Gino Latino

Gino Latino was a name invented in 1988 by Claudio Cecchetto (the earliest producer of Italian artist Jovanotti) to be used for Jovanotti's early italo house productions. The name was used for three singles released between 1988 and 1989.

At the same time Giacomo Maiolini, owner of dance label Time Records, used the same name for some productions from Turin DJ Gino, on which also DJ Daniele Davoli worked. Nowadays, twenty years later, the name Gino Latino keeps being used (and abused) by several DJs all over Italy, but all started from this ...