Renato Abate (born 25 April 1958), best known as Garbo, is an Italian singer-songwriter and record producer. He is considered one of the most important exponents of Italian
new wave music
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Background
Born in Milan
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, Garbo made his debut in 1981 with ''A Berlino... Va Bene'', an album influenced by the David Bowie
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's ''Berlin Trilogy
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''. The eponymous title-track was released as a single and it was met with critical success.[ but the peak of his career came in 1984 with the song "Radioclima". Presented at the ]Sanremo Music Festival
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it won the Critics Jury Award.[ In 1993 he founded his own record label, ''Discipline'', with which he released his later works.][
In 2006 Garbo was honored by a tribute album, ''ConGarbo'', where some of his most popular songs were covered by protagonists of the Italian independent music scene such as ]Baustelle
Baustelle is an indie rock band from Montepulciano, Italy.
Biography
Formed in the mid-'90s in the Tuscany, Tuscan town of Montepulciano, Italy, Baustelle (a German word that means "construction site" - or "building site" in English) didn't re ...
, Delta-V
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, Krisma, Zu and Meg (former members of 99 Posse
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), Soerba (Luca Urbani and Gabriele D'Àmora), Andy (from Bluvertigo
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) and Boosta (from Subsonica).
Discography
Studio albums
*1981 - ''A Berlino... Va Bene''
*1982 - ''Scortati''
*1984 - ''Fotografie''
*1986 - ''Il Fiume''
*1988 - ''Manifesti''
*1990 - ''1.6.2''
*1993 - ''Macchine Nei Fiori / Cosa Rimane... Rivisitazioni (81-91)''
*1995 - ''Fuori Per Sempre''
*1997 - ''Up The Line''
*1998 - ''Grandi Giorni''
*2002 - ''Blu''
*2005 - ''Gialloelettrico''
*2008 - ''Come Il Vetro''
*2012 - ''La Moda''
Live albums
*1995 - ''Garbo e Il Presidente Live''
Compilation albums
*2007 - ''The Best - Platinum Collection''
Singles
*1981 ''A Berlino...Va Bene''
*1982 ''Vorrei Regnare''
*1983 ''Generazione''
*1983 ''Quanti Anni Hai?''
*1984 ''Radioclima''
*1985 ''Cose Veloci''
*1986 ''Il Fiume''
*1986 ''Per Te''
*1987 ''Extragarbo''
*1988 ''Dal Silenzio''
*1990 ''Domani''
*1993 ''Ciao/Ciao 31''
*1998 ''Grandi Giorni''
*1998 ''Un Bacio''
*2002 ''Un Bacio Falso''
*2003 ''Migliaia Di Rose''
*2004 ''Radioclima'' (Electroclima Mix)
*2005 ''Onda Elettrica''
*2006 ''Forse''
*2006 ''Giallo''
*2007 ''Grandi Giorni''
*2008 ''Voglio Morire Giovane''
References
External links
*
Garbo
at Myspace
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1958 births
Singers from Milan
Italian male singer-songwriters
Italian singer-songwriters
Italian pop singers
Living people
Italian Italo disco musicians
Italian electronic musicians
Italian new wave musicians
Italian record producers