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Matt Bianco
Origin United Kingdom
Genre(s) Sophisti-pop
Jazz
Pop
Soul
Dance
Latin pop
Ballad
Years active 1983–present
Label(s) current:
Emarcy
Universal Music;
past:
WEA Records
East West Records
ZYX Music
Intercord
Victor Entertainment. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Sophisti-pop is a Music genre used to describe a certain kind of smooth radio-friendly Pop music with a Jazz or soul tinge Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure Soul music is a Music genre that combines Rhythm and blues and Gospel music, originating in the United States. This article is about music for dancing in general You may also be looking for Electronic dance music. Latin Pop ( Pop Latino, in Spanish) generally refers to Pop music that has what may be perceived a "Latin" influence A ballad is a Poem usually set to Music; thus it often is a story told in a Song. Major releases Michael Jackson's Thriller, the highest-selling album of all time as well as the best-selling album of 1983 and 1984 was released In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Universal Music Group (UMG is the largest Business group and family of Record labels in the Recording industry. Warner Music Group (WMG is the third-largest of the "big four" major record labels, the others being Sony BMG, EMI, and Universal East West Records is an American Record label, owned by Warner Music Group, and operates under WMG's Independent Label Group. ZYX Music is a German Record label which was founded in 1971 by Bernhard Mikulski. is a Subsidiary of Japan Victor Company (JVC that produces and distributes music movies and other entertainment products such as Anime and television shows
Associated acts Basia
Website www. mattbianco. com
Members
Mark Reilly, Mark Fisher
Former members
Basia Trzetrzelewska, Danny White

Matt Bianco is a UK band that was formed in 1983 and continues to exist to date. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A musical ensemble is a group of two or more Musicians who perform instrumental or vocal Music. Major releases Michael Jackson's Thriller, the highest-selling album of all time as well as the best-selling album of 1983 and 1984 was released They are mainly known for their success in the mid 1980s and their jazzy, Latin-flavoured music. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time.

Popular during the mid 1980s in continental Europe, Matt Bianco epitomised the new jazz pop genre, that they shared with acts such as Working Week, Sade, Everything but the Girl, and The Style Council. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure Everything but the Girl ( EBTG) are a two-person English band formed in Hull in 1982, consisting of lead singer and sometime- Guitarist The Style Council were an English musical group formed in 1983 by ex- The Jam singer and guitarist Paul Weller with keyboardist Mick Talbot. The name suggests that Matt Bianco is a personal name, often referred to the main constant member, Mark Reilly, but Matt is in fact "a made up spy, a secret agent; we loved spy TV themes and film scores"[1].

Contents

The early years as a trio

Formed by the late Kito Poncioni (bass), Mark Reilly (vocals), and Danny White (keyboards), in 1982, out of the shards of the abandoned art poppers Blue Rondo A La Turk, for their first album Whose Side Are You On? they hired then unknown Polish vocalist Basia Trzetrzelewska. The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech. A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a Musical keyboard. See also 1982 in music (UK Musical groups established in 1982 Record labels established in 1982 An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public Whose Side Are You On? was the first Album by Matt Bianco (which featured Basia as Lead vocalist on the song called "Half Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Basia Trzetrzelewska, known professionally as Basia, born September 30, 1954 in Jaworzno in Poland, is a Polish singer Her vocal arrangements gave the album a jazzy dimension that Reilly and White could not anticipate, but made good use of. In Music, an arrangement refers either to a rewriting of a piece of existing Music with additional new material or to a fleshing-out of a compositional sketch such Mixmaster Phil Harding applied what would become his signature style to the recordings. Phil Harding may refer to Phil Harding (archaeologist, British field archaeologist and television personality on Time Team Phil Hits like "Get Out of Your Lazy Bed" and "Half a Minute" (which Basia would feature live throughout her solo career) turned Matt Bianco into one of the biggest acts of Europe in 1984. A hit single is a recorded track or single that has become very popular See also Events January 21 - " Relax " by Frankie Goes to Hollywood reaches number one in the UK singles chart it

Basia and Danny White, subsequently a couple in real life too, left the group soon after the first album to pursue an apparently more lucrative solo career with Sony, under the name Basia, on the Epic label. In Music, a solo (from the Italian solo, meaning alone) is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest Media conglomerates with Basia Trzetrzelewska, known professionally as Basia, born September 30, 1954 in Jaworzno in Poland, is a Polish singer Epic Records is an American Record label. It is owned and operated by Sony Music Entertainment. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music They maintained their working relationship with Phil Harding, who would continue to work with Matt Bianco as well. Mark Reilly, now without a musical partner, found ex-Wham keyboarder and session musician, Mark Fisher, and recorded the next (self-titled) Matt Bianco album. "Wham" redirects here For other uses see Wham (disambiguation. Session musicians are musicians available for hire as opposed to musicians who are either permanent members of a musical outfit or who have acquired fame in their own right Matt Bianco was the second eponymous Album by the British jazz / pop / soul band Matt Bianco, released

