Cottura (Toni)   (Italy)

AKA : Smooth T
EuroDance producer
Added : 20/11/2001
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Latest Toni Cottura news

28/04/2024 : Trixi Delgado, Toni Cottura and Stay-C were featured by Urbano All Stars on 90's Feels Like Home a eurodance song reminding of Love Message. Urbano Czech Artist Booking agency (thanks to Klems)

12/08/2017 : Toni Cottura and vocalist Jovi recorded a song entitled Moonlight Anthem which will be used as official theme for this weekend's 90'Festival in Katowice (Poland).

19/09/2012 : Discover the videoclip for Toni Cottura's collaboration with Raluka D Party 4 Free. (Thanks to Eurodance Blog)

17/06/2011 : Cottura Toni is currently in Bucharest to film the video for his new single called Party 4 Free, a collaboration with Romanian artist Raluka (Thanks to Tavi Meran)

19/10/2010 : Toni Cottura directed and produced an audio book titled "(R)evolution 2012". This audio book will be out on an Audio CD as well as available for download. More infos here (Thanks to Eva Sipkova)

02/08/2010 : Toni Cottura and Steve Browarczyk (also a former Fun Factory member) re-created The Underdog Project with Shahin Moshirian. Their single Summer Jam 2010 was released on July 30th. (Thanks to Eva Sipkova)

21/04/2010 : Cottura Toni worked on Greek singer Maro Litra's new single Elevator Love (Thanks to Eva Sipkova)

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Toni Cottura singles

	Party Boom (feat AK Swift)	12th Feb 1997	BUY X
	My Life	18th May 1998	BUY X
	On & On	11th Oct 1999	BUY X
	Fly	14th Apr 2003	BUY X
	Moonlight Anthem (feat. Jovi) Video only	26th Jul 2017	BUY X

Featurings and collaborations

	2 Raff - Don't Stop The Music	22nd Apr 1994	BUY X
	Wilhelmina - Stay	24th May 1994	BUY X
	Fun Factory - Take Your Chance	6th Aug 1994	BUY X
	Fun Factory - Doh Wah Diddy	30th Nov 1995	BUY X
	Fun Factory - Don't Go Away	10th May 1996	BUY X
	UBF ft. Nana Abrokwa - Bible In My Hand	1997	BUY X
	Corina - Quieres Una Aventura	Jul 2006	BUY X
	Raluca - Party 4 Free	25th Jun 2012	BUY X
	Urbano All Stars ft. Beatrix Delgado - 90's Feels Like Home	26th Apr 2024	BUY X
	Fun Factory - Balkan Power	18th Oct 2024	BUY X

Productions, co-production, executive production

	Nana - Darkman	Nov 1996	BUY X
	UBF ft. Nana Abrokwa - Bible In My Hand	1997	BUY X
	Nana - Lonely	7th Mar 1997	BUY X
	Nana - Nana - The Album (album)	19th May 1997	BUY X
	Daisy Dee - Hey You (Open Up Your Mind)	7th Jul 1997	BUY X
	Nana - Let It Rain	Aug 1997	BUY X
	Nana - He's Comin'	1st Sep 1997	BUY X
	Nana - Too Much Heaven	1st Dec 1997	BUY X
	Nana - Remember The Time	Apr 1998	BUY X
	Nana Abrokwa - Father (album)	18th May 1998	BUY X
	Nana - Dreams	17th Aug 1998	BUY X
	Nana - I Wanna Fly (Like An Eagle)	15th Nov 1999	BUY X
	Fun Factory - Shut Up	14th Dec 2009	BUY X

Compositions

	Fun Factory - Close To You	18th Mar 1994	BUY X
	2 Raff - Don't Stop The Music	22nd Apr 1994	BUY X
	Wilhelmina - Stay	24th May 1994	BUY X
	Fun Factory - Take Your Chance	6th Aug 1994	BUY X
	Fun Factory - Pain	16th Nov 1994	BUY X
	La Verona - Love Of My Life	1995	BUY X
	Fun Factory - I Wanna B With U	18th Apr 1995	BUY X
	Fun Factory - Celebration	6th Sep 1995	BUY X
	Fun Factory - Don't Go Away	10th May 1996	BUY X
	Nana - Darkman	Nov 1996	BUY X
	Fun Factory - I Love You	5th Nov 1996	BUY X
	UBF ft. Nana Abrokwa - Bible In My Hand	1997	BUY X
	Nana - Lonely	7th Mar 1997	BUY X
	Daisy Dee - Hey You (Open Up Your Mind)	7th Jul 1997	BUY X
	Nana - I Wanna Fly (Like An Eagle)	15th Nov 1999	BUY X
	Fun Factory - Shut Up	14th Dec 2009	BUY X
	Fun Factory - Memories	12th Feb 2021	BUY X
	Fun Factory - Balkan Power	18th Oct 2024	BUY X

