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Colombian dynamite
- Posted by Georgina Enzer
- Published 17:2 April 22, 2010
- Image Credit: Arshad Ali/Gulf News
- Fatiniza in the studio
Colombian pop-rock bombshell Fatiniza is set to launch her debut album Confusion at Alpha club on April 28th. Metal Detector got a sneak preview of what is to come.
All of Fatiniza's songs are originals written and composed by her, she combines influences from her home country, most notably the congas, with rock beats to form her own brand of fusion music.
“My music is a mixture between rock, Latin and other feels. For example I have an Arabic song which is rock, but it also has congas in the background too,” she says. “My album is mixed up with different beats and different kinds of rhythms of Fatiniza, which is me. I want to keep my roots, my sense of myself, in one of my songs, I am Colombian, I keep the Latino feel, but keep it rocky because I love rock.”
Her influences reflect her style and include probably the most famous Colombian singer, Shakira - with whom Fatiniza shares the sassy attitude - as well as Pink and Nickelback. She also cited well-known 1980’s Mexican rock singer and actress Alejandra Gabriela Guzmán as someone whose music she loves.
With her heavy Colombian accent and raunchy on-stage antics, you may think she just stepped off the plane from her home country, but Fatiniza has been in Dubai for 10 years. She has seen the Dubai music scene growing and the opportunities expanding. She says the music scene in this region is getting better and better and growing steadily.
“Dubai has so much talent, it is full of talent, but now it is growing, I can see the scene opening it is getting better for different genres. But it has the potential to become the next entertainment sport worldwide. It is a cosmopolitan city and we have the talent in the city.”
She has her sights firmly set on her own future in the music world and her feet firmly on the ground.
“I believe in my music and everyone who I have shown my music to love it. People that are behind this project, it is because they believe in it and they just want to jump into the project .”
She has performed in front of the rich and the famous, including entertaining golfing great Tiger Woods at a private party while he was on the PGA tour eight years ago, and more recently she wowed AC Milan (including football stars Ronaldinho and Kaká) in 2009 on board a private yacht.
So get down to Alpha on the 28th of April to see Fatiniza launch her debut album, Confusion. She promises there will be surprises in store.
“It is going to be different! I expect everyone to have fun with me on the night.”
Preview her songs:
More music on:
http://twitter.com/FATINIZA
http://www.myspace.com/fatiniza
www.fatiniza.com
Metal detector says:
Well, having seen Fatiniza perform on stage live and now in the studio, I think she has the energy and stage presence to go far. I think she will achieve her dream of conquering the UAE and perhaps follow in the footsteps of Shakira and take on the world.
Metal Detector's pick
Metal Detector got a taster of one of Fatiniza's new songs from her upcoming album, Out of Control. This song is a sad one about a bad relationship where the man has whatever he wants when he wants it, and she has no power.
One of the lines “Telling me lies to make me smile”, sums up the confusion she feels in the relationship. This song has a great rhythm and the congas add an exotic element.
The song was actually written about eight years ago by Fatiniza and her manager Phil O’Shea, the demo was done, but Fatiniza was not completely happy it. She found it again recently and did some tweaking to what you hear today. This track actually eventually lead her to do the whole album.
I really like this song and think it has the potential to go to the top of the charts.
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