Phil Carmen
Phil Carmen is a Swiss musician and producer born February 14, 1953 in Lucerne,
Switzerland. Born Herbert Hofmann, Carmen grew up in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
and Lucerne before turning to music in 1975. Carmen formed the country duo
Carmen & Thompson with bassist Mike Thompson, releasing the single “Time Moves
On”, which reached number 31 on the Italian chart in 1980, and performing
“Follow Me” at the Sanremo Music Festival in 1981. In 1982, Carmen founded Picar
Studios in Stein am Rhein, Switzerland, and released two early solo albums.
Carmen achieved commercial success with t...
