Paco Fernandez

World renowned guitarist, Paco Fernández, is the king of Flamenco Fusion - with performances that can grow to include Flamenco, Ballet, DJ, Rap and Break Dance. One of his other trademark sounds, ‘Flamenco Chill’ features across countless Chill Out albums including 7 CDs on the ‘Café del Mar’ series.

In the 60s, Paco left his small village in the Granada mountains to set up camp in Ibiza. Having split his teenage days between school, guitar classes and night gigs in bars, Paco’s meteoric musical rise in Ibiza was well earned.

With a long established and thorough knowledge of Flamenco under his belt, Paco’s restless spirit soon took him to Barcelona to attempt to find a “new voice” for his guitar. With prominent Jazz musicians of Barcelona, he recorded and released his first album, ‘Vivir en el Mediterráneo’ (‘To Live on the Mediterranean’). Then came his second album, ‘Atman’. His years of experimenting with style fusion soon found fertile ground in the new found 'Chill Out' movement at the end of the 90s. Most notably, with the debut appearance of Paco’s own ‘Flamenco Chill’ on the original ‘Café del Mar’ albums.

Paco was the sole pioneer to blend a formula as passionate as Mediterranean Flamenco, with the electronic sounds that so well defined the relaxed life on the shores of Ibiza. His songs for this collection, as well as collaborations with numerous prominent figures, gave way to a new project in 2003 with the album 'Sal & Sol' (Salt and Sun), which included a band made up of 9 musicians that toured Europe, playing stages to large audiences.

His progression has taken him through a long journey of exploration in sound. His band now not only combines Flamenco & Electronics, but also Rap and Caribbean/Arabian sounds with dance in a fusion of Flamenco, Classic Contemporary Ballet & Break-dance. Such has been his success over the last 3 years, that his weekly beach concerts have become a mass phenomenon that attracts 1000 – 1500 people every show.

The integration of Paco’s ‘Mediterranean Flamenco’ into club nights has also been massively successful and filled venues to the brim. He has represented Ibiza all over Europe, harvesting massive crowd enthusiasm towards a show that is original, heartfelt, fresh and contemporary. He has transmitted the spirit of Ibiza to insatiable crowds, always left begging for more.

His new album, 'Entre Islas' (Between Islands), has been released on Paco’s own label, ‘Too Much Music’, and displays the sentiment of the artist in harmony with his environment, Ibiza. Both the imagery of the booklet, as well as the music, reflect island life in its purest form.

Instrumentation:
Basic Band:
Paco Fernández - Guitar
Juanma Redondo- Keyboards
Steve Fernández -
Electronics & Rap Vocals
Eva Mª Redondo -
Dance & Percussion
Elvis Ferrara - Percussion

Festival Format:
Band + 2 additional Break Dancers

Discography:

Official Albums-
Vivir en el Mediterráneo - 1989
Atman - 1997
Sal y Sol - 2003
Entre Islas - 2009

Collaborations -
B-Tribe - several tracks
Souvenir - Jose Padilla
Navegator - Jose Padilla
El Sueño de Ibiza - Soundtrack

Licensed Tracks -
Songs on Cafe del Mar Collections 4,5,6,11,12,13,15
Flamenco Chill 1 & 2 SONY
Flamenco Chill Vol.1 ALUMINUM
Café Ibiza
Las Dalias - Acoustic Ibiza
Las Dalias - Feeling Ibiza
Undiscovered Ibiza
Ibizarre