Karamelo Santo
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Karamelo Santo are a Latin-rock
band from Mendoza
, Argentina
. Formed in 1995, they released their first album, La Kulebra (The snake) in 1995. Since then, they have released nine more albums.
This artists are the first band in the world in introduce Cumbia like rock style. The band's song "Los Botones" was originally written for the first album in 1988.
Together with Todos Tus Muertos
, Kortatu
, and Mano Negra
, they are among the most influential bands of the Latin punk rock world.
Karamelo Santo was born in Mendoza / Argentina in 1993. In 2002, they toured in Europe with "Los Guachos." This milestone marked the beginning of the band's relationship with the “old continent”, that every year challenges the most established cultural barriers and has permitted them to become one of the best-known representatives of Latin American music in Europe.
The members play a mix of rock, ska
, jazz
, salsa
, folk
, rap
, reggae
, funk
and cumbia
. The lineup has changed throughout the years, but the main members have always been the co-founders: singer Guillermo Ogalde Gluzman (known as Goy) and Pedro Rosafa.
The band has collaborated with several famous musicians, such as Manu Chao
, Fermin Muguruza
, Sargent Garcia, Ska-p
, and David Byrne
.
The single "Nunca" is probably their best-known song. It made an appearance on the soundtrack for the movie Mariposas en la Oscuridad.
. Along with Manu Chao
and the rest of Radio Bemba, they went to Argentina
.
In 2001, Karamelo Santo recorded Los Guachos which featured Manu Chao
, Tonino Carotone of Los Guajolotes, and also band members of Resistencia Suburbana and Los Auténticos Decadentes
. In this record there was a mixture Reggae
, Hip Hop
, Punk
and other Latin rhythms. With this album they did an international tour which included Mexico
, Europe
, United States
, Chile
, Uruguay
and Colombia
.
In 1997, they founded El Cangrejo Records, an independent music label, which included band like Non Palidece, Resistencia Suburbana, Andando Descalzo, etc.
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
band from Mendoza
Mendoza, Argentina
Mendoza is the capital city of Mendoza Province, in Argentina. It is located in the northern-central part of the province, in a region of foothills and high plains, on the eastern side of the Andes. As of the , Mendoza's population was 110,993...
, Argentina
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...
. Formed in 1995, they released their first album, La Kulebra (The snake) in 1995. Since then, they have released nine more albums.
This artists are the first band in the world in introduce Cumbia like rock style. The band's song "Los Botones" was originally written for the first album in 1988.
Together with Todos Tus Muertos
Todos Tus Muertos
Todos Tus Muertos is a punk and reggae band from Argentina created in 1985.-Members:* Felix Gutiérrez - bass and backing vocals * Pablo Molina - vocals, percussion * Christian Fabrizio - drums...
, Kortatu
Kortatu
Kortatu was a ska punk band from the Basque Country formed in Irun in the summer of 1984.Kortatu was born in the context of the first democracy years in Spain since 1936. They had a big significance for left-wing basque nationalism as precursors of a new wave of music: Basque Radical Rock...
, and Mano Negra
Mano Negra
Mano Negra was a music band in France, during 1987–1995, fronted by Manu Chao.The band, founded in 1987 by Chao, his brother Antoine, and his cousin Santiago Casariego in Paris, France, was very influential in Europe during the early 1990s. Although it reached mainstream success in countries...
, they are among the most influential bands of the Latin punk rock world.
Karamelo Santo was born in Mendoza / Argentina in 1993. In 2002, they toured in Europe with "Los Guachos." This milestone marked the beginning of the band's relationship with the “old continent”, that every year challenges the most established cultural barriers and has permitted them to become one of the best-known representatives of Latin American music in Europe.
The members play a mix of rock, 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...
, jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, salsa
Salsa music
Salsa music is a genre of music, generally defined as a modern style of playing Cuban Son, Son Montuno, and Guaracha with touches from other genres of music...
, folk
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
, rap
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
, reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
, funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
and cumbia
Cumbia
Cumbia is a music genre popular across Latin America. The cumbia originated in the Caribbean coast of Colombia, where it is associated with an eponymous dance and has since spread as far as Mexico and Argentina...
. The lineup has changed throughout the years, but the main members have always been the co-founders: singer Guillermo Ogalde Gluzman (known as Goy) and Pedro Rosafa.
