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Soda Stereo
Soda Stereo was an Argentine rock band formed in Buenos Aires in 1982. The band's membership consisted of singer-guitarist Gustavo Cerati, bassist Zeta Bosio and drummer Charly Alberti. During their career, the band released seven studio albums before disbanding in 1997. Soda Stereo is the best-selling Argentine band of all time, having sold seven million records by 2007. The band's 1984 self-titled debut album featured a new wave and ska influenced sound, which evolved into a post-punk style found on their subsequent albums '' Nada personal'' (1985), '' Signos'' (1986), and '' Doble Vida'' (1988). The band's 1990 album ''Canción Animal'' featured the alternative rock anthem " De Música Ligera", their best-known song in Latin America. On their last two albums, ''Dynamo'' (1992) and '' Sueño Stereo'' (1995), their sound evolved to incorporate genres such as shoegaze and art rock. Their farewell concert on 20 September 1997 at the Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dynamo (Soda Stereo Album)
''Dynamo'' () is the sixth studio album by Argentinian rock band Soda Stereo. It was first released in Argentina on 26 October 1992 by Sony Music Argentina. Considered the band's "most eclectic, most ignored and most experimental work", as well as "the least popular and the most pretentious", they made heavy use of the sampler and set the sound treatment carefully, while still retaining the pop structure. Daniel Melero co-wrote some of the songs and played keyboards, but the strong influence he had over the band was reaching an end. Some fans didn't catch up with the band's intention, while others took it as a landmark of pop experimentation. Shortly after the release of ''Dynamo'', Soda Stereo switched labels, moving from Sony Music to BMG. This fact conspired against the album's diffusion. Background and recording Following the release of Soda Stereo's critically acclaimed fifth studio album Canción Animal in 1990, Soda had shot to international recognition, particularly w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lima
Lima ( ; ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (, Spanish for "City of Biblical Magi, Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of the country, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The city is considered the political, cultural, financial and commercial center of Peru. Due to its geostrategic importance, the Globalization and World Cities Research Network has categorized it as a "beta" tier city. Jurisdictionally, the metropolis extends mainly within the province of Lima and in a smaller portion, to the west, within the Constitutional Province of Callao, where the seaport and the Jorge Chávez Airport are located. Both provinces have regional autonomy since 2002. The 2023 census projection indicates that the city of Lima has an estimated population of 10,092,000 inhabitants, making it the List of cities in the Americas b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nada Personal (album)
''Nada Personal'' (Spanish for ''Nothing Personal'') is the second album recorded by Argentine rock band Soda Stereo, released in 1985. It was recorded at Estudios Moebio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and remastered in 2007 at Sterling Sound Studios in New York. ''Nada Personal'' provided the band with at least three successful singles, which became the breakout songs for the band all over Hispano-America. The album showed Soda Stereo venturing in a new musical direction, focused mainly on the British new wave style. The most successful singles from the album were "Juegos de seducción" (Games of Seduction/Seduction Games), "Nada personal" (Nothing Personal) and "Cuando pase el temblor" (When the Trembling Ends). Those songs enjoyed strong airplay during 1985 and 1986, primarily in Argentina, Mexico, Uruguay and Chile. Such successful songs were performed live twice at the Viña del Mar International Song Festival held in Chile in February 1987. Many people (including music journa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uruguay
Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. It is part of the Southern Cone region of South America. Uruguay covers an area of approximately . It has a population of almost 3.5 million people, of whom nearly 2 million live in Montevideo metropolitan area, the metropolitan area of its capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city, Montevideo. The area that became Uruguay was first inhabited by groups of hunter gatherer, hunter gatherers 13,000 years ago. The first European explorer to reach the region was Juan Díaz de Solís in 1516, but the area was colonized later than its neighbors. At the time of Spanish colonization of the Americas, European arrival, the Charrúa were the predominant tribe, alongside other groups such as the Guaraní people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punta Del Este
Punta del Este () is a seaside city and peninsula on the Atlantic Coast in the Maldonado Department of southeastern Uruguay. Starting as a small town, Punta del Este grew to become a resort for the Latin and North American jet set and tourists. The city has been called "The Hamptons of South America", as well as "The Monaco of the South", "The Miami Beach of South America", "The Pearl of the Atlantic", and "The St. Tropez of South America". Many famous people have visited, resided, or acquired vacation properties in Punta del Este and its surroundings. Punta del Este hosted the Whitbread Around the World yacht races from 1985 to 1994 and participated with its own yacht 'Uruguay Natural'. Punta del Este also hosted the 1967 American Summit attended by U.S. President Lyndon Johnson, and the beginning of the Uruguay Round of international trade negotiations in 1986 that led to the creation of the World Trade Organization in 1994. The city hosted the 2014 Formula E Championship an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Martin
Christopher Anthony John Martin (born 2 March 1977) is an English singer, songwriter, musician and producer. He is best known as the vocalist, pianist and co-founder of the rock band Coldplay. Born in Exeter, Martin went to University College London, where he formed Coldplay with Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman and Will Champion. The band signed with Parlophone in 1999, finding global fame with '' Parachutes'' (2000) and following albums. He has won seven Grammy Awards and nine Brit Awards as part of Coldplay. Having sold more than 100 million albums worldwide, they are the most successful group of the 21st century. ''The Independent'' and ''Evening Standard'' have cited Martin among the most influential figures in the United Kingdom, while ''American Songwriter'' ranked him as one of the best male singers of the 21st century. Early life Christopher Anthony John Martin was born on 2 March 1977 in Exeter, Devon, England. He is the eldest of five children. His father, Anthony ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Último Concierto
