El Gran Silencio
Encyclopedia
El Gran Silencio is a rock en español band from Monterrey
, Mexico
that blends a variety of rock
, reggae
, dancehall
, and dub
influences with traditional Latin American musical forms such as cumbia
, vallenato
and banda
as part of the musical movement known as Avanzada Regia
. Current members include brothers Cano and Tony Hernandez, Isaac "Campa" Valdez, Julian "Moco" Villarreal, and Ezequiel Alvarado.
Their first album (1999) is titled Libres y Locos, which means 'free and crazy' in English. It was on this album that they scored a hit with the song "Dormir Soñando". Their follow up album (2001) is called Chuntaros Radio Poder ("Chuntaro" referring to a type of Mexican music and referenced in the song ("Chuntaros Style") and was even more successful than the first. Their third album is called Superiddim Internacional Vol. 1. Their latest album (2006) is called Comunicaflow Underground. El Gran Silencio was the opening act at LA Rising in Los Angeles, California on July 30, 2011.
Monterrey
Monterrey , is the capital city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León in the country of Mexico. The city is anchor to the third-largest metropolitan area in Mexico and is ranked as the ninth-largest city in the nation. Monterrey serves as a commercial center in the north of the country and is the...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
that blends a variety of rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
, reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
, dancehall
Dancehall
Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s. Initially dancehall was a more sparse version of reggae than the roots style, which had dominated much of the 1970s. In the mid-1980s, digital instrumentation became more prevalent, changing the sound considerably,...
, and dub
Dub music
Dub is a genre of music which grew out of reggae music in the 1960s, and is commonly considered a subgenre, though it has developed to extend beyond the scope of reggae...
influences with traditional Latin American musical forms such as cumbia
Cumbia
Cumbia is a music genre popular across Latin America. The cumbia originated in the Caribbean coast of Colombia, where it is associated with an eponymous dance and has since spread as far as Mexico and Argentina...
, vallenato
Vallenato
Vallenato, along with cumbia, is currently a popular folk music of Colombia. It primarily comes from the Colombia's Caribbean region. Vallenato literally means "born in the valley". The valley influencing this name is located between the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the Serranía de Perijá in...
and banda
Banda music
Banda is a brass-based form of traditional music. Bandas play a wide variety of songs, including rancheras, corridos, cumbias, baladas, and boleros. Bandas are most widely known for their rancheras, but they also play modern Mexican pop, rock, and cumbias...
as part of the musical movement known as Avanzada Regia
Avanzada Regia
Avanzada Regia was a musical movement in the mid 1990's from Monterrey. The movement began professionally in 1995 but its pioneers began playing in bars in the city in 1994, receiving attention and popularity in their hometown.- Origins :...
. Current members include brothers Cano and Tony Hernandez, Isaac "Campa" Valdez, Julian "Moco" Villarreal, and Ezequiel Alvarado.
Their first album (1999) is titled Libres y Locos, which means 'free and crazy' in English. It was on this album that they scored a hit with the song "Dormir Soñando". Their follow up album (2001) is called Chuntaros Radio Poder ("Chuntaro" referring to a type of Mexican music and referenced in the song ("Chuntaros Style") and was even more successful than the first. Their third album is called Superiddim Internacional Vol. 1. Their latest album (2006) is called Comunicaflow Underground. El Gran Silencio was the opening act at LA Rising in Los Angeles, California on July 30, 2011.
Discography
- Dofos (1996 Independiente - Demo)
- Libres y Locos (1998 EMI - Álbum)
- Chúntaros Radio Poder (2000 EMI - Álbum)
- Super Riddim Internacional Vol.1 (2003 EMI - Álbum)
- Lucha Rock:El Gran Silencio/Victimas del Dr. Cerebro (2004) EMI - Album
- Serie Verde - El Gran Silencio (2006) EMI - Album
- Comunicaflow Underground (2006 EMI - ALBUM)
- Vi - Vo (2008 Independiente - Album doble en vivo)
- Revolusound vs Systema (2010 Independiente - Album)
External links
- Official
- Site at EMI Latin
- El Gran Silencio MySpace page