Andrés Calamaro
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Andrés Calamaro is an Argentine
musician, composer and Latin Grammy winner. His former band Los Rodríguez
was a major success in Spain
in the 1990s. He became one of the main icons of the Argentine rock in the last two decades and has sold over 1.3 million copies.
. At 17 years of age he participated as a guest in the recording of an album of the group Raíces, and shortly after he started his own band, the Elmer Band, with guitarist friend Gringui Herrera. This band had an underground hit, Tristeza de la Ciudad (City Blues).
When Miguel Abuelo
, leader of Los Abuelos de la Nada
, returned to Argentina, he reunited the band and invited Calamaro to play keyboards. The band was a big success; Calamaro wrote some of their greatest hits, such as Sin gamulán, Mil horas and Costumbres argentinas.
After a third album, Por Mirarte (1988), Calamaro started producing for bands such as Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
, Los Enanitos Verdes
and soloists such as Fabiana Cantilo
.
Calamaro closed the 1980s with his own band, featuring old friends Gringui Herrera and Ariel Rot, who recently came back from Spain
. The trio recorded the album Nadie sale vivo de aquí (No One Here Gets Out Alive) in 1989 with a number of guest musicians, which obtained the nomination of Best Record of the Year.
with Julián Infante. Germán Villela joined at the drums. The band didn't have a bass player, but Guillermo Martin, Candi Avello and later Daniel Zamora accompanied the band in recordings and tours.
Los Rodríguez released three successful studio albums: Buena Suerte (1991), Sin documentos (1993) and Palabras más, palabras menos (1995), as well as the live Disco Pirata (1992), and the compilation Hasta luego (1996).
Sin documentos gave them international acclaim, with its mixture of flamenco
and Latin America
n rhythms. They toured Spain and Latin America, and entered the history of Rock in Spanish
.
In 1996, Calamaro performed "Cosas Que Me Ayudan A Olvidar (Things That Help Me To Forget)" for the AIDS
benefit album Silencio=Muerte: Red Hot + Latin
produced by the Red Hot Organization
. In 1997 Calamaro recorded Alta suciedad (literally "High Filth," but also a pun "High Society"/"Alta Sociedad"), which sold over half a million copies and took him again touring around Latin America.
Calamaro began composing song after song. In six months, he had over 100 songs ready to be released. Thirty seven of these found their way to his next album, Honestidad brutal. The album included hits such as: Te quiero igual, Paloma, Los aviones, Cuando te conocí and La parte de adelante. This double CD was created after the breakup with his girlfriend, which reflected in the songs. The album also contains a collaboration with Diego Maradona
.
In 2000, he recorded 103 songs in his five-CD album El Salmón.
He also made his home recordings available at DeepCamboya. Due to the low quality of the recordings, and with permission of the author, Camisetas Para Todos, a group of fans, re-mastered Calamaro's songs and made them available on their site. He also started Radio Salmón Vaticano, a virtual recording studio at his web site.
In 2004 he released El Cantante (The Singer), an album with covers of Tango
s and other Latin American rhythms, and a few of his web released songs.
Stadium earlier that year. The disc was presented on December 17 to an audience of 20,000 in the Obras Sanitarias Stadium, and was awarded with the 2006 Gardel Award for Rock album by Male Artist and Best Album Cover. Calamaro was awarded the Golden Gardel (main award).
After that, he released Tinta Roja, a collection of classic Tangos as El día que me quieras,Como dos extraños or Sur.
On November 20 of 2006 was released El Palacio de las Flores, recorded with Litto Nebbia
and on September 11 of 2007, La Lengua Popular comes to light. In 2008 Raíces 30 Años followed with the band Raíces, and in 2009 Andrés, a solo-antology of 6 CDs.
In June 2010 he released his album "On The Rock", an album which returned to his more rock-oriented sound. The album became an instant hit as well as the first single "Los Divinos" a song about the passing of time.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
musician, composer and Latin Grammy winner. His former band Los Rodríguez
Los Rodríguez
Los Rodríguez was a rock band composed by two Argentines and two Spaniards, that played during the 90's.-History:The group was born in 1990 when Ariel Rot and Julián Infante joined Andrés Calamaro, from the band Los Abuelos de la Nada, and Germán Vilella...
was a major success in Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
in the 1990s. He became one of the main icons of the Argentine rock in the last two decades and has sold over 1.3 million copies.
Abuelos de la Nada
Calamaro was born in Buenos AiresBuenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
. At 17 years of age he participated as a guest in the recording of an album of the group Raíces, and shortly after he started his own band, the Elmer Band, with guitarist friend Gringui Herrera. This band had an underground hit, Tristeza de la Ciudad (City Blues).
When Miguel Abuelo
Miguel Abuelo
Miguel Angel Peralta, known by his artistic name Miguel Abuelo, was an Argentine rock musician and singer.-Early days:...
