo - "Stop Your Self Control", Morris - "Crazy for Your Love", D. Essex - "Take Me to the Top", D.Essex - "Music for Hire", Max Coveri - "Golden Age", Max Coveri - "Running in the 90s", Edo Boys - "No One Sleep in Tokyo", and Niko - "Night of Fire". Currently, De Jorio sings as Niko and Dejo for Bratt Sinclaire's label SinclaireStyle.
Current Aliases
Former aliases
- 7th Heaven
- Casanova
- Charlie Tango
- D-Essex
- D.Essex
- David Essex
- Derreck Simons (now used by Tomas Marin)
- Kevin Johnson
- Marko Polo
- Max Coveri
- Morris
- Oda
- Roswell
Songs
- 7th Heaven - It's My Life
- 7th Heaven - Last Christmas
- Casanova - Feel the Passion
- Casanova - Help Me to Say Goodbye
- Casanova - I Did It for Love
- Casanova - I Would Die for You
- Casanova - In The Name of Love
- Casanova - Jealous Guy
- Casanova - Just for Tonight
- Casanova - Lost in the Time
- Casanova - Power of Love
- Casanova - Same Old Feeling
- Casanova - Superfly
- Casanova - The Hero
- Casanova - Under Pressure
- Dejo - 1.2.3.4. Fire!
- Dejo - Too Young to Fall in Love
- D-Essex - All Your Love (Dance Mix)
- D-Essex - Burning Love
- D-Essex - Demolition Man
- D-Essex - Listen to the Rhythm
- D-Essex - Tokyo Tokyo
- D. Essex - Boom Boom Fire
- D. Essex - Breakin' The Law
- D. Essex - Dancing Crazy
- D. Essex - Farenheit Euronight
- D. Essex - Hyper Star Energy
- D. Essex - Master Power
- D. Essex - Music for Hire
- D. Essex - Music Forever
- D. Essex - Restless and Wild
- D. Essex - Take Me to the Top
- D. Essex - Thank You-Arigato
- D. Essex - Victim of Love
- David Essex - Goodbye Illusion
- David Essex - Love & Celebration
- David Essex - Sin of Love
- Dr. Love ft. D. Essex - Max Power
- Edo Boys - No One Sleep in Tokyo
- Marko Polo - Baby Queen Seventeen
- Marko Polo - Cyberdance Technotrance
- Marko Polo - Hai Hai Hai (Dance Across the Nations)
- Marko Polo - I Want to Believe
- Marko Polo - Mad Guy
- Marko Polo - Money Go!
- Marko Polo - Peace and Love for Christmas
- Marko Polo - Saturday Night
- Marko Polo - Speedy Speed Boy
- Marko Polo - Stop Your Self Control
- Marko Polo - Tokyo Fever
- Max Coveri - Golden Age
- Max Coveri - High Desire
- Max Coveri - Like a Thunder
- Max Coveri - Running in the 90s
- Max Coveri - Supercar
- Morris - Bad Tonight
- Morris - Crazy for Your Love
- Morris - Destination Unknown
- Morris & Cherry - Go Save Goal
- Morris & Cherry - Still Love You All
- Niko - 1 for the Money, 2 for the Show
- Niko - Electric Power
- Niko - It's My Life
- Niko - Let's Go Wild!
- Niko - Livin' On A Prayer
- Niko - Made of Fire
- Niko - Night of Fire
- Niko - Night of Fire (For Christmas Mix)
- Niko - Night of Fire (Hyper Techno Mix)
- Niko - Onto the Beat of my Bang Bang!
- Niko - Pilot Is the Hero
- Niko - Speedway
- Niko - Superbad
- Niko - Super Eurobeat
- Niko - We Came for the Rock
- Niko & Cherry - Niko Kickboxing
- Oda - Face to Face
- Oda - Sex Crime
- Oda - Shy Gun
- Oda - Speed Demon (King of Kings)
- Roswell - Alien Light
- Roswell - Come On!
- Roswell - Rock in the Fire
- Tokyo Future ft. Marko Polo & Mako - 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".
- De Jorio's #1 worldwide hit Night Of Fire was originally sung by Edoardo Arlenghi but was changed at the last moment.
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