Skalariak
Encyclopedia
Skalariak is a Spanish ska
band founded in 1994 in Navarre
by Juantxo Skalari and Peio Skalari. Their lyrics are in Spanish
and Basque
. Also in their works the sounds of punk
, reggae
, and other styles can be found.
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...
band founded in 1994 in Navarre
Navarre
Navarre , officially the Chartered Community of Navarre is an autonomous community in northern Spain, bordering the Basque Country, La Rioja, and Aragon in Spain and Aquitaine in France...
by Juantxo Skalari and Peio Skalari. Their lyrics are in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
and Basque
Basque language
Basque is the ancestral language of the Basque people, who inhabit the Basque Country, a region spanning an area in northeastern Spain and southwestern France. It is spoken by 25.7% of Basques in all territories...
. Also in their works the sounds of 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...
, 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...
, and other styles can be found.
Current members
- Juantxo Skalari: 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...
- Javier Etxeberria: 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...
- Luisillo Kalandraka: bassBass (instrument)Bass describes musical instruments that produce tones in the low-pitched range. They belong to different families of instruments and can cover a wide range of musical roles...
- Mario Memola: saxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
- Enrique Rubiños: drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Guillermo: tromboneTromboneThe trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
- Rubén Antón: trumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
- Olatz Andueza: keyboardKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
+ accordionAccordionThe accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
Former Members
- Zara (Cristina Zariategi): bassBass (instrument)Bass describes musical instruments that produce tones in the low-pitched range. They belong to different families of instruments and can cover a wide range of musical roles...
- Naiara Krutxaga: keyboardKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
- Marco Bellizzi: tromboneTromboneThe trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
- David Orduña: trumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
- Peio Skalari: drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Hiart Leitza: keyboardKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
Albums
- Skalariak (Gor, 1997) CD.
- Klub Ska (Gor, 1999) CD.
- En la kalle (Gor, 2001) CD.
- Radio Ghetto (Boa Music , 2003) CD.
- Luz rebelde (Boa Music, 2005) CD.
- Ska Republik Concert (Maldito Records, 2008) 2CD + DVD.
Singles
- O neure herri (Gor, 1997). CD-single.
- Sólo vivir (Gor, 1998). CD-single.
- Skalari Rude Klub (Gor, 2001). CD-single.
- Vodka Revolution (Gor, 2001). CD-single.
- Baietz Oraingoan! (2006). Single.
Compilation Contributions
- "Txapeldunak" in Latin Ska Vol. II (Moon Ska, 1996). CD.
- "O neure herri" in Skankin' the Scum Away (Mad Butcher, 1998). CD. German compilation of European ska bands.
- "Sólo vivir" in UniverSonoro Vol. 5 (BOA, 1999). CD.
- "Uníos" in Wir Haben Eine Weltz Zu Gewinnen (Mad Butcher, 2000). CD. German compilation of European ska bands.
- Latin Ska Jazz (Sock It, 2000). CD.
- "Arazoak arazo" in Nafarroa Hitza Dantzan (Nafarroako Bertsozale Elkartea/Gor, 2001). CD in which Navarrese groups interpret poems of different Navarrese bertsolariBertsolariA bertsolari is a singer of bertso, a musical verse in Basque tradition. The bertolaris are often found in pairs, in which a topic is sung extemporaneously in verses alternatively, but they can stage solo or group verse sessions too. It is usually sung to a slow tempo with long or short verses and...
s. - Dance Ska La. 2001 (Banana Juice, 2001). CD.