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Tren Al Sur
"Tren al Sur" (English: "Train to the South") is a song from the album ''Corazones'' by the Chilean rock/pop band Los Prisioneros, released as the main single on May 7, 1990. It was considered one of the 50 most important Latin pop songs by ''Rolling Stone'' and one of the most groundbreaking Hispanic songs by ''The Observer''. Its official video was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award in 1990. Composition and recording During the recording of their 1990 album, ''Corazones'', the band's vocalist Jorge González dedicated himself to making different demos of more than 19 songs (of which only nine remained for the album), among them were "Por amarte" and "Tren al Sur". He came to make up 3 different versions of both songs, trying to find the environment and the most perfect form of each one. The "most drastic influence for these songs" was during his visit in Bogota, Colombia in 1988, when Claudio Narea showed him some acid house-style records that he bought in France. He talk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Prisioneros
Los Prisioneros ("The Prisoners") were a Chilean Rock music, rock/synth-pop, pop band formed in San Miguel, Chile, San Miguel, Santiago Province, Chile, Santiago, in 1983. They are considered one of the most important Chilean bands, and arguably the strongest musical influences that Chile has made to Latin American music. In addition, they are considered pioneers of ''Rock en español'' (Rock in Spanish) by Latin American media and musicians, and the band with strongest socio-political impact in Chile. Their roots date back to March 1979, when their core members entered high school. From their beginnings in 1983 at the ''Festival de la Canción del Colegio Miguel León Prado'' (Miguel Leon Prado High School Song festival) to their first limited release album in Chile under the record label "Fusión Producciones", they struggled to make themselves known until they were able to sign with EMI Records in 1985, re-releasing their first album on LP record and cassette. From that point ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Prisioneros Songs
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Discogs
Discogs (short for discographies) is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. While the site was originally created with a goal of becoming the largest online database of electronic music, the site now includes releases in all genres on all formats. After the database was opened to contributions from the public, rock music began to become the most prevalent genre listed. , Discogs contains over 15.7 million releases, by over 8.3 million artists, across over 1.9 million labels, contributed from over 644,000 contributor user accounts – with these figures constantly growing as users continually add previously unlisted releases to the site over time. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc. and located in Portland, Oregon, United States. History The discogs.com domain name was registered in August 2000, and Discogs itself ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miranda!
Miranda! is an Argentine electropop band formed in 2001. Original band members include Alejandro Sergi (vocals), Juliana Gattas (vocals), Lolo Fuentes (guitar), Bruno de Vincenti (programming), and since 2003, Nicolás Grimaldi (bass). It is currently a duo between Sergi and Gattas. The group has found success throughout Latin America as well as in the United States and Europe. History In 2001, Alejandro Sergi teamed up with Juliana Gattas, Lolo Fuentes and Bruno de Vincenti to form Miranda!, labeling their style as ''melodramatic electropop''. Named after Argentinian actor Osvaldo Miranda, the group finally met the actor in December 2002 during the Buen Dia Arriba Festival in Palermo Viejo. Their popularity grew around the Buenos Aires underground music circuit, based on their peculiar music, style and looks. Their unique live performances, in which the band members "acted out" the lyrics of their songs, gained them a great number of followers, as well as a number of prize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedropiedra
Pedro Subercaseaux García de la Huerta (Santiago, April 17, 1978), better known by his stage name Pedropiedra, is a Chilean musician and composer. In addition to his solo career including five studio albums, he has also served as drummer for Jorge González' and 31 minutos' bands, as well as being member of several other bands such as ''CHC'' (2001-2009) and the superband ''Pillanes'' since 2018 as a multi-instrumentalist. Biography and career Childhood and adolescence He is son of the painter Juan Subercaseaux Sommerhoff and Paula García de la Huerta Echaurren. During his childhood in the commune of San Bernardo in the southern sector of Santiago de Chile, Subercaseaux began self-taught on the guitar and drums. He has pointed out that his first influences were the group The Beatles, a taste that he inherited from his mother, Michael Jackson, Los Prisioneros and Soda Stereo, in addition to romantic music in Spanish. Beginnings in several bands During his adolescence he f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javiera Mena
