Monier Quartararo Gagliardo

DJ Miko was an Italian dance act fronted by keyboardist Monier Quartararo Gagliardo (born 8 February 1973) and British performer Louise Anne Gard from Tunbridge Wells. They mainly released dance cover versions of past pop and rock hits and are primarily known for their 1993 hit cover of 4 Non Blondes' "What's Up". During the group's active years, DJ Miko released one album and twelve singles.

The project was managed by the Milan-based record company Dig It International, for which Gagliardo already worked as an in-house producer, and on Konami's Bemani series of rhythm music video games with three covers.

Over their career, the DJ Miko project has employed various studio vocalists. Their debut single "What's Up" was recorded by singer Maria Caprì from Milan. The follow-up, "Rhythm", featured lead vocals by Annerley Gordon and background vocals by Cristina Dori. The singles "Clementine" (1997) through "Shout" (2000) were all sung by Jackie Bodiemead, a studio vocalist at SAIFAM. "Forever Young" (2001), the final single released on vinyl, was sung by Italian studio singer and vocal coach Melody Castellari. In recent years, SAIFAM has occasionally used the names of its successful projects from the past, including DJ Miko, as aliases for dance cover versions on its many compilation album series.

Discography Albums The Last Millennium (1999, Italy)

Singles SingleYearPeak chart positionsAlbumITA AUS EUR FIN IRE NZ SCO SPA SWE UK US US US "What's Up"1993592211382325176581923The Last Millennium (1999)"Hot Stuff" / "Lovely Lullaby"1994—————————————"Rhythm"—————————————"Clementine"1997—————————————"Superboy"1998—————————————"My Sharona" / "Keep On"—————————————"Dreaming"—————————————"What's Up 2000"—————————————"Ruby Tuesday"1999—————————————"Sky High"—————————————"Shout"2000—————————————Singles only"Forever Young"2001—————————————

Video game appearances DJ Miko has a total of 2 cover songs which appear in the Dance Dance Revolution arcade series: "Sky High", originally by Jigsaw (cover also available in StepManiaX) "What a Wonderful World", originally by Louis Armstrong (cover credited to Beatbox vs. DJ Miko)

Additional appearances include the following: Dance Dance Revolution A20 golden cabinets received "Sky High (20th Anniversary Mix)" by Haruki Yamada (ATTIC INC.) with Martin Leroux on June 27, 2019. It is a cover of "Sky High" that is inspired by the DJ Miko version. Dance Maniax, known as Dance Freaks in South Korea, features "My Sharona" by DJ Miko. This song was originally by The Knack, and this cover is only available on the first release of the game.

Song Arcade game StepManiaXavailability 2000 Ex SN SN2 X SMX "Sky High" "What a Wonderful World"