The Reilly-Fisher duo years

With Mark Fisher replacing White and Trzetrzelewska, the sound changed considerably. Fisher, a keyboardist, composer and studio wizard, contributed a more contemporary sound, compared to that of the early Matt Bianco. A keyboardist is a Musician who plays Keyboard instruments Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance A recording studio is a facility for sound recording. Ideally the space is specially designed by an acoustician to achieve the desired acoustic properties (sound The use of synthesizers increased notably: Yamaha's DX-7 can be heard providing the slap bass in most songs, but the choice of noted studio musicians remained consistent with Ronnie Ross being the most prominent example. The Yamaha DX7 was a Synthesizer manufactured by the Yamaha Corporation from 1983 to 1986, based on FM synthesis developed by After the first album with the new line-up, they took a 13-piece band on to a European tour, that saw them perform in front of an audience of more than 250,000 attendees in total.

As Matt Bianco was a household name in Europe, Warner Brothers thought it was time to market them in the U.S.. Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and The United States of America —commonly referred to as the They hired Gloria Estefan's husband and producer Emilio Estefan to produce a few songs, and recorded their third album, Indigo, with the Estefan productions being chosen as singles. Gloria Estefan (born Gloria María Fajardo on September 1, 1957) is a Cuban American singer and songwriter Emilio Estefan Jr is a Cuban American of Lebanese ancestry who is a Musician and producer Indigo is the Color on the Electromagnetic spectrum between about 420 and 450 nm in Wavelength, placing it between Blue and violet 1988's "Don't Blame it on That Girl" and "Good Times" only made a moderate impact, apart from "Wap-Bam-Boogie", an album track originally on the B-side of the first single too, which did well on the dance charts, and pushed the joint single release up to Number 11 on the UK Singles Chart, making it their best achievement ever in the whole history of Matt Bianco, either as a trio or as a duo. This is a list of notable events in Music that took place in the year 1988. The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry After a first Greatest Hits album, entitled The Best of Matt Bianco, collecting their greatest hits from 1983 to 1990, actually out in 1990, and another studio album with Warner Brothers - the fractured Samba in Your Casa, the fourth long-playing by the group, released in 1991 - Reilly and Fisher split from their record company, and went freelance. A greatest hits album (sometimes referred to as a " best of " album is a Compilation album of successful previously released Songs by a particular A greatest hits album (sometimes referred to as a " best of " album is a Compilation album of successful previously released Songs by a particular Major releases Michael Jackson's Thriller, the highest-selling album of all time as well as the best-selling album of 1983 and 1984 was released This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1990 This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1990 A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist Samba in Your Casa was the fourth studio Album by British pop / jazz / soul / dance band A gramophone See also 1991 in music (UK Musical groups established in 1991 Record labels From then on, they would record their albums in their own studios, and then offer them to independent distributors worldwide.

Now, they had total artistic freedom, but commercial success was harder to achieve. They scored contracts with ZYX Music and Intercord in Europe, and Victor Entertainment in Asia, but failed to sign on with another major label. ZYX Music is a German Record label which was founded in 1971 by Bernhard Mikulski. is a Subsidiary of Japan Victor Company (JVC that produces and distributes music movies and other entertainment products such as Anime and television shows The next albums did not sell that well in Europe, but they created a loyal fan base in Japan, and the rest of Asia. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The albums Another Time Another Place, Gran Via, World Go Round, A/Collection (not a Greatest Hits album, but more of a Best-Of collection, compiling a number of remakes of Matt Bianco's stand-out album tracks plus remixes of a few of their hits too), Rico, and Echoes sold well enough for a comfortable lifestyle in the South-East of England. A greatest hits album (sometimes referred to as a " best of " album is a Compilation album of successful previously released Songs by a particular A " remake' " is a term used to described something that has been done again sometimes with better Quality, and usually with more features A remix is an alternative version of a song different from the original version South is one of Cardinal directions and is opposite to the North. The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST internal designation HT-7U is an experimental Superconducting Tokamak Magnetic fusion energy England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland

After twenty years recording and touring, Mark Fisher started to crave a different lifestyle, and the two split amicably.

