Carlos Breton Aguilar

I was born in Casablanca from Spanish parents, I grew up in France and now I am living in the Netherlands. My multi-ethnical roots are to be a great asset in my further musical development. During my childhood in the South of France, I first got influenced by local gipsy musicians playing that well known "rumba gitana" (as known by the Gipsy kings). I started to play bass guitar in cover bands, blues bands, and gypsy bands. In 1983, I played for the first time as a professional musician in the South of Spain with my dad Carlos Breton Senior. That's why people used to call me Carlitos. Through playing with various South American artists all folklores from the South of the Andes to the Caribbean Sea, my early awoken interest for world music grew even broader. After a short break back in France, I moved to Holland to study at the Latin department of the Rotterdam's conservatory from 1990 to 1993. Among many musicians, I played with Josee Koning, Lilian Vieira, Maurice Rugebregt, Jan Dumee, Cubra-Bop Quintet, Joao Falcato. Actually I play MPB and original songs with my great friend "so Deus sabe" Marcelo Godoy, original pop songs with the band Cinemon (www.myspace.com/cinemon), the Beri Beri Blues Band with Marcellino Vishnudatt and Ruben van Boven, Piero Bianculli Trio and Mark de Jong, The Groove Station with Anita Sudano, Magda Mendes... did I forget someone? Anyway I am so lucky to play with great friends. I enjoy playing all styles (funk, rock, soul, blues) although I am specialised in Latin sounds which enable me to play on grooves and up-to-date Latin crossover... voila.!..I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4