Alberto Contini, also known as A.C. Wild, is an Italian musician and record producer. He has been the vocalist, bassist or keyboardist for the Italian

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band

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since the early 1980s,METALSHIP
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and

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scenes since the early 1990s.

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Biography

In 1984, Contini met

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, who later became his long term co-worker.

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He joined Bulldozer in the same year and served as its vocalist and bassist with the stage name A.C. Wild until 1992. In 1990, Contini, then an A&R for

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, co-founded the A-Beat C dance label with

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The label signed a big deal with the Japanese dance label

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and produced many mega-hit works for "

J-Euro Eurobeat refers to two styles of dance music that originated in Europe: one is a British variant of Italian Eurodisco-influencedAng, Ien & Morley, David (2005). "Cultural Studies: Volume 3, Issue 2". ''Routledge''. pgs. 171, 173, 170. . "Eurorec ...

" artists including

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, V6, and the future "Queen of J-pop"

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. He made his first appearance on the ''

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'' compilation series in 1991, at ''Vol. 13'', with three tracks co-produced with Dave Rodgers.

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'' series, and ''J-Euro'' series : '' Ayu-ro Mix'',As "Rodgers & Contini" –

Rodgers & Contini
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''. Contini re-joined Bulldozer in 2008.

References

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