Alberto Camerini
Alberto Camerini | |
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| Born | 16 May 1951 |
| Occupation | singer-songwriter |
Alberto Camerini (born 16 May 1951) is an Italian singer-songwriter and musician, who was commercially most active during the late-1970s and early-1980s.
Life and career
[edit | edit source]Alberto Camerini was born in São Paulo, Brazil from Italian Jewish parents who had moved to South America a few years earlier. His parents moved back to Milan when Alberto was 11 years old.[1] Camerini enrolled at the University of Milan, where he became friends with Eugenio Finardi, who introduced him to music;[2] together with Eugenio Finardi, Camerini started two bands, Il Pacco and L'Enorme Maria. Camerini became a proficient guitarist and he later did session work for musicians such as Patty Pravo, Stormy Six, Fausto Leali and Eugenio Finardi himself.[1][2]
Camerini started his solo career in 1976, with the single "Pane quotidiano" and three albums that proposed an original mix between rock and Brazilian music.[1] In the eighties Camerini initiated a successful collaboration with lyrics author and record producer Roberto Colombo. Inspired by the krautrock movement that was dominant in Europe at the time, Camerini had a significant commercial success with a number of synthpop hits, particularly with the songs "Rock 'n' roll robot" and "Tanz bambolina".[1][2] In 1984 Camerini participated to the Sanremo Music Festival where he finished 16th. Following the lukewarm reception to his 1986 album Angeli in Blue Jeans, Camerini took a break from music for about a decade.[1][3] In 1995 Camerini reprised his career and recorded the album Dove l'arcobaleno arriva.
Discography
[edit | edit source]Selected singles
[edit | edit source]- 1976 – "Pane quotidiano"
- 1977 – "Gelato metropolitano"
- 1978 – "Sciocka"
- 1980 – "Sintonizzati con me"
- 1980 – "Serenella"
- 1981 – "Rock 'n' roll robot"
- 1982 – "Tanz bambolina"
- 1982 – "Questo amore"
- 1983 – "Computer capriccio"
- 1984 – "La bottega del caffè"
- 1986 – "Va bene così"
Studio albums
[edit | edit source]- 1976 – Cenerentola e il pane quotidiano
- 1977 – Gelato metropolitano
- 1978 – Comici cosmetici
- 1980 – Alberto Camerini
- 1981 – Rudy e Rita
- 1982 – Rockmantico
- 1986 – Angeli in blue jeans
- 1995 – Dove l'arcobaleno arriva
- 2001 – Cyberclown
- 2005 – Kids Wanna Rock
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Official website
- Alberto Camerini at AllMusic
- Alberto Camerini discography at Discogs
- Alberto Camerini at IMDb
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