MarcoPernice

"If I had to define my musical genre I keep saying that it is a crossover, or contamination, a fusion between apparently distant cultures but that if they come together they can give life to something new."

After years of concerts, publications, and collaborations, Marco Pernice produces electro, funk music, with rock / blues contaminations. It is his new dimension:songs like DJ KILLER,THE ELECTRIC POPE,ALIEN,MR PRESIDENT,FUNK U, MY MIND,NO FUNKY DOWN,GEMINI,FIRE,TELL ME BABY,IT'S GOOD INSIDE,YOU KNOW IT, WELCOME TO THE SHOW,THE SHOCK,NO PRESSURE FOR US,NARCISSISTIC WOMAN,ROCKMARY and more.. are now hits in the international indie radio circuit, and entered various official indie rankings such as "Radio Indie Alliance", "Earone", " Classifica Indie (Italy)", "Euro Indie Music Chart ", "ITunes", "Amazon", "Ethnocloud.com" as well as rankings of individual stations.

There are more and more radio shows and podcasts in which Marco Pernice is a guest with his music.The single THE SHOCK is #5 in the top 10 best songs of 2024 on Only Rock Radio (Spain).

Pernice grew up musically listening great musicians like Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Pat Metheny, John Scofield, Vernon Reid, Joe Satriani, Steve vai.. and people like that, working as a radio speaker and guitar teacher. In 2005 he followed an internship with the American guitarist Mike Stern, and in that moment Pernice understands that technique is not the salvation of a guitarist, but what you have inside and what you want to express in music.

He began his musical career in Italy between bands, concerts, festivals and record productions in the early 90's. Over the years he played in prestigious Italian festivals such as Time Zones, Taranta Power, Bari Jazz Festival, Summer Festivals, etc ... in artistic programs that included artists such as Lou Reed, John Cale, Popol Whu, Uri Caine. Just as there were numerous radio passages on local and national FM radios (Radio RAI) and web radios, reviews in local and national newspapers, magazines and on TV.

From January 2022 the MY MIND, DJ KILLER (Radio Edit), FIRE , TELL ME BABY,YOU KNOW IT video clip in rotation on the "Spazio Musica" television program, with visibility on Smart TV and on-demand Set-Top Box in 200 million devices connected to the internet, visible in 130 countries in the world in the best national and international brands , and on digital terrestrial in Italy, Usa, Chile, Switzerland and Argentina (also in Italian metros and airports). The single MY MIND was chosen as the theme song of an Italian radio show.

In the summer of 2025, Lou Reed's cover of "Strawman" entered the Radio Indie Alliance top 100 and was among the most played songs on radio from his discography.