Immanuel Casto


Immanuel Casto is an Italian singer-songwriter.

Biography

Early works

Born in Villa di Serio, near Bergamo, Manuel Cuni moved to Bologna in 2002, to work as an art director. Between 2003 and 2004, with the stage name Immanuel, Cuni produced and released the EPs On the Road, Voyeur and Vento di erezioni. The songs showed an ironic take on sex and pornography, in a dance/electronic style. According to Casto, his work belongs in the porn groove music genre.
In 2005, the song Io la do got to be broadcast nationally on Radio Deejay.

''Anal beat'' and mainstream recognition

The 2008 music video for Anal Beat was Casto's big break. He became a regular guest on Mtv Italia's "Loveline" and got to be featured on El País. In the same year Casto signed with Jle Management. In June Casto performed at the National Gay Pride and published his first greatest hits The Hits.

''Adult Music''

In 2009 Casto went on his first national tour and released the single Touché , his first song available on digital stores and produced by his future main collaborator, Keen.
In 2010 he began his collaboration with singer-songwriter Romina Falconi, releasing Crash, one of Casto's most successful singles, later included in Adult Music.
On September 13, 2013 Immanuel Casto published his seventh studio album Freak & Chic, which included the singles Tropicanal and Sexual Navigator. Romina Falconi is featured on the third single, Sognando Cracovia, which became the title for Casto and Falconi's joint tour in 2014-2015. In turn, Casto appeared on the song Eyeliner, included in Falconi's album Certi sogni si fanno attraverso un filo d'odio.

''The Pink Album''

In 2015 Casto released Deepthroat Revolution and announced his new studio work, The Pink Album, published on September 25. With Rosico Casto begins his collaboration with Tying Tiffany, while Rosso oro e nero is a cover of Einsturzende Neubaten's Sabrina, performed with Italian post punk band Soviet Soviet, and Horror Vacui features once again Romina Falconi. The video for Alphabet Of Love, featuring adult performer :it:Franco Trentalance|Franco Trentalance, has been officially released in September 2016 on Pornhub. According to a statement released by Casto's production company, it is the first time a European artist gets to release their video on the site.

Controversies

Albums