El Último Concierto ( Spanish for ''The Last Concert'') is a live album recorded by Argentine rock band Soda Stereo. The album was released in 1997 (see 1997 in music) as two different albums, El Último Concierto A and El Último Concierto B. The album features live tracks, mostly taken from their concert on 20 September 1997 at the River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires. It was the last concert by the band before their definitive break up. The DVD of the concert was released in 2005. Some of the songs played are missing on both formats ("Sobredosis de TV" and "Juego de seducción"). The DVD is more thorough, featuring the two missing songs from the CDs, but excluding one ("Claroscuro"). CD Track Listing El Último Concierto A # En la Ciudad de la Furia (Cerati) – 6:38 # El Rito (Cerati) – 7:05 # Hombre al Agua (Cerati / Melero) – 6:29 # (En) el Séptimo Día (Cerati) – 4:56 # Canción Animal (Cerati / Melero) – 4:19 # Trátame Suavemente (Melero) – 4:04 # Pasea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estadio Monumental (Buenos Aires)
The Monumental Stadium (, ; named after its monumental structure), currently known as Mâs Monumental Stadium for sponsorship reasons,Mâs Monumental: el nuevo naming del estadio de River on CARP website, 5 Apr 2022 is an association football stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Located in the Belgrano, Buenos Aires, Belgrano neighbourhood, it is home of Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate. It was opened on 26 May 1938 and named after former club president Antonio Vespucio Liberti (1900–1978). It is the largest stadium in both List of football stadiums in Argentina, Argentina and List of South American stadiums by capacity, all of South America with a capacity of 85,018 and is also home of the Argentina national footb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Rock
Art rock is a subgenre of rock music that generally reflects a challenging or avant-garde approach to rock, or which makes use of modernist, experimental, or unconventional elements. Art rock aspires to elevate rock from entertainment to an artistic statement, opting for a more experimental and conceptual outlook on music. Biography"]. Stephen Thomas Erlewine. Allmusic. Accessed 12 February 2020. Yes (band), Yes, Genesis (band), Genesis, Jethro Tull (band), Jethro Tull and Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Journalist Roy Trakin said in 1981: "Of course, these stalwarts can still fill Madison Square Garden and sell a great many records, as they always have, but their days of adventurous risk-taking and musical innovation are long gone – replaced by the smug satisfaction of commercial success." In the early 1980s, the art rock genre influenced the emerging post-punk and new wave movements, as bands incorporated experimental and avant-garde elements that were hallmarks of art rock. Groups ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shoegaze
Shoegaze (originally called shoegazing and sometimes conflated with dream pop) is a subgenre of indie rock, indie and alternative rock characterized by its ethereal mixture of obscured vocals, guitar distortion (music), distortion and effects, audio feedback, feedback, and overwhelming volume.Pete Prown / Harvey P. Newquist: "One faction came to be known as dream-pop or "shoegazers" (for their habit of looking at the ground while playing the guitars on stage). They were musicians who played trancelike, ethereal music that was composed of numerous guitars playing heavy droning chords wrapped in echo effects and phase shifters.", Hal Leonard 1997, It emerged in Ireland and the United Kingdom in the late 1980s among neo-psychedelic groups who usually stood motionless during live performances in a detached, non-confrontational state. The name comes from the heavy use of effects pedals, as the performers were often looking down at their pedals during such concerts. My Bloody Valentin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sueño Stereo
''Sueño Stereo'' (Spanish for ''Stereo Dream'') is the seventh and final studio album recorded by Argentine rock band Soda Stereo. It was released by BMG Argentina in 1995. It is considered one of the most important alternative rock records in Spanish and one of the most successful and most important by the band and in all of Latin rock. ''Rolling Stone'' considered it the fourth-best in Latin rock history. In just fifteen days of sales in Latin America, the album went platinum. The album was the centerpiece of the extensive Sueño Stereo tour that the band undertook in Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Honduras, Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico and the United States, which began on September 8, 1995, in Buenos Aires, and ended on 24 April 1996 in Santiago. During the 1996 MTV Video Music Awards, the music video for "Ella usó mi cabeza como un revólver", directed by Stanley Gonczanski, won the Award for International Viewer's Choice in the MTV Latin America category, the first awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Música Ligera
"De Música Ligera" (Spanish for ''Of fast music'') is a song by the Argentine rock band Soda Stereo, released as a promotional single for their fifth studio album ''Canción Animal'' (1990). Widely considered to be Soda Stereo's most popular song, it is considered an anthem of rock en español. and one of the most recognized compositions of Argentine rock. The single was the last song performed at their farewell concert "''El Último Concierto''" in 1997. Composition Music The title and spirit of the song was taken from some albums Gustavo Cerati's parents had, which were named "Light Classics of all Times". Gustavo said, "The idea was to create instrumentation like that, very classical, of a band, and at the same time that had a light spirit." Like the lyrics, the music is deceptive: simple and complex simultaneously. The whole song is built from the riff and supported by the sequence carried out by the guitar. Four chords (Bm, G, D, A), emphasize the progression from G t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
