The Limiñanas are a French

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band from Cabestany,

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, active since 2009.

Biography

Lionel and Marie Limiñana met during high school. After 15 years of participating in various bands, selling records in

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, and organizing concerts, they founded The Limiñanas in 2009. Two tracks (''Im dead'' and ''Migas 2000'') shared on

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helped the band become noticed and signed to independent labels Trouble In Mind and HoZac. During their early years, distributed exclusively by American labels, the duo gained greater notoriety in the United States than in France. In 2010, the series ''

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'' used the track ''Down Underground'' in an episode of its fourth season. In 2015, following a joint album with Pascal Comelade, the band signed to French label

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, who reissued their discography in Europe and benefited the group from increased promotion. In 2016, British magazine ''

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'' invited The Limiñanas to record a version of

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' ''Two Sisters'' as part of a cover album, the first time the band worked with

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. In 2018, the release of ''Shadow People'', produced in Berlin by Anton Newcombe, gained the band a wider audience: magazine ''

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'' offered the duo the cover of their January issue, and

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made ''Shadow People'' its album of the week. In 2019, their debut album single ''Migas 2000'' was chosen as one of the recurring themes in the American

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series ''

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''. Later that year, The Limiñanas collaborated with actress

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's next album and Anton Newcombe in the group "L'Épée" to release an album ''Diabolique''. Since 2021, their music is published by the label Berreto Music and appears to be still distributed by Because Music. In 2022, The Limiñanas released the single ''La Musique'', a previously unreleased track written and performed with

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. It appeared their 2022 compilation ''Electrified''.

Discography

Studio Albums

The Bellas

* ''Belladelic'' (2010)

The Limiñanas

* ''The Limiñanas'' (2010) * ''Crystal Anis'' (2012) * ''Costa Blanca'' (2013) * ''Traité de guitares triolectiques (à l'usage des portugaises ensablées)'' (with Pascal Comelade) (2015) * ''Malamore'' (2016) * ''Shadow People'' (2018) * ''Le bel été'' (Film score) (2019) * ''De Pelicula'' (with

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) (2021) * ''The World We Knew'' (Film soundtrack) (2021) * ''The Devil Inside Me'' (Film soundtrack) (2021) * ''The Ballad of Linda L.'' (Film soundtrack) (2022) * ''Boom Boom'' (2023) * ''Faded'' (2025)

Compilations

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

: ''I've Got Trouble in Mind: 7" and Rare Stuff 2009-2014'' *

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

: ''I've Got Trouble in Mind - Vol.2: 7" and Rare Stuff 2015-2018'' *

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

: ''Electrified'' (from 2009 to 2022)

References

{{Reflist French rock music groups Musical groups established in 2009 2009 establishments in France