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Chester

Chester is an Italo-disco/eurobeat project at Time Records. Key releases appeared on Time Records. The lineup included Mauro Farina, Gino Caria, Davide Di Marcantonio, Giancarlo Pasquini. Within the MixPerfect Radio library, 7 tracks are part of the rotation.

Tracks in library
7
Average BPM
133.8
Catalog years
1987 - 1994
Total plays
48

About

  • Key labels: Time Records (from the MixPerfect Radio catalog)
  • Members: Mauro Farina, Gino Caria, Davide Di Marcantonio, Giancarlo Pasquini, Luigi Raimondi

Italo-disco/eurobeat project at Time Records. Vocalists: 1987-1988 - Mauro Farina (last song: "Don't Get Away") 1990 - Giancarlo Pasquini (with Luigi Raimondi in "Right Time") (last song: "Crazy For You") 1992-1996 - Gino Caria (last song: "Kung Fu Fighting") 1997-2000 - Davide Di Marcantonio (first song: "Hero of Desire")

Notable tracks

Chart-tagged and most-played productions by Chester in the MixPerfect Radio catalog.

  1. Hold The Line (1987) 8 plays Time Records
  2. Don't Get Away (1988) 13 plays Time Records
  3. Crazy Babe (1992) 19 plays Time Records
  4. Crazy For You (1990) 6 plays Time Records
  5. Right Time (1990) 1 plays Time Records
  6. Gorky Park (1994) 1 plays Time Records

Tracks & releases

All 7 Chester tracks in the MixPerfect Radio database, with play counts (1987 - 1994).

Track Year BPM Label Country Plays
Hold The Line 1987 117.65 Time Records Italy 8
Don't Get Away 1988 125.13 Time Records Italy 13
Crazy For You 1990 133.09 Time Records Italy 6
Right Time 1990 135.96 Time Records Italy 1
Crazy Babe 1992 136.22 Time Records Italy 19
Laser Game 1993 146.44 Time Records Italy -
Gorky Park 1994 142.11 Time Records Italy 1

Cover gallery

All 7 unique single covers in the Chester section of the library.

Cover of Hold The Line Cover of Don't Get Away Cover of Crazy For You Cover of Right Time Cover of Crazy Babe Cover of Laser Game Cover of Gorky Park

Catalog by decade

1990s: 5 tracks 1980s: 2 tracks

Of these, 2 from the 80s golden era (1982 - 1988) and 5 from the 90s dance era anchor the classic MixPerfect Radio sound.

BPM profile

117.7
Min BPM
133.8
Average
146.4
Max BPM

1 of 7 tracks fall inside the mix-friendly 119 - 129 BPM band, with Hold The Line (117.7 BPM) at the slow end and Laser Game (146.4 BPM) at the fast end. That places them within reach of the station's ±3 BPM beat-matching window, so they mix together comfortably in the non-stop mix.

Airplay

48
Total plays
0
Last 7 days
0
Last 30 days
11 Aug 2026
Last played

Plays per week across the Chester catalog (last 8 weeks):

Most-played tracks:

  1. Crazy Babe 19 plays 1992
  2. Don't Get Away 13 plays 1988
  3. Hold The Line 8 plays 1987
  4. Crazy For You 6 plays 1990
  5. Right Time 1 plays 1990

Play counts are generated live from the MixPerfect Radio airplay log and update continuously.

Mixed with on MixPerfect Radio

The tracks most often mixed directly before or after Chester's tracks in the MixPerfect Radio non-stop mix (48 plays). Every transition is beat-matched within the station's ±3 BPM window and is always 32 beats.

  1. Phoebus - Frankenstein before 1x 113.3 BPM 1986
  2. I Blagueur - Balla? ..No..! before 1x 115.4 BPM 1984
  3. Koto - Jabdah (Chinese Mix) before 1x 117.9 BPM 1989
  4. Disasters - Oh My God, This Sound... before 1x 117.2 BPM 1982
  5. The Flash Back Band - Flash before 1x 119.6 BPM 1983
  6. Linda Jo Rizzo - Heartflash (Tonight) before 1x 120.5 BPM 1986
  7. Piano Fantasia - Walkman before 1x 113.9 BPM 1982
  8. Kosmusic - Cover From Koto's Live Performance At Locomotion 1987 before 1x 116.3 BPM 2025
  9. Trophy - Slow Flight before 1x 123.9 BPM 1982
  10. Helen - I Love You before 1x 123.1 BPM 1989

Small sample - observed connections from the airplay log, not recommendations. A partner can be another track by this same artist: those were mixed consecutively on air.

Genres & labels

Genres in the database:

EurobeatHappyItalo DiscoRomantic

Dominant labels:

  • Time Records (7 tracks)

Frequently asked questions

How many Chester tracks are in the MixPerfect Radio library?
7 tracks are part of the library, spanning 1987 - 1994.
What is the average BPM of Chester tracks?
The average tempo is 133.8 BPM, ranging from 117.7 (Hold The Line) to 146.4 (Laser Game) BPM.

Similar artists

Artists in the MixPerfect Radio library sharing genre tags with Chester.

Radiorama Koto Scotch Fred Ventura Fun Fun Valerie Dore Mark Farina Sophie Laurie Chris

Sources

Factual information on this page was researched using the following sources:

The biographical text on this page is an original summary based on independently selected factual information; no source text has been reproduced. Release data (year, label, catalog number) comes from the MixPerfect Radio catalog. Facts may contain errors - see the legal information page for the full disclaimer.

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