In the same year Dave opens the new Rodgers recording studios with three recording rooms and three separate mixing rooms which work simultaneously, plus a mastering studio and pre production room, the building also includes offices, accomodation for musicians and a swimming pool in a beautiful park.ġ997, Space Boy becomes one of the best known tracks by Dave Rodgers.ġ998, Deja Vu, is released but it will take 20 years ito become become the most viewed song by Dave Rodgers on the webġ999, the Compilation Super Eurobeat Vol.100 sells one and a half million copies, Dave produces almost half of the album and goes back to japan for another tour, Dave did 2 shows on new year’s eve in TokyoĢ000, Dave receives the second award following the one he got for Try Me for the Super Eurobeat Vol.100 compilationĢ001, Dave produces Mickey Mouse March performed by Domino for Walt Disney and receives the third award for the Super Eurobeat Vol.110 compilation which sells almost 2 million copies with half of the songs produced by Dave.Ģ002, Dave discovers Nuage and produces a new Album Sunday.Ģ003, Back to Japan, Osaka Automesse will be the last show played by Dave until 2006.Ģ006, Blow your Mind, is the only rock album produced and sang by Dave.Ģ008, Dave & his band supported Kiko Loureiro for some dates in Italy.Ģ011, Dave leaves A beat C and Alberto Contini, he stops producing, for 5 years he just writing and recording some songs for the Sun Fire label.Ģ017, Dave produces Aleph 2 recording cover versions of some of his songs like: Fly to Me and Fire on the Moon.Ģ018, A new track by Aleph titled I’m on Fire is releasedĢ018, Another new track as by Aleph titled Time is released.Ģ018, October, Dave returns to Japan for a tour. He writes the music for the official anthem for his hometown’s football team: “Forza Mantova!”ġ996, Dave produces the album for the band Max which sells 2 million copies, V6 with Made in Japan, Beat your Heart and Take me Higher sell another 2 millions. In the same year the song Music for the People performed by V6 reaches the number one position on the top ten, Dave and Alberto mix down the track at Avex Studios in Tokyo. at the Tokyo Dome.ġ995, Dave produces the album The Alfee Meets Dance and starts to build the new recording studios. He started his career under the alias Aleph and since then he has been working with many artist from all around the world.ġ985, Fly To Me by Aleph is released and becomes an instant worldwide success.ġ987, Fire on the Moon by Aleph is released and the the following Dave toured Japan with 20 gigs sharing the stage with artists like Kylie Minogue, Mandy Smith and Pete Waterman.ġ988, Black Out Album by Aleph is releasedġ989, Take my Life Album as Aleph is released followed by a tour in Japanġ990, Dave together with Alberto Contini and Domino sets up a brand new label A BeatĬ which start the collaboration with Avex Japan.ġ990, Dave opens a new Recording Studio in Mantova where he starts a new project under the name The Big Brother both as artist and producer, the first song is titled Wild Reputation.ġ991, Dave returns to Japan for his third tourġ992, Dave opens 2 recording studios and produces the TMN Song Meets Disco Style Album that sells more than 200,000 copies, Madonna in the same period was at number 20 in the sales chart while Dave in eighteenth.ġ993, New tour in Japan where Dave shares the stage with Tetsuya Komuro, TMN frontman.ġ994, Dave produces the song Try Me for Amuro Namie which earns hims the number one position on the Japanese Oricon top ten and sells close to 2 million copies, in the same year Dave returns to Japan and shares the stage in front of 50000 people with guitarist Jennifer Batten, other artists include Prodigy, 2 Unlimited, Bananarama, etc.
Dave Rodgers, considered by many the “ father of Eurobeat“, wrote and produced over 2500 songs for many famous artists, like the J-POP singer Amuro Namie (Try Me, Watashi Shinjite), V6 (Ultraman Tiga, Take me higher), Max and many more.ĭave is a songwriter, composer and producer, heavily known for his contributions to the Eurobeat genre of electronic music, genre which he, thanks to more than 30 Million copies he sold as Producer, Singer and Composer contributed to become popular worldwide.
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