Roberto Zanetti. Musical biography

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Roberto Zanetti is an Italian musician better known by his stage names Savage and Robix. His songs and compositions have become famous and popular not only in Italy, but also in many other countries of the world, including Russia.

Start

Singer Roberto Zanetti, whose biography is connected with music, was born in the town of Massa (Tuscany, Italy) on November 28, 1956. At the age of 14, he began to learn to play the piano and soon fell in love with music, realizing that it would become center of his future career. Roberto worked with musical groups while still in secondary school, and later entered the university. Playing with different line-ups became so important that Roberto decided to make a career in music and form a professional band, which he named Taxi.

This was the period when Roberto began to invent songs, first in the mellifluous and commercial genre, and then in the dance style. In 1983 he made the first single for his band Taxi called "To Miami". The recording was successful, but only in Italy (the single was released only in the central part of it).

Following works

After these first experiences, Roberto began to collaborate with two local DJs and together with them he released a work called Incantation by Gang. This composition, a cover version of a single by Mike Oldfield, became very popular in Italy. As a result, he was offered to cooperate with the recording studio Discomagic, which began to distribute his songs and partnered with Roberto in the future.

In October-November 1983, Roberto created 4 other records: Buenas Noches, Starman, Magic Carillon and finally his most successful single: Don't Cry Tonight. This was Roberto's first, real, big success, and at the same time he decided to call himself Robyx, using this name as a producer. This professional name was taken from school when Roberto drew for the school newspaper with his friend Fabrizio Bonini. One of the heroes of their work was the rich and famous rock star Robyx.

Savage and own studio

In later years (1984-1986) Roberto Zanetti devoted himself entirely to the Savage project, successfully creating the Tonight compilation and several singles (Only You, A Love Again, Love Is Death, Losing You). Following this, Roberto concentrated his work on show programs and tours throughout Europe, becoming popular in certain Eastern European countries such as Poland and Russia.

In late 1986, Roberto decided to establish his own recording studio (Casablanca Recordings), where he also had the headquarters of his production company, named Robyx. It should be noted that all previous entries werecreated in the Italian recording studio Scaccomatto (Lavagna). Roberto began his own musical career as a self-taught producer. Working as a keyboard player, he quickly learned how to use computers and digital technology, which was to be the basis of future dance music.

Rap work

In 1988, Robyx embarked on a fresh project that was bound to be a big hit around the world: Ice MC. Its appearance is entertaining, to say the least: Zanetti Roberto composed a song for his own performance, and then sang it. However, later he decided to change the text of the composition, change it to rap. To do this, he invited Ian Campbell, a British guy of Jamaican origin, as a rapper. Jan hasn't worked as a disco dancer until now. Thus, the song Easy was recorded and later became a real hit in Europe. Roberto sang all solo parts, except for rap, but decided to appear less often in the group, calling it Ice MC.

Ice MC was in great demand all over the world, so international tours began. While Ian was traveling making shows and promoting the image, Roberto Zanetti, whose photo is familiar to every fan of this musical direction, took care of the organization and composition of the recordings. Robyx put all his energy into the Ice MC project as he felt he had a great future ahead of him.