Wish Key
Wish Key is an Italo Disco project from Italy. Key releases appeared on Ra-Re Productions, Discomagic Records, I Venti D'azzurro Records. The lineup included Manlio Cangelli, Massimo Berti, Giuseppe Mauro. Within the MixPerfect Radio library, 10 tracks are part of the rotation.
About
- Key labels: Ra-Re Productions, Discomagic Records, I Venti D'azzurro Records, Zyx Music (from the MixPerfect Radio catalog)
- Members: Manlio Cangelli, Massimo Berti, Giuseppe Mauro
Italo Disco project from Italy.
Notable tracks
Chart-tagged and most-played productions by Wish Key in the MixPerfect Radio catalog.
- Orient Express (1983) 11 plays Discomagic Records
- Orient Express (Remix) (1986) 11 plays Ra-Re Productions
- Acumbacha (1987) 11 plays Ra-Re Productions
- Last Summer (1986) 5 plays Ra-Re Productions
- Make It Up (1987) 11 plays Ra-Re Productions
- Man In The Air (2018) 26 plays I Venti D'azzurro Records
- Orient Express (Flemming Dalum Remix) (2021) 10 plays Zyx Music
- Easy Way (1984) 5 plays Discomagic Records
Tracks & releases
All 10 Wish Key tracks in the MixPerfect Radio database, with play counts (1983 - 2021).
| Track | Year | BPM | Label | Country | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orient Express | 1983 | 125.49 | Discomagic Records | Italy | 11 |
| Easy Way | 1984 | 115.55 | Discomagic Records | Italy | 5 |
| Life | 1985 | 100.75 | Discomagic Records | Italy | 3 |
| Last Summer | 1986 | 105.13 | Ra-Re Productions | Italy | 5 |
| Orient Express (Remix) | 1986 | 125.77 | Ra-Re Productions | Italy | 11 |
| The One You Love | 1986 | 105.76 | Ra-Re Productions | Italy | 2 |
| Acumbacha | 1987 | 99.62 | Ra-Re Productions | Italy | 11 |
| Make It Up | 1987 | 109.06 | Ra-Re Productions | Italy | 11 |
| Man In The Air | 2018 | 120.05 | I Venti D'azzurro Records | Italy | 26 |
| Orient Express (Flemming Dalum Remix) | 2021 | 124.98 | Zyx Music | Germany | 10 |
Catalog by decade
Of these, 8 from the 80s golden era (1982 - 1988) anchor the classic MixPerfect Radio sound.
BPM profile
4 of 10 tracks fall inside the mix-friendly 119 - 129 BPM band, with Acumbacha (99.6 BPM) at the slow end and Orient Express (Remix) (125.8 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
Plays per week across the Wish Key catalog (last 8 weeks):
Most-played tracks:
- Man In The Air 26 plays 2018
- Orient Express 11 plays 1983
- Orient Express (Remix) 11 plays 1986
- Acumbacha 11 plays 1987
- Make It Up 11 plays 1987
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 Wish Key's tracks in the MixPerfect Radio non-stop mix (95 plays). Every transition is beat-matched within the station's ±3 BPM window and is always 32 beats. The element badge marks transitions that also satisfy the engine's rule of no overlapping bass / melody / vocals.
- Tozzo - Shankle before 1x · after 1x 105.6 BPM 1987 element ✓
- Djalana - High Stakes before 2x 99.9 BPM 1985 element ✓
- Jean & Jill - Blue Blue Eyes before 2x 121.1 BPM 1988 element ✓
- Baltinore - Strangers From The Light before 2x 123.3 BPM 1985 element ✓
- Nick Simon - Tonight Tonight before 1x · after 1x 120.3 BPM 1987 element ✓
- M. Poppers - Tequila & Marijuana before 1x · after 1x 120.0 BPM 1997 element ✓
- Helen - Tunis Tunis after 2x 99.1 BPM 1985 element ✓
- Cultural Vibe - Ma Foom Bey after 2x 115.7 BPM 1986 element ✓
- Jasmine - Running Down after 2x 123.7 BPM 1989 element ✓
- Lee Marrow - The Lee Marrow Megamix after 2x 123.0 BPM 1991 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 & labels
Genres in the database:
Dominant labels:
- Ra-Re Productions (5 tracks)
- Discomagic Records (3 tracks)
- I Venti D'azzurro Records (1 track)
- Zyx Music (1 track)
Frequently asked questions
Similar artists
Artists in the MixPerfect Radio library sharing genre tags with Wish Key.
Sources
Factual information on this page was researched using the following sources:
- Data provided by Discogs.
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.