Flavio Calaon: The Little Dragon
Flavio Calaon is a composer, trombonist, singer and synthesizer player, dedicated to music through various forms and collaborations.
His diversified and progressive approach and his love for soundtracks give his compositions an aura of majesty and solemnity, while the captivating tones of synth-pop and funk resonate his strong devotion to electronic music.
Born and raised in the region of Lugano, Switzerland, he's always been in love with music, a passion that began with his mother's records collection and the Disney classic "Fantasia". But it was thanks to his first Casio keyboard that The Little Flavio was catapulted into the ravishing world of musical expression. Then, at the age of 14 he started to play trombone as well.
Between 2013 and present-day, he launched several projects such as "Animal's Factory”, "Electronic Synthesizer Lab" and "Flanard".
Today, while he continues to work towards the prestigious title of wind instruments conductor, he expresses himself as a member of the bands "Shindo" and "Sofsky” and by composing songs of his own.
On his latest single “The Little Dragon” he explains “the song begins with a moment of abstract and metaphysical romanticism where sensations and emotions are the only "fixed" point.
It then opens by recalling this "Little Dragon", a metaphor that might want to express the desolation, the loneliness or introversion that the artist experienced or is experiencing; although the concept could be enlarged to social issues...
The metaphor fades away and a groovy verse takes over! A proletarian representation of the life of the Little Dragon, the weight of having to prove "normal" in front of a fictitious ostentatious normality, the monotony that's locked him down and from which the only way out (according to him) is the mere and indisputable search for Social Compatibility.
Then comes a bright spark of hope! Strings crescendo, a liberating scream, albeit tragic; he does not forget the tough situation in which he finds himself, in which we all are, but nor does he forget the intention to fight and get rid of it! Yet this awareness is not enough for the Little Dragon: he wants you to get it too. Because he's still in a cave... almost alone... with you!”
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