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 Gabry Ponte in 2016 | |
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| Birth name | Gabriele Ponte |
| Born | 20 April 1973 Turin, Piedmont, Italy |
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| Years active | 1993–present |
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| Website | www |
Gabriele "Gabry" Ponte (Italian pronunciation: [ɡabriˈɛːle ˈɡaːbri ˈponte]; born 20 April 1973)[1] is an Italian musician, DJ, record producer and remixer, best known for his membership in the Italian dance band Eiffel 65.
With Eiffel 65's rise to fame in the late 1990s, his celebrity status was established. He later went on to produce the Italian hit single "Geordie" (a cover of Fabrizio De André's song by the same name, sung by Italian vocalist Stefania Piovesan), which was rewarded with gold record for selling over 25,000 copies,[2] as well as hits "Time to Rock", "Got to Get", and "La Danza delle Streghe" (English: "The Dance of the Witches"). Also to his credit are a number of remixes of popular songs such as Gianni Togni's "Giulia" and O-Zone's "Dragostea Din Tei", among others.
In 2005, Ponte announced he would be separating from Eiffel 65 to pursue solo work. In 2006 he founded and still manages record label Dance and Love, nowadays one of the most important Italian dance independent labels. He would release a song called "Vivi Nell'Aria" featuring Miani to Zooland Records. The song samples "The Moon" by ItaloBrothers. In January 2012, he also produced the international hit "Tacata'" by dance music trio Tacabro.
In 2012, Gabry Ponte released his single "Beat on My Drum" featuring Pitbull and Sophia del Carmen, which peaked at No. 11 on the US Hot Dance Club Songs. In 2014, his single "Buonanotte Giorno" became a summer hit in Italy, reaching the top 10. In the same year, he entered the Top 100 DJs list from DJ Mag at No. 61.[3]
In 2022, he represented Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 as a co-writer and producer of the song "Halo", performed by Lumix and Pia Maria.
Career
Gabry Ponte first started his career as a DJ at Bliss Corporation in 1993 after getting hired through an open call audition,[4] and in late 1995, he started his own record label there known as Worldbus Records. The primary focus of the label was to remake current and past hit songs of other artists into modern dance tracks. Several of the label's artists became some of Bliss Corporation's biggest, Full Sex, Karmah, Funktastica, and Sangwara, which Gabry Ponte was directly involved in. After three years Worldbus Records became Piranha Records and Gabry Ponte, as part of a trio dubbed Eiffel 65, went on to create a song called "Blue (Da Ba Dee)", at that point a normal Bliss Corporation release under the label Skooby Records. The song became a hit in Italy and was the first from Bliss Corporation to be released outside of Europe, from there it became a worldwide hit. Eiffel 65 then produced an album called Europop, which too became a large hit. Three albums, 11 singles, and seven years later, Eiffel 65 parted ways and Gabry Ponte stayed with Bliss Corporation to continue with his solo work, releasing a number of singles and staying active in Italy's music scene. Ponte has since rejoined Eiffel 65 as of June 2010.
Sangwara
Sangwara was one of the projects released under Gabry Ponte's record label, Worldbus Records, in the late 1990s. It was the only one he was directly involved in and produced the most hits the label had to offer. Their first release was a cover of Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise", which was well received in both Italy and Spain, followed by a remake of Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly", which had also been remade by the Fugees. This track became one of Sangwara's most well known and was made into a music video. This was followed by a release called "Bohemian Rhapsody", a cover of Queen's classic, also remade by The Braids. This release wasn't such a big hit for them and is now hard to find as a result. In early 1997 they produced their fourth release and final cover, a remake of No Doubt's "Don't Speak". This became Sangwara's biggest hit and was released on CD throughout Europe. After being inactive for almost a year, Sangwara recorded their final release, an original track titled "Find a Way", which was released with four remixes. It was at that time that Worldbus Records ceased existence, which may have contributed to Sangwara's end. Over the two-year career of Sangwara, its primary members, DJs Gabry Ponte and MTJ Capuano, and vocalist Claire Thomas, often paired up with various other people to make the releases. Jeffrey Jey sung vocals on two of their releases and Joe Fancey, an American rapper, on one. Simone Pastore of Da Blitz was also one of many well known figures from Bliss Corporation to lend his hand in the production and mixing stages. Ultimately, Sangwara was Gabry Ponte's big entrance into the world of music.
