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What you need to know about me:
Essentially a collaboration between vocalist/guitarist Andrea Echeverri and bassist/arranger Hector Buitrago, Aterciopelados has recorded eight albums since they originally teamed up in Bogota; their relationship is one Latin rock's most successful artistic partnerships. Aterciopelados have always demonstrated an unflagging commitment to their music as art, and as an instrument of reaching people. Now that the civil war in Colombia is intensifying and more innocent victims get caught up in its devastation, the band recognizes their responsibility to celebrate their love for their traditions, while at the same time speaking to the modernizing tastes of Latín American youth. You can see it vividly, whether they’re playing a show in the main square of La Paz, Bolivia to celebrate the declaration of human rights, or whether it’s Andrea tossing plastic flowers into an army of Latin rockers in New York or Los Angeles. Discography: Con El Corazón En La Mano (1993) El Dorado (1994) La Pipa De La Paz (1996) Caribe Atómico (1998) Gozo Poderoso (2000) Evolución (2002) -- compilation album Andrea Echeverri (2005) Conector (2005)

Music that’s in my head (and playlists):
1. Café tacuba-sino 2. ben harper & the innocent criminals - lifelines 3. Chetes - blanco facil 4. jorge drexler - 12 segundos de oscuridad 5. Aterciopelados - oye 6. el cuarteto de nos - raro 7. erika azim-mbira - healing music of zimbabwe 8. juana molina - son 9. norte potosi - lo mejor de norte potosi 10. luz mila carpio - cualquiera

The stuff I’m obsessed with:
LA MUSICA

What I can’t live without:
MILAGROS

Additional Links:
http://www.aterciopelados.com

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