Molella

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Maurizio Molella (born November 6, 1964 in Monza ), known as DJ Molella , Molella or Molly , is an Italian DJ , music producer and radio host .

Career

As a teenager, Molella mixed music on tapes and began working for a local radio station. In 1986 he started his career at Radio DeeJay , in collaboration with Gerry Scotti , Amadeus and Jovanotti . He also accompanied the latter on television appearances and tours. Further broadcasts on Radio Deejay followed, with Do Re Mix being particularly successful . Molella also achieved chart successes with in-house productions, first with Revolution (1992) and Confusion (1993), then with Change , which reached the top of the Italian single charts in 1994. In 1995 he released his first album Originale radicale musicale .

As a producer, Molella was particularly successful during these years with the singer Gala , who landed a Europe-wide hit in 1996 with Freed from Desire . He also worked with The Outhere Brothers , with whom he appeared on Top of the Pops , and started the project The Soundlovers . Also remixes for u. a. Vasco Rossi and Gemelli Diversi met with approval. Even at the turn of the millennium he had a number of chart successes, around 1997 with It's a Real World . In 2001 he released his second album Les jeux sont faits , which also hit the charts. The following year Molella received the Italian Music Award for best dance producer.

This was followed by further remixes and a collaboration with Gigi D'Agostino in the Gigi & Molly project . Molella's third album Made in Italy was released in 2004 , followed by Mollywood in 2009 .

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		IT
2001	Les jeux sont faits	IT27 (5 weeks) IT	Liquid sound

• Original radicale musicale (1995; Time)
• Made in Italy (2004; Liquid Sound)
• Mollywood (2009; DIY)

Singles (selection)

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		IT
1992	revolution	IT5 (14 weeks) IT
1993	Confusion Originale radicale musicale	IT4 (20 weeks) IT
1994	Change originals radicale musicale	IT1 (14 weeks) IT
1995	Originale radicale musicale (Remix) Originale radicale musicale	IT8 (5 weeks) IT
	XS Originals radicale musicale	IT18 (4 weeks) IT
	If You Wanna Party (Remix) Originals radicale musicale	IT8 (7 weeks) IT
1996	See the difference See the difference	IT6 (7 weeks) IT	with Asher Senator
1997	It's a real world	IT2 (3 weeks) IT	with Phil Jay at number 3 (13 weeks) in the M&D charts
1998	With This Ring Let Me Go	-	with Phil Jay at number 3 (16 weeks) in the M&D charts
2000	Genics Les jeux sont faits	-	32nd place (5 weeks) in the M&D charts
2001	Discotek People Les jeux sont faits	-	34th place (8 weeks) in the M&D charts
	Listen Les jeux sont faits	IT48 (1 week) IT
	Love Lasts Forever Les jeux sont faits	IT41 (2 weeks) IT	22nd place (15 weeks) in the M&D charts
2002	Whistle's Party Les jeux sont faits	-	28th place (6 weeks) in the M&D charts
	TVAB (Ti voglio ancora bene) Made in Italy	IT29 (1 week) IT	15th place (13 weeks) in the M&D charts
	Magia	IT37 (1 week) IT	28th place (4 weeks) in the M&D charts
2003	Infant! Made in Italy	IT48 (3 weeks) IT	19th place (10 weeks) in the M&D charts
	Desert of Love Made in Italy	IT49 (1 week) IT	Number 25 (11 weeks) in the M&D charts
2004	Tell Me Made in Italy	IT48 (1 week) IT
	Sunshine Made in Italy	IT49 (1 week) IT
2012	Let me give you more	IT31 (3 weeks) IT

Web links

• Official website
• Molella at Discogs (English)

supporting documents

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Dj Maurizio Molella. In: Papido.it. Retrieved October 19, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI album . Lulu , 2013, p. 140 .
3. ↑ Chart sources (singles):
   • M&D chart archive. Musica e dischi , accessed on October 19, 2018 (Italian, paid subscription access). 
   • Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI Singoli . Lulu, 2013, p. 123 .