Dario Faini

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Dardust

Faini performing in Ascoli Piceno in 2015

Background information
Birth name| Dario Faini
Also known as| DRD
Born|  (1976-03-17) 17 March 1976 (age 49)
Ascoli Piceno, Italy
Occupations|

* Record producer
* songwriter

Instrument| Piano

Musical artist

Dario Faini (born 17 March 1976), known professionally as Dardust or DRD, is an Italian songwriter, record producer and pianist.[1] He composed songs for several recording artists, including Marco Mengoni, Francesco Renga, Emma, Annalisa, Thegiornalisti, Giusy Ferreri, Levante, Elodie, Fabri Fibra, Ermal Meta and Rancore.[2][3][4]

In 2019, he co-wrote and co-produced the song "Soldi" for Mahmood, with which he won the 69th Sanremo Music Festival. Faini also conducted the orchestra during Mahmood's performance.[5] After placing second in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, "Soldi" also became a hit in Europe.

During his career, he also released a trilogy of instrumental albums, composed of 7 (2015), Birth (2016) and S.A.D. Storms and Drugs.[6] As a lead artist, he released the hit singles "Calipso" (2019), produced with Charlie Charles and performed by Mahmood, Fabri Fibra and Sfera Ebbasta, and "Defuera" (2020), with vocals by Ghali, Marracash and Madame.[7][8] He performed in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin as an interval act alongside Benny Benassi and Sophie and the Giants.[9]

Faini co-authored "Fighter", with which Tali represented Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, as well as "La noia", the winning song of the Sanremo Music Festival 2024, with which Angelina Mango represented Italy.

## Discography

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### Studio albums

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* 7 (2015)
* Birth (2016)
* Slow Is (2017)
* S.A.D. Storm and Drugs (2020)
* Duality (2022)

### EPs

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* 7 Remixed (2015)
* The New Loud (2017)
* S.A.D. (Piano Solo) (2020)
* 001 Coordinate (2022)
* 002 Hymns (2022)
* 003 Horizons (2022)
* 004 Fluidity (2022)

## Production and writing credits

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Year  | Title  | Artist  | Album

