José Manuel Yáñez Meira de Vasconcellos (born 9 March 1959 in

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), better known as Joe Vasconcellos, is a Chilean singer/songwriter and composer of

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, with influences of Latin American fusion and

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. He is the son of a Brazilian diplomat father and a Chilean mother. Early in his career he worked as a singer in the prestigious band

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(1980-1984) before having a successful solo career in the 1990s and 2000s.

Career

Early Career in ''Congreso'' (1980-1983)

Born in

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, but lived in Italy until 20 years, before returning to his mother's homeland. Promptly went to work as a singer in bars in

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where he met Sergio "Tilo" González, Patricio Gonzalez, Hugo Pirovic, and Ernesto Holman, from the group

, with whom work from 1980 to 1983 and recorded two albums, and composing also one of the most emblematic songs of the band: ''Hijo del sol luminoso'' (Son of the Shining Sun), including in the legendary album ''Viaje por la cresta del mundo'' (1981), the first of two albums he recorded with that band. The second ''Ha llegado carta'' (1983), had only Vasconcellos for registration, as in 1984 the musician left the project to go to meet other challenges in Brazil. His tenure in the group was, for the Chilean of great pride.

Consolidation as soloist (1997-2002)

In 1997 Vasconcellos launches ''Transformación'', a record that followed the line of ''Toque'' but with a little more sophistication and less

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s. Their songs sounded on radio were more attached to the Toque, for example, "Preemergencia" and "Funa". As for the quality of their albums, Vasconcellos has failed to their studio recordings strength of their live performances. Maybe that was the starting point for ''Vivo'', the bestselling album in his career. The album was recorded during two concerts events in Teatro Providencia in the winter of 1999, and collected all musician hits, including "Hijo del sol luminoso", "Huellas" and a studio version for "La joya del Pacífico" recorded as a central theme for the TV series "Cerro Alegre" by Canal 13. This album grew positively bond with his audience, ultimately causing his invitation to 2000 Viña del Mar International Song Festival which was a resounding success. Joe then became one of the nation's premier artists and high artistic quality. Also that year he sold just over 130,000 copies. The success allowed the musician to grow in independence. He built a recording studio and grew their production office to give space also to work of other artists, such as Santo Barrio and La Floripondio they recorded their albums there in the new study Batuke. The difficult and overwhelming aspect of fame left the musician with no possibility of designing new songs for some time. Later work on the soundtrack of the Chilean film

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, which was greatly appreciated by the single "Volante or Maleta". Also in the film, but this time in animation, Vasconcellos wrote several songs for the soundtrack of

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(which was Chile's submission to the

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in 2002), in collaboration with the musician

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Myth Manutomtoma.

Discography

With ''Congreso''

* 1981 - '' Viaje por la cresta del mundo'' * 1982 - ''

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As Soloist

* 1989 - '' Esto es sólo una canción'' * 1992 - ''

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'' * 1995 - '' Toque (album)'' * 1997 - '' Transformación'' * 2003 - ''

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'' * 2005 - '' Banzai'' * 2007 - ''

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'' * 2014 - '' Llamadas''

Live albums and compilations

* 1999 - '' Vivo'' * 2001 - ''

'' * 2002 - ''

'' * 2003 - ''Al mal tiempo buena cara'' * 2007 - ''Joe Vasconcellos en tour'' * 2008 - ''Destino (Álbum + DVD)'' * 2009 - ''Mágico - Grandes Éxitos'' * 2009 - ''Mágico - El Recital (DVD)''

References

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