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Gondwana is a
reggae
Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, " Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use ...
group from La Pincoya,
Santiago
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 ...
,
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
, founded in 1987 by I-Locks Labbé. They have been produced by
Dr. Dread of
RAS Records
RAS Records, also known as Real Authentic Sound, is a reggae record label.
History
RAS Records was founded in 1979 by Doctor Dread. In his travels to Jamaica he created a network within the reggae artist community there. By the early to mid-1980 ...
. With their charismatic leader
Quique Neira
Enrique "Quique" Neira Leiva (born April 11, 1973) is a Chilean reggae singer and composer. He was the lead vocalist of the band Gondwana and is currently a solo artist. He is the most recognized icon of the reggae en español
In Panama, ...
, they found success in Chile and abroad, as the band played shows in
Jamaica
Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...
and the United States, cradles of reggae.
Discography
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Gondwana
Gondwana () was a large landmass, often referred to as a supercontinent, that formed during the late Neoproterozoic (about 550 million years ago) and began to break up during the Jurassic period (about 180 million years ago). The final stages ...
'' (1997)
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Alabanza (Por la Fuerza de la Razón)'' or
Second Coming
The Second Coming (sometimes called the Second Advent or the Parousia) is a Christian (as well as Islamic and Baha'i) belief that Jesus will return again after his ascension to heaven about two thousand years ago. The idea is based on messi ...
(2000)
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Made in Jamaica'' (2002)
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Crece
Crece is an international educational non-profit founded in Santiago, Chile in 2005 by a group of Catholic university students associated with the Christian Life Movement. The non-profit first began with the name CreceChile and later expanded inte ...
'' (2005)
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Resiliente'' (2007)
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En Vivo en Buenos Aires (CD/DVD)
''En Vivo en Buenos Aires'' (Spanish for Live in Buenos Aires) Released in 1994 is the ninth album and first live one from the Argentine ska reggae Latin rock band Los Fabulosos Cadillacs. It was well received and earned a gold disc. '' (2010)
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Revolución
Revolución, the Spanish word for revolution, may refer to: Music
*''Revolución'', a 1985 album by La Polla Records
* ''Revolución'' (WarCry album), a 2008 album by WarCry
* ''Revolución'' (The Dead Daisies album), a 2015 album by The Dead Dais ...
'' (2011)
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Reggae and Roll
Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, "Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use the ...
'' (2014)
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Carpe Diem
is a Latin aphorism, usually translated "seize the day", taken from book 1 of the Roman poet Horace's work ''Odes'' (23 BC).
Translation
is the second-person singular present active imperative of '' carpō'' "pick or pluck" used by Horace t ...
'' (2017)
External links
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Chilean reggae musical groups
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