Garbo (singer)

Renato Abate (born 25 April 1958), best known as Garbo, is an Italian singer-songwriter and record producer. He is considered as one of the most important exponents of Italian new wave music.[1]

Background

Born in Milan, Garbo made his debut in 1981 with A Berlino... Va Bene, an album clearly influenced by the David Bowie's Berlin Trilogy that, pushed by the eponymous title-track, raised some attention from critics and public.[1] Even the two subsequent albums had some success,[1] but the peak of his career came in 1984 with the song "Radioclima" that he presented at the Sanremo Music Festival winning the Critics Jury Award.[1][2] He came back in Sanremo Festival the following year, with the song "Cose veloci".[2] In 1993 Garbo founded his own record label, Discipline, with which he published his later works.[1]

In 2006 Garbo was honored by a tribute album, ConGarbo, in which his most famous songs were covered by some of the most important personalities of Italian independent music such as Baustelle, Delta-V, Krisma, Zu and Meg (former members of 99 Posse), Soerba, Andy (member of Bluvertigo) and Boosta (member of Subsonica).[3]

Discography

Studio albums
  • 1981 - A Berlino... Va Bene
  • 1982 - Scortati
  • 1984 - Fotografie
  • 1986 - Il Fiume
  • 1988 - Manifesti
  • 1990 - 1.6.2
  • 1993 - Macchine Nei Fiori / Cosa Rimane... Rivisitazioni (81-91)
  • 1995 - Fuori Per Sempre
  • 1997 - Up The Line
  • 1998 - Grandi Giorni
  • 2002 - Blu
  • 2005 - Gialloelettrico
  • 2008 - Come Il Vetro
  • 2012 - La Moda

Live albums
  • 1995 - Garbo e Il Presidente Live

Compilation albums
  • 2007 - The Best - Platinum Collection

Singles
  • 1981 A Berlino...Va Bene
  • 1982 Vorrei Regnare
  • 1983 Generazione
  • 1983 "Quanti Anni Hai?"
  • 1984 "Radioclima"
  • 1985 "Cose Veloci"
  • 1986 "Il Fiume"
  • 1986 Per Te
  • 1987 Extragarbo
  • 1988 Dal Silenzio
  • 1990 Domani
  • 1993 Ciao/Ciao 31
  • 1998 Grandi Giorni
  • 1998 Un Bacio
  • 2002 Un Bacio Falso
  • 2003 Migliaia Di Rose
  • 2004 Radioclima (Electroclima Mix)
  • 2005 Onda Elettrica
  • 2006 Forse
  • 2006 Giallo
  • 2007 Grandi Giorni
  • 2008 Voglio Morire Giovane

References
  1. Enrico Deregibus. Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana. Giunti Editore, 2010. ISBN 8809756258.
  2. Marcello Giannotti. L'enciclopedia di Sanremo. Gremese Editore, 2005. ISBN 8884403790.
  3. Giancarlo Passarella (July 11, 2007). "Auguri di pronta guarigione a Garbo, colpito nei giorni scorsi da ischemia". MusicalNews. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
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