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Azul y Negro is a Spanish synthpop music duo that was founded in 1981 by Carlos García-Vaso, a multi instrumentalist, songwriter and
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, and Joaquín Montoya: (b. 1950 Cartagena).


Career

Azul y Negro were pioneers of synth and
electropop Electropop is a hybrid music genre combining elements of electronic and pop genres. Writer Hollin Jones has described it as a variant of synth-pop with heavy emphasis on its electronic sound. The genre was developed in the 1980s and saw a re ...
in Spain. The debut album La Edad De Los Colores was released in 1981. The year after the album La Noche (The Night) was released, followed by the better known Digital. An international chart release, it was an instant chart success. The single "Me Estoy Volviendo Loco" (meaning Going Crazy) taken from the album became a hit in Europe,
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. ''Digital'', a collection from the first two albums, included songs like "No Tengo Tiempo", "La Torre de Madrid", "La Noche (Let's Spend the night together)".


Discography

*1981: ''La Edad de Los Colores'' *1982: ''La Noche'' *1982: ''Isadora'' *1983: ''Digital'' *1984: ''Suspense'' *1985: ''Mercado Común'' *1986: ''Babel'' *1993: ''De Vuelta al Futuro'' *1996: ''De Vuelta al Futuro II'' *2002: ''Recuerda'' *2002: ''Mare Nostrum'' *2003: ''ISS'' (Incursión Sonora Surround) (2 versions) *2005: ''VOX'' *2005: ''El Color de los Éxitos'' *2007: ''Makes Me Happy'' *2008: ''Déjà Vu'' *2009: ''Retrospective'' *2011: ''Vision'' *2012: ''Crystalline World'' *2014: ''Silencio de Metal'' *2015: ''Locations'' *2016: ''Dicromo (1981–1986)''


References


External links


Official Azul y Negro SiteJoaquín Montoya Official websiteLast.fm page
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