Gabriele Cerlini began his career as a resident DJ in the clubs of his area, and started the music production activity in 1993, under the nickname "Dr. DJ Cerla". His very first single, "Rotterdam '93", unexpectedly went number 1 sales in Spain and number 3 in the influent Italian dance chart of Albertino, then a very popular radio speaker. A long Spanish and Italian tour followed. New productions came in the shape of "Mi Boca", "Everybody Pom Pom", "The DJ", "Dance if you Cannot" (curiosity: the latter was remixed by Davide Riva from Whigfield together with a very young Benny Benassi, under the "2 men" nick). With Moratto, Cerla released in 1995 "Wonder", a super-dupa Italian hit (number 1 sales and clubs) despite its 160 BPM speed. Many TV shows followed. In 1996, Cerla remixed the Rednex hit "Old pop in an oak". Then the singles "Because" and "Crazy 4 Love", which became a chart hit in Japan.
In 1998, together with Moratto, Cerla started the Floorfilla project, with "Anthem #1", for Expanded Music. Market reactions were cold, but the following single "Anthem #2" nailed it, selling over 250.000 copies just in France (number 1 sales chart). The first Anthem, promptly re-released, hit the top 20 as well. Floorfilla started selling in all Euro countries. Many hits followed: Anthems #3, 4, 5, 6, "The Hypno!", "Italodancer", "Megamix", "Le Delire", "Technoromance", "Sister Golden Hair", "Gigamix", "Disco:Roller", "Kosmiklove", "Komputermelody", "Cyberdream", "Italia 2007" and the albums "United Beatz of Floorfilla" and "Le Voyage", for a total of over 1M copies sold worldwide, plus a lot of compilations.
Cerla created then the "Floorfilla Live Act", himself DJing plus the MC/performer Momo B. The band performed worldwide. As "Floorfilla", Cerla remixed Aurora's "Ordinary World", for Positiva. In the meanwhile, the Cerla solo project developed, with "Sahara Rave", "Yo DJ", both best sellers in Germany and Austria, then "lalala song" and "Sexy Girl". Cerla increased the co-ops with foreign DJ producers: Embargo, Pulsedriver, 89ers, Rob Mayth, Basslovers United, Hands Up Squad, the latest one being the "Doktorspiele" remix for Alex C. Besides his activity in music production, Cerla is a columnist for the reference Italian magazine "Computer Music & Project Studio".
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