Mauro Scocco formed the pop group Ratata in 1980 along with a number of classmates while he was still in school: Heinz Liljedahl, Anders Skog and Johan Kling.
Due to personal projects and the rapidly growing nature of success, the original line-up of Ratata disappeared in 1983 after three years of activity.
The duo Mauro Scocco and Johan Ekelund continued to have a string of hits and award winning live performances up and until 1989.
Ekelund has cooperated with various acts such as The Torpedoes, Anis & Oakland, Stina Nordenstam (in "Memories of a Color" in 1991) and with Anne Linnet on "Tal Til Mig" (1993) amongst others.
He remixed "Let It Shine" by Agnetha Fältskog and co-wrote "Himlen runt hörnet" with Scocco for Lisa Nilsson.