Roberto Zanetti (born 28 November 1956) is an Italian singer and music producer from
Massa
Massa may refer to:
Places
*Massa, Tuscany, the administrative seat of the Italian province of Massa-Carrara.
*Massa (river), river in Switzerland
* Massa (Tanzanian ward), administrative ward in the Mpwapwa district of the Dodoma Region of Ta ...
,
Tuscany
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. As a singer, he is known under the stage name Savage and as a music producer he uses the alias Robyx.
In 1989, he recorded "
I Just Died in Your Arms" (a
hi-NRG
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remake of the
Cutting Crew
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History 1985–1986: Formation
While still in his teens, Nick Van Eede (b ...
song), as well as a greatest hits album. In 1994, he released another album, ''Strangelove'', containing a number of remixes of his older songs and four mixes of the song "
Strangelove" (by
Depeche Mode
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). The last single which was released by Savage was "Don't You Want Me", which appeared on his own label, Dance World Attack Records (DWA) in 1994. This track does not appear on the ''Strangelove'' album.
At the beginning of 2019, Zanetti started the recordings of a new album "Love and Rain", the first studio album after the successful "Tonight" album of 1984. During the album's promoting company he worked with multiple European labels, including Polish MagicRecords and Russian RDS Records, living in Poland at that time. The new album was released at the beginning of 2020 and includes 14 new songs.
Discography
Studio / remix / compilation albums
Singles
References
;General sources
*https://www.discogs.com/artist/15529-Savage?type=Releases&filter_anv=0
The Eurodance Encyclopaedia
External links
*
DWA Records– Robyx's official record label's website
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1956 births
Living people
People from Massa
Italian male songwriters
Italian male singers
Italian Italo disco musicians