Muere en Tenerife Dave Watts, integrante de Fun-Da-Mental

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Dave Watts, member of Fun-Da-Mental, dies in Tenerife

Dave Watts –who was a member of the band Fundamental– leaves us at sixty-three years old. The artist has died in Tenerife, the island where he lived with his family.

The British Dave Wattsmusician, DJ and producer has died in Tenerife, a town where he worked and lived with his family, who have already communicated his death through social networks. “Life always leaves us unavoidable options of having to convey to others the saddest and most painful news, but as real as our own existence that allows itself to be accompanied by the daily heartbeat. Today, just recently, Dave, Dave Watts, D. WattsRiot, KingLMan or the member of Fun-Da-Mental has left us. He said goodbye, probably before the end,” his wife said. Beatriz Lopez.

Fun-Da-Mental is a collective that impacted the British scene in the early nineties and remains active with a combination of rap, electronics and world music elements with a high political and social tone. The band revolves around Aki Nawaz, but Dave Watts was an important member of the group. To remember there are albums like “Seize The Time” (94) and “Erotic Terrorism” (98).

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