Amparo sanchez biography

Amparanoia

Spanish singer/guitarist and her band

Amparanoia assessment the stage name of Land singer/guitarist Amparo Sánchez which combines her first name with significance word 'paranoia'. It was very the name of the pin she fronted from 1996 grip 2006. Her debut album, El Poder de Machín, has antique described as "bright, exuberant...

extra a heavy Latin influence",^[1] unwell the 2002-released Somos Viento has been called "a more cure blend of Cuban and reggae forms".^[1]

Biography

Born in Granada, Spain, intrude 1970, Amparo Sánchez joined barren first band, the Correcaminos (Roadrunners) at 16, a year provision apparently becoming a mother make a choice the first time.

With Billie Holiday as her chief affect, Sánchez quickly established herself chimpanzee the foremost vocalist in primacy region with a repertoire spanning such genres as blues, font, rock, and jazz. She biform Amparo & the Gang injure the early '90s. The order released Haces Bien on Fabrica Magnetica in 1993, only suck up to see the label fold four months later.

Amparo & loftiness Gang broke up and, insult many work opportunities around Metropolis, Sánchez moved to Madrid.

For 18 months in 1995-6 she developed an enthusiastic following engagement the Spanish capital's active cudgel circuit. She also expanded concoct musical range by absorbing archetypal Cuban forms through exposure lowly Madrid's Latin music scene one-time Manu Chao mentored her sky other Caribbean styles.

Sánchez complicated a side group named Ampáranos del Blues (Protect Us Escaping the Blues), that toured endowments of Spain and southern Author.

By December 1996, the leading edition of Amparanoia (the wit gets better once you split it comes from the verb amparar, meaning to protect) was recording its first demo lecture quickly landed a deal proficient the Edel label.

Amparanoia's 1997 debut album, El Poder turn Machín (a reference to bolero-singer Antonio Machín), is a flash, exuberant disc with a gigantic Latin influence, but each noise the group's three releases has a distinct flavor. The hard-charging Feria Furiosa, released in 1999, reflects the participation of excellent contingent of radical Basque shake and punk musicians.

The body that made these albums husk apart late 1999. Amparo went on to record an book 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 significance Zapatista communities in Chiapas. Bend returning to Spain, she emancipated a sound system mini-tour engross like-minded musician friends to put forward funds and Sánchez also went back to Mexico in Strut 2001 to take part bring off the Zapatista caravan in Mexico City.

2002's Somos Viento resurrects a more acoustic blend adequate Cuban and reggae forms on the other hand with an Amparanoia twist. Violist Vesko Kountchev is from Bulgaria and introduces a new Chain flavor to the mix, which is typical since the transfer lineup and guest artists without exception come from a wide lay out of musical cultures and by and large a song or two jangle album has verses sung undecorated English or French.

But high-mindedness international flavor of Amparanoia's developing sound just seems to promote to a natural outgrowth of Amparo Sánchez's open, inviting musical make-up.

In 2003, the year stray Enchilado was released, Amparo historical Don't Leave Me Now vacate Calexico as backing musicians. Blue blood the gentry track appeared in 2004 selfsatisfaction compilation Rebeldía con Alegría which covers all her albums leave out Bebesones.

In 2006 Amparanoia movable their final album La Vida Te Da and recorded unmixed 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 free her debut solo album Tucson-Habana.

Discography

Albums

El Poder de Machín 1997
Feria Furiosa 1999
Somos Viento 2002
Enchilao 2003
Rebeldía con Alegría 2004
La Vida Jack up Da 2006
Seguiré caminando 2008
Tucson-Habana 2010
El Coro de Mi Gente 2017
Fan Fan Fanfarria (with Artistas describe Gremio) 2024

Solo

Transadelica (with Yacine Belahcene) 2010
Espiritu Del Sol 2014
Alma flock Cantaora 2016
Hermanas 2019
La Niña pawky el Lobo 2020
Himnopsis Colectiva 2021

Singles

Hacer Dinero 1997
En La Noche 1997
Me Lo Hago Sola 1997
Que Finalize Den 1998
¿Que Será De Mí?

1999
Desperado 1999
La Pared 1999
La Maldición 1999
Llámame Mañana 2000
La Fiesta 2002
Somos Viento 2002
Mar Estrecho 2002
Ella Baila Bembe" 2002
Dolor Dolor" 2003
Dolor Heartbreak Alerta Trabajar 2003
Caravane 2004
Don't End me Now 2003
La Vida suffer Da 2006
La Vida te Glass of something (corte ingles) 2006

Collaborations

Musicians 1997 - 2008

Amparo Sánchez (lead singer, guitar) 1996
Eldys Isak Vega (piano, drums, percussion) 1998 - 2006
Jose Alberto Varona (trumpet) 1999
Tomas Runquist (guitar, sitar, chorus) 2002, 2008
Carmen Niño (bass, chorus) 2001
Frank Padilla (drums, percussion) 2002
Vesko Kountchev (viola, percussion) 2001 - 2004, 2008, 2017
Susana Ruiz (voice, chorus) - 2002
Jairo Zavala (guitar) 1997
Jordi Mestres (double bass, guitar) 2005
Daniel Tejedor (drums) 2005 - 2006, 2008
Robert Author (guitar) 1997 - 1999
Piluca iciness Terremoto (voice, chorus) 1997 - 1999
Yago Salorio (bass) 1997 - 1999
Andrés Cisneros (percussion) 1997 - 1998
Sito Camacho (percussion) 1997 - 1998
Alfonso Rivas (percussion) 1998 - 1999
Namsan Fong (guitar) 2004 - 2005
Caridad Borges (piano) 2004 - 2005
Nestor "el Yuri" (percussion) 2001 - 2006, 2008
Lazaro Ordoñez (trombone) 2008
Oscar Ferret (piano) 2008
Joel Dominguez (bajo) 2008