Rodrigo y Gabriela

Rodrigo y Gabriela is a Mexican guitar duo. Their album Rodrigo y Gabriela immediately secured as first instrumental album ever # 1 on the charts in her adopted home of Ireland. Your acoustic guitars they also set a percussive virtuosity.

History

Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero used to play together in the thrash metal band Tierra Acida. Be able to achieve without great success, they moved to Ireland, in the hope of better opportunities for young musicians. Here they played a long time in pubs and profiled while their style.

In 2002 she published her first album Re - Foc and 2004 Live Manchester and Dublin in their own production. Finally, in 2005 came the breakthrough when they were discovered by Damien Rice and accompanied his tour as the opening act. Their third album, Rodrigo y Gabriela was produced by John Leckie, whose previous successes as a producer was able to record with the likes of Radiohead or Muse. The album made ​​it to first go to number one in the Irish charts. Following the publication in Ireland on 13 March 2006, the international release of the album.

International attention they gained not least because of their elaborate cover versions of hits Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin and Orion by Metallica.

In 2011 she worked together with Hans Zimmer on the soundtrack of Pirates of the Caribbean - On Stranger Tides with. On January 20, 2011, she began writing and recording music. The soundtrack was released on 20 May 2011 in the German language area.

Discography

  • 2001: Foc
  • 2002: Re - Foc
  • 2004: Live Manchester and Dublin
  • 2006: Rodrigo y Gabriela
  • 2008: Live in Japan ( CD Bonus DVD)
  • 2009: 11:11
  • 2011: Live In France
  • 2012: Area 52
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