DJ Lou Cello, an ornithologist on the mix
Preamble – An American student at the conservatory of Venice might be subject to many forms of distraction, and find hard to focus himself on his studies. In classical music, cello is a peculiar string, that requires sense of rhythm, precision, capacity of understanding a role, respect of the role itself, and intermittence of soloist’s individualism. Like any other string, without an excellent technique it’s impossible to produce the required sound, at the required intensity. Lou Cello was studying classical cello, with a good sense of rhythm, but without the necessary excellence in handling the musical instrument. Venice is the place where seagulls and pigeons don’t fear humans, and consider humans as a possible source of food. Lou Cello was frustrated by the slowness of his progresses, and in search of consolatory activities. By one side, he admired even the flight capacity of seagulls and pigeons, that he used to feed. To the other side, he started to wish the vision of other birds, more beautiful and less tedious. Although it was hard to correctly explain to Venetians his wish, avoiding misunderstandings, he has succeeded in becoming an amateur ornithologist. Despite of the failures with classical cello, Lou Cello is still a sincere lover of music.
Biography – Lou Cello is a young man from Maryland, who likes to travel all over the world, and has found his way in Venice. After abandoning the conservatory, he has become a nightclub DJ, because he wants to make music for night owls. As a DJ, he is visiting all the countries, where his passion for ornithology can be expressed. Lou Cello feels himself free as a bird, and that’s why he loves young birds, especially from Britain. Whenever in Italy, he can’t understand the silly irony that some rude Italians address to him. In effect, Lou Cello is an environmentalist, and only admires birds, without doing them any wrong. Beside pics of rare birds, he also collects pieces of music dedicated to birds, because birds have always been powerful symbols, and a source of poetic inspiration. While at clubs, DJ Lou Cello maintains himself faithful to the topic of birds. His catchphrase is a translation into English of a phrase taken from an Italian progressive song of the 70’s, and sounds like "It's always time to celebrate the flight of light birds". If birds can’t make you dance, you should avoid to hire Lou Cello.
Why heroic – thanks to DJ Lou Cello, birds are making music on the dance floor.
The mix – it’s entirely dedicated to the most popular species of birds.
File name is “for the love of birds that make you move, by DJ Lou Cello (June 2025)”, about 1 hour and 23’ of tunes for lovers of birds.
Flying free, the playlist:
Intro: Ennio Morricone feat. Domenico Modugno – uccellacci e uccellini (1966)
Cypress Hill – spark another owl (1995)
Nelly Furtado – I’m like a bird (2000)
Dua Lipa – swan song (2019)
Stevie Wonder – bird of beauty (1974)
Seal – fly like an eagle (1994)
Nevia Preex – fly robin fly (1983)
Dennis Parker – like an eagle (Todd Terje remix, 2021)
Coldplay – birds (2015)
Osibisa – flying bird (1976)
Maynard Ferguson – gonna fly now 12” (1977)
Michael Bublé – a nightingale sang in Berkeley Square (2022)
Jefferson Airplane – high flying bird (1966)
Rah Band – falcon 12” (1980)
Carly Simon – night owl (1972)
Annie Lennox – little bird (1992)
Buffalo Springfield – bluebird (1967)
Peter Brown – penguin (1978)
Carole King – nightingale (1974)
Kinks – ducks on the wall (1975)
Canned Heat – an owl song (1968)
Premiata Forneria Marconi – è festa (d’un leggero uccello che va) (1972)
The e-mail of DJ Lou Cello is max.lookdj@alice.it.
