Bratt Sinclaire

Bratt Sinclaire (born Andrea Leonardi[1] on April 26, 1967 in Milan[2]) is an Italian Eurobeat/Italo disco producer.[1] He has produced a countless number of tracks for the Super Eurobeat series, a.k.a. SEB, the world's longest running series of dance compilation albums.[1] He is the founder and owner of the dance music record label SinclaireStyle[3] and one of the three co-founders of Delta, one of the most known Eurobeat record labels.[4]
"Night of Fire"
Sinclaire's work "Night of Fire" by Niko, from Super Eurobeat Vol. 140 Anniversary
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He made his first SEB appearance in 1991 on Super Eurobeat Vol. 17 with the track, "Up And Down" (Extended Version), co-written with Alberto Contini.[1] He subsequently appeared on Vol. 18 along with several other Italo disco artists including Dave Rodgers.[5]

One of his most successful Eurobeat works is "Night of Fire".[6] The song, originally sung by Niko, has been one of the most popular themes in the para para scene,[7] and covered by several Japanese artists including Dream[8] and Hinoi Team.[9] The song has been prominently featured on two of their works, one being Dream's 2000 maxi single "Night of Fire"[10] and the other being Hinoi Team feat. Koricky's 2005 DVD single "Night of Fire"/"Play with The Numbers".[11]

Aside from the main SEB series, he has also produced tracks for the SEB Presents albums featuring famous Japanese artists such as Ayumi Hamasaki and Every Little Thing.[1] Hamasaki's 2000 album Ayu-ro Mix 1 reached #2 on Oricon's album chart[12] and ranked #38 on the 2000 yearly best-selling album chart with 649,650 copies sold.[13] Ayu-ro Mix 2 reached #1[14] and ranked #51 with 433,030 copies sold.[15] Euro Every Little Thing reached #3.[16] Other SEB Presents issues he was involved with include Euro "Dream" Land, Dah! Dah! Dah! Boy Meets Girl With TRF, Initial D Super Euro Best, and J-Euro Non-Stop Best.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Discogs, Bratt Sinclaire
  2. ↑ Leonardi, Andrea, Official MySpace
  3. ↑ Discogs, Sinclairestyle S.r.l.
  4. ↑ Discogs, Delta
  5. ↑ Discogs, Super Eurobeat Vol. 18 - Extended
  6. ↑ avex network, BRATT SINCLAIRE (Japanese)
  7. ↑ Konami, beatmaniaIIDX 6th style : NIGHT OF FIRE (Japanese)
  8. ↑ Discogs, Dream (2)
  9. ↑ Discogs, Hinoi Team
  10. ↑ Avex Trax, J-EURO (Japanese)
  11. ↑ Discogs, Night Of Fire / Play With The Numbers
  12. ↑ Oricon, Super Eurobeat Presents Ayu-ro Mix (Japanese)
  13. ↑ Oricon Database, Oricon Album 2000 Top 100 (Japanese)
  14. ↑ Oricon, Super Eurobeat Presents Ayu-ro Mix 2 (Japanese)
  15. ↑ Oricon Database, Oricon Album 2001 Top 100 (Japanese)
  16. ↑ Oricon, SUPER EUROBEAT presents Euro Every Little Thing (Japanese)

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