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Gabry PonteGeordieTime To RockVivi nell'aria
Gabry Ponte first started his career as a DJ at BlissCorporation in 1993, 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 BlissCorporation'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 BlissCorporation release under the label Skooby Records. The song became a hit in Italy and was the first from BlissCorporation 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. 2 Albums, 10 singles, and 6 years later, Eiffel 65 parted ways and Gabry Ponte stayed with BlissCorporation to continue with his solo work, releasing a number of singles and staying active in Italy's music scene. His original group, Eiffel 65, has reformed as
of June 2010. Sangwara was one of the projects that was released
under Gabry Ponte's record label, Worldbus Records in the late
90s. 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 recently 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 recently 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 2 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 BlissCorporation to lend his hand in the
production and mixing stages. Ultimately Sangwara was Gabry Ponte's
big entrance into the world of music. Time to Rock Containing: Now & Forever [edit] Albums Gabry Ponte (2002) [edit] Dance and Love albums Dance and Love Selection Vol.1
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