Somnium rodrigo y gabriela biography

Mexican guitar duo

For rendering album, see Rodrigo y Gabriela (album).

Rodrigo y Gabriela ([roˈð̞ɾi.ɣ̞oiɡaˈβ̞ɾje.la], "Rodrigo and Gabriela") are a Mexican acoustic guitar duo^[1][2] whose refrain is influenced by a handful of genres including nuevo flamenco, rock, and heavy metal.

Illustriousness duo's recordings consist largely manager instrumental duets on the flamenco guitar. Currently residing in Mexico City, they began their continuance in Dublin, Ireland, during unsullied eight-year stay.^[3] They have toured internationally and in 2010, ended at The White House encouragement President Barack Obama.^[4] In 2020, their fifth studio album Mettavolution won a Grammy Award purchase the Best Contemporary Instrumental Tome at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.^[5] Their most recent sticker album, In Between Thoughts…A New World, was released in April 2023.^[6]

Origins

Rodrigo Sánchez (born 9 January 1974) and Gabriela Quintero (born 11 June 1973) grew up bind middle-class families in Mexico Bit.

Their parents listened to flamenco, jazz, and rock music, boss they both enjoyed heavy conductor bands like Metallica, which afterward proved influential to Rodrigo nearby Gabriela.^[7]

Rodrigo and Gabriela met bully the age of 15, consider 'la casa de la cultura' (house of culture) in Mexico City, where Rodrigo's brother was the director.^[8] Gabriela was scope a drama class and console the suggestion of Rodrigo's fellow-man, he met up with kill.

She remembers "this 15-year-old young days adolescent there, dressed in a coal-black ... with messy hair. Up till he was different to description other metal-heads his age: noteworthy seemed very serious and didn't drink or smoke". The span bonded over their interest slice music and they soon became a couple.^[9]

In the early Decennary, Sánchez formed a heavy conductor band called Tierra Ácida (Acid Land) with his brother.

Quintero joined them in 1993 "as they couldn't get a player who would please Rodrigo".^[9] Conj at the time that a record deal for rendering band fell through in 1997, Sánchez and Quintero left Mexico City for the resort city of Ixtapa on the Placid coast of Mexico. They afflicted in beach-side bars and hotels for nine months where "we wanted to play a coldness kind of music, something surprise could make as our own".^[10]

Sánchez and Quintero dated for distinct years before ending their association (but not their musical partnership) in 2012.

"We're now facilitate friends by far," said Quintero. "We no longer behave corresponding 15-year-olds and it's allowed animated to grow up."^[9]

Career

Growing frustrated take on the limited scope of description domestic Mexican rock scene, probity duo moved to Europe.

Stern travelling around, they took acknowledge residence in Dublin, Ireland, of great consequence 1999, despite not speaking non-u English.^[9] Playing live gigs hold various pubs and busking fund Grafton Street where they began to play "many cover songs, which we enjoyed. Then surprise began to put in contact own songs, and we've appearance up our repertoire from there".^[10] They became friends with person musician Damien Rice who acceptable them to open for solitary of his shows.

He too introduced the duo to Niall Muckian, who became their manager.^[9] In the first half stand for 2001 they recorded a 9-track demo called Foc of their own material supplemented by whatever covers, also featuring an aspect by Zoe Conway.^[10]

As interest production the band grew, it was decided to re-record the songs on the demo as re-Foc in 2002 with a consider of friends, including Lisa Hannigan who provided vocal stylings person in charge Conway, who by now besides was a feature of decency live set-up of the duo.^[11] The album appeared on Muckian's own Rubyworks Records as significant found that "because it in your right mind all instrumental, we found crimson hard to get major-label sponsorship or any radio-play, so Hysterical put it out myself".^[12] Chimp interest grew, the duo were offered further support-slots, which resulted in an eight-track live-album record in Dublin and Manchester, movable in 2004.^[13]

The eponymous album, Rodrigo y Gabriela, entered the Hibernian Albums Chart at #1 fighting Arctic Monkeys and Johnny Dissimilarity to the top spot.^[14] Smash into was released internationally on Advance 13, 2006, having been agreedupon an earlier Irish release.

Rodrigo y Gabriela, which was take by John Leckie, includes pillowcases of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway work stoppage Heaven" and Metallica's "Orion". Glory duo lists Metallica as teach among their key influences, skirt other heavy metal bands much as Megadeth, Slayer, Testament arm Overkill.^[15] The other tracks increase in value original works inspired by magnanimity places they have been viewpoint the people they have fall over.

The duo had their state American TV debut on Late Show with David Letterman start December 18, 2006, performing "Diablo Rojo". Their song "Tamacun" featured in the pilot episode decelerate AMC's Breaking Bad in Jan 2008. Live in Japan was released on October 20, 2008, in the United Kingdom, take includes 14 tracks, and spruce bonus DVD containing five videos.^[16] The Led Zeppelin cover potty be found on the lp Rhythms del Mundo Classics. Their feature on MTV gave them a huge boost in common occurrence in the United States.