, leader of Los Abuelos de la Nada
Los Abuelos de la Nada
Los Abuelos de la Nada were an Argentine rock band that underwent several incarnations, all of them led by singer and songwriter Miguel Abuelo.-First Era:...
, returned to Argentina, he reunited the band and invited Calamaro to play keyboards. The band was a big success; Calamaro wrote some of their greatest hits, such as Sin gamulán, Mil horas and Costumbres argentinas.
Break-up
Before the dissolution of Los Abuelos de la Nada, Calamaro released his first solo album, Hotel Calamaro in 1984. A second album, Vida Cruel, recorded shortly after his separation from the band, was received warmly by the press but did not achieve commercial success.After a third album, Por Mirarte (1988), Calamaro started producing for bands such as Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs is an Argentine ska band from Buenos Aires. Formed in 1985, they released their first album, Bares y Fondas in 1986...
, Los Enanitos Verdes
Los Enanitos Verdes
Enanitos Verdes is a successful rock trio from Argentina, formed in 1979 in the city of Mendoza...
and soloists such as Fabiana Cantilo
Fabiana Cantilo
Fabiana Cantilo is a singer and songwriter from Argentina. She has sold more than 5 million records in her career.- Soloist :* Detectives * Fabiana Cantilo y los Perros Calientes...
.
Calamaro closed the 1980s with his own band, featuring old friends Gringui Herrera and Ariel Rot, who recently came back from Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. The trio recorded the album Nadie sale vivo de aquí (No One Here Gets Out Alive) in 1989 with a number of guest musicians, which obtained the nomination of Best Record of the Year.
Los Rodríguez
Due to the economic situation in Argentina, Calamaro and Rot settled in Spain. Then, they created the band Los RodríguezLos Rodríguez
Los Rodríguez was a rock band composed by two Argentines and two Spaniards, that played during the 90's.-History:The group was born in 1990 when Ariel Rot and Julián Infante joined Andrés Calamaro, from the band Los Abuelos de la Nada, and Germán Vilella...
with Julián Infante. Germán Villela joined at the drums. The band didn't have a bass player, but Guillermo Martin, Candi Avello and later Daniel Zamora accompanied the band in recordings and tours.
Los Rodríguez released three successful studio albums: Buena Suerte (1991), Sin documentos (1993) and Palabras más, palabras menos (1995), as well as the live Disco Pirata (1992), and the compilation Hasta luego (1996).
Sin documentos gave them international acclaim, with its mixture of flamenco
Flamenco
Flamenco is a genre of music and dance which has its foundation in Andalusian music and dance and in whose evolution Andalusian Gypsies played an important part....
and Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
n rhythms. They toured Spain and Latin America, and entered the history of Rock in Spanish
Rock en Español
Rock en español is the Spanish-language rock music. While the term is used widely in English, it is used in Spanish mainly to distinguish such music from "Anglo rock." It is a style of rock music that developed in Latin American countries and Latino communities, along with other genres like...
.
Solo
Andrés Calamaro released Grabaciones Encontradas ("Found recordings" which in Spanish could also be understood as "Conflicting Recordings") while working with Los Rodríguez. After Palabras más, palabras menos, the band released a "Greatest Hits" album, which sold nicely, and then dissolved.In 1996, Calamaro performed "Cosas Que Me Ayudan A Olvidar (Things That Help Me To Forget)" for the AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
benefit album Silencio=Muerte: Red Hot + Latin
Silencio=Muerte: Red Hot + Latin
Silencio=Muerte: Red Hot + Latin, the tenth entry in the Red Hot Benefit Series of compilation albums, takes a post-modern look at the contemporary rock en Español scene...
produced by the Red Hot Organization
Red Hot Organization
Red Hot Organization is a not-for-profit, 501 3, international organization dedicated to fighting AIDS through pop culture.Since its inception in 1989, over 400 artists, producers and directors have contributed to over 15 compilation albums, related television programs and media events to raise...
. In 1997 Calamaro recorded Alta suciedad (literally "High Filth," but also a pun "High Society"/"Alta Sociedad"), which sold over half a million copies and took him again touring around Latin America.
Calamaro began composing song after song. In six months, he had over 100 songs ready to be released. Thirty seven of these found their way to his next album, Honestidad brutal. The album included hits such as: Te quiero igual, Paloma, Los aviones, Cuando te conocí and La parte de adelante. This double CD was created after the breakup with his girlfriend, which reflected in the songs. The album also contains a collaboration with Diego Maradona
Diego Maradona
Diego Armando Maradona is a retired Argentine football player and widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time. Over the course of his professional club career Maradona played for Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Napoli, Sevilla and Newell's Old Boys, setting...
.
In 2000, he recorded 103 songs in his five-CD album El Salmón.
