Marco "Simon" Maccari is a music producer and sound engineer with more than 20 years in the music industry. 

He recorded and produced House and EDM songs that have arrived at the top of the charts in Japan, France and the UK. 

He uses the space of a studio as a tool for a natural extension of the creative musical process.


He graduated from ITIS and studied at the Music Academy of Modena.
He attended the CEPAM of Reggio Emilia and deepened his studies in harmony and electric bass with Ares Tavolazzi.
At 17, he began his career as a studio and live bass player in Italy, Switzerland and Israel.

In 1989 worked with the Black Box production team for the Groove Groove Melody label as a co-producer on House music and performer on Italian tv shows.


In 1990 he founded the company ZIIOZOO Productions with Francesco Terrana, creating about 50 House and Techno singles published on Sony Dance Pool, Wea, Expanded Music, Mercury, EMI, UMM, Media, Avex Trax Japan, etc.

In 19993 he reached #2 in the Japanese chart with the single "Beats Go" by Bass Expanders followed by "I Say a Little Prayer" performed by DM Johnson who reached the top of the charts in England, Belgium, Japan and France.

In 2004 he produced with Enrico Prandi a library of 30 sync tracks used mainly for the Tv program Oltremoda on channel 1 RAI. (Radio televisione Italiana)

In 2004 produced with Enrico Prandi a series of 'News' style tracks still used today by countless television networks including Sky, BBC, Disney channel, Discovery+.

In 2005 he started a collaboration with Andrea Bellentani releasing 5 albums and 2 remixes in Cosmic and Psych-Rock style for the British labels Bear Funk, Tirk Records and People in the sky.

In 2010 he wrote with Andrea Bellentani tracks performed by the Czech symphony orchestra PKF Prague Philarmonia.

In 2011 he worked with Cristina Pavarotti and Massimo Neri for the Italian label Sotto Controllo producing two albums for the actor/singer Danio Manfredini.

In 2013 he coordinated the theatrical/musical show by Danio Manfredini, participating as a bassist.

In 2015 he wrote 2 tracks for the film ‘Cose salve’ for the company VIVO Film.

In 2018 he published in collaboration with the producer Adrien  Alm 3 remixes of the track "Twerk" by the French rapper Vaskez Malakay.

In 2018, he began a collaboration with American television writer Brad Segal as a co-writer, writing songs for the television series Below Deck Mediterranean, aired on Bravo TV and streamed on Peacock and Amazon Prime.

In 2020 he produced the band Iza Grau's first album for the Los Angeles-based Cleopatra Records label.

In 2022, a collaboration was born with the contemporary painter Sergio Padovani and the musicians of the band 'Macchina Anatomica', of which Padovani himself is a member, for the production of musical works synchronized with films, artistic installations and live performances in various solo exhibitions of the painter and the production of multimedia catalogues.