Mark Dasousa

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Mark Dasousa
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Dasousa in 2024
Background information
Birth nameLorenzo Giner Puchol
Born (1974-01-02) 2 January 1974 (age 50)
Ondara, Spain
Occupations
  • Musician
  • Record producer

Lorenzo Giner Puchol [1] (born 2 January 1974), known by his stage name Mark Dasousa, is a Spanish musician, music producer and founder and manager of the recording studio Atomic Studio. He was the winner of the Trayter Award for best musical producer and arranger during the 2019 Enderrock Awards gala, and has been considered "the architect of the alternative scene in the Valencian Community". [2]

Contents

Since 2018, he has been one half of the electropop duo Nebulossa, together with his wife Mery Bas.

Career

Dasousa had his first contact with music at the age of 9, when his grandfather taught him the first chords on the accordion. That same grandfather gave him his first keyboard, a Casio PT-10 and a melodica. Since then he has played in groups such as Carpe Diem, Píldora X, Atom and Solar, acting as singer and keyboard player. [3] He began to train in a self-taught way from the 1990s and it was in 2001 that he began his work as a producer. [4]

Nebulossa

Dasousa in 2018. Nebulossa - Solar - A Punt - Territori Sonor (2) (cropped) (cropped).jpg
Dasousa in 2018.

Along with Bas, Dasousa formed Nebulossa in 2018. [5] In 2022, along with Ophelia Alibrando, [6] they participated in Una voce per San Marino , San Marino's preselection contest for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, but did not progress past the audition stage. [7] Nebulossa competed in Benidorm Fest 2024, the Spanish selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, with the song "Zorra". [8] [9] They placed first in their semi-final on 30 January 2024, qualifying for the final, [10] which they won. [11]

Personal life

Dasousa and Bas have been married for over 20 years and they have two children together. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Díaz, Domingo (11 February 2024). "La vida antes de 'Zorra' de Mery y Mark: de su éxito con música en catalán a su desconocido grupo 'Solar'" [Mery and Mark's life before 'Zorra': from their success with music in Catalan to their unknown group 'Solar']. El Español (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 February 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  2. ↑ "Mark Dasousa, l'artífex de l'escena alternativa del País Valencià". Enderrock.cat. 23 February 2019. Archived from the original on 4 February 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Festa en la casa del Dasousa!". Tresdeu. 24 October 2016. Archived from the original on 4 February 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  4. ↑ Zahinos, Àlex (6 July 2019). "Els grups venen pensant que faré màgia". Archived from the original on 4 February 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  5. 1 2 Segovia, Marina (4 February 2024). "Nebulossa, todo lo que no sabes de ellos: el matrimonio real y cómo ella fue su niñera" (in European Spanish). RTVE.es. Archived from the original on 4 February 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  6. ↑ "13.12.2022 | Nebulossa" (in Catalan). À Punt. 13 December 2022. Archived from the original on 4 February 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  7. ↑ "Zorra, zorra! Coneix a Nebulossa, la banda de pop vuitanter amb la lletra més desacomplexada del Benidorm Fest" (in Catalan). Europa Press. 15 December 2023. Archived from the original on 4 February 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  8. ↑ Solano, Cristhian (11 November 2023). "Minuto a minuto: presentación de participantes del Benidorm Fest 2024" [Minute by minute: presentation of Benidorm Fest 2024 participants]. ESCplus España (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 11 November 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  9. ↑ Mancheño, José Miguel (7 December 2023). "Conoce los títulos de las 16 canciones del Benidorm Fest 2024" [Know the titles of the 16 songs of Benidorm Fest 2024]. ESCplus España (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  10. ↑ Canto, Jesús (31 January 2024). "Elegidos los cuatro primeros finalistas del Benidorm Fest 2024" [The first four finalists of Benidorm Fest 2024 have been selected]. ESCplus España (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 30 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  11. ↑ Canto, Jesús (3 February 2024). "Nebulossa con «Zorra» gana el Benidorm Fest 2024 y representará a España en el Festival de Eurovisión" [Nebulossa with "Zorra" wins Benidorm Fest 2024 and will represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest]. ESCplus España (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 3 February 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
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