"I never realized how much my mother’s heritage has played a role in my upbringing until recently," Fabiola says. Seville, "a city full of beautiful architecture and nature located in Andalusia, the Southern region of Spain," surrounded her with "plants flooding the windowsill and growing along the walls of our kitchen." Fabiola then danced Flamenco with her mother -- "a traditional Andalusian art form made up of dance (baile), song (cante), guitar (guitarra), and castanets (castanuelos). The music resembles the culture’s admiration of natural rhythm, for each element is equally important in order to create the overall swing of Flamenco. My favorite component of Flamenco is the cajón, which is a percussion instrument shaped as a box originally from Peru, so technically it wasn’t added on until a bit later in time. I always loved listening to Flamenco music when my mom played it, but I wouldn’t necessarily consider it a significant influence in my music taste until I started to produce it on my own. It definitely helped with my rhythm and groove, though."
Moods 03: CYBER GiRL
Moods 03: CYBER GiRL
Moods 03: CYBER GiRL
"I never realized how much my mother’s heritage has played a role in my upbringing until recently," Fabiola says. Seville, "a city full of beautiful architecture and nature located in Andalusia, the Southern region of Spain," surrounded her with "plants flooding the windowsill and growing along the walls of our kitchen." Fabiola then danced Flamenco with her mother -- "a traditional Andalusian art form made up of dance (baile), song (cante), guitar (guitarra), and castanets (castanuelos). The music resembles the culture’s admiration of natural rhythm, for each element is equally important in order to create the overall swing of Flamenco. My favorite component of Flamenco is the cajón, which is a percussion instrument shaped as a box originally from Peru, so technically it wasn’t added on until a bit later in time. I always loved listening to Flamenco music when my mom played it, but I wouldn’t necessarily consider it a significant influence in my music taste until I started to produce it on my own. It definitely helped with my rhythm and groove, though."