Elbosco was the name of a joint Spanish

Spain

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 musical group that achieved world success with the song Nirvana

Nirvana (Elbosco song)

Nirvana is a 1995 New Age song written and composed by Rojotua, Loxatus and C. Max and performed by the Spanish musical group Elbosco. The song became a world success and was also used by Danny Boyle in the 2004 film Millions....

 in 1995.

The group consisted of the boys choral

Choir

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 group of the Escolanía del Real Monasterio of San Lorenzo, with boys between 9 and 14 years old along with adult instrumentalists and soloists. In 1995, the group released the disk Angelis, with the hit song Nirvana which was used by Danny Boyle in the film 'Millions'. The music, a mixture of Gregorian chant

Gregorian chant

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s with hip-hop and techno

Techno

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, with a mixture of Latin and English

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 vocals, attained international fame. They also released a Portuguese

Portuguese language

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 version of the disk with the same title.
The group mixed classical music

Classical music

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, boys chorus and synth generated sounds, resulting in a sound similar to that of Enigma

Enigma (musical project)

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In the monastery, 100 boys are selected for their musical talent and presented in white robes.

Since the arrival of Elbosco, several similar groups arose, but did not attain the same success as Nirvana

Nirvana (Elbosco song)

Nirvana is a 1995 New Age song written and composed by Rojotua, Loxatus and C. Max and performed by the Spanish musical group Elbosco. The song became a world success and was also used by Danny Boyle in the 2004 film Millions....

.

In 1995, they released their debut album "Angelis".

Discography

Angelis (Hispavox, 1995)

• Nirvana (4:54)
• A Kind of Birds (4:21)
• Nebo (4:46)
• Spend a Happy Day (4:42)
• Zom (3:48)
• Soul Lives Forever (5:03)
• Angelis (4:10)
• Children of Light (5:28)
• Life Is One (4:53)
• Egos Quos Amo (4:50)
• Opera Verbum (4:22)
• Blind Man (4:57)
• In Excelsis (5:25)

Virginal (Hispavox, 1997)

• Ave Virgo (3:54)
• Paradise Girl (4:17)
• Echo's Queen (3:33)
• Lost Paradise (3:59)
• Virginal (4:16)
• The City (4:54)
• Orbit (3:22)
• Fancy Venus (4:25)
• Virgin's Dance (4:09)
• Vestal Aria (4:25)
• Nightingale (4:17)
• Purity (3:21)