Lisbon Syndrome is a series of releases that rediscovers the rhythmic relationships between electronic music and the traditional music from Rebello’s homeland of Goa. Inspired by the emerging music scenes of Portugal, Brazil, South Africa and the UK, this fusion is an avenue of musical expression for reconnecting with his Indian-Portuguese culture, navigating with the pain and confusion to help understand who you really are.

“We as a people no longer know who we are. Our native people were from the land of what makes up modern day India, and while the rest of India was ruled by the British,  we however throughout the years developed our own separate identity through a complicated love towards our imperial Portuguese rulers”.

“Since the Portuguese left our homeland, it's been a long standing debate as to what makes up our actual identity. When Goa was annexed into India, much of the Portuguese culture and history we embraced had been erased with it. We are Indian, but what it means to be Indian is also diverse in itself”.

“Colonialism was a destructive chapter in our world’s history, but we also romanticise what our homelands were like before the Europeans arrived. We have always lived through conflicts and conquerings, but caused by people who looked more alike to us. However, this confusion and cognitive dissonance is exactly what the Lisbon Syndrome project explores”.

The words “Lisbon Syndrome“ is wordplay on the concept of Stockholm Syndrome, where hostages over time develop love and affection towards those who had captured them. That’s how Rebello says he's always felt towards his Goan and Indian-Portuguese identity. “It’s the pain and confusion of trying to understand your true identity, while not belonging to a specific group or a box - especially growing up in the UK where our culture doesn’t necessarily fit into the pre-written narrative of what it means to be British Asian”.

Born and raised in a multicultural corner of London, Wembley, Rebello’s roots lie in Goa, a former Portuguese colony in India, with both parents having been born and raised in East Africa. This cultural fusion is now heavily part of his musical identity, which he ties together with what’s happening in London's creative communities.

This is music that has been passed down from generation to generation - and in it’s journey, brought through influences of family migration through East Africa, and now surviving in a post-industrial multicultural London, lost in a city which we all helped to rebuild but are no longer wanted in. 

Over the years, he’s come to realisation that it is his cultural identity that defines him and makes him stand out as a person, which he now tries to reflect onto his music. Outside of music,  he has passion for learning about Race, Identity and Capitalism, and seeks inspiration from watching speeches by Malcolm X and Seth Godin - causing a great influence to shift his musical identity to who he really is.

Rebello is a London born and bred music producer/DJ, and throughout the years has had tracks played on some of London’s key platforms for electronic music such as BBC 1xtra, Rinse FM, NTS, Balami, Mode FM and a spotplays on BBC Introducing.