Alessandra Mirka Gatti
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Alessandra Mirka Gatti is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

) is an Italian
Italian people
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 Eurobeat
Eurobeat
Eurobeat is a form of italo-disco/hi-NRG music that developed in the late 1980s.In the United States, Eurobeat was sometimes marketed as Hi-NRG and for a short while shared this term with the very early freestyle music hits....

 singer.

Career

Alessandra Mirka Gatti first got a name in Italo Disco when she met Giancarlo Pasquini in the late 1980s. After recording various tracks as a back vocalist and several solo songs under names such as Wiki Wiki
Wiki Wiki
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 and Eskimo
Eskimo
Eskimos or Inuit–Yupik peoples are indigenous peoples who have traditionally inhabited the circumpolar region from eastern Siberia , across Alaska , Canada, and Greenland....

, 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
Alberto Contini
Alberto Contini is an Italian musician. He has been the vocalist, bassist or keyboardist for the Italian speed metal band Bulldozer since early 1980s and has produced many works in the italo-disco scene and eurobeat scene since early 1990s....

, in 1990, but left in 2006 to embark on her most recent project with ex-ABeatC 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
Go Go Girls
The Go Go Girls was a eurobeat group under the Go Go's Music label. This Eurobeat group used to be under the A-Beat C label, but since Sandro Oliva and Domino left that label, they took the rights to the group over to their new label, Go Go's Music....

 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
    Bratt Sinclaire
    Bratt Sinclaire is an Italian eurobeat/italo-disco producer. 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...

     for ABeatC in 1994.
  • "Mickey Mouse March (Eurobeat Mix)
    Mickey Mouse March
    Mickey Mouse March , is the opening theme for the The Mickey Mouse Club TV show, broadcast weekday afternoons in the US from October 1955 to 1959, on the ABC television network...

     - 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
    Eurobeat Disney
    Eurobeat Disney is the first of a series of compilation album of various Disney songs which has been remixed in the style of eurobeat. It is produced by Walt Disney Records. The first Eurobeat Disney was released on July 26, 2000...

    .
  • "Para Girl" - A Go Go's Music production that has been very popular since its release in August, 2008.

Japan

Thanks to her song Mickey Mouse March (Eurobeat Version), which aired on SMAPxSMAP
SMAP
SMAP is a Japanese boy band formed by Johnny & Associates. While originally consisting of six members, the current group members are Masahiro Nakai, Takuya Kimura, Goro Inagaki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, and Shingo Katori...

 and was danced by Takuya Kimura
Takuya Kimura
, nicknamed , is a Japanese singer and actor. He is also a member of the Japanese idol group SMAP. Most of the TV dramas he starred in produced high ratings in Japan...

, Para Para
Para Para
is a synchronized group dance that originated in Japan. Unlike most club dancing and rave dancing there are specific synchronized movements for each song much like line dancing...

 rapidly increased in popularity in Japan in 1998. Some of her songs were featured in the Konami
Konami
is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...

 Video game Dance Dance Revolution
Dance Dance Revolution
Dance Dance Revolution, abbreviated DDR, and previously known as Dancing Stage in Europe and Australasia, is a music video game series produced by Konami. Introduced in Japan in 1998 as part of the Bemani series, and released in North America and Europe in 1999, Dance Dance Revolution is the...

.

Other

She was married to Italo Disco/Eurobeat artist Giancarlo Pasquini (Dave Rodgers
Dave Rodgers
Dave Rodgers is an Italian songwriter, composer, and producer.Born in Mantua, he started production with the band Aleph. Since then, he has collaborated with artists from around the world and has produced several multi-platinum albums...

. Aleph (musician)
Aleph (musician)
Aleph is a 1980s Italo disco band, featuring the vocals of Dave Rodgers. The other members of the group were Donato Bellini and Marco Manzi. They achieved a fair amount of success with the single "Fly To Me" in 1985, which reached the Top Ten in several countries. They released two LPs, "Black Out"...

).

Songs by Alessandra Mirka Gatti

  • Domino - I Wanna Dance
  • Domino - Popteen
  • Domino - Spinning Like a Top
  • Domino - Hot Confession
  • Domino - Hey Mr. Dee Jay
  • Domino - Tora Tora Tora
  • Domino - Fall in Love
  • Domino - Tomodachi Big Friend
  • Domino - Mickey Mouse March (Eurobeat Mix)

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