Garbo (singer)
Garbo | |
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| Born | Renato Abate April 25, 1958 |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
Renato Abate (born 25 April 1958), best known as Garbo, is an Italian singer-songwriter and record producer. He is considered one of the most important exponents of Italian new wave music.[1]
Background
[edit]Born in Milan, Garbo made his debut in 1981 with A Berlino... Va Bene, an album influenced by the David Bowie's Berlin Trilogy. The eponymous title-track was released as a single and it was met with critical success.[1] Garbo's two subsequent albums were well received,[1] but the peak of his career came in 1984 with the song "Radioclima". Presented at the Sanremo Music Festival it won the Critics Jury Award.[1][2] Garbo returned to Sanremo the following year, with the song "Cose veloci".[2] In 1993, he founded his own record label, Discipline, with which he released his later works.[1]
In 2006, Garbo was honored by a tribute album, ConGarbo, where some of his most popular songs were covered by protagonists of the Italian independent music scene such as Baustelle, Delta-V, Krisma, Zu and Meg (former members of 99 Posse), Soerba (Luca Urbani and Gabriele D'Àmora), Andy (from Bluvertigo) and Boosta (from Subsonica).[3]
In 2014, he acted in the film-comedy Sexy Shop.
Discography
[edit]Studio albums
[edit]- 1981 - A Berlino... Va Bene
- 1982 - Scortati
- 1984 - Fotografie
- 1986 - Il Fiume
- 1988 - Manifesti
- 1990 - 1.6.2
- 1993 - Macchine Nei Fiori / Cosa Rimane... Rivisitazioni (81-91)
- 1995 - Fuori Per Sempre
- 1997 - Up The Line
- 1998 - Grandi Giorni
- 2002 - Blu
- 2005 - Gialloelettrico
- 2008 - Come Il Vetro
- 2012 - La Moda
Live albums
[edit]- 1995 - Garbo e Il Presidente Live
Compilation albums
[edit]- 2007 - The Best - Platinum Collection
Singles
[edit]- 1981 A Berlino...Va Bene
- 1982 Vorrei Regnare
- 1983 Generazione
- 1983 Quanti Anni Hai?
- 1984 Radioclima
- 1985 Cose Veloci
- 1986 Il Fiume
- 1986 Per Te
- 1987 Extragarbo
- 1988 Dal Silenzio
- 1990 Domani
- 1993 Ciao/Ciao 31
- 1998 Grandi Giorni
- 1998 Un Bacio
- 2002 Un Bacio Falso
- 2003 Migliaia Di Rose
- 2004 Radioclima (Electroclima Mix)
- 2005 Onda Elettrica
- 2006 Forse
- 2006 Giallo
- 2007 Grandi Giorni
- 2008 Voglio Morire Giovane
References
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Enrico Deregibus (8 October 2010). Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana. Giunti Editore, 2010. ISBN 978-8809756250.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Marcello Giannotti (2005). L'enciclopedia di Sanremo. Gremese Editore, 2005. ISBN 8884403790.
- ^ Giancarlo Passarella (July 11, 2007). "Auguri di pronta guarigione a Garbo, colpito nei giorni scorsi da ischemia". MusicalNews. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
External links
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