Renato Abate (born 25 April 1958), best known as Garbo, is an Italian singer-songwriter and record producer. He is considered one of the most important exponents of Italian new wave music.[1]

Background

Born in Milan, Garbo made his debut in 1981 with A Berlino... Va Bene, an album influenced by the David Bowie's Berlin Trilogy. The eponymous title-track was released as a single and it was met with critical success.[1] Garbo's two subsequent albums were well received,[1] but the peak of his career came in 1984 with the song "Radioclima". Presented at the Sanremo Music Festival it won the Critics Jury Award.[1][2] Garbo returned to Sanremo the following year, with the song "Cose veloci".[2] In 1993 he founded his own record label, Discipline, with which he released his later works.[1]

In 2006 Garbo was honored by a tribute album, ConGarbo, where some of his most popular songs were covered by protagonists of the Italian independent music scene such as Baustelle, Delta-V, Krisma, Zu and Meg (former members of 99 Posse), Soerba (Luca Urbani and Gabriele D'Àmora), Andy (from Bluvertigo) and Boosta (from Subsonica).[3]

In 2014 he acted in the film-comedy Sexy Shop.

Discography

Studio albums

  • 1981 - A Berlino... Va Bene
  • 1982 - Scortati
  • 1984 - Fotografie
  • 1986 - Il Fiume
  • 1988 - Manifesti
  • 1990 - 1.6.2
  • 1993 - Macchine Nei Fiori / Cosa Rimane... Rivisitazioni (81-91)
  • 1995 - Fuori Per Sempre
  • 1997 - Up The Line
  • 1998 - Grandi Giorni
  • 2002 - Blu
  • 2005 - Gialloelettrico
  • 2008 - Come Il Vetro
  • 2012 - La Moda

Live albums

  • 1995 - Garbo e Il Presidente Live

Compilation albums

  • 2007 - The Best - Platinum Collection

Singles

  • 1981 A Berlino...Va Bene
  • 1982 Vorrei Regnare
  • 1983 Generazione
  • 1983 Quanti Anni Hai?
  • 1984 Radioclima
  • 1985 Cose Veloci
  • 1986 Il Fiume
  • 1986 Per Te
  • 1987 Extragarbo
  • 1988 Dal Silenzio
  • 1990 Domani
  • 1993 Ciao/Ciao 31
  • 1998 Grandi Giorni
  • 1998 Un Bacio
  • 2002 Un Bacio Falso
  • 2003 Migliaia Di Rose
  • 2004 Radioclima (Electroclima Mix)
  • 2005 Onda Elettrica
  • 2006 Forse
  • 2006 Giallo
  • 2007 Grandi Giorni
  • 2008 Voglio Morire Giovane

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Enrico Deregibus (8 October 2010). Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana. Giunti Editore, 2010. ISBN 978-8809756250.
  2. 1 2 Marcello Giannotti (2005). L'enciclopedia di Sanremo. Gremese Editore, 2005. ISBN 8884403790.
  3. ↑ Giancarlo Passarella (July 11, 2007). "Auguri di pronta guarigione a Garbo, colpito nei giorni scorsi da ischemia". MusicalNews. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
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