Laurent Schuster Gelmetti is a French/Italian Italo-Disco and Eurobeat producer. He is most famously known under his alias Laurent Newfield. He was one of the founders of Delta Music Industry and the founder of Akyr Music. He was also a part of the groups Newfield & Sinclaire and Newfield-Moroni-Sinclaire.
Gelmetti's first foray into music production was at Time Records, where he was the second Audio Engineer behind Sandro Oliva, who then became the lead engineer after Oliva left Time. While he was an audio engineer, he'd assist with Mauro Farina, the main producer at Time at the time, and also work on projects for 3rd party labels with him such as Flea, Radiorama, and Asia Records. Mauro Farina would also give him the nickname "Laurent Newfield" after hearing him play guitar in the style of Mike Oldfield.
After an arguement between Time Records founder Giacomo Maiolini and Farina involving a potential sale of Time Records, Gelmetti would become the main producer for Time Records after his then girlfriend at the time, Clara Moroni, convinced Maiolini to allow him to run a studio and produce music from it, with some of his first productions including "Bang Bang" by Frank Torpedo, "Bad Girl" by Linda Ross, and "Black Power" by Maio & Co.
Gelmetti would continue producing Eurobeat at Time until around 1994, he'd go on a hiatus, with Sergio Dall'Ora mainly taking over for production. In 1995, he and Moroni would stumble upon then freelance producer Andrea Leonardi, where they discussed setting up their own label after being unhappy with pay at Time, which would become Delta. He'd produce 4 songs with Leonardi, before helping setting up a studio in Monza, Italy with Moroni to produce his own works.
In 1997, he'd produce his most famous Eurobeat song "Running In The 90s" by Max Coveri, with the assistance of Clara Moroni and Pamela Prondoni, with Maurizio De Jorio on vocals. Some other notable productions from that time also included "Remember Me", "Save Me" and "Killing My Love" by Leslie Parrish, "Don't Stand So Close" by Dr. Love, and "Burning Up For You" by Sara, all included in the anime Initial D.
In 2006 he'd form a side label called Akyr Music with Davide Di Marcantonio, which was discontinued in 2008, with its songs later acquired by Delta in 2023. Gelmetti would leave Delta after disputes with Avex, but returned in 2020, where he continued making Eurobeat until his retirement in 2024.
On November 12, 2024, Gelmetti announced his retirement from music industry along with his Laurent Newfield alias on his Facebook page titled "Italo Dance Mixmaster", with "Love Is A Killer" by Cherry and "Speed Devil" by Luke being his last songs produced under Newfield. Thus ends his 40-year career as a producer.[1]
Backing Vocals[]
| Year | Songs | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | One More Time | Danny Keith |
Remixing[]
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Drunken Peter ("Pedro Borracho") | O'Gar |
| 1986 | Gipsy Queen (Re-Edit Version) | Gipsy & Queen |
| 1988 | Fly To Me (Re-Edit / House) | Aleph |
| Chica Cubana (12" Vocal Version) | Tatjana | |
| Love (Mix-Master Remix) | Gipsy & Queen | |
| Don't Stop (Full Power D.J. Mix Version) | Ross | |
| Let's Go (12" Remix) | The Caesar's Dancers | |
| 1989 | Don't Let Me Go (Mix Laurent Version) | Alan Barcklay |
| 2000 | Pray (Eurobeat Mix) | Every Little Thing |
| 2010 | Stay (Flashback 80's Mix) | Albert One |
| 2014 | Cold As Ice (Extended Version) | Time Machine ft Albert One |
| Cold As Ice (Dub Version) | ||
| Cold As Ice (Last Version) | ||
| 2017 | Easy Lovers (Mix Edit) | Joe Yellow |
| Easy Lovers (Power Dub Version) |
Production[]
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | High School Teacher | Lisa Versach |
| You Got It | Techno Venus | |
| Money Money | Luxury Girl | |
| 2007 | My Christmas Time | Cherry |
| 2010 | Stay (Flashback 80's Mix) | Albert One |
| 2015 | Believe Me | Fred Ventura |
| Lost In Your Eyes | Phalanx |
For Gelmetti's productions as "Laurent Newfield", see his page here.
Writing Credits & Composition[]
1988 - 1995[]
1996 - 2000[]
2001 - 2005[]
2006 - 2009[]
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Dark And Bright | Nando |
| Cherry Girl | Pretty Woman | |
| Everybody Love Christmas | Leslie Parrish | |
| My Christmas Time | Cherry | |
| Mad Desire | Stephy Martini | |
| You Light My Fire | Kevin Johnson | |
| Love And Rage | Madison | |
| Running Ninja | Eurofunk | |
| 2007 | Love Machine | Jimmy Diamond |
| Rock In The Fire | Roswell | |
| Crazy For Love | Sara | |
| Damn Damn My Heart | Delta Queens | |
| Dance To The Music | Za-Za | |
| Don't Let Me Be The First | Queen 26 | |
| Sexy Crazy Girl | Jimmy Diamond | |
| Hello Hello! | Delta Queens | |
| T-RRex | Maximum Power | |
| 2008 | My Lonely Night | Jimmy Diamond |
| Dance Dance | Cherry | |
| Space Invader | Jimmy Diamond | |
| Game Over | Romeo | |
| Before I Go | Paul Harris | |
| Tonight Tonight | Kevin Johnson | |
| Fighter | Marko Polo | |
| Upside Down | Delta Queens | |
| Keep Fall In Love | Cherry | |
| ParaPara Go! | Linda | |
| My Heart Goes Zoom | Bubble Queen | |
| Rock 'N' Roll Holiday | Connie Cheewah | |
| Let Me Go | Stefan X | |
| 2009 | Bye Bye Tokyo | Delta Queens |
2020 - 2024[]
| Year | Songs | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Life Is A Beat | Cherry |
| Don't Stop 'Till Tokyo | Luke | |
| Just To Say Your Name | Leslie Parrish | |
| 2022 | Gimme Five | Mozart Mob |
| Thunder Boy | Cherry feat. Marcello D'Azzurro | |
| Russian Roulette | Delta Queens | |
| 2023 | The King (Roaring Engine) | Daniel |
| Natural Born Killer | Max Coveri | |
| Lonely Driver | Daniel | |
| Wonderful Love | Sophie Sanz | |
| We Can Win | Leslie Parrish | |
| Dancing In The Shadows | Sophie Sanz | |
| 2024 | Love Is A Killer | Cherry |
