| Agostino Carollo | |
|---|---|
| Born | Italy |
| Genres | Pop, dance |
| Occupations | Disc jockey, musician, singer, producer |
| Website | www.agostinocarollo.com |
Agostino Carollo, also known as Spankox, is an Italian musician, disc jockey, singer and producer who is currently signed with EMI. Originally a classical violinist, he specializes in pop and dance music, including remixes of songs such as KC and the Sunshine Band's That's the Way. He's also released records as X-Treme, Eyes Cream, Ago, K-Roll, Tino Augusto DJ and Spankox. Several of his songs have appeared in the Dancemania compilation series and Dance Dance Revolution video game series under the name X-Treme.[1][2]
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In 1998 he wrote and produced under the name X-Treme the European hit "Love Song", that achieved the gold record status in several territories.
In 1999 he wrote, sang and produced under the name Eyes Cream the Billboard US #1 hit "Fly Away (Bye Bye)".
In 2002 he worked with fellow Italian DJ/producer Gigi d'Agostino on his composition "Put On Your Red Shoes". The record, released under his nickname Ago, became the #1 summer dance hit in Italy and hit the Top 20 sales chart in Germany and the Top 10 in Scandinavia.
He has also co-produced Snap!'s hit "The Power of Bhangra" and worked as remixer for artists such as Roxette and Vasco Rossi.
In 2003 he served as one of the producers for the film, Hey DJ.
In 2004 he wrote and produced the club anthem entitled "To The Club", which became the club track of the year according to many magazines and topped the dance charts all over the world.
In 2005 he produced a project called Jumpy that hit the French and Belgium Top 40 sales chart.
In 2007 he wrote and produced the song "Come Vasco Rossi", which was performed by his daughters Gaia & Luna and became the top selling single in Italy for five weeks, and the third most downloaded track of the year.
In 2008 he became the third official Elvis Presley's remixer in history when his remix of "Baby Let's Play House" was released worldwide, topping the charts in several Countries.
At the end of 2008, SonyBMG UK released the first Elvis Presley's remix album called "Re:Versions", supported by the Elvis Presley Estate, and entirely produced by Agostino Carollo.
On October 30, 2009 the new Elvis Presley "Re:Mixes" album, produced by Agostino Carollo aka Spankox and supported by the Elvis Presley Estate, has been released on a new media called VinylDISC (CD+Vinyl in one).
He has been performing as DJ in several of the best clubs in the world, and more recently he has been Saturday's resident guest DJ at Mallorca's superclub BCM.
During the summer of 2010 his record "So True", released as Spankox, hit the charts in Spain. A few months later it was licensed to the legendary New York based record label Nervous Records that released it the in the USA under the name Ago. The record got immediately a fantastic reaction and reached on March 19, 2011 the n. 10 of the Billboard USA Dance Radio Airplay Chart.
On April 9, 2011 his new record "Michael Jackson Is Not Dead" reached the n.6 in the UK House Chart and n. 14 in the DMC World House Chart.
Agostino Carollo is also the owner of the record label Everness and the producer and artistic director of several events. Among these, one of Europe's major Music & Arts Festivals, EX.