- 12Twelve
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Origin =Barcelona ,Catalonia ,Spain
Genre =Post-rock Free jazz
Years_active =1998 –2007
Label =Acuarela Discos
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Current_members = Jaume L. Pantaleón
Javier García
José Roselló
Jens Neumaier
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Notable_instruments =12Twelve is a
post-rock band fromBarcelona (Catalonia ,Spain ) formed by Jaume L. Pantaleón (guitar), Javier García (doublebass), José Roselló (drums) and Jens Neumaier (sax and keyboards).Born in 1998, they recorded their first demo in December 1998 with David from Beef as a producer.
In June 2001, they released the first album, called Tears, Complaint and Spaces, published by BOA Music. It was a big surprise in Spain and the band played with bands like 90 day men,
Do Make Say Think orMogwai (band) .In 2002, they recorded a split album with the
Bilbao band Ya te digo. The album was released by Astro Discos.In 2003, the band went to
Chicago to record their new album withSteve Albini , after win the best band prize into the prestigious Villa de Bilbao Contest. They recorded the album in June, and released it in October. Speritismo is their first mix betweenpost-rock andfree-jazz .In 2006 they released their fourth album with the label Acuarela. The record is L´Univers, and is complete approach to the world of
free-jazz . With this album, the band played in the same year in all the important festivals in Spain:Festival Internacional de Benicàssim ,Sónar , Primavera Sound and Metrorock. They were cover of Rockdelux Magazine in March 2006.In November 2006, they made an Italian tour with a great success.
Now, 12Twelve are making new songs and playing in some festivals.
Discography
* "Tears, complaint and spaces" (2001, BOA)
* "Doppler (with Ya Te Digo)" (2002, Astro)
* "Speritismo" (2003, BOA)
* "L´Univers" (2006, Acuarela)External links
* [http://www.12twelve.net Official 12Twelve website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/12twelvebcn 12Twelve in Myspace]
* [http://www.acuareladiscos.com Acuarela Discos Website]
* [http://www.soundsinacoma.com 12Twelve Management]
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