Alessandra Mirka Gatti

Alessandra Mirka Gatti or Alessandra Gatti born 19 November 1969 in Mantua, Italy, is an Italian Eurobeat singer who is popularly known by her stage name of Domino.

Alessandra Mirka Gatti
Born (1969-11-19) 19 November 1969 (age 54)
Mantua, Italy
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Years active1985–present
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Career

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Alessandra Mirka Gatti first got a name in Italo disco when she met Giancarlo Pasquini in the mid 1980s.[1][non-primary source needed] After recording various tracks as a back vocalist, she recorded her first song under her most recognized alias, Domino, in 1989. She then helped found A-Beat C with Giacarlo Pasquini and Alberto Contini, in 1990, but left in 2006 to embark on her most recent project with executive producer, Sandro Oliva, Go Go's Music (Which had its first appearance on Super Eurobeat 175, and officially added to the label roster on Super Eurobeat 177.)

She has sung under these aliases with A-Beat C, not limited to the following:

  • Domino
  • Mirka
  • Juliet
  • Groove Twins
  • King & Queen
  • Salt & Pepper
  • Paula Roberts
  • Sheela
  • Lucrezia B.
  • Donna Luna
  • Bella Model

Today she sings exclusively under the alias Domino, and as a member of the Eurobeat group Go Go Girls with Elena Gobbi Frattini – for her label Go Go's Music.

Her most well known songs are:

  • "Tora Tora Tora" – Domino's most well known song, which was produced by Bratt Sinclaire for A-Beat C in 1994.
  • "Mickey Mouse March (Eurobeat Mix) – A Eurobeat cover of the famous Disney tune, which has appeared on Dance Dance Revolution and many Eurobeat and Japanese Disney albums, including Eurobeat Disney.
  • "Para Girl" – A Go Go's Music production that has been very popular since its release in August 2008.

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Thanks to her song Mickey Mouse March (Eurobeat Version), which aired on SMAPxSMAP and was danced by Takuya Kimura, Para Para rapidly increased in popularity in Japan in 1998. Some of her songs were featured in the Konami Video game Para Para Paradise.

Personal life

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Gatti was married to Italo disco/Eurobeat artist Giancarlo Pasquini and has a son named Federico, who was born to him.[2] He has been raised by Gatti after their divorce, involved in music activity, and also active as a eurobeat singer the same as his parents under the stage name Kaioh (Formerly known as Freddy Rodgers).[3]

Discography

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As Domino

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1990s

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Year Title Album
1989 Fever Best Disco 7
1991 Fall in Love Super Eurobeat 13
Your Freedom Super Eurobeat 16
Hot Confession Super Eurobeat 17
1992 Forever Young Maharaja Night HI-NRG Revolution 01
1993 Behind You Super Eurobeat 32
Domino Dancing Super Eurobeat 39
1994 Tora Tora Tora Super Eurobeat 48
1995 Beat Beat Freak Maharaja Night HI-NRG Revolution 16
Baby Come Back The Alfee Meets Dance
Funky Dog!
Promised Love
Hot & Soul (with Aki) Maharaja Night HI-NRG Revolution 17
1996 Talking Hands(Dave Rodgers) (with Aki) Super Eurobeat 64
Euroboy (Dave Rodgers)
Give Me Five Super Eurobeat 69
My Love Is Still Alive Maharaja Night HI-NRG Revolution 19
1997 Spinning Like A Top Super Eurobeat 79
Boy Meets Girl Super Eurobeat 80 Anniversary Non-Stop Mix Request Count Down 80!!
1998 I Wanna Dance Super Eurobeat 88
Feel My Heart Super Eurobeat 90 Anniversary Non-Stop Request Count Down 90!!
1999 Woa Woa Woa (with Jennifer Batten) Super Eurobeat 95
Play with the Numbers Super Eurobeat 98

2000s

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Year Title Album
2000 Tomodachi Big Friend Super Eurobeat 101
To Say To Do To Kiss Super Eurobeat 106
Popteen Popteen
Mickey Mouse March (Eurobeat Version) Eurobeat Disney
Macho Duck
Beauty and The Beast
Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo
Chim Chim Cher-ee
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
Kill The Silence Domino
2001 Colors of the Wind Eurobeat Disney 2
Some Day My Prince Will Come
A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes
Mickey Motion
ParaPara Paradise Super Eurobeat 118
Stop Super Eurobeat 121
Gotcha! Super Eurobeat 122
D.D.D.! Eurobeat Disney 3
2002 1, 2, Santos
2003 Hey Mr. Dee Jay Super Eurobeat 138
2004 The Game of My Name Super Eurobeat 144
2006 Fuku Wa Uchi! Super Eurobeat 164
2007 Go Go Where You Wanna Go Go Super Eurobeat 175
Cooking Boy Super Eurobeat 176
2008 Call Me Super Eurobeat 190
Nack 5 (with Kaioh) Super Eurobeat 192 ~Let's Party~
Para Girl
2009 Super Eurobeat (with Virginelle & Mega NRG Man) Super Eurobeat 199 ~Collaboration of Eurobeat~

2010s

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Year Title Album
2010 One-O-Nine Super Eurobeat 203
2011 Boom Boom Scream (with Scream Team) Super Eurobeat 214
2013 Bad Girl Super Eurobeat 226
2015 Hai Hai Super Eurobeat 233
2017 King of the Road (with Kaioh) Super Eurobeat 244
2019 Domination

2020s

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Year Title Album
2020 Top of the Worlds 2021
Hallo Hallo Halloween
2021 Ichi Ni San Shi Go
Game Is Over
Nori Nori Nori
Crazy Little Love (Japanese version)
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Year Title Album
1994 Hot Stuff (with Euroteam)
1997 We're Dancing Together (with Valentina, Lolita & Norma) Super Eurobeat 79
2001 You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly! (with Lolita) Eurobeat Disney 3
Hakuna Matata (Fun Four (with Mega NRG Man & Brian Ice))
2008 Back To 80's (with Mega NRG Man) Super Eurobeat 185
2009 Monkey Dance '09 (with Y&Co.) Super Eurobeat 196 ~Vitamin Pop~
2011 Let's Get It Done Tonight (with Ken Laszlo) Super Eurobeat 211
2019 Music for the People (with Dave Rodgers & Kaioh)

As Mirka

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Year Title
1993 Valentino Mon Amour
1995 Boom Boom DJ
Shake Me Up (with Valentina)
1996 Diamond Love
Whole Lotta Love
A Lotta Fantasy (with Valentina)
I Love Spaghetti (with Valentina)
1997 Hi Hi Baby
2010 10,000 Lovers

As Juliet

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Year Title
1993 Big Bang
Heart on Fire
Red Hot
Speak in English
1994 Invasion of Privacy
More Than Your Love
Ticket to Ride
1995 Intuition
Missing You
You and Me

As Sheela

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Year Title
1993 Kangaroo
Gimme All Your Love
1994 Confusion

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Myspace Official Domino Archived". Archived from the original on 4 May 2009. Retrieved 4 May 2009.
  2. ^ 『KING AND QUEEN』(1991年)や『PARA PARA』(1994年)を歌っていた時期の「King & Queen」のヴォーカリストとしても知られる。
  3. ^ その後、FREDDY R.を経て「KAIOH」に改名し、母・ドミノが主宰するGoGo's Musicに移籍して活動を続け、本名名義でも楽曲制作を行っている。
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