Born in Caracas, Carlos Ugueto has been living in Italy for 20 years now, and has always been fully involved in Latin-American music, first as a disc-jockey in radios and discotheques and as a journalist, later also as a musician and performer.

As a radio DJ, first in state-owned RAI, then in private radios as "Radio Popolare", "Radio Tropic FM", and others, he is the most energetic and informed programmer of Latin Music.

In the age of "techno-dance" in the early nineties, Carlos was the first DJ to set the trend towards latin dances and rhythms, opening and animating Latin Discos, introducing in Italy the new taste towards Central and South American Music, that's now quickly exploding all over the world.

He was the one to introduce to Italian audiences Artists like JOE ARROYO, OSCAR D'LEON, TITO PUENTE, LAS CHICAS DEL CAN, ALFREDO DE LA FE', etc., by organizing and staging their live concerts in our country.

As a singer, composer and musician, Carlos Ugueto has created around himself groups like GRUPO GEMALA, LA PLAYA and others, and finally, after some participations with these groups to Compilation Albums in Italy and abroad, he has completed his first "solo" album, "La vida es una comica", composed and arranged with the important collaboration of CANDELO CABEZAS , and co-produced with LUIGI FEDELE of Bumshiva Music, the brave independent label that releases this album.

Together with Candelo and other talented musicians, Carlos sings and plays in the album senf-penned songs like "Chevere", "Sabroso", "Salsa con reggae", "Descarga", plus his own salsa-versions of the famous Italian hits "Respirando" by Lucio Battisti, and "L'anno che verrà" by Lucio Dalla.

The solo album is released simultaneously, on the same label, with the compilation "A' Puess ! Sin Frenos", also prepared by Carlos, including a superb collection of top Latin-American hits by OSCAR S'LEON, HILDEMARO, KANDANGA, RUMBA CUM LAUDE and others, and which also includes, as "bonus tracks", two previously unreleased recordings by same Carlos Ugueto with the group "La Playa".

Carlos' fans will be happy to learn that two tracks featuring Carlos Ugueto with his previous group "GRUPO GE.MA.LA. (para gossar, bailar y divertirse, romperse la cabeza, ha ha...)" , titled LLEGO TARZAN and WHEN I SEE YOU are still available in a vinyl compilation "MOBY DICK", released by Bumshiva Music in 1987.