Karis

A Puerto Rican merengue quartet with youngster music group looks and crossover appeal, Karis were a mid- to later-’90s tropical airplay beloved. They enjoyed many main tropical airplay strikes during their brief run, specifically “Esa Nena No Me Quiere,” “Tu Foto,” “Manecumbe,” “Bandolera,” “No Vale la Pena,” and “Tus Ojos Child,” before dropping three of the four founding users by enough time of their 4th — and, for quite some time, final — recording in 2000. Following a resurgence within the recognition of tropical music within the wake from the reggaeton uprising, the Puerto Rican group reunited for Los 4 Fantasticos (2007), a reasonably successful recording for Pina Information that spawned a few hits and discovered them well modified to modern musical styles. Created in 1993, Karis had been originally made up of vocalists Angel Perez, Richard Nivar, Juan Luís Guzmán, and Héctor “Tito” Bonilla. The group debuted in 1996 with …Con Sigue and scored a large strike with “Esa Nena Zero Me personally Quiere,” which peaked at number 3 within the Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay singles graph and quantity eight within the Latin Pop Airplay graph. The follow-up solitary, “Tu Foto,” was also popular, breaking in to the Top Ten from the Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay graph. The group’s second recording, Un Poder del Golf swing (1997), continuing the achievement, boasting three extra charting strikes: “Manecumbe,” “Bandolera,” and “No Vale la Pena.” Karis’ third recording, Yo Voy por Ti (1998), spawned another main strike, “Tus Ojos Child,” sung by fresh group member Raúl Armando, who experienced changed the departed Angel Perez; nevertheless, this third recording designated the farewell of group users Juan Luís Guzmán and Héctor “Tito” Bonilla, the previous going to join merengue competitors Grupo Guyía. The next Karis recording, Power of the Golf swing: The KEEP COMING BACK (2000), featured a few additional replacement users but tanked available on the market, spawning no noteworthy strikes. Karis essentially disbanded at this time. Seven years later on, the Yo Voy por Ti-era lineup of Raúl Armando, Richard Nivar, Juan Luís Guzmán, and Héctor “Tito” Bonilla regrouped for 2007’s Los 4 Fantasticos, an recording for Pina Information. Showcasing a very much different design of music, one customized for the modern market place, Los 4 Fantasticos is definitely brief of them costing only nine songs and frequently leans toward reggaeton without abandoning the group’s merengue origins. A set of singles, “Chocolate” and “La Amas Como Yo?,” the last mentioned offering sweet-voiced vocalist Ken-Y of reggaeton hitmakers RKM & Ken-Y, became reputable tropical airplay strikes for Karis and had been popular enough to guage Los 4 Fantasticos a reasonably successful return for the middle-’90s merengue favorites.