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 dance/house/electronica/techno DJ, producer, recording artist, composer, and remixer. He is best known for his involvement with the Dance projects The Tamperer featuring Maya, and, since 2005, Get Far, which is a pseudonym of both his last name and his desire to take his musical direction beyond the Italian Dance sound, of which he has been associated with since the late 1980s. As Get Far, he reached the top of US Hot Dance Airplay chart in August 2010 with the club hit "The Radio".

Career

Fargetta began his career as a DJ and remixer at age 16. It was from there that he would attract the interest and attention of various artists throughout Europe. By 1992 he released his first single under his full name with "Music". In addition to his music career, Fargetta is also a radio DJ, hosting a program on Radio DeeJay

Radio DeeJay

Radio DeeJay is an italian radio station. It was founded on 1 February 1982 by the Italian radio and television personality Claudio Cecchetto and was acquired by the Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso in 1989 .-Overview:Early personalities on this radio station include: Claudio Cecchetto, Gerry Scotti,...

 in Italy.

In 1997, Fargetta made his first appearance on the Dancemania

Dancemania

Dancemania is a series of remix compilation albums by i-DANCE. The series deals primarily with dance music, especially eurodance. Despite its tracks have been made by various musicians from all over the world mainly from the European continent, the albums have been released exclusively in Japan.The...

compilation series at Dancemania 4

Dancemania 4

Dancemania 4 is the fourth set in the Dancemania series of dance music compilation albums, released in early 1997 by EMI Music Japan.With its 23 tracks and one bonus track, the album debuted at #6 on Oricon's weekly album chart in January 1997 and reached #3 the next week, appearing on the yearly...

. He subsequently appeared on Dancemania 5

Dancemania 5

Dancemania 5 is the fifth set in the Dancemania series of dance music compilation albums, released in 1997 by EMI Music Japan.The album debuted at #16 on Oricon's weekly album chart in May 1997 and reached #5 the next week, appearing on the yearly best-selling album chart at #98 in 1997 with...

as its leading mixer.

In 2004, he also composed music for the Italian television version of A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

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In 2006, Fargetta married the Italian actress, Federica Panicucci

Federica Panicucci

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.

Discography

As Fargetta:

• "Music" (1992) - UK
  UK Singles Chart
  The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
  
   #34
• "The Music Is Movin'" (1992) - UK #74
• "Your Love" (1993)
• "This Time (Sexy Night)" (1994)
• "Midnight" (1995)
• "Party Over Here" (1996)
• "The Beat Of Green (May Day - May Day)" (1996)
• "Deejay Parade" (1997)
• "Mr. Movin'" (1997)
• "You Got It" (1997)
• "I Will Rise Again" (2001)
• "Good Times" (2002)
• "I'm Leaving You" (2002)
• "Cantare Sognare" (2003)
• "People On The Beat" (2003)
• "Play This Song" (2004)
• "I Don't Know Why" (2005)
• "No Matter" (2007)

As Tamperer featuring Maya

Tamperer featuring Maya

The Tamperer featuring Maya was an Italian dance music group consisting of Italian record producers Mario Fargetta and Alex Farolfi, and American singer Maya Days. Later, Giuliano Saglia and GianLuca Mensi would join the project...

:

• "Feel It" (1998) #1 UK
• "If You Buy This Record (Your Life Will Be Better)" (1998) #3 UK
• "Step Out" (1999)
• "Hammer to the Heart" (1999) #6 UK
• "Feel It 2008" (2008)

As Get Far:

• "Music Turns Me On" (2006)
• "Shining Star" (2007) #16 FR
• "All I Need" (2008)
• "The Radio" (Featuring H-Boogie) (2009) #1 US Hot Dance Airplay
• "Free" (2010)
• "The Champions Of The World" (2011)

External links

• Official Website
• Fargetta on Facebook
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