The Tamperer featuring Maya

The Tamperer featuring Maya was an Italian dance music group consisting of Italian record producers Mario Fargetta and Alex Farolfi, and American singer Maya Days. Later, Giuliano Saglia and GianLuca Mensi would join the project. In 1998 they became famous for their debut single "Feel It", which peaked at #1 in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland in May of that year and was taken from their album Fabulous. "Feel it" was written by the American team of Steve Gittelman and Jim Dyke and relied heavily on a sample of the Jacksons hit "Can You Feel It".

The album spawned two more singles, "If You Buy This Record Your Life Will Be Better" (based on a sample from Madonna's "Material Girl"), and the Italy-only release "Step Out", which was later included as a B-side on their fourth and final single, "Hammer to the Heart" (based on a sample from Abba's "Gimme Gimme Gimme"). The producers also used The Tamperer alias to produce and remix other artists, such as Crystal Waters.

The introductory music to "Feel It" was used by Birmingham City Football Club to welcome the players onto the pitch at the start of each half until 2011.

Discography

Albums

• Fabulous (1998)

Singles

• "Feel It" (1998) (#1 UK, #1 IRE)
• "If You Buy This Record Your Life Will Be Better" (1998) (#3 UK)
• "Step Out" (1999)
• "Hammer to the Heart" (1999) (#6 UK)
• "Feel It 2008" (2008)

References

• "Maya days biography". http://www.mayadays.com/bio.htm. Retrieved 2007-04-14. 
• Tamperer featuring Maya, The (1998). Fabulous. United Kingdom: Jive Records. 0530192 
• Tamperer featuring Maya, The (1999). "Hammer to the Heart". United Kingdom: Jive Records. 9250092