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DWA Records biography
Their most famous productions are Corona , Double You , Ice MC , Alexia , Netzwerk , Black 4 White , Due , Fourteen 14 . They also created many projects : 2 Fragile, 303 Trance Factor, Alexia Cooper, Alibi, Arcana, Asix, Babyroots, Bale Mondonga, Bass Material, Black And White, C. Tronics, Cassiel, Contraddizione Posse, Crystal B, Cybernetica, Dama, Data Drama, Diditi, Disco Infinity, Donna, Eclipse, Elena Becker, Every Street, Fletch Two, Funkelectra, Galactica, Global Device, Gray Neve, Hobby k., Infinity feat. Sense, Jhava, Johnny Parker, K. Envelope, Kaas, KU, Larry Liver Lip, Larry Spinosa, Leader Of The Pack, Lorenz D., Lorenzo Galletti & Eddy Glamour, Lovetrip, Lucchetta, MOP#1, Mayabel, MC Morris, Mission, Momo B., Movemaster, Naomi Dee, Nell, Oneiric, Only Noise, Pacific, Panama, Papa Selector, Paul Mastered, Photo, Pianonegro, Po.Lo> , Prince Charming, Psycho, Raimundo Navarro, Razza Posse, S.D.P., Sandy , Savage, Scattt, Shade Of Love, Simona Jackson, Space Tribe, Stargo, Sunbrother, Susy Be, TF 99, Time Machine, Tity b., T-Move Experience, Tomix, Toro, Tuttifrutti, V.i.r.u.s. 666, Walt 93, Weepie, Willy Morales, Zero Phase, Zooo.
In 1980 Roberto Zanetti started his career as a composer writing songs in collaboration with Zucchero Fornaciari. In 1983 Roberto composed and produced the first 'dance' record, entitled Don’t Cry Tonight, sung by himself under the stage name 'Savage'.
The song became a great success first in Italy, then in the rest of Europe. After some years spent touring around the world, Roberto decided to step up his activity as a producer by buying recording studios (Casablanca recordings) first, and subsequently establishing his own record label (DWA Records).
This was in 1989 and the first record released was No Lo Hago Por Dinero by Raimunda Navarro, which became a club hit in Italy and England. the same year saw the first world-wide success under the DWA label: it was the single Easy by Ice MC. this song was followed by two other singles, Cinema and Scream, and the first album entitled Cinema.
Both the singles and the album met with outstanding success all over the world, and Ice MC became known everywhere. Between 1990 and 1991, DWA continued to release singles by new artists, among which the most important were: Pianonegro, Wareband feat. Tad Robinson, Scattt, Willy Morales. In 1992, the period of great world successes began. The first hit was Please don’t go by Double You, that launched the 'Covermania' phenomenon throughout the world. First, the song was released in Italy; then an English record label (known as Network) applied for the licence to release it in the UK. The answer from DWA was negative, because the song was already under licence to another company in that country, so network made a copy of Please Don’t Go, sung by the English group KWS. the copy came out before the Double You version and went to the top of the English and American charts, but Double You triumphed in the rest of the world selling more than four million copies.
Later, DWA won a court case against Network, who were ordered to pay damages. in the following years, DWA devoted itself to the Double You project, releasing new singles (We All Need Love and Who’s Fooling Who) and the first album (We All Need Love). among the few records made in this period, were those by Netzwerk, DJ Bobo, CB Milton.
Soon after, a new single by Ice MC, with the title Take Away The Colour, was released. The song didn’t have big sales, but it prepared the ground for the future production of the artist and it set the Eurodance fashion throughout Europe. Shortly afterwards, two other singles by Ice MC, Think About The Way and It’s A Rainy Day, were released. These two songs, together with the album Ice n’green, were to consolidate the artist’s fame all over the world. the album sold about 800.000 copies in Europe (250.000 in France alone), whereas the singles totalled more than two million copies. One of the singles was also to be part of the sound-track of the cult movie 'Trainspotting'.
