Chart entered : 9 April 1988
Chart peak : 60
Number of hits : 12
Like Shalamar a decade earlier, Cappella were originally a studio project that later evolved into a real group.
The man behind Cappella was Italian producer Gianfranco Bortolotti who also had UK hits under the names 49ers and Fits of Gloom. Whilst a student in Italy, he helped distribute records for Chicago house pioneer DJ Pierre and invested his earnings in a studio and record company. Media Records so that he could make records himself.
"Push The Beat / Bauhas" (sic ) was the first release on the Fast Globe label. It isn't a double A-side ; the flip is actually an instrumental mix of the same track. The "/Bauhas" suffix to the title is on the label but not on the sleeve. It was written by Gianfranco with help from other Italian producers lurking behind the pseudonyms M.L. and Bontempi. It's hung on a house rhythm that to me sounds pretty indistinguishable from Pump Up The Volume and liberally decorated with samples ( I picked out Was ( Not ) Was, Chic, Pig Bag and Sly and Robbie ). At the time the public face of the "group" was a female singer Ettore Foresti but it's doubtful she's actually on the track. To me it sounds like just another club record. Why this got to number 60 and say, Beat Dis got to number 2 will, I suspect, always elude me.
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