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Gatibu
''Gatibu'' is a Basque rock band from Gernika-Lumo, Biscay, northern Spain. Its name "Gatibu" means 'captive' in Basque. The group was formed around Alex Sardui, former lead vocalist of Exkixu, in summer 2002. Gatibu is a Basque language band singing largely in the Biscayan dialect. This defense of Biscayan Basque has earned them numerous awards and praise from both institutions and cultural associations. The band's first album was released in 2002 under the title ''Zoramena'' ('madness'). The album was recorded with the label Oihuka in the studio of Iñaki 'Uoho' Antón (''Extremoduro'' and ''Platero y Tú'') located in Muxika (Biscay). Their first album was a great success thanks to tracks like ''Musturrek sartunde'' (''Putting the hills''), earning them public acclaim across the Basque Country and landing the ''Egaztea'' award for the best song of 2003. The album featured a collaboration with Fito Cabrales (from ''Platero y Tú'' and ''Fito & Fitipaldis'') and Roberto Inie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iñaki Antón
Iñaki Antón González (; August 3, 1964), also known by his stage name Uoho, is a Spanish musician, songwriter and record producer. He was the lead guitarist of Platero y Tú, and now is a member of Extremoduro and his solo project, Inconscientes. Biography Iñaki Antón González was born on August 3, 1964 in Bilbao. He spent his youth at Zabala (Bilbao), where he met his Platero y Tú bandmates. He started with classical music learning piano. At 14 or 15 years old started to listen to classic rock bands such as Deep Purple or Status Quo and at 17 or 18 he learned to play guitar self-taught. He started playing with Juantxu Olano in a band called ''Ke'' and they recorded a four songs demo tape. In 1989 Antón joined Juantxu, Jesús García and Fito Cabrales and they formed Platero y Tú Platero y Tú () was a Spanish rock and roll and blues rock band formed in Bilbao in the 1980s, and disbanded in 2001. Their lyrics mainly deal about drugs, bar issues and love, and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |