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Laboratorio Ñ
Laboratorio Ñ was an initiative of the Spanish musicians Iván Ferreiro (ex member of Los Piratas), Quique González and Xoel López (Deluxe), that took part between 8th and 22 November 2005. These musicians met in the house-musical study ''El Cielito'', 30 km from Buenos Aires, to compose music together. Some other musicians also took part: from Spain Amaral and Pereza, and from Argentina (Bersuit, which was only for the welcome, Súper Ratones and Lisandro Aristimuño), but nevertheless the initial plan the only musicians really involved were the promoters of the lab. The project was a collaboration with SGAE The Spanish Society of Authors and Publishers (''Sociedad General de Autores y Editores, SGAE'') is the main collecting society for songwriters, composers and music publishers in Spain. It is similar to AGADU, ASCAP, GEMA, SADAIC, SACEM and S .... References * # 74 of the magazine Efe Eme (December 2005) * # 74 of the Rolling Stone, Spanish edition (December 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iván Ferreiro
Iván Ferreiro Rodríguez (born 15 August 1970) is a Spanish singer-songwriter born in Vigo, Galicia. He was the voice, leader and composer of the popular pop-rock band Los Piratas. Career After Los Piratas split, by late 2003, Iván kept playing with his brother Amaro in a pub in Vigo, called ''El Ensanche''. Due to the success of this set of concerts, he decided to record an album with new songs, '' Canciones para el tiempo y la distancia'', that was released in 2005. In the tour of the album, ''Tournedo'', Iván was accompanied by his brother on the guitar and Karlos Arancegui at the drum kit. In November 2005, Iván thought up a project called Laboratorio Ñ, consisting of collecting some Spanish and Argentinian musicians in a house at Buenos Aires, to write new songs among friends. Some of these musicians were Juan Aguirre and Eva Amaral ( Amaral), Xoel López (singer of Deluxe) or Quique González. In October 2006, he released '' Las siete y media'', a mini-album wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Piratas (band)
Los Piratas was a Spanish rock band from Vigo, founded in 1991. They were considered one of the most influential groups in the pop and rock scenes in Spain. They released five studio albums (one of them a gold record), two live albums, three compilations and four albums of rarities, before disbanding in 2004. The band's influences included Björk, Aphex Twin, Los Planetas, Radiohead, Oasis and 1980s Spanish pop. The group was in both the mainstream and independent scenes, and evolved from pop rock to a sound with electronic touches and greater musical maturity. Their lyrics were initially about relationships, frustrated loves and loves to come, and later became darker and deeper. History Creation and early years (1989-1994) The band was founded in Vigo, Galicia (Spain) in 1989, when Iván Ferreiro and Paco Serén decide to create a group they call ''"Los Piratas del Capitán Baroli"'' (''"Capitán Baroli"'' is a reference to Barullo, a great friend of Iván's). After rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quique González (singer)
Enrique González Morales (born 1973), better known as Quique González, is a Spanish singer-songwriter known throughout the continent for his approachable and natural writing style. González was born in Madrid. Career Following less-than-successful exploits in Mallorca and London, he returned to Madrid in order to pursue his love of music. González began performing locally and collaborating with artists like Enrique Urquijo. González's song "Aunque Tú No Lo Sepas" appeared on one of Urquijo's records, leading to the pair performing the song live on television in 1998. The appearance offered González his first national exposure. A two-song demo entitled "Cantautores: La Nueva Generación" quickly followed. Frustrated in talks with Polygram, González decided to release his full-length debut independently, though it floundered without major-label support. The album's quality, however, secured a contract with Polygram, who released González's sophomore effort, ''Salitre 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xoel López
Xoel López (born 12 August 1977) is a Spanish alternative rock musician, formerly known as Deluxe, from A Coruña, Galicia. Early in his career, López sang in English, but has since released albums in Spanish. In a 2017 interview witJot Down López describes his shift from singing in English to singing in Spanish, explaining that he experienced pressure early in his career to sing in English, but says that, later, “I made a decision o sing in Spanishand I don’t know if it was the correct one, but at least it was more in harmony with what I was feeling.” Lara Hermoso and Arturo Lezcano from Jot Down describe this shift in language and López’s decision to leave behind his moniker Deluxe as a process of reinvention “with the sole objective of being true to himself.” In a 2015 interview witEfe Eme López describes his songwriting process as one that tries to avoid “intellectualization” of his music: “I seek, as best as possible, to be primitive and wild,” expla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the Capital city, capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South America, South America's southeastern coast. "Buenos Aires" can be translated as "fair winds" or "good airs", but the former was the meaning intended by the founders in the 16th century, by the use of the original name "Real de Nuestra Señora Santa María del Buen Ayre", named after the Madonna of Bonaria in Sardinia, Italy. Buenos Aires is classified as an Global city, alpha global city, according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) 2020 ranking. The city of Buenos Aires is neither part of Buenos Aires Province nor the Province's capital; rather, it is an autonomous city, autonomous district. In 1880, after Argentine Civil War, decades of political infighting, Buenos Aires was federalization of Bueno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amaral (music Group)
