Bliss Team

Bliss Team
Origin	Turin,Italy
Genres	Eurodance IDM
Years active	1992–1997
Labels	BlissCo
Past members	Jeffrey Jey Roberto Molinaro Domenico Capuano

Bliss Team was an Italian Eurodance group. They are known for their hits such as "Love is Forever", "People Have the Power", and "You Make Me Cry".

Members

• Jeffrey Jey – lead vocals
• Roberto Molinaro – DJ
• Domenico Capuano – keyboards

History

In late 1991, the nightclub in which Jeffrey Jey used to sing at closed down for good. Feeling depressed, Jeffrey Jey took a vacation to Turin in November 1992. He entered a music store and showed the shopkeeper an audio cassette of himself singing at the nightclub. The shopkeeper directed Jey to the sampling aisle of the store and called Massimo Gabutti, producer of the newly founded Bliss Corporation. Soon after, Jey was introduced to Gabutti and Roberto Molinaro at the Bliss Corporation. Gabutti was impressed with Jey's demo tape, and immediately offered him a position at the Bliss Corporation with Molinaro.

Jey accepted and moved into a friend's house about 7 to 8 kilometres away from the studio. He began work at Bliss Corporation in January 1993, alongside Gabutti, Molinaro, sound engineer Angelica Villella, and 18 year old Maurizio Lobina. Two months later, Gabutti told him about a demo that he had been working on, with the other members, and asked him to do the vocals for it. Jey agreed to do it. That track was a cover of Patti Smith's 1988 song "People Have the Power". Gabutti went to Milan to mix Jey's voice with the demo, and when he came back, he told him that it would be a part of the final mix. "People Have the Power" was a big hit in Italy in the summer of 1993, peaking number 7 on the charts.

The following year Domenico Capuano, Jeffrey Jey and Molinaro formed the band: Bliss Team. They had several hits, including "U Take Me Up", "Hold on to Love", "Love is Forever", and "You Make Me Cry". By the end of 1997, BlissCo wanted the band to split and have them start other projects. Molinaro became a successful DJ, Capuano a successful composer and producer and Jeffrey Jey went on to form the popular Eurodance band Eiffel 65.

Discography

Singles

• "Livin' on a Prayer" (1993) – Cover of Bon Jovi's 1987 song
• "People Have the Power" (1993) – Cover of Patti Smith's 1988 song
• "Go" (1994)
• "Hold on to Love" (1995)
• "You Make Me Cry" (1995)
• "Love is Forever" (1995)
• "Livin' on a Prayer" (1995) – Re-recorded version of the 1993 song
• "U Take Me Up" (1996)
• "How Can We Survive?" (1997)
• "With or Without You" (1997) – Cover of the U2's 1987 song

Albums

• You Make Me Cry (1996)
• Best of Bliss Team (1999)

References

2. https://www.discogs.com/artist/43978-Bliss-Team?filter_anv=0&type=Releases