Los Amigos Invisibles

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Name = Los Amigos Invisibles


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Origin = flagicon|Venezuela Venezuela
Genre = Acid Jazz
Disco
Funk
Years_active = 1991–present
Label = EMI
Luaka Bop
Gozadera Records
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URL = [http://www.amigosinvisibles.com Official website]
Current_members = Julio Briceño
José Luis Pardo
Armando Figueredo
Mauricio Arcas
José Rafael Torres
Juan Manuel Roura
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Los Amigos Invisibles are a band from Venezuela that plays a blend of disco, acid jazz and funk mixed with Latin rhythms.

History

In 1995 they released their debut album, "A Typical and Autoctonal Venezuelan Dance Band", which was a huge success in Venezuela. The band comprises Julio Briceño (a.k.a. "Chulius", vocals, percussion), José Luis Pardo (a.k.a. "Cheo" or "DJ Afro", guitar, songwriting), Armando Figueredo (a.k.a. "Odnam", keyboards), Mauricio Arcas (a.k.a "Maurimix", congas, percussion), José Rafael Torres (a.k.a "Catire", bass), and Juan Manuel Roura (a.k.a. "Mamel", drums, percussion).

They played in clubs around Caracas for the next two years until David Byrne's Luaka Bop label signed the group and released "The New Sound of the Venezuelan Gozadera" in 1998. Two years later came their third release, "Arepa 3000: A Venezuelan Journey into Space". In 2000 they relocated to New York City and in 2003 they released their masterpiece, "The Venezuelan Zinga Son, Vol. 1" (Luaka Bop released the album in 2004 in the U.S.) which was nominated for the Latin Grammy in the category of best Alternative Latin Album.

2005 saw the release of their collection of Venezuelan covers, "Super Pop Venezuela" in their native country only. The album was released in August 2006 in the U.S. by Gozadera records.

Band members

*Julio Briceño (a.k.a. "Chulius", vocals, percussion)
*José Luis Pardo (a.k.a. "Cheo" or "DJ Afro", guitar, songwriting)
*Armando Figueredo (a.k.a. "Odnam", keyboards)
*Mauricio Arcas (a.k.a "Maurimix", congas, percussion)
*José Rafael Torres (a.k.a "Catire", bass)
*Juan Manuel Roura (a.k.a. "Mamel", "Mamel" or "Mamulo," drums, percussion)

Discography

*"A Typical and Autoctonal Venezuelan Dance Band (1995)
*"The New Sound of the Venezuelan Gozadera (1998)
*" (2000)
*"The Venezuelan Zinga Son, Vol. 1 (2003)
*"Super Pop Venezuela (2005 in Venezuela, 2006 in the U.S.)
*"Super Pop Venezuela, Remixes (2008)

See also

*Venezuela
*Venezuelan music

External links

* [http://www.rockero.com/artists/los-amigos-invisibles/ Los Amigos Invisibles] [fan site]
* [http://www.amigosinvisibles.com Los Amigos Invisibles official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/losamigosinvisibles Los Amigos Invisibles' myspace website]
* [http://elafro.com/ Dj Afro official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/odnam74 Odnam's myspace website]
* [http://music.yahoo.com/ar-284663-bio--Los-Amigos-Invisibles Los Amigos Invisibles Yahoo page]