Departures of note

Ricardo Pachón was a Spanish music producer, arranger and composer from Seville, widely regarded as the most influential producer in the history of new flamenco and modern flamenco. He produced landmark albums including Camarón de la Isla's La leyenda del tiempo, the first three LPs by Lole y Manuel, and the debut album of Kiko Veneno's group Veneno, works that are today considered among the finest of their era and that helped transform the genre.

Trained as a lawyer at the University of Seville, Pachón worked in the Culture Department of the Seville Provincial Council, the Andalusian regional government, and RTVE, where he produced documentaries and programmes devoted to flamenco. In the early 1970s he began his career as a producer with the group Smash, helping shape the flamenco-influenced sound of Andalusian rock.

He also directed the Flamenco Vivo label, which specialised in flamenco recordings and audiovisual works for fifty years, and worked as a documentary filmmaker. His documentary Triana pura y pura, recounting the expulsion of the Romani people from Seville's Triana district and its impact on flamenco, was nominated for a Goya Award for Best Documentary Feature. He also contributed to the Canal Sur series Camarón, el tiempo se hizo leyenda.