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Criollo (band)

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Years active
  
2003– present

Origin
  
Montreal, Canada

Labels
  
One Island Music

Members
  
Salvador "Sol" ValdezJose "Chiro" MataAlexis "El Gordo" GrullonGilbert "Giby" Capellan

Genres
  

Criollo is a Montreal-based Latin, Hip hop band.

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Their music, in the "Bahire" style (which they coined), draws from Bachata, Hip hop, Reggae, Latin and R&B influences, and is sung in Spanish.

In 2006, they released the album, Bahire which is distributed by SOPREF (LOCAL Distribution).

The band formed in 2003 include four members; Salvador "Sol" Valdez, Jose "Chiro" Mata, Alexis "El Gordo" Grullon and Gilbert "Giby" Capellan. These extremely talented musicians also have other artistic talents such as producing/directing music videos, engineering their own songs in the studio and musically and artistically directing albums for other artists, notably Sans Pression, and worked with artists from the Americas, Africa and Europe, like BLESS, SAT (band) and Guru-Gangstarr. They have also been members of now defunct bands such as Zona-X, Ultimo Capitulo/Last Chapter and Black Sunz.

They performed at many world music festivals including Festival des Rythmes du Monde, been showcased on televised shows such as The Roof (TV), Belle et Bum and Teleritmo and opened for musicians such as Fat Joe, Tego Calderón, Elvis Crespo, N'Klabe, Aguakate, DJ IOP, José Alberto "El Canario" and IAM.

Discography

  • Bahire (2006)
  • Music videos

  • Calle
  • Son Criollo
  • Lo Que Quisiera
  • References

    Criollo (band) Wikipedia


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