This album is nominated for a Grammy in the category “Best Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban Album”. This album is a collection of Venezuelan songs from the 60s, 70s and 80s. In 2006, Los Amigos Invisibles ended their contract with the Luaka Bop label and independently edited their album “Superpop Venezuela”. Being their most mature album according to the criterion of many fans, Los Amigos achieve an impeccable and unique sound and include songs of more than 8 minutes with long instrumental sections, remembering the great recordings that were made in the 70s and 80s. 1” produced by Masters At Work, is published in Venezuela in 2003 and in the United States in 2004 and that same year they are nominated for a Latin Grammy in the category of Best Alternative Latin Album. During their first year in the city, Los Amigos began a friendly and working relationship with the legends of the dance world “Masters At Work” which leads them to enter the studio in early 2002 to record what would be their fourth album. Of this disc they leave subjects like “Cuchi Cuchi” and “The Neighbor”.Īfter almost a year of planning, the band decided to move to New York City on January 23, 2001. Two years later the band moves to the city of San Francisco for 2 months to record their next album and it is at this time that the band is considering the possibility of moving permanently to the United States to continue their career.Īt the end of 2000 they put on sale their third album “Arepa 3000: A Venezuelan Journey Into Space” produced by Phillip Steir which is nominated for a Grammy Award and a Latin Grammy. After months of conversations, pre-production and production, in 1998 they released their first album for the label of the former Talking Heads, “The New Sound of the Venezuelan Gozadera”, produced by Andrés Levín, which had hits like “Ponerte en Cuatro”, “Sexy” and “Disco Anal”. It is in this year that David Byrne, while shopping at a record store in New York, accidentally finds one of the copies left by Los Amigos on consignment and immediately begins the process of conversations that led to signing them for his record label “Luaka Bop”. Little by little, the band consolidated its local fame by staying on tour until 1996. His record debut came in 1995 with the release of “A Typical and Autoctonal Venezuelan Dance Band”. Bringing the long summertime….The band´s name comes from the television show “Human Values” by Venezuelan historian Arturo Uslar Pietri, which remained in the air for two decades, where he always dedicated the show to his “Invisible Friends” refering to the audience. Infused with the albums warm summery beats and early ’80s keyboard sounds are the street sounds of Caracas, and a bit of nostalgia for the warm weather and easy life of the Caracas that the Amigos once knew.Īs Briceño croons: “Listen princess, I’m the one who wants to have fun. The results can be heard in the airy vocals of Una Disco Llena, the effortless jam of Venezuelan Zinga Son, the smoking percussion of Calne, the extended Bacchinalian dance groove of Bruja and on the album’s tribute to rare disco - a cover of Touchdown’s ’82 dance hit: Ease Your Mind. And they would stand there, kind of directing or conducting as we played.” ” They would just have us play the same song again and again but each time a little differently. The album’s extensive jams and reprises are the result of the studio techniques of Masters at Work. “It’s a dance album, but it’s also a great album to chill out to on the beach.” “This album is what we live for,” says lead singer Julio Briceño. The result is Venezuelan Zinga Son - a title which the band says loosely translates as ‘ the largest fuck session in Venezuela.’ Zinga Son is the ultimate summer mix tape, the perfect soundtrack to a long day at the beach and an even longer night at the club, an uptempo dance mix that still sounds laid back, an album that honors its Latin roots but is not tied to them. In working with Masters at Work, the Amigos have taken their carnival of sexed up lyrics, wah-wah guitar riffs, and hot conga rhythms and refined it with a dancefloor sensibility, crafting an album that combines the booty shaking of disco, the deep rhythms of house, the sass of salsa, and the plush-sofa vibe of electronic lounge. ” We had admired Masters at Work since the Nuyorican album (Nuyorican Soul, Giant Step, 1997) and they had been to some shows of ours,” explains keyboard player Armando Figueredo. Now they kick off the summer of ’03 with a brand new album, Venezuelan Zinga Son, a hot slice of new Latin dance produced by house music legends Masters at Work. Los Amigos Invisibles -everyone’s favorite Venezuelan disco love-funk ensemble- have spent the last two years elevating their status as global scenesters and dance music afficianados by remixing Beastie Boys, Basement Jaxx and Fantastic Plastic Machine, and collaborating with Dimitri fron Paris.
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