The reunion of the original trio line-up

Initiated by a mutual friend, Basia and Danny White joined with Mark Reilly to reform the "original" Matt Bianco, in 2003, signing to the Emarcy label. See also 2003 in music (UK Musical groups established in 2003 Record labels In 2004, Matt Bianco released the album Matt's Mood (the name is from one of their most popular early instrumental tracks), which featured well-crafted adult-contemporary/jazz numbers, in the spirit of their first album. See also 2004 in music (UK Musical groups established in 2004 Record labels Matt's Mood is the 2004 "temporaray comeback" Album by UK Latino Pop outfit Matt Bianco, released for Universal An instrumental is a Musical composition or recording without Lyrics or any other sort of Vocal music; all of the Music is produced by This was accompanied by an extensive PR exercise, giving the album plenty of airtime. For the band see Broadcast (band Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or Video signals which transmit The following year, they embarked on a world tour, which included stops in the UK, Japan, and the United States. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

The present: back again to the duo

After the success of Matt's Mood, Basia and Danny White left Matt Bianco again to reinvigorate the Basia franchise. Matt's Mood is the 2004 "temporaray comeback" Album by UK Latino Pop outfit Matt Bianco, released for Universal Mark Reilly and Mark Fisher are back as a duo, and originally planned a new release in 2007, which wasn't out as yet though. A duet is a Musical composition or piece for two Performers In Classical music the term is most often used for a composition for two singers This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2007 Three compilations were instead marketed between 2005 and 2008, including a Best-Of Volume 2, containing many of the Asian tracks, which were so far only available in Germany for European fans, and the re-release of the original 1990 Best-Of, featuring their greatest European hits from 1983 to 1990. Events January 1 - In most of Europe copyright expired on a number of classic pop and rock-and-roll songs recorded in 1954 and earlier including This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2008 Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1990 Major releases Michael Jackson's Thriller, the highest-selling album of all time as well as the best-selling album of 1983 and 1984 was released This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1990

Discography

Albums

Compilations

Singles

Singles Europe 1983-1990

Singles Germany/Asia 1991-1998

See also

Sources

References

  1. ^ Matt Bianco Biography, from the Emarcy label Website. See also Events January 21 - " Relax " by Frankie Goes to Hollywood reaches number one in the UK singles chart it Whose Side Are You On? was the first Album by Matt Bianco (which featured Basia as Lead vocalist on the song called "Half The UK Albums Chart is a list of Albums ranked by sales in the United Kingdom. See also Musical groups established in 1986 Record labels established in 1986 Events January Matt Bianco was the second eponymous Album by the British jazz / pop / soul band Matt Bianco, released This is a list of notable events in Music that took place in the year 1988. Indigo was the third Album by British pop / jazz / soul / dance band Matt Bianco, released See also 1991 in music (UK Musical groups established in 1991 Record labels Samba in Your Casa was the fourth studio Album by British pop / jazz / soul / dance band This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1994. See also 1995 in music (UK Musical groups established in 1995 Record Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. See also 1995 in music (UK Musical groups established in 1995 Record For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. In terms of recorded Music, a bonus track is a piece of music which has been included on specific releases or reissues of an Album. Events January January 9 - David Bowie performs his 50th Birthday Bash concert For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1998 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1998 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. See also 2000 in music (UK Musical groups established in 2000 Record labels This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2002 See also 2004 in music (UK Musical groups established in 2004 Record labels Matt's Mood is the 2004 "temporaray comeback" Album by UK Latino Pop outfit Matt Bianco, released for Universal This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1990 Major releases Michael Jackson's Thriller, the highest-selling album of all time as well as the best-selling album of 1983 and 1984 was released This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1990 This is a summary of significant events in music in 1993. Events January This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1998 A " remake' " is a term used to described something that has been done again sometimes with better Quality, and usually with more features For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. A " remake' " is a term used to described something that has been done again sometimes with better Quality, and usually with more features A remix is an alternative version of a song different from the original version Events January 1 - In most of Europe copyright expired on a number of classic pop and rock-and-roll songs recorded in 1954 and earlier including This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1990 This is a list of notable events in Music that took place in the year 2006. This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2008 Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. See also 1991 in music (UK Musical groups established in 1991 Record labels This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2008 The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks See also Events January 21 - " Relax " by Frankie Goes to Hollywood reaches number one in the UK singles chart it " Get Out of Your Lazy Bed " is the debut single from UK band Matt Bianco, released in 1984 along with their debut album Whose Side Are The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry See also Events January 21 - " Relax " by Frankie Goes to Hollywood reaches number one in the UK singles chart it See also Events January 21 - " Relax " by Frankie Goes to Hollywood reaches number one in the UK singles chart it Events January January 28 - Various artists, under the group name USA For Africa, including Ray Charles A remix is an alternative version of a song different from the original version Events January January 28 - Various artists, under the group name USA For Africa, including Ray Charles " Yeh Yeh " is a Latin soul song It was written by Rodgers Grant and Pat Patrick and first recorded by Mongo Santamaria on See also Musical groups established in 1986 Record labels established in 1986 Events January See also Musical groups established in 1986 Record labels established in 1986 Events January This is a list of notable events in Music that took place in the year 1988. 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