At the end of 1993, the single The Rhythm Of The Night by Corona was released. in only two years, the artist was to sell about four million copies all over the world, reaching even the American top ten. In 1995 the singles by Double You Dancing With An Angel andBecause I’m Loving You were released, together with a special album created for only the Brazilian market. It sold more than 100.000 copies in that country.
For the whole of 1996, Double You were on tour in Brazil, performing more than 50 shows in various concert-halls. After this period of incredible successes, the manager of the label considered that it was time to reorganise the whole structure, so he gave orders to build new offices and recording studios.
But feelings among the artists were changing. in fact, some of them started to create problems, deteriorating the relationship based on friendship and co-operation that had been the key of DWA’s success since the beginning. so, in 1996, the company took a rest period to reorganise its own artistic staff, employing new people and renouncing to certain collaborations.
Among various changes, were the legal case against the rapper of the Ice MC project and the abandonment of the Corona project on the part of the DWA label. During 1996 very few singles were released, but, among them, we have to draw attention to those by Alexia. This artist held a good three consecutive first positions in the Italian charts and met with outstanding success all over Europe.
At the end of 1996, the recording of a new album by Alexia began, with a release date of spring 1997, together with a single and a videoclip. The song Uh la la la was a really great hit all over Europe and top ten quite everywhere, while the album Fan club was a really big seller in some territories. In Finland it sold more than 90.000 copies, in Brazil more than 160.000, while in Poland it sold 100.000 copies. At the beginning of 1998 the Fan Club project was still working and Uh La La La is entering the UK charts, while Number one was really strong in USA. The whole DWA record was working hard with Alexia : a new single and video, titled Gimme Love, was released at the end of March, while the new album was ready at the end of may. This new project was licensed to Sony for the whole world. No other projects had been scheduled to be released before summer 1998.
(From the DWA Records website)
DWA Records biography was last updated Wed, January 6th 2021
DWA Records catalog
Artist | Title | Date | Label |
---|---|---|---|
2 Fragile | L.O.V.E. | 1992 | DWA 00.58 |
303 Trance Factor | S.L.E.E.P. Tonight | 1991 | DWA 00.40 |
A. Surdi e Tony de Piscopo | I Tammuri | 1993 | DWA 01.12 |
Alexia | Me And You | 1995 | DWA 01.73 |
Alexia | Me And You remix | 1995 | DWA 01.80 |
Alexia | Summer Is Crazy | 1996 | DWA 96.01 |
Alexia | Summer Is Crazy remix | 1996 | DWA 96.04 |
Alexia | Number One | 1996 | DWA 96.06 |
Alexia | Number One - Happy Remix | 1996 | DWA 96.08 |