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2002  | "Style"  | Ivana Spagna | Woman
2007  | "Le tue parole"
(co-authored with Irene Grandi; sole musical composer) | Irene Grandi | Irenegrandi.hits
2008  | "Ogni istante che vivrai"  | Mario Nunziante  | Ogni istante che vivrai
2010  | "Punto di domanda"
(author and composer with Antonio Galbiati) | Alessandra Amoroso | Il mondo in un secondo
"Il mondo in un secondo"
(author and composer with Antonio Galbiati)
"Semplicemente così"
(author and composer with Antonio Galbiati)
"Il cuore non dimentica"
(sole author of the lyrics; composer Antonio Galbiati) | Marco Carta | Il cuore muove
"Con le nuvole"
(author Roberto Casalino; musical composer with Roberto Casalino) | Emma Marrone | A me piace così
"Dimmi che senso ha"
(author and composer with Antonio Galbiati)
"Petali"
(author and composer with Antonio Galbiati)
2011  | "Nelle mie favole"
(author and composer with Antonio Galbiati) | Diana Del Bufalo | Amici 10
"Pioggia cadrà"
(author and composer with Massimo Greco) | Antonino Spadaccino | Costellazioni
"Ovest"
(author and composer with Massimo Greco)
"Cado giù"
(author Roberto Casalino; sole musical composer; Original title: Cado giù come neve) | Annalisa | Nali
"Inverno"
"Dove finisce la notte"
(author and composer with Antonio Galbiati) | Emma Marrone  | Sarò libera
"Protagonista"
(author and composer with Andrea Amati)
"Com'è semplice"
(author and composer with Roberto Casalino) | Francesca Nicolì  | Kekka
"Improvvisamente piove"
"Quante volte"
(author and composer with Andrea Amati)
"Dentro me"  | Luca Napolitano | Fino a tre
"Risvegli"
(author and composer with Massimo Greco)
2012  | "La tua bellezza"
(author and composer with Francesco Renga e Diego Mancino) | Francesco Renga | Fermoimmagine
"Senza sorridere"
(author and composer with Francesco Renga e Diego Mancino)
"La mail che non ti ho scritto"
(author with Giulia Anania; composer with Giulia Anania and Emiliano Cecere) | Giulia Anania  | Giulia Anania
"La bella stagione"
(author with Giulia Anania)
"Non cambiare mai"
(author Giulia Anania; sole musical composer) | Annalisa  | Mentre tutto cambia
"Ancora un'altra volta"
(author and composer with Roberto Casalino)
"Per te"
(author and composer with Roberto Casalino)
"Lucciole"
(author and composer with Andrea Amati)
"Ottovolante"
(author and composer with Antonio Galbiati)
"Tra due minuti è primavera"
(author Roberto Kunstler; sole musical composer)
"Prato di orchidee"
(author Roberto Casalino; composer with Roberto Casalino)
"Chiudi gli occhi"
(author and composer with Antonio Galbiati) | Marco Carta  | Necessità lunatica
"Non sarà lo stesso"
(co-written with Roberto Casalino) | Valeria Romitelli  | Amici 2012
"Solo un'ora"
(co-written with Emiliano Cecere) | Ottavio De Stefano  | Solo un'ora
"L'amore più grande che c'è"
2013  | "Scintille"
(co-authored and composed with Antonio Galbiati) | Annalisa  | Non so ballare
"Alice e il blu"
"Ed è ancora settembre"
(co-authored and composed with Emiliano Cecere, Fabio Campedelli and Andrea Amati)
"Spara amore mio"
(co-authored and composed with Ermal Meta)
"Meraviglioso addio"
(co-authored with Fabio Campedelli; sole musical composer)
"Vieni con me"
(co-authored with Ermal Meta) | Chiara Galiazzo | Un posto nel mondo
"Qualcosa da fare"
(autore con Diego Mancino)
"In ogni angolo di me"
(co-authored and composed with Alessandro Raina and Emma) | Emma Marrone  | Schiena
"Se rinasci"
(written by Niccolò Agliardi; sole musical composer)
"Non me ne accorgo"
(co-authored and composed with Marco Mengoni and Piero Romitelli) | Marco Mengoni | Pronto a correre
2014  | "Ricomincio da me"
(co-authored and composed with Piero Romitelli) | Dear Jack  | Domani è un altro film (prima parte)
"Un uomo è un albero"  | Noemi | Made in London
"Ti porto a cena con me"  | Giusy Ferreri | L'attesa
"Il cielo è vuoto"  | Cristiano De André | Come in cielo così in guerra
2015  | "Magnifico"  | Fedez featuring Francesca Michielin | Sig. Brainwash - L'arte di accontentare
"Io ti aspetto"  | Marco Mengoni  | Parole in circolo
"Occhi profondi"  | Emma Marrone  | Adesso
"Luca lo stesso"  | Luca Carboni | Pop-up
2016  | "Noi siamo infinito"
(co-authored and composed with Ivan Amatucci and Roberto Casalino) | Alessio Bernabei | Noi siamo infinito
"Luce che entra"  | Lorenzo Fragola | Zero Gravity
"Il paradiso non esiste"  | Emma Marrone  | Adesso
2017  | "Il cielo non mi basta"  | Lodovica Comello | Non-album single
"Non me ne frega niente"  | Levante | Nel caos di stanze stupefacenti
"Pezzo di me" (feat. Max Gazzè)
"Gesù Cristo sono io"
"Assenzio" (feat. Stash and Levante) | J-Ax and Fedez | Comunisti col Rolex
"Meglio tardi che noi"
"Pamplona"  | Fabri Fibra featuring Thegiornalisti | Fenomeno
"Riccione"  | Thegiornalisti  | Non-album singles
"Senza"
"Vulcano"  | Francesca Michielin  | 2640
"Tropicale"
"Partiti adesso"  | Giusy Ferreri | Girotondo
"I miei rimedi"  | Noemi  | La luna
2018  | "New York"
(co-authored and composed with Tommaso Paradiso) | Thegiornalisti  | Love
"Questa nostra stupida canzone d'amore"
"Felicità puttana"
"Se piovesse il tuo nome"  | Elisa | Diari aperti
"Dall'alba al tramonto"  | Ermal Meta | Non abbiamo armi
"Nero Bali"  | Elodie, Michele Bravi, Gué Pequeno | This Is Elodie
"Uh Ah Hey"  | Sfera Ebbasta | Rockstar
2019  | "Gli amanti sono pazzi"
(co-written with Matteo Buzzanca and Diego Mancino) | Arisa | Una nuova Rosalba in città
"La domenica dell'anima"
(co-written with Diego Mancino)
"Soldi"
(co-written and produced with Charlie Charles) | Mahmood | Gioventù bruciata
"Nuova era"  | Jovanotti | Jova Beach Party
"Maradona y Pelé"  | Thegiornalisti  | Non-album single
"Visti dall'alto"  | Rkomi | Dove gli occhi non arrivano
"Prima di partire"  | Luca Carboni featuring Giorgio Poi  | Sputnik
"Barrio"
(co-written and produced with Charlie Charles) | Mahmood  | Non-album singles
"Non avere paura"  | Tommaso Paradiso
"Tsunami"  | Eugenio in Via Di Gioia | Tsunami (Forse vi ricorderete di noi per canzoni come)
"Vento sulla luna"  | Annalisa featuring Rkomi | Nuda
2020  | "Rapide"

