Remo Fernandes
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| Remo Fernandes | |
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 Remo Fernandes at his home recording studio in Siolim, Bardez | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Luís Remo de Maria Bernardo Fernandes |
| Born | 8 May 1953 Panjim, Goa |
| Origin | Siolim, Goa, India |
| Genres | Fusion, Indian rock |
| Occupations | Musician, singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Guitar, flute |
| Labels | CBS, Polygram, Magnasound |
| Website | www.remofernandes.com |
Luís Remo de Maria Bernardo Fernandes, more popularly known as Remo Fernandes (born 8 May 1953), is a pop/rock/Indian fusion artist and film playback singer from the state of Goa, India. His musical work is a fusion of many different cultures and styles he's been exposed to as a child in Goa and in his later travels around the world. Such influences include Goan and Portuguese music, Sega music from Mauritius and Seychelles,African music, Latin music from Spain and South America, the music of erstwhile European communist states, those of the dancehalls from Jamaicaand Soca from Trinidad.[1] Writing and singing songs in English made his success more rare and distinctive in the context of the Bollywood-dominated, Hindi language-based, occasionally even disco music scene that was popular in the 1980s and 1990s. His compositions in English, reflecting life and socio-political happenings in India with which every Indian could identify, became popular largely with the growing, English-educated,Indian middle class. His Hindi pop/rock and film songs became instant hits with the Indian masses, earning him Gold, Platinum and Double Platinum Discs. A popular stage performer in India, he has also taken part in many music festivals around the world. He has performed with international names such as Jethro Tull, Led Zeppelin and Queen, to name a few.[2]
He now writes and sings his songs in five different languages: English, Hindi, French, Portuguese and Konkani.
Early years and musical influences[edit]
Remo Fernandes was born to the well-known Panjim family of Bernardo and Luiza Fernandes on 8 May 1953.[3] Although brought up in a Catholic family, Remo says 'When I turned 18, I started thinking for myself; and I realised that god is beyond religion.' Remo's first introduction to rock was at the age of seven, when a cousin returned from London with "Rock Around The Clock", a record by Bill Haley & His Comets. He claims that it changed his life forever.[4] He spent the next decade listening to music of that era's most popular icons:
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