The two businesses that Nebulossa will have to put aside to face Eurovision: the other life of María Bas and Mark Dasous

A normal Monday, Maria Bas y Mark Dasous They would begin another working day, running the two businesses they run. Today, things are very different for In Nebulathe winners of the Benidorm Fest and representatives of Spain in Eurovision 2024. Their life has taken an absolute turn and now they face five months of preparations and promotion until they reach Malmö, the Swedish city that will host the next edition of the festival.

The idea of ​​returning home “with our children and our dog” has been altered by an unexpected triumph that will force them to put aside their day-to-day jobs in Ondara, the Alicante town in the Marina Alta where they live. this marriage that has been in a relationship for 20 years.

Maria Bas is in front of “a beauty and spa center”. “It's not a hair salon”he clarifies, as has been said in recent days. “It is an inheritance from my mother and my daughter [23 años] will inherit the position”says the Nebulossa singer, who combines this work with the musical project that has led her to win the Benidorm Fest with the song The debta topic that has already sparked controversy.

María (55 years old) shares with Mark Dasous (47) the other business of marriage: a recording center. Atomic Studio has been open for 21 years and it is one of the epicenters of the Valencian musical circuit. “Our son [11 años] “He's too small to inherit a recording studio, which I don't know if he's interested in either,” Mark jokes, “but we have friends and collaborators nearby who will give us a hand and we will continue to take care of all our artists.”

Nebulossa is a musical project that was born in a very humble way and is self-managed by María and Mark, without a major record label behind it. “We self-produce and edit”, they told us in a meeting with the media, including Informalia, last November. Mark has always dedicated himself to music, but María came to this field later, in 2009. “As a child, she liked opera and she told me that she was linked to the music of the 80s and we coincided in groups. We are people very open-minded and we work with many styles in the studio.

Before Nebulossa, María and Mark had another band. “I was the vocalist and she did the backing vocals, but María began to want to go towards another style and we embarked on this project,” Mark said. “We have gone very little by little. We have won the Indie Cool (2021 with the song Glam) and the Mans Estudios, at the Atlantic Fest. We have grown slowly,” he explained to us. María, who was the one who chose the name Nebulossa for the group on a family trip to Catalonia. “Mark took us to a beautiful observatory and when we were inside, while they explained the universe, the stars and the system, I said: Nebulossa will be our name“.