Born with a gypsy heart in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 

As a young man, Fabian spent two decades w/one foot in London, another in Madrid. Circling around European cities first as a true hobo adventurer, later as a successful recording & touring drummer.

He has participated in live & studio projects featuring Rose Maddox, The Chambers Brothers, The Beat (USA), Bill Wyman, The Psychedelic Furs, Levon Helm, Hubert Sumlin, Deacon Jones, Dr John, Uncle Lionel Batiste, The Lucky Stars, Los Van Van, Kiki Dee, Chucho Valdes, The Red Devils, Changuito, Wanda Jackson, Marcy Levy & Scarlet Rivera. Producers John Leckie, Steve Jordan & Richard Dashut. Members of The Cars, Blasters, Plimsouls, Romantics, MC5’s & Blondie. Actors Harry Dean Stanton (Paris, Texas), Jason Alexander (Senfeld), Jessica Harper (Woody Allen), Vincent Kartheiser (Mad Men), Q'orianka Kilcher (The New World), etc…


PHOTO AGENT


Represented some of the most important Music & Hollywood photographers. Organizing private sales, advertisement, books, instructional DVD’s, biographies, documentaries &/or exhibitions for the likes of Phil Stern, Marlon Brando, Herman Leonard, Frank Sinatra, William Claxton, Oscar Peterson, The R&R Hall of Fame, Alberto "Che" Korda, Gered Mankowitz, Terry Cryer, Rolling Stone Magazine, Hudson Music, Hal Leonard’s Publishers, Bob Gruen, Jim Marshall & Jan Olofsson, amongst other photography legends. His "Jazz & Blues” Circulo de Bellas Artes, 1992 Madrid exhibition feat 120 iconic images from the world’s greatest photographers toured Spain for a full year.

PRODUCTION MUSIC AWARD WINNER 2021

His experimental Production Music albums have been featured in countless TV Shows & Radios

THE ELECTROROOTS PROJECT & AMERICANA HIGHWAY trilogy released by Standard Music Library UK won London's 2021 Production Music Awards


Exploratory Musician, Rootsy Ace Drummer & Purista Futurista Producer 

“I like to play Dark Mambos, Cheap Tangos & Pure Country Music”


NEW ORLEANS BENEFIT - THE CONGO SQUARE PROJECT & DRUMMERS UNITED (with a little help from our friends)

The day that Hurricane Katrina hit the cradle of modern music, Fabian became an accidental volunteer producer, leading an un-precedented, Alan Lomax inspired, eight album extravaganza. This New Orleans Musicians Clinic benefit features Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Earl Palmer, Louie Bellson, Marshall Allen, Airto Moreira, Dr John, Levon Helm, Hubert Sumlin, Bill Wyman, Larry Campbell, Steve Jordan, Mike Watt, Jimmy Cobb, Chuck E Weiss, Dr. Lonnie Smith, John Densmore, etc...

"This is, without a doubt, one of the most interesting & courageous musical efforts of the past decade” - Louie Bellson


EXPERIMENTAL ARGENGRINGO PRODUCTIONS

Sonic intercontinental adventure that navigates under the radar around the globe’s airwaves, mixing the most brilliant North & South American musicians in an effort to break long established sonic & cultural barriers. Includes participants Moris, Ramon Ayala, Javier Martinez, Andres Calamaro, Freddy Koella, Deacon Jones, Sir Tony Martin, La Victoria (Mariachis), Tetsuya Nakamura, Miguel Botafogo, Ciro Fogliatta, Daniel Melingo, The Mastersons, etc...


BIG SCREEN COMPOSER

You can hear his unusual style in Leo Damario & Andres Calamaro's film "Bohemia" (Argentina 2014) & Julian Higgins award winning short film “Winter Light" (USA 2015), a revisionist western that won a dozen International Film Festivals & received triple Oscar Consideration. Followed by “Japocholo”, short film celebrating Tetsuya Nakamura (WAR) - Japanese harmonica player who is inspired by Mexican culture - co-produced w/Camilla Hall (Copwatch) & Rupert Russell (Freedom for the Wolf)

Fav Composers: Lalo Schifrin, Nino Rota, Bernard Herrmann, Leonard Bernstein, Ennio Morricone, Delia Derbyshire, Harry Partch, Philip Glass & Angelo Badalamenti

Directors: Fritz Lang, Vittorio De Sica, Orson Welles, Elia Kazan, Jean Renoir, Otto Preminger, Roberto Rossellini, Martin Scorsese, Roman Polanski, Leonardo Favio, François Truffaut, John Cassavetes, David Lynch & Paul Thomas Anderson

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