Dixebra is a

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band from

Asturias Asturias (, ; ast, Asturies ), officially the Principality of Asturias ( es, Principado de Asturias; ast, Principáu d'Asturies; Galician-Asturian: ''Principao d'Asturias''), is an autonomous community in northwest Spain. It is coextensiv ...

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Dixebra was founded in 1987 in the Asturian city of Avilés with the idea of creating a rock band that would use the Asturian language in their lyrics with the aim of creating music that reflects the multiple realities of the country. The word dixebra is an Asturian word meaning division, isolation, independence... It has been traditionally used in the political rhetoric of

Asturian nationalism Nationalism and regionalism is present in the political spectrum of the Principality of Asturias, northern Spain. Asturian nationalist parties such as Partíu Asturianista had representation in the Asturian parliament and government, and othe ...

. The band has a unique style, based on rock but mixing influences from a variety of modern genres (

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, hip hop, funk...) and Asturian

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Members

* Xune Elipe -

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

(1987-) * Javi Rodríguez - bass (1990-) * Primi Abella -

electric guitar An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar (however combinations of the two - a semi-acoustic guitar and an electric acoustic gu ...

(1994-) * Agustín Lara -

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

(2001-) * Eladio Díaz - sax (2001-) * Sergio Rodríguez - beats, samples, producer (2002-) * Jorge Cambareli - drums,

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Ex ...

(2005-) * Llorián García - electric and traditional bagpipes (2008-) * Rubén Álvarez -

(2011-)

Discography

* '' Grieska'' - FonoAstur, 1990 * '' ¿Asturies o trabayes?'' - L'Aguañaz, 1993 * '' Apúntate a la llista'' - L'Aguañaz, 1995 * '' Dieron en duru'' - L'Aguañaz, 1997 * '' Glaya un país'' - L'Aguañaz, 2000 * '' Sube la marea'' - L'Aguañaz, 2002 * '' Cróniques d'un pueblu'' - L'Aguañaz, 2003 (book and compilation album) * '' Ensin novedá'' - L'Aguañaz, 2005 * '' N'acción'' - L'Aguañaz, 2006 (live CD+DVD) * '' Amor incendiariu'' - L'Aguañaz, 2009 * '' Tiempos modernos'' - L'Aguañaz, 2013

External links

Official website
{{Authority control Spanish musical groups Music of Asturias