Tacabro is an
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dance music trio from
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Italy
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, initially made up of Italian DJs and record producers Mario Romano and Salvatore "Salvo" Sapienza, and later also of Cuban singer Martínez Rodríguez, better known as Ruly MC.
Mario Romano and Salvo Sapienza started working in Italian night club as DJs, and in the spring of 2008 they formed the duo known as Romano & Sapienza playing mostly electro/tribal sounds. Their first break as Romano & Sapienza was with their first single "Judas Brass", released in 2008 by Hollister Records.
However they are best known for the hit "
Tacata'
Tacata' (alternative writings Tacatà and Tacatá) is an international hit by Italian group Tacabro with Cuban artist Martínez Rodríguez as main vocalist for the release on 541 / N.E.W.S. labels in Italy, France and Sweden and with Sony Music i ...
". The single was released in 2011 in Italy credited to "Romano & Sapienza featuring Rodriguez", the latter being the
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n artist Martínez Rodríguez, known as Ruly MC. Based on this success, the single was released with a new music video under the name "Tacabro" becoming a hit in Denmark where it reached #1, in France where it reached #6 and in Sweden. According to
PROMUSICAE, the publisher of the Official Spanish Singles and Albums Charts, "Rayos de sol" was the seventh biggest selling single in Spain in 2012.
PROMUSICAE: TOP 50 CANCIONES ANUAL 2012
In 2015, Mario Romano collaborated with American singer-songwriter Liza Fox and DJ Jus Grata on the single "Unlimited".
Discography
Singles
References
External links
Tacabro Official websiteRomano & Sapienza Myspace
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Italian DJs
Italian record producers
Italian musical duos
Electronic dance music DJs
Musicians from Catania