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!

                                                                                                                                  
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