![]() ![]() ![]() JOSE LUIS PARDO (Guitarist, Los Amigos Invisibles): It became like a thing to party and then to be tagged on the social networks like Facebook or Hi5. One song that has been winning over fans has been "Mentiras," which means live. It was either like rock bands on a more either goth or, you know, heavy metal kind of spectrum or there were salsa and merengue kind of bands. FIGUEREDO: Well, back in our country, there were two kinds of bands playing around. ![]() make a break from what people think Latin music is? Or was it just that's what you like? MARTIN: But when you started out, were you starting out wanting to. But eventually, we actually got back into our roots and we do incorporate some salsa over here and there and merengue and, you know, bossa nova, all of that. And that - what meant dance music with a jazz twist, with electric guitar, keyboards and so on and so forth. We were inspired by bands like Brand New Heavies, Jamiroquai, et cetera, et cetera. We began with the acid jazz movement in the U.K. Some people have called us, like, Latin funk or dance funk or whatever. FIGUEREDO: We're a party band, first and foremost. So I wanted to ask, how do you describe your sound? And it says that you're not producing the traditional rock and salsa that many people associate with the Latin sound. MARTIN: There was a recent interview in Miami New Times. So, he would say, good night, my invisible friends. And basically the announcer would introduce a program addressing the invisible people that were watching him. FIGUEREDO: Actually, a friend of ours came up with the name, but it comes from a TV show that we used to watch as kids. FIGUEREDO: I'm keyboard player Armando, to my right is Cheo, guitar player, Julio on the vocals, Catire on bass, Mamel on drums and then Mauricio on bongos. JULIO BRICENO (Vocalist, Los Amigos Invisibles): Hello. ARMANDO FIGUEREDO (Keyboardist, Los Amigos Invisibles): Hello. Armando Figueredo, the keyboardist, is going to introduce everybody. studios to perform songs from the album and tell us a little bit about themselves. And they're with us now in our Washington, D.C. They're on tour now supporting their fifth album title "Commercial," which won them a Latin Grammy for best alternative album. Since then, the group has created five studio albums, all featuring a funky mix of house, acid jazz and Latin disco. But after a move to Brooklyn in 1997, they emerged into the spotlight when they caught the ear of David Byrne, the legendary former front man for the group Talking Heads. Their first gigs were in underground dance parties throughout Caracas. When the Venezuelan band Los Amigos Invisibles began playing music in the early '90s, they were literally invisible to most people out there. ![]()
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