Free music
In the following years, Calamaro made many guest appearances in concerts and recordings. He posted unpublished songs from 2001-2002 for free download over the Internet, saying that "Music belongs to those who want to hear it; and to nobody else".He also made his home recordings available at DeepCamboya. Due to the low quality of the recordings, and with permission of the author, Camisetas Para Todos, a group of fans, re-mastered Calamaro's songs and made them available on their site. He also started Radio Salmón Vaticano, a virtual recording studio at his web site.
In 2004 he released El Cantante (The Singer), an album with covers of Tango
Tango music
Tango is a style of ballroom dance music in 2/4 or 4/4 time that originated among European immigrant populations of Argentina and Uruguay . It is traditionally played by a sextet, known as the orquesta típica, which includes two violins, piano, double bass, and two bandoneons...
s and other Latin American rhythms, and a few of his web released songs.
The Return
In 2005 he released El Regreso (The Return), a compilation of the live recordings from his appearance in the Luna ParkLuna Park, Buenos Aires
For any of the amusement parks of the same name, see Luna Park; for any other use of the term, see Luna Park Luna Park is an 8,000-seat arena, located on the corner of Corrientes and Bouchard Avenues, in the barrio of San Nicolás, east Buenos Aires city and near Puerto Madero...
Stadium earlier that year. The disc was presented on December 17 to an audience of 20,000 in the Obras Sanitarias Stadium, and was awarded with the 2006 Gardel Award for Rock album by Male Artist and Best Album Cover. Calamaro was awarded the Golden Gardel (main award).
After that, he released Tinta Roja, a collection of classic Tangos as El día que me quieras,Como dos extraños or Sur.
On November 20 of 2006 was released El Palacio de las Flores, recorded with Litto Nebbia
Litto Nebbia
Litto Nebbia is a singer, songwriter and producer prominent in the development of Argentine rock.-Life and work:Félix Francisco Nebbia was born in Rosario to Martha and Félix Nebbia, in 1948. His parents were struggling musicians, though during his early teens, Litto left secondary school to join...
and on September 11 of 2007, La Lengua Popular comes to light. In 2008 Raíces 30 Años followed with the band Raíces, and in 2009 Andrés, a solo-antology of 6 CDs.
In June 2010 he released his album "On The Rock", an album which returned to his more rock-oriented sound. The album became an instant hit as well as the first single "Los Divinos" a song about the passing of time.
Los Abuelos de la Nada
- Los Abuelos de la Nada (1982)
- Vasos y besos (1983)
- Himno de mi corazón (1984)
- En directo desde el Ópera (1985)
Los Rodríguez
- Buena suerte (1991)
- Disco pirata (1992)
- Sin documentos (1993)
- Palabras más, palabras menos (1995)
- Hasta luego (1997)
- Hasta luego (Collector CD/book) (2001)
- Para no olvidar (2001)
Solo
- Hotel Calamaro (1984)
- Vida cruel (1985)
- Por mirarte (1988)
- Nadie sale vivo de aquí (1990)
- Grabaciones encontradas Vol. I (1993)
- Live en Ayacucho 1988 (1994)
- Caballos salvajes (album)|Caballos salvajes (1995)
- Grabaciones encontradas Vol. II (1996)
- Alta Suciedad (1997)
- Las otras caras de Alta Suciedad (1998)
- Una década perdida (1998)
- Honestidad brutal (1999)
- Alta Suciedad (Collector Series) (1999)
- El SalmónEl Salmón-Disc One:#Out put - In put - 3:59#El Salmón - 2:46#Días distintos - 3:30#Tuyo Siempre - 3:13#OK Perdón - 2:16#Horarios Esclavos - 1:54...
(2000) - Duetos (2001)
- El CantanteEl Cantante (album)El Cantante is a studio album by Andrés Calamaro. Initially it was going to include only covers from Latinoamerican artists but in the end 3 new songs recorded by Calamaro were added...
(2004) - El RegresoEl Regreso (album)El Regreso is a live album by Andrés Calamaro. The album title means "the return" and marks the comeback of Andres Calamaro onto the musical scene following a personal crisis that was the result of breaking up with his longtime girlfriend.-Track listing:...
(2005) - Tinta Roja (2006)
- Made in Argentina (DVD) (2006)
- El Palacio de las Flores (2006)
- La Lengua PopularLa Lengua PopularLa Lengua Popular is the 17th album by Argentine musician and composer Andrés Calamaro, released by Dro Atlantic in 2007. Its cover art was created by cartoonist Liniers...
(2007) - Dos son Multitud (together with Fito & Fitipaldis) (2008)
- Nada se Pierde (2009)
- On the RockOn the Rock- Bonus tracks :- Digipack Deluxe :The Digipack Deluxe includes:- Personnel :* Andrés Calamaro, Guido Nisenson and Candy Caramelo – producers* Guido Nisenson – engineer* Andrés Calamaro – composer* Julián Kanewsky – guitars* Diego García – guitars...
(2010)