Amaral may refer to: * Amaral (band), a music group from Zaragoza, Spain ** ''Amaral'' (album), its debut album * Amaral (surname), a Portuguese-language surname * do Amaral, a Portuguese-language surname * Amaral (crater), a crater on Mercury * Azal tinto, also known as Amaral, a wine variety Football players * Amaral (footballer, born 1954), Brazilian footballer, João Justino Amaral dos Santos * Amaral (footballer, born 1966), Brazilian footballer, Wagner Pereira Cardozo * Amaral (footballer, born 1973), Brazilian footballer, Alexandre da Silva Mariano * Amaral (footballer, born 1978), Brazilian footballer, Anderson Conrado * Amaral (footballer, born 1983), Brazilian footballer, Carlos Rafael do Amaral * Amaral (footballer, born 1986), Brazilian footballer, William José de Souza * Amaral (footballer, born 1987), Brazilian footballer, Antônio Cleilson da Silva Feitosa *Amaral (footballer, born 1988) Mauricio Azevedo Alves (born May 1, 1988), better known as Amaral, is a Brazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pereza
Pereza (Spanish for “laziness”) was a Spanish rock group from Alameda de Osuna (Madrid) comprising Rubén Pozo Prats and José Miguel Conejo Torres, artistically known as Rubén and Leiva. They have recorded six albums ''Pereza'', ''Algo para cantar'' (Something to Sing), ''Animales'' (Animals), ''Los amigos de los animales'' (The Animals’ Friends), ''Aproximaciones'' (Approximations) released in the summer of 2007, Aviones (Aeroplanes), released in August 2009, and a last compilation that includes two previously unreleased discs: “Mama Quiero Ser una Estrella del Rock'n’Roll” (Mama I Want to be a Rock’n’Roll Star) and “Baires”, recorded and mixed in Argentina. The group has also released two DVDs. The first was called ''Algo para encantar'' (Something to Enchant) and it contains videos from their previous album ''Algo para cantar'' and some live tracks. The second DVD is called ''Barcelona'', which is a recording of a live concert in that city along with a CD c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the eighth-largest country in the world. It shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. Argentina is a federal state subdivided into twenty-three provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and largest city of the nation, Buenos Aires. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and a part of Antarctica. The earliest recorded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bersuit
Bersuit Vergarabat is an Argentine rock band that formed formally in 1987. History The previous name of the band (from 1987 to May 1989) was ''Henry y la Palangana''. By the end of 1989, the band had changed name several times, adopting nonsensical names like "Ernios of arcabio", "Aparrata Vergi", "Seria Soneub" (Buenos Aires spelled backwards); but eventually settled on "Bersuit Vergarabat Van de ir" then keeping only "Bersuit Vergarabat" its most iconic name. After two albums of underground transgressor rock, the band began to experiment with Latin American rhythms such as cumbia, chacarera, candombe and cuartetazo. The lyrics, though, remained acid and critical with regard to political and social problems. The current formation is Alberto Verenzuela (vocals, guitar, harmonica), Daniel Suárez (vocals), Germán Sbarbati (vocals, charango), Juan Subirá (keyboards, accordion, vocals), Pepe Céspedes (bass, vocals, guitar) and Carlos Enrique Martín (drums, percussion); ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Súper Ratones
Súper Ratones (in English ''The Super Mice'') is a musical group of Argentine rock and pop style from Mar del Plata and established in 1985. History This group was born in the city of Mar del Plata in 1985 to José Luis "Person" Properzi (drums and vocals), Fernando Blanco (bass and vocals) and Oscar Granieri (guitar and vocals), and an additional guitarist named Juan Carlos Raising and called themselves simply Los Ratones (''The Mice''). In 1988, they were joined by guitarist Mario Barassi, being like a quartet stable. They won the award for revelation band Youth Festival and in 1988, the group added the final name: Súper Ratones. After five years of presentations by the coast, they signed a contract for the debut album, ''Rock Beach'', which managed to be sold as gold. On November 3, 2015, its founder and lead singer, José Luis "Person" Properzi, died of cancer at 48 years old. Musical style His music was strongly influenced by artistes of the 1950s and 1960s, such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisandro Aristimuño
Lisandro Aristimuño is a musician and singer-songwriter from Argentina. His music combines rock, pop and electronica with traditional genres like Argentinian folk music. acebook de la productora/sello discográfico La Clave: Lisandro Aristimuño - Patagonia sin fronteras His father was a theatre director and his mother was an actress. He was born in Viedma, capital of the province of Río Negro. His childhood was spent in Viedma and in |
