Tabú Tek
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Tabú Tek sometimes spelled Tabutek, or even TABU-TEK, is an alternative electro-rock band based in Santo Domingo
, Dominican Republic
.
The band formed in the mid 1990s with a short but productive career and released three albums in their native Dominican Republic. The band enjoyed local success in the Santo Domingo
rock scene and released music videos like "El Precio" which enjoyed rotation in MTV. While enjoying success in their native country, the band was never able to push for international success. Sintetik, the band's last album, represented the band's maturation and professionalism but never made it out of the local scene. Tabu Tek later on withdrew from releasing new material but still play shows in the local scene from time to time. In 2008 Maximo Martinez released new solo material named Electrónica Ensemble Como Concepto Performáticohttp://www.listin.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=69726.
electronic rock band New Page and produce a series of rock songs that laid the foundations for his later work. At the time, the rock scene was just starting to gain popularity in Santo Domingo
. Shortly before the creation of Tabu Tek
, Maximo Martinez disbanded New Page. New Page had a few significant songs that received airplay those being "5 aňos", "Triangulo" and "Blanco y Negro".
and friends Franklin Alvarez, Francisco Polanco, Javier Vargas, and Alberto Dujarric and forms Tabu Tek on April 15 of 1995 in Santo Domingo
, Dominican Republic
http://reocities.com/SunsetStrip/club/2701/index.html. In the year 1996 Tabu Tek releases their first album Girar in Santo Domingo
being well received in local radio stations and gaining the band some popularity with the release of singles like Cierra Los Ojos, and Escena Gastada. In November 1996 Maximo Martinez joins the Chilean
rocker Beto Cuevas
and sings along La Ley's
greatest hit El Duelo in a concert held in Santo Domingo. Months later, in March 1997 Tabu Tek opens for Argentinian band Enanitos Verdes in a concert performance in Santo Domingo. In June 1997 Tabu Tek performed in the Dominican Republic's Presidente Festival and received critical acclaim by the international magazine Billboard http://books.google.com/books?id=eg4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35&dq=Tabu+Tek+Billboard&source=bl&ots=cF5b6uwhsG&sig=nPFJLXtbW9ly6l7XHiiObip2wDQ&hl=en&ei=UVnPS72IF8X6lweJzOShCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Tabu%20Tek%20Billboard&f=false and also release their second album material Visual. In 1999, Tabu Tek released their third and final album to date, Sintetik, with a more defined electro-rock
based sound than in their previous materials. While the band has ceased producing new album material they still sporadically play at local bars in Santo Domingo like the Cinema Cafe in Plaza de la Cultura sector of the city. Maximo Martinez (now Known as Max) remains somewhat active releasing his solo project Electrónica Ensemble Como Concepto Performático in 2008. Max performed in Clemente Portillo's Bar Calavera as the singer of the song "Acuario" released in 2010.
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...
, Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
.
The band formed in the mid 1990s with a short but productive career and released three albums in their native Dominican Republic. The band enjoyed local success in the Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...
rock scene and released music videos like "El Precio" which enjoyed rotation in MTV. While enjoying success in their native country, the band was never able to push for international success. Sintetik, the band's last album, represented the band's maturation and professionalism but never made it out of the local scene. Tabu Tek later on withdrew from releasing new material but still play shows in the local scene from time to time. In 2008 Maximo Martinez released new solo material named Electrónica Ensemble Como Concepto Performáticohttp://www.listin.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=69726.
New Page: Maximo Martinez, Early Days
Throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s Maximo Martinez participated in the DominicanDominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
electronic rock band New Page and produce a series of rock songs that laid the foundations for his later work. At the time, the rock scene was just starting to gain popularity in Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...
. Shortly before the creation of Tabu Tek
Tabú Tek
Tabú Tek sometimes spelled Tabutek, or even TABU-TEK, is an alternative electro-rock band based in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic....
, Maximo Martinez disbanded New Page. New Page had a few significant songs that received airplay those being "5 aňos", "Triangulo" and "Blanco y Negro".
Tabu Tek: Release of Girar, Rise of Popularity, Sintetik and Hiatus
After Maximo Martinez disbands his previous project, New Page, he settles down with Bassist Tomas Alvarez from Toque ProfundoToque Profundo
Toque Profundo, sometimes referred to as Toque, or TP, is a rock group from the Dominican Republic, the most successful of the local Dominican bands to date in the late 80s and 90s...
and friends Franklin Alvarez, Francisco Polanco, Javier Vargas, and Alberto Dujarric and forms Tabu Tek on April 15 of 1995 in Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...
, Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
http://reocities.com/SunsetStrip/club/2701/index.html. In the year 1996 Tabu Tek releases their first album Girar in Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...
being well received in local radio stations and gaining the band some popularity with the release of singles like Cierra Los Ojos, and Escena Gastada. In November 1996 Maximo Martinez joins the Chilean
Chilean people
Chilean people, or simply Chileans, are the native citizens and long-term immigrants of Chile. Chileans are mainly of Spanish and Amerindian descent, with small but significant traces of 19th and 20th century European immigrant origin...
rocker Beto Cuevas
Beto Cuevas
Luis Alberto "Beto" Cuevas Olmedo is the former lead singer of the now-defunct Chilean rock band, La Ley. He grew up in Montréal, Quebec, and is fluent in French, English, and Spanish. He was born in Santiago, Chile, and now resides in Los Angeles and is pursuing a solo career.-Biography:His...
and sings along La Ley's
La Ley (band)
La Ley was a Grammy Award and two-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Chilean pop rock band formed by Andrés Bobe and Rodrigo Aboitiz with Mauricio Claveria, Beto Cuevas and Luciano Rojas. After a failed first album, Desiertos , they released Doble Opuesto , which appears as the official first album...
greatest hit El Duelo in a concert held in Santo Domingo. Months later, in March 1997 Tabu Tek opens for Argentinian band Enanitos Verdes in a concert performance in Santo Domingo. In June 1997 Tabu Tek performed in the Dominican Republic's Presidente Festival and received critical acclaim by the international magazine Billboard http://books.google.com/books?id=eg4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35&dq=Tabu+Tek+Billboard&source=bl&ots=cF5b6uwhsG&sig=nPFJLXtbW9ly6l7XHiiObip2wDQ&hl=en&ei=UVnPS72IF8X6lweJzOShCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Tabu%20Tek%20Billboard&f=false and also release their second album material Visual. In 1999, Tabu Tek released their third and final album to date, Sintetik, with a more defined electro-rock
Electro rock
Electronic rock, also commonly referred to as synthrock, electro rock or digital rock, is rock music generated with electronic instruments...
based sound than in their previous materials. While the band has ceased producing new album material they still sporadically play at local bars in Santo Domingo like the Cinema Cafe in Plaza de la Cultura sector of the city. Maximo Martinez (now Known as Max) remains somewhat active releasing his solo project Electrónica Ensemble Como Concepto Performático in 2008. Max performed in Clemente Portillo's Bar Calavera as the singer of the song "Acuario" released in 2010.
Members
- Maximo Martinez (Vocals, Composer)
- Tomas Alvarez (Bass)
- Franklin Betances (Keyboards)
- Francisco Polanco (Keyboards)
- Javier Vargas (Guitar)
- Alberto Dujarric (Percussions/drums)
Studio albums
- GirarGirarGirar is the first studio album released by the Dominican based electro rock band Tabu Tek. This first production was released on the year 1996 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic...
(1997) - SintetikSintetikSintetik is the third and final album production by the Dominican based electro rock band Tabu Tek. Released in 1999, the album spanned many local hits in the Dominican rock scene but, as their previous albums, didn't push them to international success...
(1999) - VisualVisual (album)Visual is the second studio album produced by the Dominican based electro rock band Tabu Tek. This second production was released on the year 1997 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The fourth song of the album, Compadre Pedro Juan, is a rock tribute to Luis Alberti, father of merengue music...
(2003)
Collaboration Albums
- Rockero Hasta La Tambora (unreleased tribute Participation by Tabu Tek with Compadre Pedro Juan)
- Rock & Jazz: Turismo Republica Dominicana (Participation only by Maximo Martinez)
- Bar Calavera (produced by Clemente Portillo with collaborations by Maximo Martinez)
See also
- Dominican rockDominican rockDominican rock, , is rock music created by Dominican groups and soloists. Originating in the 1980s with the start of Luis Dias band Transporte Urbano, successful bands such as Tribu Del Sol, Toque Profundo and Tabu Tek began to emerge...
- Toque ProfundoToque ProfundoToque Profundo, sometimes referred to as Toque, or TP, is a rock group from the Dominican Republic, the most successful of the local Dominican bands to date in the late 80s and 90s...
- Dominican RepublicDominican RepublicThe Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...