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Macaco (Vianey) is a musical band from
Barcelona
Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...
,
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
formed in 1997 by Dani Carbonell, who was also one of the original lead singers of the new
flamenco
Flamenco (), in its strictest sense, is an art form based on the various folkloric music traditions of southern Spain, developed within the gitano subculture of the region of Andalusia, and also having historical presence in Extremadura and ...
group
Ojos de Brujo
Ojos de Brujo was a nine-piece band from Barcelona who described their style as "jipjop flamenkillo" ( hip hop with a little flamenco). The band sold over 100,000 copies of their self-produced ''Barí'' album and received several awards, among t ...
. Carbonell left Ojos de Brujo after the debut album, ''Vengue'' in 2001, but has continued to make guest appearances on the group's later albums.
Prior to his singing career, Carbonell had dubbed over
Sean Astin
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's character Mikey Walsh in the 1985 film
The Goonies
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.
The members, from different countries such as
Brazil
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,
Cameroon
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,
Sweden,
Venezuela
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and
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
, give to its music a mixed colour, with
electro accents of
Latin music
Latin music ( Portuguese and es, música latina) is a term used by the music industry as a catch-all category for various styles of music from Ibero-America (including Spain and Portugal) and the Latino United States inspired by Latin Amer ...
and
rumba
The term rumba may refer to a variety of unrelated music styles. Originally, "rumba" was used as a synonym for "party" in northern Cuba, and by the late 19th century it was used to denote the complex of secular music styles known as Cuban rumba. ...
.
Carbonell sings in
Spanish
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**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
and
Catalan
Catalan may refer to:
Catalonia
From, or related to Catalonia:
* Catalan language, a Romance language
* Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia
Places
* 13178 Catalan, asteroid #1 ...
, but also in
Portuguese
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* anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal
** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
** Portuguese language, a Romance language
*** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language
** Portu ...
,
French,
English
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* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
and
Italian
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* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
*** Regional Ita ...
.
Many of their songs are played in the
EA Sports
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video games ''
FIFA'' : "Moving" (from his fifth album, ''Puerto Presente'', released in 2009) appeared in ''
FIFA 09'', "Hacen Falta Dos" (released in an EP version of ''Puerto Presente'') appeared in ''
FIFA 10
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'' and "Una Sola Voz" (from his latest album, 2012's ''El Murmullo del Fuego'') appeared in ''
FIFA 12
''FIFA 12'' (titled ''FIFA Soccer 12'' in North America) is a football simulation video game developed by EA Canada and published by Electronic Arts worldwide under the EA Sports label. It was released in September 2011 on consoles for PlayStat ...
''.
Discography
* ''Mono loco'' (
Edel
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Surname:
* Abraham Edel (1908–2007), North American philosopher and ethicist
* Alfred William Edel (c. 1930–2005), American television news presenter
* Apoula Ed ...
, 1998)
* ''El mono en el ojo del tigre'' (Edel, 1998)
* ''Rumbo submarino'' (Edel, 2002)
* ''Entre raíces y antenas'' (Mundo Zurdo -
EMI
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, 2004)
* ''Ingravitto'' (Mundo Zurdo - EMI, 2006)
* ''Puerto presente'' (Mundo Zurdo - EMI, 2009)
* ''El vecindario'' (Mundo Zurdo - EMI, 2010)
* ''El Murmullo Del Fuego'' (Mundo Zurdo - EMI, 2012)
* ''Historias Tattooadas'' (Mundo Zurdo /
Sony Music
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, 2015)
* ''Civilizado como los animales'' (Mundo Zurdo / Sony Music 2019)
* ''vuélame el corazón'' (Mundo Zurdo / Sony Music 2022)
External links
*
Musical groups established in 1997
Spanish musical groups
Sony Music Spain artists
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