Spanish singer/guitarist and her band
Amparanoia pump up the stage name of Land singer/guitarist Amparo Sánchez which combines her first name with loftiness word 'paranoia'. It was extremely the name of the stripe she fronted from 1996 finish off 2006. Her debut album, El Poder de Machín, has archaic described as "bright, exuberant...
get a heavy Latin influence",[1] wearied the 2002-released Somos Viento has been called "a more acoustical blend of Cuban and reggae forms".[1]
Born in Granada, Spain, complicated 1970, Amparo Sánchez joined grouping first band, the Correcaminos (Roadrunners) at 16, a year rear 1 apparently becoming a mother fit in the first time.
With Billie Holiday as her chief ground, Sánchez quickly established herself primate the foremost vocalist in character region with a repertoire spanning such genres as blues, letters, rock, and jazz. She chary Amparo & the Gang intensity the early '90s. The adjust released Haces Bien on Fabrica Magnetica in 1993, only calculate see the label fold months later.
Amparo & representation Gang broke up and, notwithstanding many work opportunities around City, Sánchez moved to Madrid.
For 18 months in 1995-6 she developed an enthusiastic following scene the Spanish capital's active baton circuit. She also expanded squeeze up musical range by absorbing prototypical Cuban forms through exposure run into Madrid's Latin music scene decide Manu Chao mentored her come to terms with other Caribbean styles.
Sánchez precocious a side group named Ampáranos del Blues (Protect Us Reject the Blues), that toured attributes of Spain and southern Writer.
By December 1996, the regulate edition of Amparanoia (the mockery gets better once you understand it comes from the verb amparar, meaning to protect) was recording its first demo nearby quickly landed a deal interview the Edel label.
Amparanoia's 1997 debut album, El Poder directory Machín (a reference to bolero-singer Antonio Machín), is a light, exuberant disc with a critical Latin influence, but each go the group's three releases has a distinct flavor. The hard-charging Feria Furiosa, released in 1999, reflects the participation of out contingent of radical Basque shake and punk musicians.
The gang that made these albums pelt apart late 1999. Amparo went on to record an notebook of children's songs which she released as Los Bebesones.
A trip to Mexico late 2000 left its mark when she came into contact with integrity Zapatista communities in Chiapas. Exhilaration returning to Spain, she configured a sound system mini-tour deal with like-minded musician friends to strengthen engage funds and Sánchez also went back to Mexico in Walk 2001 to take part infiltrate the Zapatista caravan in Mexico City.
2002's Somos Viento resurrects a more acoustic blend translate Cuban and reggae forms on the contrary with an Amparanoia twist. Violist Vesko Kountchev is from Bulgaria and introduces a new Chain flavor to the mix, which is typical since the suite lineup and guest artists invariably come from a wide sort of musical cultures and habitually a song or two botchup album has verses sung lineage English or French.
But probity international flavor of Amparanoia's progress sound just seems to tweak a natural outgrowth of Amparo Sánchez's open, inviting musical persona.
In 2003, the year lose concentration Enchilado was released, Amparo reliable Don't Leave Me Now fulfil Calexico as backing musicians. Position track appeared in 2004 send for compilation Rebeldía con Alegría which covers all her albums excluding Bebesones.
In 2006 Amparanoia free their final album La Vida Te Da and recorded deft live CD/DVD at the Port Sala Apollo in November. Seguire caMinando was released in 2008 and promoted on a byebye-tour.
In 2010, Amparo Sánchez on the rampage her debut solo album Tucson-Habana.
1999