Fabio Barzagli Fby Index
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Fabio Barzagli (born 1974) is an Italian freelance musician and sound designer seeking in computer music, branch of the electronic music, field that has been developing since the end of the '80s and having its own diffusion in the middle of the '90s mainly through The Demoscene and international competitions called Demoparties.
These competitions are taking place, nowadays, in the most important European and Extra-European capitals, where Mr. Barzagli is well-known and appreciated with the name of FBY. ***
A Demoparty is a 3 days non-stop meeting gathering coders, graphician and musicians. THE PARTY (DK) is one of the most relevant with about 5000 participants every years in December. A single music competition has 300+ competitors so It's hard to get into the top 10.
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In 1980 He begins studies as classical guitar player with Carlo Mascilli Migliorini, his favourite authors were Segovia, Fernando Sor and Paco de Lucía.
In 1987 He starts composing music on a Commodore Amiga 500 with Aegis Sonix, Oktalyzer, and Soundtracker.
Barzagli has been composing over 300 pieces since 1987 until today going from the classic music to movie soundtrack, Rock music, ethnic and also video game and techno music.
He has been tracking on The Demoscene between 1994 and 2007 as a member of SoftOne, Dark Age, Spyral, X-Zone, Phase Distortion.
He has composed the music of several worldwide distributed computer games like Trauma Zero, Tony Tough and the Night of Roasted Moths, XTM motor racing (Midas UK, arcade), Operation Nutcracker, Euro League Manager (Manik Europe, soccer manager), Legend of Rome (MBM Software, strategy), Steam Empire (atlanteq, arcade) and many other tracks for Color Multimedia, HP games, and Dinabyte.
Fby Music is Free Music, Public Domain music. You can use it in your videos or applications without any risk, you just need to credit the author. Thousand people have been using FBY music during last decades.
/* SOME INTERNATIONAL AWARDS */
| Track | Year | Rank | Event | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RETURN TO SPACE | 94 | 9th | THE PARTY | DK |
| MORNING AFTER | 95 | 1st | THE PARTY | DK |
| ZENITH | 95 | 2nd | GASP MONTPELLIER | FR |
| UNDER THE SEA | 96 | 1st | SATURNE IN PARIS | FR |
| DRUG V. SYNDROME | 97 | 1st | TIG | IT |
| STRANGE FLOWER | 97 | 2nd | SATURNE IN PARIS | FR |
| PINKED | 97 | 4th | MEKKA HANNOVER | DE |
| APACHE | 98 | 1st | TIG | IT |
| MEDITATION | 98 | 9th | THE PARTY | DK |
| SAMBING | 98 | 1st | TIG | IT |
| NADIR | 06 | 3rd | OUTLINE | NL |
| OVERMOON | 06 | 3rd | 7D6 ISTANBUL | TR |
| AMIGA MONKEY SHINE | 06 | 3rd | DI HALT | RU |
| ESCAPE FROM THE DARK | 06 | 1st | OXYRON FLENSBURG | DE |
| DREAMING JUNGLE | 06 | 3rd | SOLSKOGEN | NO |
| YOU DON'T KNOW | 07 | 3rd | GREP | SE |
| COUNTRY GUNMAN | 07 | 1st | OUTLINE | NL |
| OH YES.. JAZZ | 07 | 1st | DI HALT | RU |
| PIANO SOUND V | 09 | 4th | BEACH PARTY | AU |
(DK=Denmark; DE=Germany; FR=France; IT=Italy; NL=Netherlands; RU=Russia; TR=Turkey; SE=Sweden; NO=Norway; AU=Australia)
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