Fabrizio Rizzolo is an Italian actor, singer and songwriter.
Between 1985 and 1989, he recorded the Italo disco hits "Talking to the Night", "Tokyo", "Night Girl", and others for Memory Records.
Written in one afternoon, the song Talking To The Night turned out to be an unexpected success.
He continued his music career, evolving his style from Italo disco into Eurobeat, still under the alias Brian Ice, he would later return to acting but he kept writing music for acts such as Tony Esposito and Gloria Gaynor.
He also performed in several films, such as Dark Resurrection (2007).
Biography[]
Taken and translated from his official page.
He has a musical past that has seen him active since the 80s as a singer, producer and author among others for Gloria Gaynor and Tony Esposito, and in the European dance charts with the pseudonym of Brian Ice.
Passing through musicals ("The Sound of Music", "Annie", "Sketch") he arrives at the cinema, debuting as the protagonist in 2005 in “Tuttotorna” directed by Emiliao Cribari, followed by “Tagliare le Parti in Grigio” by Vittorio Rifranti, best first work at the Locarno Festival. He then appears in “La cosa giusta”, “Giochi Sporchi”, “La doppia ora” and is again the protagonist in “Brokers, eroi per gioco”, and in the noir “Autodafé”.
He is then Dr. Morra in “Femmine contro maschi”, Gustave Thibon in "Le stelle inquiete" - Globo d'Oro Stampa Estera - and the Prince of Bavaria in "September Eleven 1683", with Murray Abraham.
At the theater he plays Valjean in the musical of the same name (nominated at the Italian Musical Awards), Alex Giunti in the film/denunciation "Cercando Maria", and Loris in the short "Veruska" with Giorgio Faletti.
On TV among the latest works "Mala vita" with Luca Argentero, "La classe degli asini", "Rocco Schiavone", "Un passo dal cielo", "Don Matteo".
Protagonist in 2018 of the new film by Vittorio Rifranti "I passi leggeri", he is then in the series "I medici 3", "The Devils", and on tour in the musical "A Christmas Carol" in the role of the terrible Scrooge.
In 2020 he debuted at the theater with his first monologue, "La domanda perfetta".
In 2020-21 he appears in several shorts such as "Damua", "La curare", "Oscar", "Sempreverdi", "E poi arriva Menny", and in other series including "Cuori" and "Blanca".
In 2022 he plays Monsignor Montini in the series "The Long Night", Ottavio in the film "The Violinist" and begins the fifth tour with "A Christmas Carol".
Vocals[]
Year | Song | Alias | Label |
---|---|---|---|
1985 | Dancing In The Tears | Body Power | Discomagic |
Nodisco | Depeche's Cover | Time Records | |
Talking To The Night | Brian Ice | Memory Records | |
1986 | Tokyo | ||
Nothing | Body Power | Out Records | |
1987 | Night Girl | Brian Ice | Memory Records |
New World | Apple In Jacket | ||
Cernobyl | Authokino | Digital Records | |
1988 | Over Again | Brian Ice | Memory Records |
It's A Life | Body Power | Out Records | |
1989 | Day By Day | Max | |
Walking Away | Brian Ice | Memory Records | |
1990 | Fire (I Got Enough) | Body Power | Out Records |
1990 | You Are The Sunshine | Valentino | Flea Records |
Tell Me The Reason | Lenny | ||
1991 | Tender Love | Valentino | |
Beautiful Girl | Colin Newman | ||
Let's Ev'rybody Love | Brian Ice | Discomagic | |
Dreams | A-Beat-C | ||
Heartbeat | |||
2000 | It's A Small World | A-Beat C All Stars | |
He Lives In You | Brian Ice | ||
Someday | |||
2001 | One Day | ||
Merry X'mas To The World | A-Beat C All Stars | ||
Hakuna Matata | Fun Four | ||
Passion | Dynamika | ||
Ev'ry Night | Brian Ice | ||
2002 | We'll Stop The Time | A-Beat Boys | |
2003 | Spread Your Wings | Susan Bell & Brian Ice | |
This Is X'mas Day | A-Beat-C All Stars | ||
2004 | I Believe In Lovin' You | Brian Ice | |
2005 | Take Care Of My Heart | ||
2007 | Time To Say Goodbye | ||
Save Your Voice To Sing A Song | |||
Christmas All Around | A-Beat C All Stars | ||
Walkin'...(Zumbae) | Brian Ice ft. Alex Cundari | I Venti d'Azzurro Records | |
2010 | Rock & Rolling | Tex Wilder | Dance Evolution Fire |
2013 | Lost Tonight | Brian Ice | Five4it Records |
2014 | Inside My Lonely Nights | Flashback Records | |
2017 | I Am What I Am | Brian Ice & R. B. Project | |
On The Moon | Brian Ice | MEM Music Productions | |
2019 | Fly With Me | I Venti d'Azzurro Records | |
Merry Christmas (Marry Chris) | A-Beat C All Stars | Dave Rodgers Music | |
2020 | Eurobeat Is Oxygen | Dave Rodgers feat. Brian Ice | |
Euro Beats Covid The Virus | Dave & Friends |
Unreleased (at A-Beat-C)[]
Title | Alias |
---|---|
Love Is A Word | Brian Ice |
Rockin' On Heaven's Door | |
Stars Are Falling |
Writing Credits & Composition[]
Unreleased[]
Song | Artist |
---|---|
Top Of The World | A-Beat C All Stars |
Dragonfly | Ace Warrior |
Fly High | |
I'm Leavin' For A Holiday Tonight | Arianna |
Love Is A Word | Brian Ice |
Rockin' On Heaven's Door | |
Stars Are Falling | |
Angel In Love | Casanova |
Save The Last Dance For Me | Dave & Domino |
So You Better Turn It On | |
When You Need Somebody | Dave & Karen |
Kiss Me With Your Poison | J.Storm |
Private Dancer | Karen |
We Are Dancing | |
Like An Angel | Lolita |
Moonlight Into My Heart | |
Back In Time | Manuel |
Dance It Again | |
Into Another World | |
Mine | Mel Rose |
Beautiful Eyes | Meri |
I'll Be Dancing | Monique |
Fighting For Your Love | Nick Key |
Everybody's Crazy | Norma Sheffield |
I Wanna Love | Nuage |
Reign Of Fire | Powerful T. |
This Is My Life | |
Time For Glory | |
Freedom Is In Your Heart | Susan Bell |
Radio's Playing My Song | |
White Lies | |
Rocket Away Tonight | The Spiders From Mars |
It's A Game Of Love | - |
Live In The Sunshine | - |
Production[]
Year | Song | Artist | Label |
---|---|---|---|
1990 | You Are The Sunshine | Valentino | Flea Records |
Losing My Mind | Lilac | ||
I Will Never Try To Change You | Donna Luna | ||
Tell Me The Reason | Lenny | ||
1991 | Everybody Needs A Change | Tanya Baker | High Energy |
Dreams | Brian Ice | A-Beat-C | |
Heartbeat | |||
Bang Bang Shooting | Patty Sun | ||
2000 | A Whole New World | Dave & Domino | |
Someday | Brian Ice | ||
Part Of Your World | Susan Bell | ||
2001 | Music Is Love | ||
Bella Notte | Nick Key | ||
Love | Susan Bell |
Aliases[]
- Depeche's Cover
- A-Beat Boys (2002)
- A-Beat Friends
- ABeatC All Stars
- Apple In Jacket (assumed)
- Authokino
- Body Power
- Brian Ice
- Fun Four
- Max
- Lenny
- Tex Wilder
- Valentino