Peter Wilson (born 9 March 1973 in

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) is an Australian singer, songwriter and producer. His work is heavily influenced by the 1980s

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and the PWL pop sound. Wilson released a string of singles in Australia between 1994 and 1999, scoring a few hits with the songs " Into the Night" (a cover of the Benny Mardones song) and "I Wanna Dance". However, he retired to focus on writing tracks for other acts such as

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and

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. In 2007, Wilson returned with the album ''Follow Me'', released by the UK dance label Klone Records. In 2010, Wilson signed to another UK label,

Energise Records Energise Records is a British independent record label established in 1993. The label specialises in uptempo dance covers and compilations of HI-NRG/POP based releases. The label has released records for artists such as Sean Smith, Nicki Fre ...

. He got the opportunity to work with the

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associates, engineers Dave Ford and Ian Curnow, who co-wrote and produced tracks on Wilson's next album release ''Stereo'', released in 2011. In 2024, Wilson announced his departure from Energise Records, citing that the forthcoming album "Touch", and its accompanying singles, would be his final releases with the label. Wilson has since released 11 studio albums, the latest being ''Touch'' in 2024. Wilson has worked with the Dutch producer Matt Pop,

's head mixmaster Pete Hammond, Norwegian pop team A2E, German spacesynth producer Marco Rochowski, and other producers such as Italoconnection and Mirko Hirsch. As a songwriter and producer, Wilson has also worked with

, Carol Jiani,

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, Sammy Paul,

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and

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. In November 2024, Wilson announced he’d signed with Polish independent label Analog Language to release his 12th studio album, which is due in 2025.

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Extended plays

Charted singles

References

External links

Official Facebook page

Peter Wilson discography on Discogs
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