Discography
Albums
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| ITA | ||
| Gabry Ponte | 2002 | 16 |
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. DJ | 2004 | 17 |
| Gabry2o | 2008 | 34 |
Other albums
- Modern Tech Noises According to Gabry Ponte (2007)
- Love Songs in the Digital Age According to Gabry Ponte (2007)
- Tunes from Planet Earth According to Gabry Ponte (2007)
- Gabry Ponte – Gabry2o Vol. 2 (2009)
- Dance & Love albums series:
- Gabry Ponte pres. Dance & Love Selection Vol. 1 (2010)
- Gabry Ponte pres. Dance & Love Selection Vol. 2 (2010)
- Gabry Ponte pres. Dance & Love Selection Vol. 3 (2010)
- Gabry Ponte pres. Dance & Love Selection Vol. 4 (2011)
Extended plays
- 2006: Modern Tech Noises According to Gabry Ponte
- 2007: Love Songs in the Digital Age according to Gabry Ponte Containing: "Now & Forever" / "The Point of No Return" / "The Point of No Return (Bufalo & D-Deck Remix)" / "La Libertà" (Hard Love Remix) / "Geordie" (Eurotrance Remix)
- 2007: Tunes from Planet Earth According to Gabry Ponte
- 2018: Dance Lab
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITA |
AUT [5] |
BEL (Wa) [6][7] |
FRA [8] |
GER [9] |
NLD [10] |
NOR [11] |
SWE [12] |
SWI [13] | |||
| "Time to Rock" | 2002 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Gabry Ponte |
| "Geordie" | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "De musica tonante" | 2003 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Music" (with Fargetta) |
75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "The Man in the Moon" | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Giulia" (with DJ Lhasa) | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "La danza delle streghe" | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dr. Jekyll & Mister DJ | |
| "Figli di Pitagora" (featuring Little Tony) |
2004 | 13 | — | — | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Sin pararse" (with Ye Man) |
20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Depends on You" | 2005 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dr. Jekyll & Mister DJ |
| "Sono già solo (Remix)" | 2010 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dance and Love – The Selection Vol. 3 |
| "Beat on My Drum" (featuring Pitbull and Sophia Del Carmen) |
2012 | 85 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "La fine del mondo" (featuring Two Fingerz) |
2014 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Buonanotte giorno" | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Che ne sanno i 2000" (featuring Danti) |
2016 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Tu sei" (featuring Danti) |
2017 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Monster" (with Lum!x) |
2019 | — | 52 | 37 | 41 | 20 | — | — | —[upper-alpha 1] | 55 | |
| "The Passenger (LaLaLa)" (with Lum!x and Mokaby and D.T.E) |
2020 | — | 47 | — | 128 | 58 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Lonely" (with Jerome) |
— | — | — | — | 77 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Golden"[15] (with Blasterjaxx featuring Riell) |
2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Oh La La"[16] (with Moti featuring Mougleta) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Going Down"[17] (with Lucky Luke and Kevin Palms) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Thunder" (with Lum!x and Prezioso) |
42 [18] |
36 | 5 | 18 | 79 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 20 | ||
| "The Portrait (Ooh La La)"[19] (with R3hab) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Superman"[20] (with Roberto Molinaro) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "The Feeling"[21] (with Henri PFR) |
— | — | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Can't Get Over You"[22] (featuring Aloe Blacc) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Call Me"[23] (with R3hab and Timmy Trumpet) |
2022 | — | — | — | — | — | 80 | — | — | — | |
| "Hasta La Vista"[24] (with Blasterjaxx) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "We Could Be Together"[25] (with Lum!x and Daddy DJ) |
93 | — | — | 96 | — | 34 | — | — | — | ||
| "Rely on Me" (with Sigala and Alex Gaudino) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Every Cloud | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||
Other releases
- 2009: "U.N.D.E.R.G.R.O.U.N.D."
- 2009: "Electro Muzik is Back"
- 2010: "Sexy DJ (In da Club)" (featuring Maya Days)
- 2020: "Opera" (with La Diva)
- 2020: "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (Gabry Ponte edit) (by Harris & Ford)
In 2022 Ponte released "Friendships (Lost My Love) ft. Leony", a remix of "[[Friendships (Lost My Love) ft. Leony" from Pascal Letoublon, itself a remix of Letoublon's 2017 instrumental release "Friendships".[26]
Notes
- ↑ "Monster" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number nine on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[14]
References
- ↑ "Gabry Ponte Discography at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2010-12-11.
- ↑ "Gabry Ponte Al Subway... e il Sabato Sera diventa Leggenda". Subwayviterbo.it (in Italian). 20 March 2016.
- ↑ "Top 100 DJs 2014 - DJMag.com". DJ Mag. Retrieved 2014-10-20.
- ↑ "Gabry Ponte Biography". Concerty.com.
- ↑ "Discographie Gabry Ponte". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ↑ "Discographie Gabry Ponte". Ultratop (in French). Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ↑ "Gabry Ponte & Henri PFR – The Feeling" (in French). Ultratop. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ↑ "Gabry+Ponte". lescharts.com (in French). Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ↑ "Discographie von Gabry Ponte". Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ↑ "Discografie R3HAB". Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ↑ "Discographie Gabry Ponte". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ↑ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 32". Sverigetopplistan (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ↑ "Discographie Gabry Ponte". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ↑ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 33". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ↑ "Golden (feat. RIELL) - Single by Blasterjaxx & Gabry Ponte on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ↑ "Oh La La (feat. Mougleta) - Single by Gabry Ponte & MOTi on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
- ↑ "Going Down - Single by Gabry Ponte, Lucky Luke & Kevin Palms on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ↑ "Top Singoli – Classifica settimanale WK 36" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ↑ "The Portrait (Ooh La La) - Single by R3HAB & Gabry Ponte on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ↑ "Superman - Single by Gabry Ponte, Roberto Molinaro on Spotify". Apple Music. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ↑ Dancing Astronaut Staff (27 September 2021). "Gabry Ponte, Henri PFR join forces to give Cindy Lauper a modern disco flip". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ↑ EDM.com Staff (29 November 2021). "Gabry Ponte and Aloe Blacc—legends behind 'Blue' and 'Wake Me Up'—join forces for intoxicating dance-pop anthem, 'Can't Get Over You'". EDM.com. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ↑ "Gabry Ponte, R3HAB And Timmy Trumpet Team Up For 'Call Me' | UFO Network". UFO Network. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ↑ "Hasta La Vista - Single by Gabry Ponte & Blasterjaxx on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ↑ "We Could Be Together - Single". Apple Music. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ↑ Gogovski, Metodi (2022-06-06). "Gabry Ponte delivers his own re-work of the Pascal Letoublon single 'Friendships' (Lost My Love) ft. Leony". Rave Jungle. Retrieved 2023-07-03.