(music composed with Francesco Catitti)

| Mahmood  | Ghettolimpo
"Andromeda"  | Elodie  | This Is Elodie
"Ma il cielo è sempre blu" (with Takagi & Ketra)  | Italian AllStars 4 Life  | Non-album single
"Yo no tengo nada"  | Francesca Michielin featuring Elisa and Dardust  | Feat (stato di natura)
"Ma lo vuoi capire?"  | Tommaso Paradiso  | Non-album single
"Guaranà"  | Elodie  | This Is Elodie
"Dorado"  | Mahmood feat. Sfera Ebbasta e Feid | Ghettolimpo
2021  | "Pezzo di cuore"  | Emma Marrone and Alessandra Amoroso  | Best of Me
"Il mio amico"  | Madame featuring Fabri Fibra  | Madame
"Inuyasha"  | Mahmood  | Ghettolimpo
"Voce"  | Madame  | Madame
"Incubo"  | Psicologi  | Millennium Bug X
"Tutta la notte"  | Sangiovanni | Sangiovanni
"Quando trovo te"  | Francesco Renga  | Non-album singles
"La genesi del tuo colore"  | Irama
"Amare"  | La Rappresentante Di Lista  | My Mamma
"Glicine"  | Noemi  | Metamorfosi
"Orione"  | Leonardo Lamacchia  | Non-album single
"Sorriso grande"  | Alessandra Amoroso  | Tutto accade
"Ho spento il cielo"  | Rkomi feat. Tommaso Paradiso  | Taxi Driver
"Zero"  | Mahmood  | Ghettolimpo
"Malibu"  | Sangiovanni  | Sangiovanni
"Marea"  | Madame  | Madame
"Klan"  | Mahmood  | Ghettolimpo
"Kobra" (composed with Francesco Catitti)
"Baci dalla Tunisia" (composed with Josh Rosinet)
"Rubini"  | Mahmood featuring Elisa
"Talata (٣)"  | Mahmood
"Melodia proibita"  | Irama  | Non-album single
"Vita"  | La Rappresentante di Lista  | My Mamma
"Vertigine"  | Elodie  | OK. Respira
"Raggi gamma"  | Sangiovanni  | Sangiovanni
"Leoni al sole"  | The Kolors | Non-album single
"AleAleAle"  | Alessandra Amoroso  | Tutto accade
"Il bisogno che ho di te"
"Tutto accade"
"Canzone inutile"
"Seta"  | Elisa  | Ritorno al futuro/Back to the Future
"La coda del diavolo"  | Rkomi featuring Elodie  | Taxi Driver
2022  | "Ogni volta è così"  | Emma Marrone  | Non-album singles
"Virale"  | Matteo Romano
"Ti amo non lo so dire"  | Noemi
"Palla al centro"  | Elisa and Jovanotti | Ritorno al futuro/Back to the Future
"Cadere volare"  | Sangiovanni  | Cadere volare
"Parolacce"
"L'eccezione"  | Madame  | Non-album single
"Stelle"  | Fabri Fibra feat. Maurizio Carucci  | Caos
"Tutti i miei ricordi"  | Marco Mengoni  | Materia (Pelle)
"Normale"  | Giorgia | Blu
2023  | "Purple in the Sky"  | Elodie  | OK. Respira
"Due"
"Danse la vie"
"Strobo"
"Mai più"
"Apocalisse"
"Una come cento"
"Mare di guai"  | Ariete | La notte
"Cenere"  | Lazza | Sirio
"Senza confine"  | Giorgia  | Blu
"Tutte le volte"  | Laura Pausini | Anime parallele/Almas paralelas
"Todas las veces"
"Quando nevica"  | Elisa  | Intimate – Recordings at Abbey Road Studios
2024  | "Fighter"
(co-authored with Ana Zimmer, Manon Romiti and Silvio Lisbonne) | Tali | Non-album single
"La noia"
(co-authored with Angelina Mango and Madame) | Angelina Mango | Poké melodrama

## References

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1. ^ Alessio Lana (13 August 2020). "Dario Faini tra Dardust e Drd, le tre vite del re delle hit". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 8 October 2020.
2. ^ Sandro Giorello (10 July 2015). "Il lavoro dell'autore. L'intervista a Dario Faini" (in Italian). Rockit.it.
3. ^ Lorenza Cappelli (23 January 2020). "Sanremo 2020, Dario Faini ci riprova. Ospite all'Ariston e tre canzoni". Il Resto del Carlino (in Italian).
4. ^ "Dardust, le canzoni famose del pianista e produttore" (in Italian). Sky Italia. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
5. ^ "Mahmood vince Sanremo 2019, l'ascolano Dario Faini ha scritto la canzone". Il Resto del Carlino (in Italian). 10 February 2019.
6. ^ Massimilano Longo (27 November 2018). "Dardust: Sumblime anticipa il disco S.A.D. Storn and Drugs (Tracklist)". All Music Italia (in Italian).
7. ^ Fabrizio Basso (17 July 2020). "L'anima Pop di Dardust si chiama DRD e si presenta con DeFuera" (in Italian). Sky Italia.
8. ^ "Calipso: il nuovo singolo di Charlie Charles con Dardust, Fabri Fibra, Mahmood e Sfera Ebbasta". Rolling Stone (in Italian). 23 April 2019.
9. ^ "Italo-Disco Interval: Dardust, Benny Benassi + Sophie & The Giants 🇮🇹". eurovision.tv. 22 April 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.

## External links

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* Dario Faini at IMDb
* Dardust at AllMusic
* Dario Faini at AllMusic
* Dario Faini discography at Discogs

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