Alberto Contini
{{Short description|Italian musician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Alberto Contini
| image = Bulldozer - Tuska 2011 - 10.jpg
| caption = Contini at Tuska Open Air 2011
| alias = A.C. Wild
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1965}}
| birth_place = Italy
| origin =
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Musician
- record producer
- songwriter
}}
| instrument ={{flatlist|
- Vocals
- bass
- keyboards
}}
| genre = {{flatlist|
}}
| current_member_of = Bulldozer
| years_active = 1981–present
}}
Alberto Contini, also known as A.C. Wild, is an Italian musician and record producer. He has been the vocalist, bassist or keyboardist for the Italian extreme metal band Bulldozer since the early 1980s,METALSHIP, [http://en.metalship.org/bands/Bulldozer Bulldozer] and has produced many works in the Italo disco and Eurobeat scenes since the early 1990s.Discogs, [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Alberto+Contini Alberto Contini]
Biography
In 1984, Contini met Bratt Sinclaire, who later became his long term co-worker.Bratt Sinclaire's official website, [http://www.brattsinclaire.com/Sinclaire/Common/AboutUs/Biography/Biography.htm Sinclaire's Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130118103950/http://www.brattsinclaire.com/Sinclaire/Common/AboutUs/Biography/Biography.htm |date=18 January 2013 }} He joined Bulldozer in the same year and served as its vocalist and bassist with the stage name A.C. Wild until 1992.
In 1990, Contini, then an A&R for Discomagic Records, co-founded the A-Beat C dance label with Dave Rodgers.NRGexpress, [http://www.nrgexpress.com/whats/index.htm What is "EUROBEAT"?] {{in lang|ja}} The label signed a big deal with the Japanese dance label Avex Trax and produced many mega-hit works for "J-Euro" artists including MAX, V6, and the future "Queen of J-pop" Namie Amuro.
He made his first appearance on the Super Eurobeat compilation series in 1991, at Vol. 13, with three tracks co-produced with Dave Rodgers.Discogs, [http://www.discogs.com/release/553307 Super Eurobeat Vol. 13 – Extended Version] Since then he has produced countless works for the series, including Vol. 14, 17, 18, 20, 27, 44, 58, 65, 68, 74, 82, 84, 88, 89, 92, 95, 97, 99, 103, 171, 173, and many other Eurobeat/Hi-NRG compilations and the Super Eurobeat Presents series by Avex, including the Maharaja Night series, Initial D series, and J-Euro series : Ayu-ro Mix,As "Rodgers & Contini" – Discogs, [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Rodgers+%26+Contini Rodgers & Contini] Hyper Euro MAX and J-Euro Non-Stop Best.
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Category:Italian Italo disco musicians
Category:Italian heavy metal musicians
Category:Italian heavy metal singers