Brainbug
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Bertapelle and Casari in what would become the cover image for "Rain"
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| Birth name | Alberto Bertepelle |
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| Born |
December 23, 1958 Ceggia, Italy |
| Origin | Venice, Italy |
| Died | November 23, 2016 (aged 57) Tavagnacco, Italy |
| Genres | House, dance, trance |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Guitar |
| Years active | 1993–2016 |
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Alberto Bertapelle, better known by his stage name Brainbug, was an Italian symphonic electronic trance music record producer and guitarist from Ceggia, Italy. He died during a concert in November 2016 at 57 years old.
Alberto Bertapelle is from Ceggia, a town in the province of Venice. Since the age of 13, he played in many local bands as a guitarist and as a keyboardist. He taught sound engineering at a musical academy he started, Support Music Academy.
During 1993-1994, Bertapelle worked for Media Records before opening his own recording studio where he started producing his own music. He also worked for Great Dane Records, for whom he has released many records. He later worked for Danceworks and signed to EMI in London.
He achieved mainstream success with the single "Nightmare" which was a top ten hit in many countries including England and the United States. The single also won the International Award WMC in Miami and was certified gold in Australia.
His single, Nightmare appeared in the soundtrack of several movies, such as Human Traffic, Playing by Heart, Freddy vs. Jason and A Night at the Roxbury, and was 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.
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