Producer. Composer. Musician.
Fernando Vacas has worked with worldwide hit Rosalía, Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth, Howe Gelb of Giant Sand, John Parish, La Negra, Russian Red, Raimundo Amador, Lole Montoya, Niño de Elche, Maria De Medeiros and a long list of others, what makes him familiar with flamenco, alternative music, cinema soundtracks and all its fusions.
Works
Russian Red is Lourdes Hernández, a singer-songwriter, performer, and artist from Madrid. Russian Red first came to prominence in her native Spain with the release of her 2008 debut album, 'I Love Your Glasses', produced by Fernando Vacas in eureka studios and published by eureka discos SL.
Let’s redefine the meaning of crossover. The album recorded by Howe Gelb & A Band of Gypsies in Cordoba (Spain) sounds like absolutely nothing else you have ever heard before, yet it maintains the familiar flavour of the Arizona desert.
Fernando Vacas composed the soundtrack for “Adiós” (English: Goodbye), a 2019 Spanish thriller directed by Paco Cabezas, produced by Apache Films and starring Mario Casas, Natalia de Molina, Ruth Díaz, Carlos Bardem.
Fernando Vacas produced with Soleá Morente, Howe Gelb, Rocío Márquez and Florent Muñoz for SON Estrella Galicia’s 10th anniversary in his studio in Córdoba.
Remedios Amaya is a world-famous Spanish Romani flamenco singer for whom Fernando Vacas has produced the album “Rompiendo el silencio”, nominated for the 2016 Latin Grammys as “Best flamenco album”.
Fernando Vacas directed a documentary about flamenco and the wineries of Montilla, a region south of his hometown Cordoba. The film was used for the promotion of the region during the 2018 FITUR international tourism fair in Madrid
Spanish Flamenco music producer Fernando Vacas produced the second album of 'La Negra', titled 'La que nunca', in the eureka studios in Cordoba, Spain
Fernando Vacas composed the soundtrack for Your Son (Spanish: Tu hijo), a 2018 Spanish-French drama film directed by Miguel Ángel Vivas, written by Alberto Marini and Miguel Ángel Vivas and starring Jose Coronado, Ana Wagener and Asia Ortega.
Flow is one of the bands with the strongest personality in the Spanish musical scene. The career began on the side of noise pop, with clear influences by English-speaking bands such as ‘The Jesus and Mary Chain’, ‘Pavement’ or ‘Pixies’.
Prin' La Lá is a trio from Cordoba that, under the wing of Fernando Vacas, generates pop with experimental influences of electronic, psychedelic and 60's music.
Fernando Vacas was invited to this first edition of 'Musée Transitoire', announced as “a must-see figure of the Spanish and Andalusian music scene”, with an experimental version of the Flamenco Opera.
Fernando Vacas sets the tone for a documentary about the implementation of Bossaball by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in Colombia.
“Tú en marte y yo en plutón” by Miguel Bocamuerta was recorded by Spanish music producer Fernando Vacas in the eureka studios in Cordoba, Spain.
The Spanish musician and composer Fernando Vacas created different sound maps for some of the installations of FLORA 2019, the International Flower Festival in Cordoba.
Fernando Vacas interviews Leopoldo María Panero to talk about life, politics and all the topics that for many are taboos.
Fernando Vacas composes the soundtrack for the new health campaign of the Aegon insurance company. Aegon presents #Cariñoterapia, its campaign focused on customer care.
Fernando Vacas' song 'Un largo viaje', interpreted by Rosalía, is selected for the soundtrack of 'Adiós', a movie by Paco Cabezas.
'Un largo viaje' is the first single released of Spanish music producer Fernando Vacas’ flamenco opera 'A través de la luz'. Interpreted by Rosalía, who is accompanied by guitarist José Antonio Rodríguez, the song is part of the original soundtrack of the movie 'Adiós' by Paco Cabezas.
A través de la luz.
A contemporary flamenco opera.
'A través de la Luz. A contemporary flamenco opera' is a musical show created and produced by Fernando Vacas and performed by Vallellano & The Royal Gypsy Orchestra.
Pure flamenco that is also opera. - El País.
In this spectacle, Vacas takes flamenco's essential concepts to a new place yet to be explored where one can intuit references like Sonic Youth, David Lynch and Lorca, among others. The result for the viewer is a unique and exciting experience within the scenic arts scene.
There is a light that never goes out…
The project is accompanied by a studio album with collaborations by Rosalía, Steve Shelley and Lee Ranaldo (of Sonic Youth), Howe Gelb and the gypsies of his album 'Alegrías' (Juan F. Panky and Lin Cortés), Niño de Elche, Naike Ponce, Remedios Amaya, Javier Latorre and Jorge Pardo.
Live shows
eureka studios
Born in 2003 in Cordoba, Spain, eureka's philosophy is to host the best of analog and digital sound. It's characteristic sound, warm and impeccable, can be found in the productions with Rosalía, Russian Red, Remedios Amaya, Prin' La Lá, Flow and Howe Gelb & A Band of Gypsies, among others.
Press
All the paths lead back to flamenco. // Todos los caminos regresan al flamenco.
Culture has collapsed. // La cultura se derrumbó.
From church to the Grammys. // De la iglesia a los Grammy.
Rosalía’s cordovan connection. // La conexión cordobesa de Rosalía.
18 mutations of flamenco in the 21st century. // 18 mutaciones del flamenco en el siglo XXI.
“The long journey” of Fernando Vacas. // El largo viaje de Fernando Vacas.
I've been mixing water and oil all my life. // Llevo mezclando agua y aceite toda mi vida.
The curiosities of the filming of 'Adiós' explained by its director, Paco Cabezas. // Las curiosidades del rodaje de 'Adiós' explicadas por su director, Paco Cabezas.
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