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) 17 plays Time Records
2. Wind Of Change (1986) 24 plays Time Records
3. Zeit (1984) 10 plays Cgd Records
4. Imagine (You'll Never Change Your Mind) (1987) 11 plays Time Records
5. Heartbeat (1988) 14 plays Time Records
6. When I Let You Down (2007) 13 plays Delivery Records
7. Open Your Eyes (2008) 40 plays Disco Evolution Records
8. Lost In Paris (1988) 9 plays Time 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 40 plays 2008
2. Wind Of Change 24 plays 1986
3. Leave Me Alone 17 plays 1986
4. Heartbeat 14 plays 1988
5. When I Let You Down 13 plays 2007

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

1. Parking - Fashion before 3x 121.3 BPM 1986 element ✓
2. Squash Gang - I Want An Illusion (Special Remix) before 1x · after 1x 115.8 BPM 1986 element ✓
3. Filippini - You before 2x 113.6 BPM 1987 element ✓
4. Baratta - Valentino before 1x · after 1x 122.4 BPM 1985 element ✓
5. Divine - You Think You're A Man before 2x 126.4 BPM 1984 element ✓
6. Little Witches - Late 2 Nite before 1x · after 1x 126.3 BPM 2003 element ✓
7. Orlando Johnson - Shine On Me before 2x 124.8 BPM 1995 element ✓
8. Gina - Let Me Free before 2x 122.1 BPM 1988 element ✓
9. Kinky Go - You You You before 1x · after 1x 124.4 BPM 1988 element ✓
10. Livin' Joy - Dreamer before 2x 127.4 BPM 1994 element ✓

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. If no element data is recorded for a transition it is counted as BPM-only.

Genres in the database:

Dominant labels:

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

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