The band has collaborated with several famous musicians, such as Manu Chao
Manu Chao
Manu Chao , is a French singer of Spanish roots . He sings in French, Spanish, English, Italian, Galician, Arabic and Portuguese and occasionally in other languages...
, Fermin Muguruza
Fermin Muguruza
Fermin Muguruza is a Basque rock musician, singer, songwriter, producer, record label manager, and co-founder for the ska punk band Kortatu, active from 1983 to 1988, and for the crossover group Negu Gorriak, active from 1990 to 1996.He is the brother of musicians Iñigo Muguruza and Jabier...
, Sargent Garcia, Ska-p
Ska-P
Ska-P is a ska punk band formed in , Spain, in 1994.The band can be categorized, politically, as an anti-establishment musical group. It is one of the most popular ska bands in Spain, Europe, and Latin America....
, and David Byrne
David Byrne
David Byrne may refer to:*David Byrne , musician and former Talking Heads frontman**David Byrne , his eponymous album*David Byrne , Irish footballer*David Byrne , English footballer...
.
The single "Nunca" is probably their best-known song. It made an appearance on the soundtrack for the movie Mariposas en la Oscuridad.
Members
- Mariano Ponce de Leon: Drums
- Diego Aput: Bass
- Pedro Rosafa: Vocals
- Goy Ogalde: Guitar and vocals
- Gody Corominas: vocals, backup singer and percussion
- Lucas Villafañe: Keyboards and vocals
- Pablo Clavijo: Sax and vocals
- Alejandro Pozo: Pousone and vocals
History
In 1993 they recorded their first album called La Kulebra. In 1988, a self-named album was released in cd. After three years of recording, a second album was released called Perfectos Idiotas. After the second album Goy was invited to collaborate with Manu ChaoManu Chao
Manu Chao , is a French singer of Spanish roots . He sings in French, Spanish, English, Italian, Galician, Arabic and Portuguese and occasionally in other languages...
. Along with Manu Chao
Manu Chao
Manu Chao , is a French singer of Spanish roots . He sings in French, Spanish, English, Italian, Galician, Arabic and Portuguese and occasionally in other languages...
and the rest of Radio Bemba, they went to Argentina
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...
.
In 2001, Karamelo Santo recorded Los Guachos which featured Manu Chao
Manu Chao
Manu Chao , is a French singer of Spanish roots . He sings in French, Spanish, English, Italian, Galician, Arabic and Portuguese and occasionally in other languages...
, Tonino Carotone of Los Guajolotes, and also band members of Resistencia Suburbana and Los Auténticos Decadentes
Los Auténticos Decadentes
Los Auténticos Decadentes is an Argentine band that mix ska with Latin American rhythms. The band was formed around the year 1986 by Cucho and Nito, who invited Gastón to join them....
. In this record there was a mixture Reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
, Hip Hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
, Punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
and other Latin rhythms. With this album they did an international tour which included Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
, Uruguay
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...
and Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
.
In 1997, they founded El Cangrejo Records, an independent music label, which included band like Non Palidece, Resistencia Suburbana, Andando Descalzo, etc.
Discography
- 1988 - El Baile Oficial
- 1995 - La Kulebra
- 1997 - Perfectos Idiotas
- 2001 - Los Guachos
- 2004 - Haciendo Bulla
- 2005 - Live in Roskilde Festival!
- 2005 - La Chamarrita
- 2006 - La Gente Arriba
- 2008 - Antena Pachamama
- 2009 - El Baile Oficial (live DVD)
External links
- www.karamelosanto.com
- Oficial Myspace
- Booking of Karamelo Santo in Europe
- info of Karamelo Santo in Argentine
- Info in Europe of Karamelo Santo
- GoyGoyis a Hebrew biblical term for "nation". By Roman times it had also acquired the meaning of "non-Jew". The latter is also its meaning in Yiddish.-In Biblical Hebrew:...
: GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
and vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
| year | Title | Label |
| 2010 | Cumbiapunkreggae Party | BPR |
| 2009 | El BAile Oficial...live! | BPR |
| 2007 | Antena Pachamama | BPR |
| 2006 | La Gente Arriba | BPR |
| 2005 | La Chamarrita | BPR |
| 2004 | Haciendo Bulla | BPR |
| 2003 | Live in Roskilde Fest | BPR |
| 2001 | Los Guachos | BPR |
| 1997 | Perfectos Idiotas | DBN |
| 1995 | La Kulebra | Bunker Records |