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| Rise Records | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | Time Records |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Founder | Alex Gaudino, Giacomo Maiolini (co-founder) |
| Status | Active |
| Genre | House, Italo dance, trance |
| Country of origin | Italy |
| Location | Brescia |
Rise Records (a.k.a.Rise Italy) is an Italian record label of house music and Italo dance, owned by Time Group and founded by Giacomo Maiolini. in 1998. Rise label rose as department of Time Records, after the death of Downtown.
Rise Records - which belongs to Time Group - was entrusted to the A&R Alex Gaudino, who thanks to his intuition and his hard work obtains quickly a great credibility among the music operators.
Doo-wop is a subgenre of rhythm and blues music that originated in African-American communities during the 1940s, mainly in the large cities of the United States, including New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Baltimore, Newark, Detroit, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. It features vocal group harmony that carries an engaging melodic line to a simple beat with little or no instrumentation. Lyrics are simple, usually about love, sung by a lead vocal over background vocals, and often featuring, in the bridge, a melodramatically heartfelt recitative addressed to the beloved. Harmonic singing of nonsense syllables is a common characteristic of these songs. Gaining popularity in the 1950s, doo-wop was "artistically and commercially viable" until the early 1960s and continued to influence performers in other genres.
Specialty Records was an American record label founded in Los Angeles in 1945 by Art Rupe. It was known for rhythm and blues, gospel, and early rock and roll, and recorded artists such as Little Richard, Guitar Slim, Percy Mayfield, and Lloyd Price. Rupe established the company under the name Juke Box Records but changed it to Specialty in 1946 when he parted company with a couple of his original partners. Rupe's daughter, Beverly, restarted the label in the 1980s.
Crystal Waters is an American house and dance music singer and songwriter, best known for her 1990s dance hits "Gypsy Woman", "100% Pure Love", and 2007's "Destination Calabria" with Alex Gaudino. All three of her studio albums produced a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. In December 2016, Billboard magazine ranked her as one of the most successful dance artists of all time. Her accolades include six ASCAP Songwriter awards, three American Music Award nominations, an MTV Video Music Award nod, four Billboard Music Awards and twelve No. 1 Billboard Dance Chart hits. Her hit song "Gypsy Woman” has been sampled hundreds of times. Though her music sales have yet to be re-certified, Waters has sold over 7 million records worldwide.
Milk & Sugar is a German house music producer and record label, represented by Mike Milk and formerly Steven Sugar. The duo collaborated between 1993 and 2022 under a variety of names, including Axis, Hitch Hiker & Jacques Dumondt, and Mike Stone & Steve Heller, and have scored major club hits internationally, including a re-make of John Paul Young's "Love Is in the Air".
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"Destination Calabria" is a song by Italian music producer Alex Gaudino with vocals by Crystal Waters. It is the first single released from his debut album My Destination. The track is a mashup, taking the instrumental from Rune RK's "Calabria" and the vocals from Gaudino's and Waters' "Destination Unknown", both originally released in 2003. It was produced with the help of Maurizio Nari and Ronnie Milani, matching the saxophone riff from "Calabria" to Waters' voice.
Rune Reilly Kölsch, simply known as Kölsch, is a Danish electronic dance musician and DJ from Copenhagen.
"Watch Out" is a single by Alex Gaudino featuring Shèna, released on 28 January 2008. It is the third single released from his debut album My Destination. The second release topically coincided with UEFA Euro 2008, as the music video features a "video-game" football match played by raunchy women in spandex shorts/tops. The song contains a SCORCCiO replayed sample of Pigbag's "Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag", produced by Mark Summers while Shèna's vocals play a considerable part in track.
"I'm in Love (I Wanna Do It)" is a song by Italian house DJ Alex Gaudino from his second studio album, Doctor Love (2013). The song was written by Gaudino, Giuseppe D'Albenzio and Tim Powell. It was released as the lead single from the album on 19 September 2010 in the United Kingdom. The song reached number 10 in the UK, and charted at number one on Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay chart in October 2010. The song originally only contained male vocals, but the vocals of American singer Maxine Ashley were later added for commercial release. Ashley, however, is not officially credited as a guest vocalist on the commercial release.
"Que Pasa Contigo" is a song by the Italian DJ Alex Gaudino featuring vocals from Sam Obernik. The song was written by Alex Gaudino, Jerma, Sam Obernik and Maurizio Zoffoli. It was released on 12 July 2007. It is the second single released from his debut album My Destination
"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" is a rock song written by Alan Merrill and Jake Hooker and first recorded by the Arrows, a British rock band, in 1975. A 1981 cover version by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, released as the first single from her album of the same name, became Jett's highest-charting hit, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and becoming the No. 3 song for 1982. The single was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, representing two million units shipped to stores. Jett's version was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2016.
"What a Feeling" is a song by Italian DJ Alex Gaudino, taken from his second studio album Doctor Love (2013). The song features leading vocals from American singer Kelly Rowland. It was written by Gaudino, Giuseppe D'Albenzio, Emmanuel Mijares, Jenson Vaughan, Rowland and Joseph "Lonny" Bereal. "What a Feeling" was released from 22 March 2011 by Magnificent Records and Ultra Music.
Time Records is an Italian record company and label from Brescia founded by Giacomo Maiolini in the fall of 1984, teaming up with the duo Farina-Crivellente as the art producers. Except for a few of the early releases, it became a label distributed by Disco Magic and also a partner, until 1996, when Maiolini moved to start Self Distribuzione. Time Records rose to become one of the most prominent Italo labels from the middle of the eighties to the end of the decade.
"I Don't Wanna Dance" is a song by Italian DJ Alex Gaudino, taken from his second studio album Doctor Love (2013). The song was released from 3 September 2012 by Ultra Records. The song was written by Taio Cruz, Alfonso Fortunato Gaudino, Giuseppe D'Albenzio and Jamie Luis Gomez. The song features vocals from American singer, actor, and rapper Taboo. The song features samples from "Can You Feel It" by The Jackson 5.
Scorpio Music is a French music label headquartered in Paris. The company was founded by Henri Belolo in 1976, best known as the original creator of The Ritchie Family and the disco group Village People with Jacques Morali.
"Playing With My Heart" is a song by Italian DJ Alex Gaudino, taken from his second studio album Doctor Love (2013). The song was released from 28 January 2013 by Ultra Records. The song was written by Jenson Vaughan, Jason Derulo, Alex Fortunato Gaudino and Giuseppe D'Albenzio. The song features vocals from Canadian R&B recording artist JRDN.
Emmanuel "Manny" Mijares is a multi-platinum songwriter and executive producer. He is best known as a co-writer on the hit single What A Feeling as performed by Kelly Rowland of the pop group Destiny's Child as well as the first US dance single by CNN Artist of the Year Ricky J. He is the founder of the independent record label "Upscale Records", a division of his production company "Upscale Recording & Productions". In 2008, Mijares established Big Talent Showcase, a company which helps new aspiring talents showcase their abilities to those in the entertainment industry.
Doctor Love is the second studio album by Italian DJ and music producer Alex Gaudino. The album features a number of well-known artists such as Kelly Rowland, Jordin Sparks, Mario, The Black Eyed Peas's Taboo, and Jay Sean among others. It was released on March 12, 2013.
"Never Say Never" is a song by Dutch disc jockey and record producer Armin van Buuren. It features vocals and lyrics from Dutch singer and songwriter Jacqueline Govaert. The song was released in the Netherlands by Armind on 29 June 2009 as the fifth and last single from van Buuren's third studio album Imagine.
