Immanuel Casto

Immanuel Casto
Background information
Genres Porn Groove, electronic music
Years active 2003–present
Labels JLe Management/Freak & Chic

Immanuel Casto (born Manuel Cuni; September 16, 1983) is an Italian songwriter.

Biography

Born in Villa di Serio, near Bergamo, Manuel Cuni moved to Bologna in 2002, for working as an art director. Between 2003 and 2004, under his first pseudonym Immanuel, Cuni produced and released ep's "On the Road", "Voyeur" and "Vento di erezioni" (literally: Erections' wind), electronic and dance ballads, treating about sex, all developed in a strong sarcastic and humoured style. Casto, in fact, is considered the institution of porn groove.

In 2008 Casto became very popular with the videoclip for his song "Anal Beat", inspired at the seventies/eighties dance. While Mtv Italia starts calling him as a guest for "Loveline",[1] El País dedicates him an article.[2] In the same year Casto signed a contract with Jle Management. In june Casto perform at the National Gay Pride and published his first greatest hits "The Hits".

In 2009 Casto promotes his first national tour and release the single "Touché (Par l'amour)", his first song available on the digital stores and produced by his future main collaborator, Keen.

In 2010 starts his collaboration with songwriter Romina Falconi, recently moved in Milan, releasing "Crash", one of the most successful song of Casto, distributed also as a single and included into "Adult Music", edited in 2011 by Universal.[3]

In 2012 Casto creates Squillo, a shocking card game based on deal and pronstitution. On October 9, 2012, senator Emanuela Baio Dossi, asks for removing the game by stores.[4][5][6]

On September 13, 2013 Immanuel Casto published his seventh studio album "Freak & Chic",from which are extrapolate singles Tropicanal, Sexual Navigator, feat. drag queen Minerva Lowenthal, and Sognando Cracovia, the last one is the second collaboration with Falconi, and named their collective 2014–2015 tour. In 2014 Casto features also in a Falconi song, "Eyeliner", included in Falconi's album "Certi sogni si fanno attraverso un filo d'odio".[7]

In 2015 Casto releases "Deepthroat Revolution" and announces his new studio work, "The Pink Album", aired on september 25. The album also includes controversial track called "Da grande sarai frocio", for which Casto made a video in which he explicates the song's real nature.[8] With "Rosico" Casto starts his collaboration with Tying Tiffany, while "Rosso oro e nero" is a cover of Einsturzende Neubaten's Sabrina, made with post punk italian band Soviet Soviet. "Horror Vacui" is the new duet with Romina Falconi.

Discography

Albums

Greatest Hits

Extended plays

Singles

References

  1. ↑ "LOVELINE: IL SESSO TORNA PROTAGONISTA SU MTV. IMMANUEL CASTO TROVA IL SUO POSTO AL SOLE.". DavideMaggio.it. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
  2. ↑ País, Ediciones El (September 5, 2008). "¿A qué suena el porno pop?". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). Retrieved 2015-10-20.
  3. ↑ "Immanuel Casto, che hard disk! – Spettacolo". www.tgcom24.mediaset.it. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
  4. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3jpwdANIfs, retrieved 2015-10-20 Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ ""Squillo", il gioco da tavolo per 'papponi' diventa un cult. Tra le polemiche". Il Fatto Quotidiano. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
  6. ↑ "Squillo di Immanuel Casto: interrogazione in Senato per il gioco di carte sulla prostituzione [FOTO]". GAY.tv (in Italian). Retrieved 2015-10-20.
  7. ↑ "Immanuel Casto: "Sono pronto per Sanremo" – L'intervista – Panorama". Panorama (in Italian). Retrieved 2015-10-20.
  8. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ddmOGyOwL0, retrieved 2015-10-20 Missing or empty |title= (help)

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