Javiera Alejandra Mena Carrasco (born June 3, 1983) is a Chilean indie electropop musician living in Lavapiés, Madrid. She started her musical career in the Chilean indie music scene in 2001, and achieved wider success after the release of her first studio album in 2006. Her musical style tends to be synthesized electronic sound, although prior to her official debut she made acoustic-oriented songs accompanied solely by guitar. Biography Mena began performing live at the age of 17, her first concert occurring in a classroom of Juan Gómez Millas Campus at the University of Chile. In 2002, she began to study musical composition and musical arrangement at the music academy ProJazz, while also performing at underground parties and clubs. In 2003 she recorded various demos which leaked to the internet shortly thereafter and spread by her friends. In 2004, she performed outside Chile for the first time, opening for Argentinean electropop band Entre Ríos in Buenos Aires. Betwee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucybell
Lucybell is a Chilean rock band formed by four students from the Universidad de Chile's Faculty of Art in 1991, in Santiago de Chile Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose .... The original four members were: * Francisco González: drums, bass, percussion, keyboards (1991–2005) * Marcelo Muñoz: bass, acoustic guitar, keyboards (1991–2000) * Claudio Valenzuela: lead voice and composer, electric guitar (1991-) * Gabriel Vigliensoni: keyboards (1991–2000) Marcelo Muñoz and Gabriel Vigliesoni left the band shortly before the recording of the album ''Amanece'' in early 2000. Eduardo Caces (bass) joined shortly after, becoming a permanent member of the band ever since. Francisco Gonzalez then left in 2005, leading to the immediate arrival of Cote Foncea (drums), of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mœnia
Mœnia is a Mexican electronic/synthpop/ ambient group. Popular within the Latin club scene while simultaneously pioneering a darker, more experimental, more poetic side of Spanish-language electronica, Mœnia has had three top-20 hits. Mœnia is often considered one of the first successful experimental Mexican music composers and performers, finding commercial viability in a market normally dominated by Latin ballad crooners, teenage vocal groups and musical styles with more mass appeal like cumbia, reggaeton and ranchera. Mœnia is also popular in other parts of Latin America, including the Argentinian and Chilean music markets, where they have also charted. Some of their most recognized singles include "Estabas Ahí", "No Dices Más" and "Manto Estelar". History Early years (1985–1990) The group's formation dates back to 1985 while attending junior high school. The project began when sophomore year student Juan Carlos Lozano along with Alfonso Pichardo and Jorge Soto shar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diego And Glot
''Diego and Glot'' (sometimes stylized as Diego & Glot; es, Diego y Glot) is a Chilean animated series created by Claudio Kreutzberger in 2005, with the collaboration of Sebastián Correa and José Tomás Correa of CuboNegro studios, for Canal 13. ''Diego and Glot'' is the first hand-draw animation TV series made in Chile since the ''Condorito'' shorts in the 1980s (excluding '' Villa Dulce'', which was released before ''Diego and Glot'', but it was made with CGI). Satirical humor, cultural references and real famous public people of the country is recurrently featured in the show. Since its debut on September 3, 2005 the show aired two seasons consisting of 20 episodes. In 2005, CuboNegro announced that they were working on a feature-length film, though a film was never released. Overview Diego y Glot takes place in Santiago, Chile and shows the ''Plá Perez'', a dysfunctional family center on the youngest child, ''Diego Plá'', and his pet, a green quiltro dog named ''Glo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gepe
Daniel Alejandro Riveros Sepúlveda (born September 28, 1981), known as Gepe, is a Chilean singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has released five solo albums in addition to one album as a member of the band Taller Dejao. He has been described as the "new 'guru' of Chilean folk" for combining the sensibilities of 1960s and 1970s Chilean folk (especially the music of Víctor Jara) with a minimalist, electropop sound. Biography Gepe was born in San Miguel, a commune of Santiago, Chile.Allmusic/ref> Taller Dejao Taller Dejao, consisting of Gepe on drums and vocals and Javier Cruz on bass, released an album entitled ''El brillo que tiene es lo humano que le queda'' in 2004. Solo Gepe released his first solo recording, the EP ''5x5'', on Jacobino Discos in 2004. On November 4, 2005, he released his first full-length album, ''Gepinto'', on the Chilean label Quemasucabeza. The same year, a track from the album, "Namás," was included on the Chilean indie compilatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Anwandter
Alex is a given name. It can refer to a shortened version of Alexander, Alexandra, Alexis. People Multiple *Alex Brown (other), multiple people *Alex Gordon (other), multiple people *Alex Harris (other), multiple people *Alex Jones (other), multiple people *Alexander Johnson (other), multiple people *Alex Taylor (other), multiple people Politicians *Alex Allan (born 1951), British diplomat *Alex Attwood (born 1959), Northern Irish politician *Alex Kushnir (born 1978), Israeli politician *Alex Salmond (born 1954), Scottish politician, former First Minister of Scotland Baseball players *Alex Avila (born 1987), American baseball player *Alex Bregman (born 1994), American baseball player *Alex Gardner (baseball) (1861–1921), Canadian baseball player *Alex Katz (baseball) (born 1994), American baseball player *Alex Pompez (1890–1974), American executive in Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball scout *Alex Rodriguez ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
