Sau was a music group from
Catalonia
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, which rose to fame in the area in the 1990s, being among the first groups to write pop music with
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lyrics, known as ''
rock català
Rock català (, "Catalan Rock") is a type of music popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s involving Catalan lyrics and many different musical styles.
The last years of Spain under Franco were shattered by a generation of singers that claimed ...
''. The band's two main members were
Carles Sabater, singer, and
Pep Sala, who played guitar and sometimes keyboard. Sabater's death following a concert in 1999 ended the band's existence.
Pep Sala was the composer whilst lyrics were written together with Carles Sabater. ''No puc deixar de fumar'' (''I cannot quit smoking'') was their first album. Edited in 1988 by "Audiovisuals de Sarrià", the album contained the hits "Records d'Irlanda" ("Memories of Ireland") and the song "Deprimit" ("Depressed") which had an appearance on each subsequent album.
Two years later, the album ''What a night'', recorded in London and Barcelona, confirmed the status of the group. That disc included Sau's most recognisable singles, "Boig per tu" ("Crazy for You") and "El Tren de Mitjanit" ("Midnight Train").
Sau participated in the historic concert on
Palau Sant Jordi
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on June 14, 1991, together with
Els Pets
''Els Pets'' is a Catalan pop rock band with lead singer, composer and guitarist Lluís Gavaldà from the village of Constantí ( province of Tarragona, Catalonia). Joan Reig plays drums and Falin Cáceres bass. At present, the band has th ...
,
Sopa de Cabra
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and
Sangtraït> At the time, it had the European record for public attendance at a musical show held in a closed arena with 22,104 attending.
Another of their most memorable concerts was held in the bullring
La Monumental in July 1992 which was recorded for the album ''Concert de mitjanit'' (''Midnight Concert'').
Discography
* ''No puc deixar de fumar'' (1987)
* ''Per la porta de servei'' (1989)
* ''Quina nit'' (1990)
* ''El més gran dels pecadors'' (1991)
* ''Concert de mitjanit'' (1992, live)
* ''Els singles'' (1992)
* ''Junts de nou per primer cop'' (1994)
* ''Cançons perdudes, rareses, remescles'' (1995, compilation album)
* ''Set'' (1996)
* ''Bàsic'' (1997, live)
* ''Amb la lluna a l'esquena'' (1998)
* ''Un grapat de cançons per si mai et fan falta'' (2003, a collection of three CDs containing a selection of Sala's 51 favourite songs)
References
External links
*http://www.pepsala.com - The website of Pep Sala
*http://www.carlessabater.com - The website in memory of Carles Sabater
*https://www.youtube.com/boigpersau - YouTube Channel
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