Diandra Interviews Moncho Chavea: How History & Culture Made His Gypsy Sound

For Moncho Chavea, his gypsy heritage and God are the key influences to how he lives his life and makes his music. I got the chance to talk with the producer/ artist to see how his history has formed his present rhythm. In our interview, he shows how both his culture and his faith have taught him humility is the key to any rise.l-

Diandra: How do you align you gypsy origins with you music career?

Moncho Chavea: I think gypsies, and, more specifically, gypsies from Spain, like myself, we have music in our blood. Our sound has been in Spain for over 500 years so it felt easy to mix it with Reggaeton and Hip Hop and Musica Urbana. Our music has a natural flow, and, luckily, the way it met these sounds was perfect.

Diandra: So you believe, in some ways, history has paved the way for your sound?

Moncho Chavea: Yeah. We have always been persecuted, and Hitler nearly wiped us out, and every country that we have gone to has had its particular disdain for our ways. Yet, I think that, in time, things have gotten better and prejudice has lowered by creating these cultural mixes, like our music. I think it has helped people open their eyes through joy. I try to reflect in my music that, as a gypsy, nothing is impossible. It is hard, but not impossible. So fight on, mature as a person, be good, be humble, and always keep a basic, human decency. You do not have to do bad things to get far.

Diandra: As Moncho Chavea, your alter ego, what have you learned about your person?

Moncho Chavea: I have travelled all around world, and I have seen that what you give is what you receive. If you enter with humility, people will react in humility towards you.

Diandra: You are very religious. What have you learned through music about God?

Moncho Chavea: God is everything to me. I put him before everything; even before the music. He is the first. I have a wife and two kids, and even before them I put God. He is beginning of everything I have. I try to reflect that. I know I am not the “best son,” but I know I owe him a lot, and that he had been very good to me. I can have the longest testament to his goodness, and how much I trust him and thank him for the family he has given me.

Diandra: Do you think music is a Godly energy?

Moncho Chavea: Absolutely! Music can transform you in the quietest way. You do not even need lyrics or to know the language, but you can hear a piano melody and feel it changing your soul. That is beautiful. That is celestial.

Diandra: People have called “urban music” sinful. How would you define it?

Mocho Chavea: There is always good and bad to everything. There are people who can use this music to do a lot of good and those who use it to do a lot of harm. I know that some of the biggest artists, especially in rap, can get dirty. Yet, that music is what the youth want. Young people, especially in America, are crazy. (He laughs). And, with that said, I understand that it is what sells, and I do not judge them. I am hopeful that I can be apart of the minority that is trying to move people in a Godly way.

Diandra: Is there a specific moment, you remember, when you felt you were inspiring people?

Moncho Chavea: Yeah. We went to a festival in Spain, there were tens of thousands of people, and my song, “Chambea” came on, and everybody was singing and dancing to it. I saw everyone light up when it came on, and I thought, “This is really good. This is amazing.” That was a moment when I knew I could influence people with my music.

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