Alexia | Number One - Remix 2 | 1996 | DWA 96.09 |
Alexia | Number One remix | 1996 | DWA 96.10 |
Alexia | Uh La La La | 1997 | DWA 97.02 |
Alexia | Fan Club LP | 1997 | DWA 97.03 |
Alexia | Uh La La La f.o.s. remix | 1997 | DWA 97.04 |
Alexia | Uh La La La - Remixes | 1997 | DWA 97.08 |
Alexia | Gimme Love | 1998 | DWA 98.01 |
Alexia | The Party LP | 1998 | DWA 98.03 |
Alexia | The Music I Like | 1998 | DWA 98.04 |
Alexia | The Music I Like (double vinyl limited edition) | 1998 | DWA 98.05 |
Alexia | Keep On Movin | 1998 | DWA 98.06 |
Alexia | Goodbye | 1999 | DWA 99.01 |
Alexia | Happy | 1999 | DWA 99.02 |
Alexia | Goodbye remix | 1999 | DWA 99.03 |
Alexia | Happy | 1999 | DWA 99.04 |
Alexia | Ti Amo Ti Amo | 2000 | DWA M0.01 |
Alexia | The Hits LP | 2000 | DWA M0.02 |
Alexia Cooper | Gotta Be Mine | 1991 | DWA 00.35 |
Alexia Cooper | Let You Go | 1992 | DWA 00.50 |
Arcana | Space Party People | 1994 | DWA 01.27 |
Artisti Vari | Delirio Compilation | 1992 | DWA 00.51 |
Babyroots | No Woman No Cry | 1990 | DWA 00.21 |
Babyroots | Rock Your Baby | 1992 | DWA 00.64 |
Babyroots | Gimme Some | 1992 | DWA 00.69 |
Bale Mondonga | Freedom | 1990 | DWA 00.25 |
Black And White | Do You Know | 1994 | DWA 01.44 |
C. Tronics | Love For Love | 1992 | DWA 00.49 |
CB Milton | It's A Loving Thing | 1994 | DWA 01.28 |
CB Milton | Hold On | 1994 | DWA 01.40 |
CB Milton | Open Your Heart | 1994 | DWA 01.54 |
CB Milton | it' s my loving thing | 1994 | DWA 01.55 |
Contraddizione Posse | Contraddizione EP | 1992 | DWA 00.63 |
Corona | The Rhythm Of The Night | 1993 | DWA 01.07 |
Corona | The Rhythm Of The Night - Remix | 1994 | DWA 01.31 |
Corona | The Rhythm Of The Night - Re-remixes | 1994 | DWA 01.38 |
Corona | The Rhythm Of The Night | 1994 | DWA 01.39 |
Corona | The Rhythm Of The Night - Uk Remixes | 1994 | DWA 01.50 |
Corona | Baby Baby | 1995 | DWA 01.61 |
Corona | The Rhythm Of The Night | 1995 | DWA 01.65 |
Corona | Try Me Out | 1995 | DWA 01.70 |
Corona | Try Me Out - Remixes | 1995 | DWA 01.71 |
Corona | I Don't Wanna Be A Star | 1995 | DWA 01.77 |
Corona | Megamix | 1996 | DWA 96.03 |
Creavibe | Wonderful Life | 2005 | DWA M5.01 |
Crystal B | I Don't Wanna Be | 1994 | DWA 01.45 |
Cybernetica | I Wanna Be With You | 1994 | DWA 01.30 |
Data Drama | The Rain | 1991 | DWA 00.37 |
Data Drama | Close Your Eyes | 1992 | DWA 00.55 |
DFB | Nessun Dorma | 1990 | DWA 00.20 |
Digilove | Let The Night Take The Blame | 1993 | DWA 00.80 |
Digilove | Give You Love | 1993 | DWA 01.06 |
DJ Bobo | Somebody Dance With Me | 1993 | DWA 00.82 |
DJ Bobo | Somebody Dance With Me remix | 1993 | DWA 00.97 |
DJ Bobo | Keep On Dancing | 1993 | DWA 01.01 |
DJ Bobo | Dance With Me | 1993 | DWA 01.09 |
DJ Bobo | Take Control | 1993 | DWA 01.14 |
Dj Bobo | Take Control - Remix | 1994 | DWA 01.34 |
DJ Bobo | Everybody | 1994 | DWA 01.36 |
Double You | Please Don't Go | 1992 | DWA 00.46 |
