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Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero are two fast-fingered Mexicans with a unique sound created on acoustic guitars. Their music is difficult to define, straddling both world and rock and often imbued with timeless Hispano – classical influences. The fire in their music comes from their life-long passion for metal music. In spring 2006, “Rodrigo y Gabriela,” beat both the Arctic Monkeys AND Johnny Cash to number one in the Irish charts. Both the artists and their third self–titled album have gone on to enjoy international success since its initial release in early 2006.
Rodrigo is a deft finger-picker who can move from raging speed to sensual soul in the space of a fret, while Gabriela employs fast, rhythmic techniques. Her percussionist’s thrashing of strings and drumming of the instrument’s body inevitably raises comparisons with the flamenco style of rumba, but the band specifically denies a flamenco influence. Nonetheless, it is often referred to as “nuevo flamenco”, symbolising a sort of renaissance of the traditionally Spanish music genre whose origins began in the Middle East when the Moors brought their cultural music to Europe. The duo’s repertoire flies beyond familiar latin folk guitarists’ styles because of the metal connection: their reworkings of Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” and Metallica’s “Orion” are musts, and the presence on “Ixtapa” of the fiery hungarian gypsy violinist Roby Lakatos is inspirational.
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Rodrigo is a deft finger-picker who can move from raging speed to sensual soul in the space of a fret, while Gabriela employs fast, rhythmic techniques. Her percussionist’s thrashing of strings and drumming of the instrument’s body inevitably raises comparisons with the flamenco style of rumba, but the band specifically denies a flamenco influence. Nonetheless, it is often referred to as “nuevo flamenco”, symbolising a sort of renaissance of the traditionally Spanish music genre whose origins began in the Middle East when the Moors brought their cultural music to Europe. The duo’s repertoire flies beyond familiar latin folk guitarists’ styles because of the metal connection: their reworkings of Led Zeppelin’s “
Stairway to Heaven” and Metallica’s “Orion” are musts, and the presence on “Ixtapa” of the fiery hungarian gypsy violinist Roby Lakatos is inspirational.The Story:
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crawlpalmetto wrote:
New album is amazing.
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iamappleboy wrote:
Check out their performance in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Absolutely incredible!
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SoundgardenmadA wrote:
These guys are absolutely ridiculous.
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gr33ndata wrote:
Me gusta mucho!
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3amConspiracy wrote:
I like it. I love it when it's just the two of them going at it but this is cool. Again R y G don't have a bad album. I can see why people could dislike Area 52 but I wouldn't call this a true R y G album this is a collaboration with another artists. This was meant as a side thing while they work on new music. So all those that might be worried that they are headed in a direction they don;t like I don't thing thats the case.
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caiocapela wrote:
Fantastic! <3
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InterceptorZero wrote:
Listened to Area 52 on stream. It's good... just good. Songs are rewritten than remixed so that's good to know. Now my complaints: I feel like all this new equipment, with the greater salsa influences laced within piano and brass from this C.U.B.A. really shrouds the duo's talent and how they get such a wallop with just two acoustic guitars. It's too maximal for their type of songwriting. That's why to me it makes RyG so special, and I'm not really getting that here. Maybe it will grow but it's the weakest album of their discography so far imo.
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Erminethrude wrote:
Legal streaming for the rewrited songs album here: http://jeux.courrierinternational.com/rodrigogabriela/ . Not bad, but it sounds like a music for weddings, where is the thrill? See you in 3 years.
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VK1990 wrote:
Santo Domingo
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Aerothud wrote:
They have improved once again, it has a different vibe. Every track has been redone and is not a simply remix. People should be encouraging this. Transcending genres to make a new sound is not something every artist does. And after this tour there will be plenty of time for a new album.
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LucidCatnap wrote:
To the jackasses who have any unreasoned complaints about this magnificent new album: Rodrigo y Gabriela are real musicians, not just two guitar players. The new album is not better than the earlier albums, nor is it worse than the earlier albums, and luckily it is not the same as the earlier albums; it is just as awesome, though.
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InterceptorZero wrote:
3 years later and it's a remix album? C'mon guys, seriously?
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WhatTheRuckus wrote:
Two words: fucking brilliant. Four words. Six. Ah, screw it.
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kotsa200 wrote:
I'm hugely dissapointed in Rodrigo y Gabriela and C.U.B.A.'s Area 52 :(
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CasiniProjekt wrote:
Hey, check out my music, its hard rock and its free to download http://www.last.fm/music/The+Cassini+Projekt/Blind+Vision
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MaidenRulez wrote:
Keep up the good work!
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smartfemme wrote:
<3
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dayatmithun wrote:
satori
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alan_01987 wrote:
El sabado los vere!!!!
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