Flamenco Sketch

Flamenco Sketch’s smooth youthful lyricism bleeds nostalgia with a hopeful and resilient edge, reflective of his heart-on-his-sleeve nature. Flamenco Sketch, otherwise George Roblin, coined his musical pseudonym listening to Miles Davis’ “Flamenco Sketches.” Like the Post Malones and Childish Gambinos who trusted the randomness of the name generator, George trusted too. And Flamenco Sketch came to be.

George spent the first years of adulthood hopping hockey towns across eastern Canada, playing the sport competitively until a concussion pushed him to quit and head home to Winnipeg. Contemplating his next move in recovery, George enrolled in engineering, all the while tinkering with songwriting and rapping. He spent many nights and early morning hours in his dad’s sporting goods warehouse playing with what worked and what didn’t; inspiration guiding him from greats like Mos Def, Chance and superheroes he idolized as a kid.

“Writing songs that land in an original and resonating way was like realizing I’m the main character in my favourite book, The Alchemist. Taking it seriously felt like discovering what I was always meant to do. I just didn’t know it until I did.”

In 2017 George started recording. He quit engineering. Instead, he started performing in restaurants, parking lots and local festivals. In 2020, he released his first EP Forgotten Tapes. His 2021 single “Cherry Blossom” debuts “Paper Bag Kid” - the central character to all of his music’s visual art.