Locomia
Encyclopedia
Locomía is a Spanish
pop group
popular in the 1980s and 1990s. They combined elements of tropical with British music
of the New Wave
and New Romantic
s. Their first hit was the eponymous "Locomia".
The original members were Daniel Badilla, Marco Rojas, Andres Martinez and Jorge Mora. In 2011, the latter two were replaced by Miguel Jara and Miguel Arias, followed by Kuok Sen Li. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll The band was probably as famous for its costumes as for the music. They often appeared in extravagant outfits that combined Spanish matador pants with frilly jackets done in eighteenth-century style. Kuok Sen also appeared in a concert dressed up as a Japanese Geisha which made crowds love him and male fans go wild and this has helped him maintain a large gay fan base.
Fan-twirling was an important part of both their stage performance and their music videos.
Their first album was recorded in Spain. It was entitled TAIYO which means sun in Japanese. The first live performance of these songs took place in Japan.
Spain
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pop group
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
popular in the 1980s and 1990s. They combined elements of tropical with British music
British music
British music could refer to:* Music of the United Kingdom* English music* Irish music* Scottish music* Welsh music* Celtic music...
of the New Wave
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
and New Romantic
New Romantic
New Romanticism , was a pop culture movement in the United Kingdom that began around 1979 and peaked around 1981. Developing in London nightclubs such as Billy's and The Blitz and spreading to other major cities in the UK, it was based around flamboyant, eccentric fashion and new wave music...
s. Their first hit was the eponymous "Locomia".
The original members were Daniel Badilla, Marco Rojas, Andres Martinez and Jorge Mora. In 2011, the latter two were replaced by Miguel Jara and Miguel Arias, followed by Kuok Sen Li. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll The band was probably as famous for its costumes as for the music. They often appeared in extravagant outfits that combined Spanish matador pants with frilly jackets done in eighteenth-century style. Kuok Sen also appeared in a concert dressed up as a Japanese Geisha which made crowds love him and male fans go wild and this has helped him maintain a large gay fan base.
Fan-twirling was an important part of both their stage performance and their music videos.
Discography
- "Taiyo sol" (1989)
- "Locovox" (1991)
- "Party Time" (1992)
- "Samba Pasion" (1999)
- "Corazon" (2001)
- "Loco Mia" (2007)
Their first album was recorded in Spain. It was entitled TAIYO which means sun in Japanese. The first live performance of these songs took place in Japan.