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Artist
Andrés Cabas
12+ albums
Fusionunder 2000 listenersBacanissimo
about
Cabas was born in Barranquilla, Colombia. His father Eduardo, a musician and composer himself, taught Cabas music from the age of five. At six, Cabas formally studied piano and became skilled at this and various other instruments, including percussion. Through his teenage years, he acquired a taste for classical music, rock and roll, electronic music and also for his native cumbia and fandango music. As a young adult, Cabas travelled. He first visited Paris and later New York; it was in New York's nightclubs that he met prominent figures of jazz and salsa, inspiring him to write and compose music. Perhaps paradoxically, New York was also an unhappy phase in Cabas' life, where he felt alienated and depressed.[1] The period resulted in his self-titled album, Cabas, in 2000 which became a huge success in Colombia. His single Mi Bombón (My Bombon) topped the country's charts for three consecutive months, earning him a Gold Disc and a double Platinum disc. To consolidate this success, Cabas toured Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador in 2001. In 2002, Cabas began to promote his music in other parts of Latin America and the United States, receiving a good reception from critics[2] and an article in the Billboard magazine.[3] He performed his first concert in the United States in late 2002. Cabas performed with artists such as Lenny Kravitz in Mexico, and Shakira and Miguel Bosé in Spain. In 2003, his second album Contacto (Contact) could be said to define his style. Contact mixed pe
