Fred Ventura

Fred Ventura's musical journey started at the beginning of 1979, first as a
drummer in several punk and new wave bands and then as vocalist of STATE OF ART, a very influential band in Milan's underground scene during the
beginning of the 80's. After an amicable split with the band, Fred started
his solo career writing and recording electro pop songs on a 4 track cassette
machine with a Roland Juno 60 synthesizer and an Oberheim DX drum machine, a songwriting style that soon evolved into a more dance friendly vein thanks to the explosion of the Italo Disco Sound and his love for New Order's "Blue Monday" and Bobby O " She Has A Way". From 1983-1989 he released eleven 12" maxi singles and one album plus many other projects under different alias' like FLEXX and PLEASURE & PAIN. His works with Italo legendary producers like Turatti & Chieregato and Farina & Crivellente on songs like "The Years" & "Wind Of Change" brought him great worldwide popularity. He has performed in clubs in Holland, Germany, Spain, France, Poland, Mexico and the U.S.A. Since the end of the eighties he has been producing and remixing Italian and international artists, doing A&R for several record labels ( EVOLUTION RECORDS, FREE ZONE, MILANO 2000 ) and producing his own music under different monikers as GREY AREA, ACTIVE, VIBRAZIONI PRODUCTIONS, ELECTRIQUE, most recently as BEDROOM ROCKERS for Universal Records while still lending lead vocals for various Clone Records associates as I-F, ALDEN TYRELL and JUPITER BLACK.
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1978/1980 AN INCOHERENT PSYCHE (drums) >
1980 LE JOUR PROCHAIN (fred ventura + guests) >
1981/1982 STATE OF ART (vocals) >
1982/1983 ACTOR'S STUDIO (fred ventura + guests) >
1983/1984 FLEXX (turatti + chieregato + ventura) >
1983/1989 FRED VENTURA (solo) >
1990/1991 ACTIVE (fred ventura + gunilla backman) >
1990/1993 EVOLUTION RECORDS (label manager) >
1991/1993 FREE ZONE RECORDS (label manager) >
1990 GREY AREA/RED MECCA (fred ventura + stefano comazzi + livio fogli) >
1991/1993 GREY AREA (fred ventura + stefano comazzi) >
1990/1993 VISIONS FACTORY (fred ventura + stefano comazzi) >
1992 BEAT 4 LIFE (fred ventura + stefano comazzi) >
1991 LOVE NATION (fred ventura + enrico colombo + roberto mazzola + stefano comazzi) >
1993/1998 VIBRAZIONI PRODUCTIONS (fred ventura + vocal guests) >
1996/1999 MILANO 2000 RECORDS (label manager) >
1999 BEDROOM ROCKERS (fred ventura + enrico colombo) >
2001/2002 ELECTRIQUE (fred ventura + marcello catalano + stefano lotto) >
2004 REPRODUCTION (management: alex visconti + diego montinaro + raffaella destefano) >



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