De Bichos y Flores
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De Bichos y Flores is an album by uruguay
an ska
/rock
band La Vela Puerca
. It was released in the first week of October 2001 and quickly went platinum, showing a more mature side of the band's music. Several of the songs include appearances of guest artists, such as Argentine musician León Gieco
.
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
an ska
Ska
Ska |Jamaican]] ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues...
/rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band La Vela Puerca
La Vela Puerca
La Vela Puerca is a Uruguayan rock/ska band formed in Montevideo, Uruguay in December 1995. Its founders and current members are Sebastián Teysera , Nicolás Lieutier and Santiago Butler . The band's first appearance under the name La Vela Puerca was at a street party in Montevideo on December 24,...
. It was released in the first week of October 2001 and quickly went platinum, showing a more mature side of the band's music. Several of the songs include appearances of guest artists, such as Argentine musician León Gieco
León Gieco
Raúl Alberto Antonio Gieco, better known as León Gieco is a pop-folk music composer and interpreter. He is known for mixing popular folkloric genres with Argentine rock, and for lyrics with social and political connotations...
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Track listing
- "Por la Ciudad" (Sebastián Teysera) – 3:02
- "Por Dentro" (Teysera) – 2:37
- "El Viejo" (Alejandro Balbis, Nicolás Lieutier, Teysera) – 3:07
- "El Huracán" (Teysera) – 3:52
- "Contradecir" (Teysera) – 4:09
- "El Profeta" (Teysera) – 3:12
- "Potosí" (Teysera) – 3:13
- "Mañana" (Fabricio Castro, Lieutier, Teysera) – 2:28
- "El Ojo Moro" (Carlos Molina, Teysera) – 2:23
- "José Sabía" (Balbis, Teysera) – 3:21
- "Rebuscado" (Sabastián Cabreiro) – 2:51
- "Burbujas" (Lieutier, Teysera) – 4:03
- "De No Olvidar" (Juan M. Lucio Muniz, Alfredo Zitarrosa) – 2:27
Personnel
- Alejandro Balbis – Restoration, Muruga
- Felipe Castro – Restoration, Muruga
- Edoardo Chavarin – Design
- Virginia Frazier – Cuerda
- Raul Garcia – Muruga
- Jorge "Mosquito" Garrido – Restoration, Muruga
- León Gieco – Harmonica, Dialogue
- Anibal Kerpel – Organ (Hammond), Associate Producer, Mixing, Lighting Assistant
- Nicolas Lieutier – Bajo Sexto
- Alan Mautner – Cuerda
- Alejandro Piccone – Trumpet
- Coli Quijano – Saxophone
- Gustavo Santaolalla – Percussion, Arranger, Vocals, Producer, Charango, Mixing, Coros
- Harry Scorzo – Cuerda
- Adrian Sosa – Coordination, A&R
- David Stout – Trombone, Choir Arrangement
- Ricardo Troilo – Engineer, Mixing