Juli Manzi

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| name = Juli Manzi

| image = Juli Manzi durante o festival Ufsctock 2011..jpg

| caption = Manzi in 2011

| birth_name = Giuliano Tosin

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1976|4|14}}

| birth_place = Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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| years_active = 1999–present

| occupation = Singer-songwriter, lyricist, guitarist

| notable_works = A Odisseia: Memórias e Devaneios de Jupiter Apple

| module = {{Infobox musical artist

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| genre = Rock, psychedelic rock, art rock, pop rock

| label = Tratore

| instrument = Vocals, electric guitar

| associated_acts = Jupiter Apple, Colono Escocês, Los Bassetas, Coletivo Absoluto

| website = {{url|julimanzi.com.br/}}

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Giuliano Tosin (born April 14, 1976), better known by his stage name Juli Manzi, is a Brazilian musician and biographer.

Biography

Juli Manzi was born in Porto Alegre on April 14, 1976. He has a brother, Giancarlo, a physicist at the Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncrotron.{{cite web|url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/ciencia/fe2704200901.htm|title=Brasileiros fazem o seu primeiro 'nanopoema'|work=Folha de S.Paulo|date=April 27, 2009|access-date=May 8, 2019|language=Portuguese}} He graduated in Journalism from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. During his youth, he played for rock bands Los Bassetas and Colono Escocês and wrote poems for his college newspapers. It wasn't until 1999 when he released his solo debut album, 340 Exigências de Camarim, which was a critical and commercial success and awarded him a nomination to the Prêmio Açorianos.{{cite web|url=https://clubecaiubi.com.br/juli-manzi-e-os-20-anos-de-um-classico-enigmatico-do-pop-gaucho/|title=Juli Manzi e os 20 anos de um clássico enigmático do pop gaúcho|work=Clube Caiubi|date=April 8, 2019|access-date=May 1, 2019|language=Portuguese}} His second album, Todo o Perfex, came out in 2002.

After a 8-year hiatus from music, Manzi moved to São Paulo in 2010,[https://tratore.com.br/um_artista.php?id=11013 Juli Manzi – Tratore] {{in lang|pt}} where he formed the group Coletivo Absoluto alongside Rodrigo Caldas, his former Colono Escocês bandmate Oliveira de Araújo and Marcelo Pianinho of Mundo Livre S/A.[https://tratore.com.br/um_cd.php?id=6018 Coletivo Absoluto – Tratore] {{in lang|pt}} Their first and so far only self-titled album came out the same year.{{Cite web |url=http://www.zoomrs.com/noticias2008.html |title=ZoomRS - a revista digital da música gaúcha |access-date=May 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090704153020/http://www.zoomrs.com/noticias2008.html |archive-date=July 4, 2009 |url-status=dead }}

In 2012 he released his third solo album, Ponto Cego, which counted with guest appearances by Frank Jorge and Maurício Pereira.{{cite web|url=https://catracalivre.com.br/rede/juli-manzi-se-apresenta-no-sesc-vila-mariana/|title=Juli Manzi se apresenta no SESC Vila Mariana|work=Catraca Livre|date=August 24, 2012|access-date=May 1, 2019|language=Portuguese |author1=Redação }} In 2015 Manzi returned to Porto Alegre for the first time in two years to promote his then-upcoming fourth album, O Plano Transcendental.{{cite web|url=https://gauchazh.clicrbs.com.br/cultura-e-lazer/noticia/2015/05/juli-manzi-lanca-quinto-album-em-shows-no-sabado-e-no-domingo-4752478.html|title=Juli Manzi lança quinto álbum em shows no sábado e no domingo|work=GaúchaZH|date=May 2, 2015|access-date=May 1, 2019|language=Portuguese}} His fifth and most recent album, Sambas, Pagodes e Uá-Uás, came out in 2018.{{cite web|url=https://cultura.estadao.com.br/noticias/musica,juli-manzi-coloca-wah-wah-no-samba-em-novo-disco,70002637772|title=Juli Manzi coloca wah-wah no samba em novo disco|work=O Estado de S. Paulo|date=December 8, 2018|access-date=February 24, 2019|language=Portuguese|url-access=subscription}}

He also co-wrote the semi-fictional autobiography of his life-long friend Flávio Basso (better known as Jupiter Apple), A Odisseia: Memórias e Devaneios de Jupiter Apple,{{cite web|url=http://cultura.estadao.com.br/noticias/literatura,devaneios-de-jupiter-maca-sao-externados-em-livro,10000083678|title=Devaneios de Júpiter Maçã são externados em livro|author=Alberto Bombig|work=O Estado de S. Paulo|date=October 22, 2016|access-date=February 1, 2018|language=Portuguese}} which was published the year following Basso's death, in 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/pt/article/biografia-jupiter-maca/|title=As memórias e devaneios do Júpiter Maçã viraram um livro|work=Noisey|access-date=June 10, 2017|language=Portuguese}}

Discography

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Year ! Album
1999 \| *340 Exigências de Camarim* Label: Self-released Format: CD
2002 \| *Todo o Perfex* Label: Self-released Format: CD
2012 \| *Ponto Cego* Label: Tratore Format: CD
2015 \| *O Plano Transcendental* Label: Tratore Format: CD
2018 \| *Sambas, Pagodes e Uá-Uás* Label: Tratore Format: CD

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Year

! Album

1999

| 340 Exigências de Camarim