Double You | Please Don't Go remix | 1992 | DWA 00.59 |
Double You | We All Need Love | 1992 | DWA 00.61 |
Double You | We All Need Love | 1992 | DWA 00.67 |
Double You | We All Need Love remix | 1992 | DWA 00.68 |
Double You | Who's Fooling Who? | 1992 | DWA 00.70 |
Double You | Double mix | 1992 | DWA 00.74 |
Double You | We All Need Love LP | 1992 | DWA 00.75 |
Double You | We All Need Love LP | 1992 | DWA 00.76 |
Double You | With Or Without You | 1993 | DWA 00.81 |
Double You | Missing You | 1993 | DWA 00.94 |
Double you | Missing You (red vinyl) | 1993 | DWA 00.95 |
Double You | Missing You - Remixes | 1993 | DWA 00.98 |
Double You | Parttime Lover | 1993 | DWA 01.05 |
Double You | Parttime Lover - Remix | 1993 | DWA 01.13 |
Double You | The Blue Album | 1994 | DWA 01.19 |
Double You | Heart Of Glass | 1994 | DWA 01.20 |
Double You | Run To Me | 1994 | DWA 01.42 |
Double You | Dancing With An Angel | 1995 | DWA 01.67 |
Double You | Because I'm Loving You | 1995 | DWA 01.78 |
Double You | Somebody | 1997 | DWA 97.06 |
Double You | Somebody f.o.s. remix | 1997 | DWA 97.07 |
Due | Under The Same Sun | 1994 | DWA 01.26 |
EYE feat. Alexia | Virtual Reality | 1997 | DWA 97.01 |
Fletch Two | Pump The Rhythm | 1991 | DWA 00.41 |
Fourteen 14 | Don't Leave Me | 1994 | DWA 01.53 |
Galactica | Music Is My Life | 1994 | DWA 01.37 |
Gray Neve | I Need Your Love | 1993 | DWA 00.79 |
Hendrickx Sophie | Keep Our Love Away | 1992 | DWA 00.77 |
Humantronics | The Sound Of Afrika | 1990 | DWA 00.22 |
Ice MC | Easy remix | 1989 | DWA 00.02 |
Ice MC | Easy House remix | 1990 | DWA 00.08 |
Ice MC | Scream | 1990 | DWA 00.09 |
Ice MC | Cinema | 1990 | DWA 00.10 |
Ice MC | Cinema LP | 1990 | DWA 00.11 |
Ice MC | Scream remix | 1990 | DWA 00.15 |
Ice MC | Ok Corral | 1990 | DWA 00.17 |
Ice MC | Megamix | 1990 | DWA 00.19 |
Ice MC | Happy Weekend - Remix | 1990 | DWA 00.26 |
Ice MC | Rainy Days | 1992 | DWA 00.48 |
Ice MC | Take Away The Colour | 1993 | DWA 01.02 |
Ice MC | Take Away The Colour remix | 1993 | DWA 01.11 |
Ice MC | Think About The Way | 1994 | DWA 01.32 |
Ice MC | Think About The Way | 1994 | DWA 01.49 |
Ice MC | It's A Rainy Day | 1994 | DWA 01.51 |
Ice MC | Ice 'n' Green | 1994 | DWA 01.52 |
Ice MC | It's A Rainy Day remix | 1994 | DWA 01.58 |
Ice MC | It's A Rainy Day - Christmas Remix | 1994 | DWA 01.59 |
Ice MC | Take Away The Colour - '95 Remix | 1995 | DWA 01.60 |
Ice MC | Ice 'N' Green the remix album | 1995 | DWA 01.63 |
Ice MC | Ice 'n Mix - Triple Set Remixes | 1995 | DWA 01.64 |
Ice MC | It' s A Miracle | 2005 | DWA M4.01 |
Johnny Parker | Baby I Need Your Loving | 1993 | DWA 00.89 |
KC And The Sunshine Band | 20th Anniversary Megamix | 1993 | DWA 00.84 |
KC And The Sunshine Band | Oh Yeah | 1993 | DWA 00.85 |
KC and the Sunshine Band | Give It Up | 1993 | DWA 01.04 |
Krymu | Polskie Beat | 1989 | DWA 00.07 |
Larry Liver Lip | CHALLOWA | 1992 | DWA 00.60 |
Larry Spinosa | Guitar | 1992 | DWA 00.52 |
