
Macaco (Vianey) is a musical band from
Barcelona,
Spain formed in 1997 by Dani Carbonell, who was also one of the original lead singers of the new
flamenco group
Ojos de Brujo. Carbonell left Ojos de Brujo after the debut album, ''Vengue'' in 2001, but has continued to make guest appearances on the group's later albums.
Prior to his singing career, Carbonell had dubbed over
Sean Astin's character Mikey Walsh in the 1985 film
The Goonies.
The members, from different countries such as
Brazil,
Cameroon,
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,
Venezuela and
Spain, give to its music a mixed colour, with
electro accents of
Latin music and
rumba.
Carbonell sings in
Spanish and
Catalan
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, but also in
Portuguese,
French
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,
English and
Italian.
Many of their songs are played in the
EA Sports video games ''
FIFA
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'' : "Moving" (from his fifth album, ''Puerto Presente'', released in 2009) appeared in ''
FIFA 09'', "Hacen Falta Dos" (released in an EP version of ''Puerto Presente'') appeared in ''
FIFA 10'' and "Una Sola Voz" (from his latest album, 2012's ''El Murmullo del Fuego'') appeared in ''
FIFA 12''.
Discography
* ''Mono loco'' (
Edel, 1998)
* ''El mono en el ojo del tigre'' (Edel, 1998)
* ''Rumbo submarino'' (Edel, 2002)
* ''Entre raíces y antenas'' (Mundo Zurdo -
EMI, 2004)
* ''Ingravitto'' (Mundo Zurdo - EMI, 2006)
* ''Puerto presente'' (Mundo Zurdo - EMI, 2009)
* ''El vecindario'' (Mundo Zurdo - EMI, 2010)
* ''El Murmullo Del Fuego'' (Mundo Zurdo - EMI, 2012)
* ''Historias Tattooadas'' (Mundo Zurdo /
Sony Music, 2015)
* ''Civilizado como los animales'' (Mundo Zurdo / Sony Music 2019)
* ''vuélame el corazón'' (Mundo Zurdo / Sony Music 2022)
External links
*
Musical groups established in 1997
Spanish musical groups
Sony Music Spain artists
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