Los Planetas

Los Planeta (Spanish, The Planets ) are an indie pop band from Spain. Its members are now J or Jota (actually Juan Rodríguez, guitar, vocals, etc.), Florent Muñoz (guitar, etc. ), Banin ( guitar, keyboard, etc. ), Miguel (bass) and Erick Jimenez (drums, etc.). Former members are Paco Rodríguez, May Oliver, Raúl Santos and Kieran Stephen.

Los Planetas emerged in the early 1990s in Granada under the name Los Subterráneos ( The Underground ). In 1992 she won ( My little sister ) released a radio contest of the state popular music and culture channel Radio 3 The song was the 1993 EP Medusa of the small and recently founded label Elefant Records under its present name with "Mi hermana pequeña ".

Their style, which is often the resulting UK towards shoegazing (or Noise Pop ) and is attributed, has influences of British bands Mercury Rev (early phase), Spacemen 3 and Joy Division, but is also of traditional Andalusian music as flamenco inspired. He was in Spain in connection with a Spanish-language texts of news. With the albums Super 8 ( 1994) and Pop ( 1996) Los Planetas earned a growing fan base of identity -seeking teenagers who made ​​her a size reference in the Spanish indie scene. The band suffered during this period but also differences over musical direction led to separations of two of the four founding members, Paco Rodriguez and May Oliver.

The breakthrough for notoriety in Spain marks the album " Unidad de Desplazamiento " whose single " Santos que yo te pint " was frequently seen on MTV España and other music channels.

Another very common and characteristic song of Planetas is "Un Buen Dia" (on Unidad de Desplazamiento ). It describes a perfect day, is enjoyed with unplanned late getting up, drinking coffee and reading comics. After the nap to 18 clock a number of beers are taken from 22 clock with friends in the pub yet. He is at 6 clock early just back home. To a person who is addressed in the song "You," he has only between times - brainstorm like - thought.

" Desorden " on Super 8 is a tribute to Ian Curtis, the lead singer of Joy Division, the title a reference to their song Disorder. Established in 2007, La leyenda del espacio released album (Eng. The Legend of the space ) contains the title an homage to La leyenda del tiempo Album (Eng. The Legend of the time), the flamenco singer Camarón 1979, the first Flamenco, jazz and rock combined.

Los Planetas currently available at BMG Music Spain under contract.

Discography

Albums and EPs

  • Medusa EP ( 1993)
  • Super 8 ( 1994)
  • Nuevas sensaciones EP ( 1995)
  • POP (1996 )
  • Una semana en el motor de un autobús (1998)
  • ¡ DIOS existe! El rollo de Los mesiánico Planetas EP ( 1999)
  • Canciones para una orquesta química ( double CD single releases of earlier albums, 1999)
  • Unidad de Desplazamiento (2000)
  • Encuentros con Entidades (2002)
  • Los Planetas se disuelven, EP ( 2003)
  • Contra la ley de la gravedad (2004)
  • La leyenda del espacio (2007)
  • Principios básicos de astronomía ( outcouplings 2009)
  • Cuatro palos EP ( 2009)
  • Una ópera egipcia (2010)
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