12Twelve is a
post-rock
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band from
Barcelona
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Catalonia
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, Spain) formed by Jaume L. Pantaleón (guitar), Javier García (doublebass), José Roselló (drums) and Jens Neumaier (sax and keyboards).
History
Formed in 1998, they recorded their first demo in December 1998 with David from Beef as a producer.
In June 2001, they released the first album, called Tears, Complaint and Spaces, published by BOA Music. It was a big surprise in Spain and the band played with bands like
90 Day Men,
Do Make Say Think
Do Make Say Think is a Canadian instrumental band formed in Toronto, Ontario in 1995. Their music combines jazz-style drumming, distorted guitars and wind instruments, and prominent bass guitar.
Biography
The band formed in 1995 as a recording ...
, and
Mogwai
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.
In 2002, they recorded a split album with the
Bilbao
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band Ya te digo. The album was released by Astro Discos.
In 2003, the band went to Chicago to record their new album with
Steve Albini, after winning the best band prize in the prestigious Villa de Bilbao Contest. They recorded the album in June, and released it in October.
In 2006 they released their fourth album with the label Acuarela. With this album, the band played in the same year in all the important festivals in Spain:
Festival Internacional de Benicàssim
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,
Sónar
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, Primavera Sound and Metrorock. They were cover of Rockdelux Magazine in March 2006.
In November 2006, they made an Italian tour with a great success.
On December the 10th 2008, before playing on the Primavera Club Festival at Apolo concert hall, they announced it was the last concert in Barcelona and confirmed the band is officially splitting up after 10 years of being together.
Members of the band were working on several projects as
AtletA,
Rebuig, and
Gambardella.
In 2019, the band reencountered for
AMFest for a unique concert.
However, they announced more concerts after the reencounter. On March 21, they participated in the
Basque festival MAZ Basauri and launched a live video of its track ''Leroy'', recorded in the AMFest 2019.
They also were in Barcelona's festival BAM (Barcelona Acció Musical).
Discography
* ''Tears, complaint and spaces'' (2001, BOA)
* ''Doppler (with Ya Te Digo)'' (2002, Astro)
* ''Speritismo'' (2003, BOA)
* ''L'Univers'' (2006, Acuarela)
References
External links
Official 12Twelve website
12Twelve in MyspaceAcuarela Discos Website12Twelve Management
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Spanish post-rock groups
Spanish rock music groups
Musical groups from Catalonia