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Eurobeat is a style of music that is a result of fusion of Italo Disco and High Energy (Hi NRG) music. It is faster than most other dance songs and contains many quick and complicated synth lines.

It is popular in Japan. Some Japanese artists write and sing Eurobeat.

Here are some clips of Eurobeat artists and songs:

Play the Music by Ace
Jammin' Spanish Man by Cindi
I Wanna Dance by Domino
Do You Wanna Dance by Go Go Girls
My Sweet Banana by Go Go Girls
Derakkusu (Deluxe) by Key-a-Kiss
Para Para by King & Queen
Romeo & Juliet by Lolita
Atomic Playboy by Mike Skanner
Technotronic Flight by Princess F.
Boom Boom Power by Tam Arrow
Listen to Eurobeat by Tokyo Future

Also check out the ARTISTS page for Lolita and Jennifer.

Eurobeat artists are often shrouded in mystery - in some cases with no image whatsoever - literally no picture of them on any of their material - or the other alternative - and image of someone who isn't the real singer! Scandalous! See the gallery for some pics. To make it more confusing, some artist names are sung by different people, depending on the song!

There could be many reasons for all this. A few possibilities are:

- Allowing the listener to focus on only the sound rather than image

- Allowing the producer to have the same artist "pose" as several different artists. For example, Annerley Gordon seems to sing as several names such as Lolita, Ann Sinclair, Annalise, etc.

- The artist is older or perhaps does not have a marketable commercial image

- Photoshoots are beyond the budget

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There is a style of dancing called Para Para, which is similar to cheerleading with a lot of arm movements. There are Para Para clubs in Japan. Also there is a video game in arcades and on Sony Playstation systems. The game uses light sensors to detect your movements.

There is set choreography for Para Para remixes of songs, which incidentally are about 2 minutes each in length.
 

EUROBEAT ARTIST IMAGE GALLERY:

(keep in mind - some aliases are shared by more than one vocalist & many fake model pics
make it confusing to find real images of the voices behind the songs.


Alberto Contini (Producer)
 


Bratt Sinclair
(real name Andrea Leonardi - Producer)


Cherry, Leslie Parrish, Priscilla, Vicky Vale...
(real name Clara Moroni - Producer and Singer)
 


Dave Rodgers
(real name Giancarlo Pasquini - Producer & Singer)


D-Essex
(real name David Essex)


Domino, Juliet, Mirka...
(real name Alessandra Mirka Gatti - Producer & Singer)
 


Kasanova, Mr. M, Time Force...
(real name Giordano Gambogi)
 


Laurent Newfield
(real name Laurent Gelmetti - Producer)


Pamsy
(real name Alessia de Boni)
 


Annalise, older Lolita...
(real name Annerley Gordon)


Manual, Mega NRG Man, Mr. Groove...
(real name Tomas Marin)


Niko
(real name Maurizio De Jorio)
 


Norma Sheffield
(real name Francesca Contini)


Lolita, Roxanne, Virginelle...
(real name Elena Gobbi Frattini)
 


Alexis, Helena, Margaret, Sophie, Valentina, Victoria...
(real name Elena Ferretti)
 


Powerful T
(real name Roberto Tiranti)


Mickey B
(real name Michaela Capurro)


Matt Land
(real name Matteo Setti)
 


Chester, Edo, Lou Grant, Robert Patton, Toby Ash...
(real name Gino Caria)
 


Dusty, Fastway
(real name Ennio Zanini)


Kelly T.
(real name Arriana)
 


Ace
(real name Christian Condenotti)


Robby Grain
(real name Roberta Grana)
 


Christine
(real name Christina Tosi)


Brian Ice
(real name Fabrizio Rizzolo)


DJ NRG, Jean Corraine, KL Jones, Ken Hunter, Maltese, Mike Freeman...
(real name Gianni Coraini)


Charly, Silver, Tam Arrow...
(real name Claudio Magnani)


Nuage
(real name Denise De Vincenzo)


Ika, Serena...
(real name Emmanuella Gubinelli)


Mako, Nando, Sandy Bee, Tension...
(real name Fernando Bonini)


Dave Simon, Overload...
Simone Valeo


Kiki & Fancy, Stephy Martini
(real name Stefania Martin)


Nathalie
(real name Nathalie Aarts)
 


Cindy
(real name Melody Castellari)

 

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