Last
night I happened to watch a YouTube video of Alejandro Acosta remixing a
song by Los Aslandticos:
I literally almost peed my pants of laughter. Anyway, this
is how I discovered Fuel Fandango and I'm astonished to say the
least. What in the world makes me say that? There seems to be nothing special about them at all, nothing remarkable, right? But there is, and I prove you wrong. Fuel
Fandango is a Spanish
duo formed by a
Cordovan singer Nita
and
a
DJ/producer
from
Lanzarote, Alejandro
Acosta. They
two met in 2008 in Córdoba
and have
so
far been creatively active
there. Yet surprisingly, the music they make is nothing like what you might expect to hear. First,
check out this subtitled video clip on
their feelings about “their town”:
Now,
you must see them to appreciate the influence their work has on me:
For
me it's very rare to experience
that kind of phenomenon, namely,
to see a brown-eyed
dark-haired fan-waving unmistakably Spanish
couple and, at the same time, to listen
to their music
produced in Andalusia that has no flamenco touch to it. Fuel
Fandango is one of these few bands that despite their not working in
isolation from overly intense and invasive cultural influences
they have managed
to be unique. I can only imagine what it
takes to be so
refreshingly,
excitingly,
successfully different. They say it's not
easy. They no doubt enjoy doing what it is
they do and love
doing, although they get that they are
„probably different“ saying:
but actually it's
difficult to be here, probably different.
Hear them
out:
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