Bio

CARL FANINI CARL FANINI WAS BORN IN NEW YORK. HE LIVED HIS CHILDHOOD IN QUEENS AND ALREADY IN HIS YOUNG AGE HE BECAME INFLUENCED BY BLACK SOUL MUSIC. AT THE AGE OF 12 HE MOVED TO ITALY WHEREAS AT THE AGE OF 15 HE STARTED HIS SINGING CAREER PERFORMING IN VARIOUS BANDS ALL AROUND THE ITALIAN CLUBS AND SQUARES. CARL CONSIDERS MUSIC AS A COMBINATION OF ENERGY AND HARMONY. THAT IS WHY HE WAS ABLE TO TRANSMIT HIS OWN POWER INTO DANCE MUSIC.INFACT IN 1991 HE RELEASED HIS DEBUT SINGLE RIDE LIKE THE WIND: A BIG HIT WITH OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE! HE REACHED N.1 IN FRANCE AND IN THE U.K. WHERE HE ACHIEVED HIS FIRST SILVER RECORD FOR MORE THAN 200,000 COPIES SOLD IN THE BRITISH TERRITORY,N.1 IN THE EUROPEAN SALES CHART FEATURING IN THE MOST IMPORTANT BBC TV SHOWS( TOP OF THE POPS, HITMAN AND HER, THE WORD) FRENCH TV ( JAQUES MARTIN, DANCE MACHINE) AND OF COURSE IN SPAIN( LA QUINTA MARCIA ). HE FINALLY WENT ON TOUR FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS SINGING IN THE BEST EUROPEAN CLUBS. HIS DEBUT ALBUM,EAST SIDE BEAT, ALSO RELEASED A BREATHTAKING BALLAD,MY GIRL,THAT AGAIN REACHED THE N.1 SPOT IN FRANCE!IN 1993 CARL JOINED ANOTHER DANCE PROJECT CALLED CLUBHOUSE AND AGAIN…ANOTHER HIT!N.7 IN THE UK SALES CHARTS WITH LIGHT MY FIRE, HE SHOT HIS FIRST VIDEO AND WENT ON HEAVY ROTATION ON MTV. HE FOLLOWED UP WITH ANOTHER DANCE HIT –LIVING IN THE SUNSHINE STARTING A TOUR IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND. IN 1995 NOWHERE LAND GRANTED CARL A HUGE SUCCESS IN THE ITALIAN POP-DANCE SCENE: ITS LONDON PRODUCED VIDEO ENTERED THE MOST IMPORTANT TV AND RADIO PLAYLISTS.N.1 IN THE DJ PARADE, CARL STARRED IN ALBERTINO’S DEEJAY TIME, HE PERFORMED LIVE AT THE “FESTIVALBAR” IN LIGNANO SABBIADORO, TOOK PART OF “NON E’ LA RAI” AND ”MIO CAPITANO”. IN 1997 YET ANOTHER HIT: DISCO FEVER, A ‘70 SOUND TYPE SINGLE, BECAME A SUMMER STORMER THAT SOLD MORE THAN 15,000 COPIES ONLY IN ITALY! THE NEW MILLENNIUM HAS ADDED FURTHER SUCCESS TO CARL’S CAREER THANKS TO “I’M IN LOVE AGAIN”- HOLOGRAM, “I COULD BE” AND “THE COLOUR OF YOUR LOVE”- NO CHAINS. BUT IN 2002 A NEW RELEASED SINGLE HIT THE CLUB AND RADIO CHARTS: A COVER VERSION OF JOHN MILES- “MUSIC” FEATURING A COLLABORATION WITH GABRY PONTE AND FARGETTA FROM RADIO DEEJAY. FINALLY,A GREAT START FOR THE YEAR 2006 WITH 3 NEW FABULOUS SINGLES PART OF MAURO PICOTTO’S NEWCOMING DOUBLE CD ALBUM “MEGALOUNGE”: “CRY”,”SEEK THE ANSWER” AND “SAVE ME” THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ACCLAIMED BY ALBERTINO IN HIS “DEE JAY TIME”. IN THE MEANTIME CARL FANINI HAS BEEN PERFORMING LIVE ONCE AGAIN IN THE ITALIAN AND EUROPEAN CLUBS WITH HIS BAND “ROOF GARDEN”. www.myspace.com/carlfanini