Xera (band)
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Asturias
The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages...
(Spain
Spain
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) band from San Andrés, in the municipality
Municipality
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of Oviedo
Oviedo
Oviedo is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain. It is also the name of the municipality that contains the city....
. Born as the consequence of the combination of high sound engineering with symphonic musical concepts based in Asturian traditional music
Traditional music
Traditional music is the term increasingly used for folk music that is not contemporary folk music. More on this is at the terminology section of the World music article...
. The basis of their sound is rooted in contrast all the time.
This way, they achieve an ample spectrum of styles inside the concept of electronica (escaping from the usual minimalism in it) reflected in each sound.
Albums
- Lliendes (December 2006)
- Tierra (July 2009)
Both albums are distributed under a Creative Commons
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license.
Compilations
- Esbilla 05 (included in Anuariu de la música asturiana 2005 by L'Aguañaz records), with the song Valdescabres published in 2005 under a Creative CommonsCreative CommonsCreative Commons is a non-profit organization headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons...
license. - Llengües Vives 1996-2006, with the song Dúrmite published in 2006 under a Creative CommonsCreative CommonsCreative Commons is a non-profit organization headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons...
license. - Esbilla 06 (included in Anuariu de la música asturiana 2006 by L'Aguañaz records), with the song Inda published in 2006 under a Creative CommonsCreative CommonsCreative Commons is a non-profit organization headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons...
license. - Sonidos Eurofolk 2006 (included with Interfolk magazine), with the song Valdescabres published in 2007 under a Creative CommonsCreative CommonsCreative Commons is a non-profit organization headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons...
license.
Other Works
- Original soundtrack of the documental movie "Aconcagua, más que un record" (2007), produced by DosTorres Audiovisual