Iván Ferreiro Rodríguez (born 15 August 1970) is a Spanish singer-songwriter born in

Vigo Vigo (, ; ) is a city and Municipalities in Spain, municipality in the province of province of Pontevedra, Pontevedra, within the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain. Located in the northwest ...

, Galicia. He was the voice, leader and composer of the popular pop-rock band Los Piratas.

Career

After Los Piratas split, by late 2003, Iván kept playing with his brother Amaro in a pub in Vigo, called ''El Ensanche''. Due to the success of this set of concerts, he decided to record an album with new songs, '' Canciones para el tiempo y la distancia'', that was released in 2005. In the tour of the album, ''Tournedo'', Iván was accompanied by his brother on the guitar and Karlos Arancegui at the drum kit. In November 2005, Iván thought up a project called

Laboratorio Ñ Laboratorio Ñ was an initiative of the Spanish musicians Iván Ferreiro (ex member of Los Piratas), Quique González and Xoel López ( Deluxe), that took part between 8th and 22 November 2005. These musicians met in the house-musical study ''El ...

, consisting of collecting some Spanish and

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musicians in a house at

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, to write new songs among friends. Some of these musicians were Juan Aguirre and Eva Amaral ( Amaral), Xoel López (singer of Deluxe) or Quique González. In October 2006, he released '' Las siete y media'', a

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with 8 songs (7 and a half, as in Iván words) written during the ''Tournedo'' tour. In 2008, he released a new album Mentiroso Mentiroso, followed by '' Picninc Extraterrestre'' in 2010 and his most recent album '' Confesiones de un artista de mierda'' recorded in 2011 live in front of an audience as a combination of new songs, collaborations and a new reading of some of ''Los Piratas'' and his own greatest hits.

Discography

, Iván Ferreiro has released four solo albums. Collaborations ''Més raons de pes. El tribut a Umpah-Pah'' CD (2009), collaboration with

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, Amparanoia and Pep Blay as art director.

External links

Iván Ferreiro official page

Iván Ferreiro personal blog

Group of fans of Iván Ferreiro

Official webstore of Iván Ferreiro

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ferreiro, Ivan Singers from Galicia (Spain) Living people People from Nigrán 1970 births 21st-century Spanish singers 21st-century Spanish male singers