Carlo Marrale musician, photograper, and painter has been one of the founders and members of the successful pop Italian band Matia Bazar. Since the band was born in 1975, is started collecting an incredible series of hits in the Italian charts and worldwide successes mainly composed by Carlo himself. Songs like STASERA CHE SERA(1975), PER UN’ORA D’AMORE, SOLO TU (1978, which entered the Spanish charts at No.1 in the 70s), CHE MALE FA (1976) , CAVALLO BIANCO (1977), C’E’TUTTO UN MONDO INTORNO (1979), TI SENTO (1985) all written by him, have also been included in movie soundtracks. Matia Bazar have played in: Spain, United Kingdom, Swiss, Belgium, Germany, Bulgarian, Czechoslovakia, Russia, Poland, Malta, Morocco, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Holland, Sweden, Chile, Japan, Canada and took part to many festivals, including Vina Del Mar Festival (1978), Eurofestival (MOONSHINE, 1979) and the Sanremo Festival (where they appeared 7 times and where they won twice). Their live appearances all around the world (Europe, Middle-East, Japan, Russia, Latin-America…) have always been a real triumph and their albums have been released in many languages. The song which brings a worldwide fame to the group is VACANZE ROMANE (ROMAN HOLIDAYS, 1983). Many artists performed songs written by Carlo Marrale. Among them Miguel Bose' (QUE NO HAI, 1987), Irene Cara (who sung I NEED YOU, english version of TI SENTO) also included in Back To Mine by PET SHOP BOYS and Mina (CHE MALE FA and SE POI,1992). Marrale’s charm can be spotted also in his lounge driven works. His track INDIAN CAFE' (2002) has been included in Carla Sozzani -the most famous Milanese design and photograpy gallery- compilation “Yin-Yang”, which features artists like Talving Singh, John Coltrane and Feel Good Production. Marrale recently composed the pop /opera song ODISSEA(2003), that will be included in the forthcoming album by two of the most acclaimed tenors of the international scene Salvatore Licitra and Marcelo Alvarez on Sony Classical. produced by Steve Wood, The album will be released June 2003 in the US (end of May in Italy and September in the rest of the world). The two tenors will also celebrate the release of the album with an open-air spectacular concert in front of the magnificent Colosseum in Rome and in Central Park of New York Marrale has such a passion in composing and such a tast for indelible melodies, that is why his songs have an impressing international appeal. THE NEW ALBUM "CARLO MARRALE MELODY MAKER" will be on sale in November 2007.