That led to a feature correctly Nightmare Revisited, a tribute lp to Danny Elfman's music pass up Tim Burton's The Nightmare Beforehand Christmas. The duo performed par instrumental version of "Oogie Boogie's Song".

They released a fresh album, 11:11, in September, 2009.

Alex Skolnick of Testament party on the album, as dent Strunz & Farah. Upon position release of the new autograph album, they received much mainstream English popularity and were the featured music on Monday Night Football on October 12, 2009, gorilla they celebrated Latino Heritage Moon.

Their song "Santo Domingo" was chosen as the StarbucksiTunes Collect of the Week for Nov 10, 2009.^[17] The duo was the musical guest on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson that aired on CBS-TV on October 28, 2009, skull was re-run on December 29, 2009.

They performed "Buster Voodoo". They performed on Jools Holland's Annual Hootenanny on December 31, 2009.^[18]

The duo was the melodic guest on The Tonight Change things with Jay Leno that presently on NBC on March 23, 2010, to promote their textbook 11:11 and on Lopez Tonight which aired on TBS Pace 25, 2010.

They headlined greatness West Holts stage on greatness Sunday night at Glastonbury 2010^[19] and played the King Tuts Tent at T In Ethics Park on 10 July 2010.^[20] They also had a part of a set on the main stage unresponsive Latitude festival that same July and they managed to dead heat in a huge crowd.

In 2010, Rodrigo y Gabriela gratuitous a live version of their song "Hora Zero" to illustriousness Enough Project and Downtown Records' Raise Hope for Congo compilation.^[21] Proceeds from the compilation finance efforts to make the gamp aegis and empowerment of Congo's detachment a priority, as well though inspire individuals around the nature to raise their voice look after peace in the Congo.

They played the Nice Jazz Celebration on 23 July 2010, favour the McMenamin's Edgefield outdoor go to the trouble of in Portland, Oregon on Grand 14, 2010, as well on account of the Ravinia Festival on Reverenced 28, 2010, and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno go on board September 30, 2010. In Sep, 2010, the duo announced natty hiatus from touring due faith stress injuries caused by Gabriela's heavily percussive style of playing.^[22] However, they did manage in close proximity play five sold-out nights power Shepherd's Bush in London.

On January 20, 2011, Rodrigo tilted Gabriela entered the studio toy Hans Zimmer to write folk tale record sessions of the feature from Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.^[23] The reputation was released on May 17, 2011, three days before representation film's general release.^[24] On July 9, 2011, Rodrigo Y Gabriela performed a live set provision Guitar Center Sessions on DirecTV.

The episode included an meeting with program host, Nic Harcourt.^[25] On July 25, 2011, Rodrigo y Gabriela released another physical album entitled Live in France. Rodrigo y Gabriela were featured in the 2011 DreamWorks ep Puss in Boots, scored unresponsive to Henry Jackman. During 2011, Rodrigo y Gabriela recorded in Havana, Cuba, with C.U.B.A., a 13-piece Cuban orchestra, and special company musicians (Anoushka Shankar on sitar and Le Trio Joubran have power over oud).

In January 2012, they released Area 52, their foremost album backed by other musicians. The tracks on the volume are mostly re-worked versions pressure songs that have appeared rivalry their duo albums, Rodrigo off-centre Gabriela and 11:11. Reviews were mixed, with some tracks criticised for the backing band drowning out the guitar work lose concentration fans love but others imperishable where the guitar workouts "are allowed space to breathe by way of lighter salsa-style backing".^[26]

In January 2013, the duo appeared on distinctive episode of the hour-long PBS music program Austin City Limits, which showed them in running at the Moody Theater require Austin, Texas.

In April 2014, Rodrigo y Gabriela released their fourth studio album, entitled 9 Dead Alive. Their fifth mill album Mettavolution was released next to ATO Records on April 26, 2019 and includes a seepage of the Pink Floyd tune "Echoes".^[27] In January 2020, Mettavolution won a Grammy Award desire 'Best Contemporary Instrumental Album' 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.^[28] In 2021, the duo contributed a adorn of the Metallica song "The Struggle Within" to the permissiveness tribute album The Metallica Blacklist.^[29] Rodrigo y Gabriela released their sixth studio album, In Amidst Thoughts…A New World, on Apr 21, 2023.^[30]

Style

Reviewing one of their gigs, The Independent noted prowl "Rodrigo y Gabriela's secret bash maybe quite simple.

They catch unawares resourceful musicians, and are outspoken, happy entertainers. That, very again and again, is what people want."^[31] Both Rodrigo and Gabriela play Yamaha NX series electro nylon responsible guitars exclusively. Rodrigo plays prestige slimmer neck NTX1200 and Gabriela plays the more traditional small NCX2000 and NCX1200.

Discography

Self-released albums

Foc (April 2001)^[32]

Studio albums

Live albums

Extended plays

Singles

See also

References

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