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 The early 80’s were an exciting time, in Spain. The Mediterranean country which had spent so long under the control of Francisco Franco was free at last and the young Spaniards loved it.
The precocious teenagers who had endured so much control and restriction for so long were now free. Free to do as they wanted, to be who they wanted to be. No more so than Letizia Carrero, the young lady born in Salamanca, a city who’s past defines its present.
Letizia was determined to seek out and discover her future, but not in Salamanca. At 14 she began clubbing and ignited the interest in music, which had begun at 6 years old, when her mama spotted her creativity and sent her to learn the piano.
Now though, it wasn’t the piano that excited Letizia. She had become enthralled in the music culture of the new Spain. Her influences at the time were post punk. An obsession with the British rock bands 'The Clash' and ‘The Cult’ ultimately led to where she lives her life today.
At 14 years old Letizia took up the mantle of ‘Serious Clubber’. Every weekend, along with her sister Isabel she could be found travelling around Spain with their group of friends on fun fuelled missions to the coolest and craziest acid house parties, in cities such as Barcelona, Madrid and Valencia.
Finally; she found her way to The White Island. The Ibiza theory was in its infancy with DJ’s such as Paul Okenfold and Danny Rampling falling in love with the islands ambience. Letizia quickly became part of the Acid House revolution, she epitomised what the idea behind ‘The White Island’ was; crazy; free and cool clubbing. All this and Spanish, too!
Letizia still held a great love for the music in her past. Together with her sister, she decided that her next step was to travel, learn English and open her mind. Creatively; London was the place to be in 1993. She arrived to begin her studies in September of the year. Boarding in an ultra conservative Spanish convent house run by nuns, the Carreros lived a double life. By day they were the quiet and beautiful elf-like creatures; learning English in a school in West London.
But at the weekend they discovered ‘The Ministry of Sound’ in London’s South East. During the early 90’s MoS was a fresh new approach to clubbing. No drinks license and definitely no frills gave the venue an ultra cool reputation, all around the world.
Clubbers would often queue for hours in London’s freezing weather only to be turned away by the notoriously anal avant- garde hungry door pickers they were a powerful force, in clubbing. This approach, although appearing cruel to some; ensured that the venue remained the only club in London to be seen in; the coolest in the world, by far.
No such problem with the pickers, for Letizia. For each visit she created by her own hand the outfits and the look that was required to easily slip past ‘those that mattered’ and soon, once reunited with the music she loved, played by the Dj’s she followed, while in Ibiza; Letizia was noticed for her style and her dance floor moves.
She was quickly selected by MoS to head up their dancers to ignite the famous ‘Bar Room’ and then onto our screens, where she danced for Sir Bob Geldoff’s late night magazine programme; ‘The Word’. Dancing to house music was quickly becoming her life!
Meetings, acquaintances and friends made during this time led to creative projects with many well known celebrities; designing and creating clothes, another passion of hers. As MoS and clubbing in general became more main stream; for Letizia; the fun went from large venues. She began to attend secret, free parties. Creatively; she turned her attention to designing clothes. This work took her again back to her homeland; Spain, then on to Mexico and Miami, until she could not resist a return to London, England.
She found that the music scene had changed; it was exciting again and fresh. Letizia decided to take all the knowledge she had gained from her early clubbing days, a good ear, you might say and hone her skills technically.
She embarked on a sound engineering course. Inspired by her Brother Filipe’s success as a sound engineer in Spain, another Carrero was on their way to becoming a Producer of music. Where Filipe was completely immersed in punk, Letizia took up her love of House Music and has successfully completed a course in a world renown recording studio close to her home, in West London.
Following that; she has completed a further course, in a West London University. The wild precocious teenager has become technically aware, as well as creatively astute. It was then only a matter of time until Letizia Carrero started making her own music. With an ear to the late 80’s sound of Spain’s Acid House parties and Ibiza’s crazy clubbing, but with a desire to create fresh new sounds, she has teamed up with Nitrous Record’s producers and remixers to release Heavenly. Her first public track.
With a resume like this, who could fail to at least give it a listen? If you were part of the whole Ibiza phenomenon; you really should check out Letizia Carrero. You have probably shared a dance floor with the ultra friendly, bubbly Latino. Although, it is doubtful you would have forgotten the experience.
Where some of us have settled into a life of normality, Letizia continues to create and has now embarked on a already successful DJ career, as we were all expecting.
The lady continues......
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