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01/12/2003
Coinciding with the tenth anniversary of its first release, we reissue one of the key albums in Elefant history. FAMILY is already a classic name in all-time Spanish pop history. They reached that status with only an album, a record which is truly perfect from beginning to end: "Un soplo en el corazón". A real masterpiece, which didn't need big promotion campaigns or live tours: in fact, FAMILY rarely played live, had their pictures taken or held an interview. By doing this they preserved all the mystery and the emotion that makes "Un soplo en el corazón" something really special and unique.
FAMILY's created out of a band called LA INSIDIA, a band from San Sebastián (Basque Country, hometown of bands like LE MANS or LA BUENA VIDA). In LA INSIDIA we already find Javier and Iñaki, and they act from 1983 to 1988 without leaving any recording. In 1989 Javier and Iñaki form a new band: EL JOVEN LAGARTO. They record a demotape in which we can find FAMILY style perfectly formed. In fact, most of the songs in this demotape would end up included in "Un soplo en el corazón".
First FAMILY's official recording is released in 1992: it's a cover version of an eighties Spanish band (DECIMA VICTIMA) made with a very popular Spanish band, FANGORIA, which would become big FAMILY champions.
"Un soplo en el corazón" is finally released in 1993, and it's inmediately received by specialized [ Read more ]
22/08/2003
The song "Me quedo contigo" (included in "Satélite 99", Elefant 97) by Ana D has been chosen by Pedro Almodovar to be included in the compilation "Viva la tristeza!" (Mila music/Warner); the album compiles the songs that, according to Pedro himself, inspired and helped him throughout the process of writing the script for his latest film, "Hable con ella". Pedro Almodovar talks about "Viva la tristeza!": The cd you are holding in your hands is composed by the songs that accompanied me while I was writing "Hable con ella". All of them were good for the story while I was creating it in my computer. All of them were good for me too: they stayed with me with the efficiency and the intensity of a secret lover. If you read the script by chance while listening to the songs, you will realise both things merge in a single one, we could say it1s an alternative, secret soundtrack for "Hable con ella"…
Artists featuring in the album: 1-Shirley Horn 2-Jimmy Scott 3-Goldfrapp 4-Michael brook& Djivan Gasparyan5-Albert Plá 6-Ana D 7-Chavela Vargas 8-Kepa Junquera 9-Caetano Veloso10-Chet Baker 11-Nina Simone12-Gregory Isaacs 13-Nicolette
Meanwhile, Ana D, the great melodic diva from outer space, is currently working on new songs in her satellite, with the help of Sergio Fernández, who had previously worked with her, playing guitar during her last tour around the United States; right now, we can [ Read more ]
28/03/2003
Text written by Covadonga de Silva [NOSOTRÄSH]
It´s difficult to write about a handful of songs that I‚ve been involved in so far, and that I hope to keep on being involved in as days go by: by promoting them and playing them live; by humming them at work, over my pillow, or into the van where we spend a great deal of our weekends. It´s difficult but equally tantalizing. How to be objective in this hard task and not being found guilty of practising the wildest form of onanism -with all my respects to such a healthy activity-categoría One way to get this done is to temporarily adopt the shape of a fan: those amazing people that follow us with their hearts and souls, sometimes only with the latter, to every gig or every step forward in our career. We truly admire the ability of admiration that fans posess; this enables us to be more and more able to discover ourselves and keep on writing songs; they notice things we would hardly notice; their appreciations and constant support is the perfect feedback in the circle of our artistic production. I thought it was essential to comment on this.
Once adopted the form of a NOSOTRÄSH fan, I can start off by talking about the new songs, leavin‚ aside the album tracks "Gloria" -and its daily scenes of emotional survival- and what I consider a personal definition or a self-portrait song, "Corazón colilla"; both built upon upbeat rhythms by Mr Ibon Errazkin. There we find "S [ Read more ]