Songwriting

	Fun Factory - Close To You	18th Mar 1994	BUY X
	Darkness - In My Dreams	5th May 1994	BUY X
	Wilhelmina - Stay	24th May 1994	BUY X
	Lian Ross - Keep This Feeling	4th Jun 1994	BUY X
	Fun Factory - Take Your Chance	6th Aug 1994	BUY X
	Fun Factory - Pain	16th Nov 1994	BUY X
	La Verona - Love Of My Life	1995	BUY X
	Chak - Summer Party	1995	BUY X
	Fun Factory - I Wanna B With U	18th Apr 1995	BUY X
	Fun Factory - Celebration	6th Sep 1995	BUY X
	Fun Factory - Don't Go Away	10th May 1996	BUY X
	Nana - Darkman	Nov 1996	BUY X
	Fun Factory - I Love You	5th Nov 1996	BUY X
	UBF ft. Nana Abrokwa - Bible In My Hand	1997	BUY X
	Nana - Lonely	7th Mar 1997	BUY X
	Daisy Dee - Hey You (Open Up Your Mind)	7th Jul 1997	BUY X
	Nana - Dreams	17th Aug 1998	BUY X
	Nana - I Wanna Fly (Like An Eagle)	15th Nov 1999	BUY X
	Fun Factory - Shut Up	14th Dec 2009	BUY X
	Fun Factory - Memories	12th Feb 2021	BUY X
	Fun Factory - Balkan Power	18th Oct 2024	BUY X

Toni Cottura biography

Toni was born June 7, 1971 in Hamburg. He started his carreer back in 1988, when he created a hip-hop team with David Fascher. This is how he began to make his name known on the German scene. In 1990 he teamed up with the producer DJ Shahin (twice champion DJ of Germany, very well-known in the R'n'B and hip-hop field).

In 1993 he started contributing to many projects such as Fun Factory (as performer under the name of Smooth T, and a s writer and co-producer, till 1997). Then he took part to the Backstreet Boys (as rapper), N'Sync, 2 Raff (Don't Stop The Music), Darkness, *NSync, Marky Mark, Wilhelmina, etc. He is also Daisy Dee's husband and collaborator.

Toni created the Booya Music Studios in 1996 with Bülent Aris and Holger Storm, and produced artists such as Nana, Rugged Eye, Ray Horton, Pappa Bear und Twisted. He also founded Tone Def Entertainment.

In 1998, he toured Europe with Sean P. Diddy and Jennifer Lopez

He also released some solo singles such as Party Boom (with raps from AK Swift), My Life (featuring VD Toorn) in 1998 and On And On in 1999. Unfortunately for eurodance fans the style was rap or R'n'B.

During his free time, Toni enjoys practising martial arts, such as Ninjutsiu und Kung-Fu/Shaolin.

2000 : he took part to The 7inch Project with artists Craig Smart and Mazaya, the result was a single called All I Want To Know.

2002 : on RTL2, he sat on the jury of the show Teenstar"with Mousse T.

2003 : in Arpil, Toni released a new hip-hop ballad single called Fly, in which he did not rapped, but sung. He also stood behind the Underdog Project, which had a lot of success with their single Summerjam.

2004 : he wrote and produced 3 songs for the band Bro'Sis on their album Do You.

2006 : Toni Cottura was back with a new single entitled Quieres Una Aventura, a duet with the Romanian singer Corina. He won the MTV Balkan Award for this song

2007 : he became an entertainment consultant for NFL Europe.

2008 : Toni contributed to Corina's new album.

2010 : in March, Toni announced on his official site that he was in studio working on his new single, planned for this summer 2010. It would be in the same style as his previous single Fly. He worked on Greek singer Maro Litra's new single Elevator Love. Toni Cottura and Steve Browarczyk were back with Shahin Moshirian, with The Underdog Project. Their single em>Summer Jam 2010 was released on July 30th. He founded the label SyncSouls, producing audiobooks and soundtracks with relaxing music

2012 : in June, Toni was in Bucharest to film the video for his new single called Party 4 Free, a collaboration with Romanian artist Raluka.

2013 : he teamed with former Fun Factory members to tour on the stages of 90s concerts

After divorcing Daisy Dee, Toni married Nasseria. Together they had one daughter.

Thanks to Nico, ES, and Tavi Meran

Toni Cottura biography was last updated Fri, July 30th 2010

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