Roberto Zanetti. Musical biography

Roberto Zanetti is a musician from Italy, better known by the scenic pseudonyms Savage and Robix. His songs and compositions became known and popular not only in Italy, but also in many other countries of the world, including Russia.

Start

The 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 the center of his future career. Roberto worked with musical groups in the general education school, and later entered the university. The game with different compositions became so important that Roberto decided to make a musical career and to assemble a professional group, which he called Taxi.

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

Next works

After these first experiments, Roberto began collaborating with two local DJs and with them he released a work called Incantation by Gang. This track, a cover version of Mike Oldfield's single, has become very popular in Italy. As a result, he was offered to collaborate with the recording studio Discomagic, which began distributing his songs and became Roberto's partner in the future.

In October-November 1983, Roberto created 4 other entries: Buenas Noches, Starman, Magic Carillon and finally his most successful single: Do not Cry Tonight. It was Roberto's first, real, great success, and at the same time he decided to call himself Robyx, using this name and in the role of the producer. This professional name was taken from school when Roberto painted for the school newspaper together 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 the years that followed (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 selected countries of Eastern Europe, such as Poland and Russia.

In late 1986, Roberto decided to found his own recording studio (Casablanca Recordings), where he also had the headquarters of his production company, named Robyx. It should be noted that all past records were created in the Italian sound 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 started a fresh project, which simply had to have great success all over the world: Ice MC. His appearance is entertaining, to put it mildly: 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 descent, as a rapper. Jan did not work 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 not to appear in the band, calling it Ice MC.

Ice MC was in great demand all over the world, so the international tour began. While Ian traveled, doing the show and promoting the image, Roberto Zanetti, whose photo is already familiar to every fan of this musical direction, took care of organizing and composing records. Robyx invested all his energy in the project Ice MC, as he felt that he was waiting for a great future.