Brainbug
Brainbug | |
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Bertapelle and Casari in what would become the cover image for "Rain" | |
Background information | |
Origin | Venice, Italy |
Genres | House, dance, trance |
Labels | Positiva, Volumex, Orbit Records, Strike Force, Groovilicious, Ultra Records |
Brainbug is a symphonic electronic trance music and progressive house project from Venice, created by Italian producer Alberto Bertapelle.[1]
Nightmare appears in the soundtrack of several movies, such as Human Traffic, Playing by Heart, Freddy vs. Jason and A Night at the Roxbury,[2][3] and is currently played during the second half kick-off at Leeds United home games at Elland Road as well as being the entrance music for the 2013 Elite League Nottingham Panthers Ice Hockey team. The music video was directed by Tim Claxton and was inspired by 1950s science fiction films, and the films of Ed Wood.
Further singles The 8th Dwarf (1997) and Rain (1998) took the formula established by Nightmare and Benedictus and explored some different areas. Rain features lyrics by Italian singer Nadia Casari, who also appears in the music video.[4]
Several remixes by various artists have been released on Brainbug's singles, and not all of Bertapelle's originals are obviously titled. "Nightmare (Sinister Strings Mix)" and "Benedictus (Exitiale Mix)" are examples of this. The Maxi-CD release of Rain also features those original mixes, although "Benedictus (Exitiale Mix)", while not labeled as an edit, was edited slightly shorter.[5][6]
Brainbug has also added his symphonic trance touch to other artists' works through various remixes.[7]
Brainbug Sample Medley (1996-1999)
Approximately 15 seconds each of: Nightmare, Benedictus, The 8th Dwarf, Rain and Rock Your Body (Brainbug Mix) | |
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Discography
Singles
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
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AUS [8] |
IRE [9] |
NED [10] |
SCO [11] |
UK [12] |
US Club Play [13] |
US Dance Sales [13] | ||||||||
1997 | "Nightmare" | 14 | 15 | 47 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 14 | ||||||
"Benedictus" | — | 25 | — | 26 | 24 | 2 | 17 | |||||||
"The 8th Dwarf" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
1998 | "Rain" | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 35 | ||||||
1999 | "Nightmare" (remix) | — | — | — | — | 98 | — | — | ||||||
2004 | "Nightmare" (re-issue) | — | — | — | 66 | 63 | — | — | ||||||
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Remixes
- "The Age Of Love" - Age Of Love (1990; remix 1998)
- "Ever Rest" - Mystica (1998)
- "SuperSonic" - Music Instructor featuring. The Flying Steps (1999)
- "Rock Your Body" - Music Instructor (1999)
References
- ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Age-Of-Love-The-The-Age-Of-Love-Brainbug-Johnny-Vicious-98-Remixes/release/560805
- ↑ Alberto Bertapelle at IMDB.com
- ↑ Night at the Roxbury soundtrack at Mooviees.com
- ↑ Rain Remixes at Discogs.com
- ↑ Benedictus at Discogs.com
- ↑ Rain compilation at Discogs.com
- ↑ Brainbug releases at Discogs.com
- ↑ "Australian Singles". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
- ↑ "Irish Singles". irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 2010-01-05. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
- ↑ "Netherlands Singles". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
- ↑ Scottish Singles:
- "Nightmare": "Brainbug - Nightmare". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
- "Benedictus": "Brainbug - Benedictus". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
- "Nightmare" (re-issue): "Brainbug - Nightmare (re-issue)". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
- ↑ "UK Singles". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
- 1 2 "US Club Play Singles". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2016-07-16.