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As many fans already know, in
the 80's Bratt Sinclaire used to be a talented
heavy/rock guitar player and this greatly influenced
his way to compose and produce dance music,
especially Techno.
Other than that, Bratt used to be one of the
producers of Alberto Contini's heavy metal band
called "Bulldozer" since 1989, even before
the first deal with Avex was signed.
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Sinclaire live
in the 80's
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Sinclaire live
in the 90's
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In 1992, when the A.Beat.C.'s
Eurobeat productions quality was established, Contini
wanted to re-challenge the market by taking a "new"
musical step. The idea was creating a mix of classic "Techno"
(by early 90's) and "Heavy metal" which was
actually to be performed by real musicians and
rappers. In order for this project to take place
Contini wanted three main talents to be with him:
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Andy Panigada ( Bulldozer's guitarist and
composer ) |
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Bratt Sinclaire (Andrea Leonardi) ( the wildest
among A.Beat.C.'s producers and formerly the most "recent"
Bulldozer's producer ) |
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Fausto Vargas Guio (Dr.Dope). ( a.k.a. "Butch
Battle-axe", great rapper from
Brooklin-NY-U.S.A. ) |
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Andy Panigada in
the 80's
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Fausto and Bratt
in early 90's
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Contini asked them to be
involved with this experiment by spending some of
their free time and days-off even if no "business
results" were guaranteed.
They accepted and in a few days a brand new track
named "Dance got sick" by Bulldozer/Dr.Dope
was ready in four different versions all co-produced
and mixed by Bratt Sinclaire.
The very last version of that record (Tech-core Rap
Sickness) was unexpectedly the actual start of a new
kind of Techno-music especially in Japan where Avex
released this new production by the time. Infact,
John Robinson ( probably the most popular D.J. ever
in that country ) loved that new sound and often
played the track at "Giuliana's Tokyo"
which was the most trendy disco in Japan at that time.
By the great audience's reaction Avex asked Contini +
Dave Rodgers and Sinclaire + Panigada to keep on
producing this new Techno/style made of Techno
synths, real Heavy metal guitars (truly performed by
Sinclaire himself) and extremely hard-fast rappings.
(by the gorgeous Fausto Guio)
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Fausto rapping
in Bratt's studio
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Andy Panigada at
Bratt's studio
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And they did.
Under the supervision of Contini (as "D.J. Sick"
) A.Beat.C label started producing many Techno tracks
and Sinclaire and composer/programmer Andy Panigada
started focusing on that brand new Techno/style named "Hypertechno".
Sinclaire's fans didn't need to wait too long to see
great successes coming up in the Techno music field
other than Eurobeat's.
In 1993/94 Sinclare's Techno tunes (listed below) got
Japanese dance-floors extremely hot:
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"Noise maker" by "M.M.M." |
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"Show no mercy" by "Black metal
featuring Lady Lust" |
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"Over the top" by "M.M.M. &
Dr.Dope" |
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"High voltage" by "M.M.M." by "M.M.M.
featuring Lady Lust" |
The top was reached as the
smashing hit called F.A.Y. by M.M.M. ( written and
composed by Sinclaire alone ) became the most danced
track in Japan and ranked N°1 for two consecutive
months on disco-charts of the dance-music magazine
named "Beat Freak".
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F.A.Y.
by M.M.M 12” analog front cover
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BeatFreak
magazine top 50’ chart
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In late 1995 Bratt Sinclaire
made his move and co-founded Delta records. Nothing
actually changed in regard of his involvement into
Techno market. Avex, infact, did put Sinclaire in
charge of all Hypertechno productions of the label.
Panigada and Guio then also made their choice and
decided to follow Bratt and both moved to Delta as
well.
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Fausto and
Panigada
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Delta, along with
Rodgers-Contini label, became the main supplier for
Avex's Hypertechno and the hyper-trio
Panigada-Leonardi(Sinclaire)-Guio just confirmed to
be the real lethal weapon of this gender of music.
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The "Hyper-Trio
Andy Panigada - Bratt Sinclaire - Fausto Guio
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Avex's Hypertechno
compilation-series called "Hypertechno mission"
and"We love TechPara" went increasing sales
and many of Sinclaire's Hypertechno tracks became
classic-hits like:
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"Electro Violence" by "Independence
days" |
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"Ave ave" by "The prophet" |
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"Tempo" by "The prophet" |
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"Crazy train" by "The prophet" |
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"Hypertechno mission" by "Mission
one" |
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"Made in New York" by "Techno mob" |
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Fausto Guio and
Bratt Sinclaire
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Crazy train by
The Prophet 12” analog front cover
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"Never never know" by "Techno mob" |
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"Face-off" by "Techno mob" |
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"Higher Forces" by "Mission one" |
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"Black leather" by "The prophet" |
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"Hard body baby" by "Maximum factor" |
Supported by Avex's full trust
and fans very hot reaction, Bratt recently also
started walking to a new Hypertechno frontier. He
composed and produced a brand new-style of
Hypertechno which was hard-rapped by
female-fast-rappers. That probably represents an
absolute "new entry" in Techno-music's
international panorama.
Tunes like "Like a fire" or "Hypertechno
Venus" are very much appreciated by Hypertechno
fans and Para Para lovers all over Japan.
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