Alberto Contini is an Italian musician. He has been the vocalist, bassist or keyboardist for the Italian

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Alberto Contini
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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 Discomagic Records, co-founded the A-Beat C dance label with Dave Rodgers.NRGexpress
What is "EUROBEAT"?
The label signed a big deal with the Japanese dance label Avex Trax and produced many mega-hit works for " J-Euro" artists including

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, V6, and the future "Queen of J-pop" Namie Amuro. He made his first appearance on the '' Super Eurobeat'' compilation series in 1991, at ''Vol. 13'', with three tracks co-produced with Dave Rodgers. Discogs
Super Eurobeat Vol. 13 – Extended Version
/ref> Since then he has produced countless works for the series, including ''Vol.'' ''14'', ''17'', ''18'', ''20'', ''27'', ''44'', ''58'', ''65'', ''68'', ''74'', ''82'', ''84'', ''88'', ''89'', ''92'', ''95'', ''97'', ''99'', ''103'', ''171'', ''173'', and many other Eurobeat/Hi-NRG compilations and the ''Super Eurobeat Presents'' series by Avex, including the ''Maharaja Night'' series, ''

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'' series, and ''J-Euro'' series : '' Ayu-ro Mix'',As "Rodgers & Contini" – Discogs
Rodgers & Contini
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''. Contini re-joined Bulldozer in 2008.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Contini, Alberto 1965 births Living people Avex Group artists Eurobeat musicians Italian Italo disco musicians Italian heavy metal musicians Italian heavy metal singers Italian record producers