Larry Spinosa | The Guitar EP N°2 | 1993 | DWA 00.87 |
Lovetrip | Face To Face | 1989 | DWA 00.05 |
Meeting Plays | House From The World | 1989 | DWA 00.03 |
Mike L.G. | I Totally Miss You | 1994 | DWA 01.18 |
Momo B | Be Happy | 1991 | DWA 00.34 |
Netzwerk | Send Me An Angel | 1992 | DWA 00.71 |
Netzwerk | Breakdown | 1993 | DWA 01.03 |
Netzwerk | Passion | 1994 | DWA 01.56 |
Netzwerk | Passion remix | 1995 | DWA 01.62 |
Netzwerk | Memories | 1995 | DWA 01.68 |
Netzwerk | Memories remix | 1995 | DWA 01.74 |
Pianonegro | Pianonegro | 1990 | DWA 00.13 |
Pianonegro | Pianonegro remix | 1990 | DWA 00.18 |
Pianonegro | In Africa | 1996 | DWA 96.05 |
PoLo | I Want You | 1995 | DWA 01.69 |
Psyco | Confusion | 1992 | DWA 00.53 |
Raimunda Navarro | No Lo Hago Por Dinero | 1989 | DWA 00.01 |
Raimunda Navarro | No Lo Hago Por Dinero - Remix | 1990 | DWA 00.12 |
Raimunda Navarro | Jungle Fever | 1990 | DWA 00.24 |
Raimunda Navarro | James Brown Has Sex | 1991 | DWA 00.39 |
Razza Posse | Razza | 1992 | DWA 00.62 |
Red Zone (2) | Use Your Voice | 1992 | DWA 00.78 |
Sandy | Bad Boy | 1995 | DWA 01.75 |
Savage | Don't Cry Tonight remix | 1991 | DWA 00.27 |
Savage | Strange Love | 1993 | DWA 00.90 |
Savage | 12 remixes vol. 1 | 1994 | DWA 01.23 |
Savage | 12 remixes vol. 2 | 1994 | DWA 01.24 |
Savage | Don't Cry | 1994 | DWA 01.25 |
Savage | Don't You Want Me | 1994 | DWA 01.41 |
Scattt | Vocalize | 1991 | DWA 00.29 |
Scattt | Scat And Bebop | 1992 | DWA 00.43 |
SDP | You Make Me Feel | 1993 | DWA 00.96 |
Shade Of Love | Together | 1989 | DWA 00.06 |
Simona Jackson | Love Is The Key | 1993 | DWA 00.00 |
Soul Boy | Typical | 1990 | DWA 00.14 |
Soulemotion | Soulemotion | 1990 | DWA 00.16 |
Space Tribe | Better Be Alright | 1994 | DWA 01.29 |
Stadio | Sesso O Amore remix | 1993 | DWA 00.91 |
Stargo | Live Is Life '89 | 1989 | DWA 00.04 |
Stargo | Senza Una Donna | 1991 | DWA 00.30 |
Stargo | Albachiara | 1991 | DWA 00.31 |
Stargo | Sugar Baby Love | 1993 | DWA 00.86 |
Sunbrother | Tell Me What | 1997 | DWA 97.05 |
Super fly | Is It Love | 1994 | DWA 01.17 |
Terra W.A.N. | Caramba (Dance 2 Dis) | 1993 | DWA 00.88 |
Terra WAN | The Puta Madre | 1992 | DWA 00.44 |
TF 99 | Everybody Love | 1994 | DWA 01.16 |
Timeshift | Don't U Feel The Beat | 1994 | DWA 01.43 |
Tity B | Jumbo | 1991 | DWA 00.28 |
Tuttifrutti | Superboy | 1998 | DWA 98.02 |
VIRUS 666 | Don't Stop The Movie | 1992 | DWA 00.45 |
Walt 93 | Can You Hear Me | 1992 | DWA 00.54 |
Wareband Feat.Tad Robinson | Party Children | 1990 | DWA 00.23 |
Wareband Feat.Tad Robinson | Party Children remix | 1991 | DWA 00.33 |
Wareband Feat.Tad Robinson | A Better Day | 1991 | DWA 00.36 |
Wareband Feat.Tad Robinson | A Better Day garage remix | 1992 | DWA 00.56 |
Willy Morales | Going Back / Last Train To London | 1992 | DWA 00.42 |
Zero Phase | The Wind | 1991 | DWA 00.38 |
Zooo | You And I | 1993 | DWA 00.99 |
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