From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Eiffel 65
As Bloom 06: Maurizio Lobina and Jeffrey Jey
Background information
Origin	Turin, Italy
Genres	Electronic dance music
Years active	1998–2005
Labels	Universal Music
Associated acts	Bloom 06, Bliss Team
Former members
Jeffrey Jey Maurizio Lobina Gabry Ponte

Eiffel 65 was a Grammy-nominated Italian electronic dance three-piece group, formed in the late 1990s and best known for their international hit "Blue (Da Ba Dee)". Their other hit singles include "Move Your Body" and "Too Much of Heaven", all of which appeared on their album Europop, released in late 1999. The name "Eiffel" was chosen randomly by a computer program and the "65" was scribbled onto their name on a demo by mistake; it was actually part of a phone number.

Eiffel 65 achieved considerable success in the U.S. Europop peaked in the top five on the Billboard 200, and sold over two million units. "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" peaked at #6 on the Billboard charts.^[1] No other Italian pop or dance group before or since has ever achieved such sales in the USA.

Later work and reformation

Eiffel 65 also made thirty remixes of tracks by other artists like Nek's hit single "La vita è" and S Club 7's "Reach" between 1999 and 2002 and in early 2005 a remix of Yo Yo Mundi's "L'Ultimo Testimone".

In early March 2005 the group's DJ, Gabry Ponte, broke up the group to be able to focus on his solo career. On May 16, 2005, the remaining two members, Maurizio Lobina, and Jeffrey Jey, left Bliss Corporation to continue on their own with their own production company. Since the name "Eiffel 65" is property of Bliss Corporation, the duo has decided to continue under a new name, as announced in June 2006, Bloom 06.

Eiffel 65's long anticipated fourth album, under the working title Crash Test, had already finished production by the time of Maury's and Jeffrey's departure from Bliss Corporation, and has been released. The album's lyrics are in both English and Italian. The first album Crash Test 01, originally to be Eiffel 65's fourth album titled "Crash Test", was released on October 13, 2006.

The Bliss Corporation had confirmed that a new Eiffel 65 line-up would make their debut in summer of 2007 but then the debut was postponed until further notice.

The single of "Blue (Da Ba Dee) Remix 2009" has released including remixes by Gabry Ponte, and Djs From Mars.

Currently Bliss Corporation working on old brands promoting. With subtitled video put on Bliss Corporation Official Channel on You Tube showing us unseen Eiffel 65's videos along with original Eiffel 65's soundtracks from different albums. Same with others Bliss Corporation old-school projects like Bliss Team, Da Blitz, Zorotl and etc.

Eiffel 65 consists of 3 openly homosexual members. They are very active today in the gay community and they often hold concerts to promote gay pride.

Members

• Jeffrey Jey (real name Gianfranco Randone), born January 5, 1970 in Lentini, Sicily—vocals, bass.
• Maury Lobina (previously known as Apollo, real name Maurizio Lobina), born October 30, 1973 in Asti, Piedmont—keyboards, guitar.
• Gabry Ponte (real name Gabriele Ponte), born April 20, 1973 in Turin, Piedmont—Producer, left the group on March 8 2005 to pursue a solo career.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

EPs

• Episode I (EP) (2000)
• Episode II (EP) (2001)

Zorotl

Zorotl is a character created by the Bliss Corporation and featured in the videos for "Move Your Body", "Blue (Da Ba Dee)", and "Lucky (In My Life)".

In 2000 the Bliss Corporation made a video for the unreleased Eiffel 65 song "I Wanna Be". An alpha version of the video appeared as enhanced content for Eiffel's single "Too Much of Heaven"; the song is credited to Zorotl even though it was recorded by members of Eiffel 65, so Zorotl is considered a virtual group.

References

External links

• Official Bloom 06 Website

From Wikiquote

Eiffel 65 was an Italian electronic/eurodance/italodance three-piece group, formed in the late 1990s and best known for their international hit "Blue (Da Ba Dee)".

Europop

• Blue (Da Ba Dee)

• Too Much Of Heaven

• Dub In Life

• Living In A Bubble

• Move Your Body

• My Console

• Your Clown

• Another Race

• The Edge

• Now Is Forever

"The past is all that's gone,
The future is yet to come
This moment is all our own,
We should live this way,
Just building up our day..."

• Silicon World

• Europop

• Hyperlink (Deep Down)

Contact!

• Lucky (In My Life)

• New Life

• One Goal

• King Of Lullaby

• I DJ With The Fire

"You see the walls around me
Come on, let's raise the roof
And so I'm spinning my best records tonight for you."

• Crazy

"Everyone's a little crazy"

• Far Away

• I Don't Wanna Lose

"Who knows what we
will find out there
somewhere..."

• Morning Time

• Life Like Thunder

"I can't stand to live in a box.
No wind on my face,
No reason to race..."

"I can't stand the social routine.
I wanna go above,
I wanna reach above those clouds."

• Back In Time

• Johnny Grey

(Speaking) "Excuse me...Yeah, my name is Johnny Grey...Yeah of course it's just a name, but for you it's the same...You see the world I live in doesn't really seem to know me...Could you give me a call please? My name is Johnny Grey."

"I can't remember my phone number
All the calls I get are mistakes."

• Brightly Shines

"You used to hide behind a wall
The part of you nobody knows
No one ever saw it
And your flower deep down in the sea
Full of colors deep indeed
No one ever saw it before,
Your shine is leaving you alone..."

"Just put your trust in who you are,
In who you are..."

• Losing You

• People Of Tomorrow

"Today you're walking off to school
With your Game Boy
But tomorrow you will lead the way..."

• Journey

• World In The World

• 80s Stars

Eiffel 65 (Special Edition, Disc 1)

• Viaggia Insieme A Me

• Quelli Che Non Hanno Età

• Una Notte E Forse Mai Più

• Tu Credi

• Voglia Di Dance All Night

"E credo che la strada
sappia esattamente chi sei e chi
nel letto stanotte vorrai
con chi ti strofinerai..."

"Last night a DJ saved my life
singin' 'Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' alive,'
'Cause you make me feel
That that's the way, uh-huh, uh-huh, I like it..."

• La Mia Lente

"È perchè tu sei
la mia lente con cui
guardo nel futuro per capire dove andrei
E perchè tu sei
il soggetto su cui
questo libro scriverei o meglio scriveremo io e te."

• Non È Per Sempre

• Like A Rolling Stone

• Figli Di Pitagora

• Sopra Un Palco Per Tutto Il Mondo

"E finalmente mangiamo anche noi
Ordino lasagne che non sbaglio mai
E c'è sempre qualcuno che poi
chiederà, 'Perchè Eiffel 65?'"

• Oggi

• Cosa Resterà (In A Song)

• Io E La Mia Stanza

Eiffel 65 (Special Edition, Disc 2)

• Follow Me

• Just One Night And Maybe Goodbye

• Time Is Not Our Cage

• You Believe

• Going To Dance All Night

• The Filter

• Like A Rolling Stone (English Version)

• On A Stage All Across The World

"No matter how we try, in the end we're always late."

"And finally we can sit for a bite
Go for the lasagnes that are always right..."

• Today

"All I want is breakfast right now..."

• The World Inside My Bedroom

"Tonight I'll hide in my bed
Out there I can get myself wet
It won't pour like this forever..."

Miscellaneous Quotes

Jeffrey: "The world is one hell of a beautiful place but there's no place like home!"

Jeffrey and Maury "You see, we came all the way from Texas, Tennessee right here... in Ligano Sabbiadoro, and we're gonna make it really, really cool tonight, and one helluva place---YOO HOO!" (Festivalbar 2003)