Flor (singer)

Flor (singer)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Flor
Img_capt = Flor in the cover of "Jazmín", her first single.
Img_size =
Landscape = yes
Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Florencia Caserta
Born = birth_date_and_age|1984|4|13
Died =
Origin = El Palomar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Instrument = Voice, Guitar
Genre = Pop-rock
Occupation = Singer
Years_active = 2001-present
Label = Sony Music
Associated_acts =
URL = [http://www.florpop.com.ar Flor's Official Web Page]
Notable_instruments =

Flor, born as Florencia Caserta on April 13 1984 in El Palomar, Buenos Aires, is an Argentine female pop singer.

Biography

She met Pablo Romero, singer of the band Árbol, that heard her singing and he invited her to make a disc of covers made up of different bands from "El Oeste" (El Oeste is the western zone of the Greater Buenos Aires, famous for be the cradle of many rock bands). It is there that she recorded her first song, “Mañana en el Abasto”, by Sumo.

After that, they proposed that she record some demos of pop music. The process lasted two years, until they obtained five songs finally, presented the project to producer Gustavo Santaolalla, who trusted in them.

Discography

That's when she released her first album, entitled like her, Flor (2006) with tracks like:

*La Respuesta (The Answer) (2º single)
*No, nada (No, nothing)
*Aire (Air)
*Igual (Same One)
*Sal (Get Out)
*Girar (To Turn)
*Así (Like This)
*¿Qué será? (What Will Be?)
*And the first single, Jazmín.

Charts

Production

Pablo Romero, Gustavo Santaolalla, Adrián Sosa. Associated Producer: Aníbal Kerpel.

Recorded in Los Angeles, California by Aníbal Kerpel. Mixed in "La Casa" studies in Los Angeles.

ee also

*Mononymous persons

External links

* [http://www.rock.com.ar/bios/9/9340.shtml Biography of Flor]
* [http://www.rock.com.ar/notas/1/1872.shtml Flor, the "argentine rock princess"]
* [http://www.clarin.com/suplementos/si/2004/10/01/3-00901.htm Article about Flor in the Clarín Journal]
* [http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/suplementos/no/12-2056-2006-01-22.html Flor in Página 12]
* [http://www.edicionnacional.com/edicion/2006/3/27/articulo/23608 Flor, nominated at two Gardel Awards, the maximum awards of Argentine national music]
* [http://www.mtvla.com/canal/los_premios/06/vote/index.jhtml?_requestid=206494 Flor nominated at the MTV Video Music Awards Latinamerica as Best New Act (South)]


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