Fred Ventura

• Aliases: Federico Di Bonaventura, Milkplus (3)
• Key labels: Time Records, Disco Modernism Records, Cgd Records, Gong Records (from the MixPerfect Radio catalog)

Fred Ventura's musical journey started at the beginning of 1979, first as a drummer in several punk and new wave bands and then as vocalist of a very influential band in Milan's underground scene during the beginning of the 80's. After an amicable split with the band, Fred started his solo career writing and recording electro pop songs on a 4 track cassette machine with a Roland Juno 60 synthesizer and an Oberheim DX drum machine, a songwriting style that soon evolved into a more dance friendly vein thanks to the explosion of the Italo Disco Sound and his love for New Order's "Blue Monday" and Bobby O " She Has A Way".

1. Leave Me Alone (1986) 16 plays Time Records
2. Wind Of Change (1986) 21 plays Time Records
3. Imagine (You'll Never Change Your Mind) (1987) 11 plays Time Records
4. Heartbeat (1988) 11 plays Time Records
5. When I Let You Down (2007) 10 plays Delivery Records
6. Open Your Eyes (2008) 33 plays Disco Evolution Records
7. Zeit (1984) 8 plays Cgd Records
8. The Years (Go By) (1985) 5 plays Gong Records

Of these, 9 from the 80s golden era (1982 - 1988) and 2 from the 90s dance era anchor the classic MixPerfect Radio sound.

8 of 16 tracks fall inside the mix-friendly 119 - 129 BPM band, with When I Let You Down (112.5 BPM) at the slow end and It's My Time (131.2 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.

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

Most-played tracks:

1. Open Your Eyes 33 plays 2008
2. Wind Of Change 21 plays 1986
3. Leave Me Alone 16 plays 1986
4. Imagine (You'll Never Change Your Mind) 11 plays 1987
5. Heartbeat 11 plays 1988

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

1. Parking - Fashion before 3x 121.3 BPM 1986
2. Squash Gang - I Want An Illusion (Special Remix) before 1x · after 1x 115.8 BPM 1986
3. Baratta - Valentino before 1x · after 1x 122.4 BPM 1985
4. Little Witches - Late 2 Nite before 1x · after 1x 126.3 BPM 2003
5. Orlando Johnson - Shine On Me before 2x 124.8 BPM 1995
6. Gina - Let Me Free before 2x 122.1 BPM 1988
7. Kinky Go - You You You before 1x · after 1x 124.4 BPM 1988
8. Livin' Joy - Dreamer before 2x 127.4 BPM 1994
9. Lou Grant - What Kind Of Cure before 2x 131.4 BPM 1990
10. Fourteen 14 - All I Have To Do Is Dream before 1x · after 1x 129.4 BPM 1998

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 in the database:

Dominant labels:

• Time Records (9 tracks)
• Disco Modernism Records (2 tracks)
• Cgd Records (1 track)
• Gong Records (1 track)

• Data provided by Discogs.

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