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Agostino Carollo (born 29 May 1972 in Rovereto, near Lake Garda) is an Italian singer, songwriter, musician, DJ and producer. A fine arts graduate, he began his career in the 1990s playing keyboards, singing and DJing in clubs worldwide before founding his own studio and his Everness label.

Working under multiple aliases, he left a mark on the dance scene. With X-Treme, he achieved success in Japan with That's The Way, My Fire and Wonderland, then in Europe with Love Song (gold in several countries). He released three albums under the name: X-Treme, The Love Album and Hip Whoop.

In 1999, as Eyes Cream, he wrote, performed and produced Fly Away (Bye Bye), built on a Sylvester sample, which became a worldwide hit (No. 1 on the Billboard Club/Dance chart in the United States, No. 1 in Canada). It was followed by Open Up Your Mind (Top 10 Billboard Club/Dance) and Put On Your Red Shoes.

Under the name AGO, he released Tell Me Where You Are, a radio and club hit in the United States and Canada. In 2003 he co-produced The Power of Bhangra with Snap! vs. Motivo, which reached No. 1 in sales in the United Kingdom and Germany.

From 2004, he co-produced the film Hey DJ – The Movie with Joe Chavez, featuring DJs such as Tiësto, Carl Cox and Bob Sinclar. As Spankox, he released To The Club, a European hit championed by Pete Tong (BBC Radio 1) and used by Fatboy Slim on his 2005 tour. It was followed by So True, and a reworking of Elvis Presley’s Baby Let's Play House, which reached No. 1 on Italy’s iTunes download chart.

He has used many other aliases — F.I.N.E., Paranoimia, Mad World, Tino Augusto DJ, Wol, Marybell, Opera, Aiuto, Jetstream, Spankox, among others — each exploring different facets of electronic music: House, disco house, funky house, Pop, Edm.