B.B.E. was a
French-based
trance music
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act, originally composed of
Italian
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record producer
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s Bruno Sanchioni and Bruno Quartier, and
French producer
Emmanuel Top
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.
Musical career
"
Seven Days and One Week
"Seven Days and One Week" is a song by Italian-French electronic music act B.B.E. It was released in July 1996 as the lead single from their debut album, ''Games'' (1996). As a representative of the short-lived dream house sound, the song beca ...
" (1996) was a top ten hit in more than ten countries worldwide, reaching number three in the United Kingdom,
and in Germany. The song was certified silver by the
British Phonographic Industry
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(BPI) for shipments of 200,000 copies in the United Kingdom.
They had two Top 5
hits
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in the
UK: "Seven Days and One Week" and "Flash". They followed these up with two Top 20 hits: "Desire" and "Deeper Love (Symphonic Paradise)"; and a 1998 album entitled ''Games''.
Later in the band's short career, the
trio would move into more ethereal trance productions.
Emmanuel Top managed a
record label
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called
Attack Records
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from 1993 to 2003, and produced many dance hits. More recently, he managed a dance
club
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* Club music
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Brands and enterprise ...
in
Belgium
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. Bruno Sanchioni co produced one of the first trance recordings, "
The Age of Love".
Discography
Studio albums
Singles
References
External links
*
Italian trance music groups
French trance music groups
Positiva Records artists
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