Capsula

Capsula
Origin	Buenos Aires, Argentina,
Genres	Indie rock, Garage rock, Alternative Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Years active	1998–present
Labels	La Nena Records Discos Liliput BCore Disc Gaztelupeko Hotsak Krian Music Group
Website	Official website
Members
Martin Guevara, Coni Duchess, Ignacio Villarejo

Capsula are an indie rock/garage rock band from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Their name is the Spanish word for capsule and derives from the David Bowie song "Space Oddity".

Influenced as much by 1960s South American psychedelic rock as by garage, they started in Argentina recording three albums: Sublime (1999), Yudoka (2000) and a recording of experimental rarities named Ultimo Fragmento (2000)

They start touring in Europe in 1998 and moved to Bilbao in 2001, city where all the members of the band live since then. In 2002 they publish Capsula with songs in Spanish and their first songs in English. For writing in english they use Surrealist automatism and Cut-up technique.

The next following years from 2003 to 2005 they tour Europe and publish several CD singles, until they record Songs & Circuits, in 2006, with a Madrid-based label Discos Liliput. The album was released January 16, 2007 described them as "garage rock for the 21st Century" reminiscent of The Stooges, The Velvet Underground and the early The Rolling Stones.^{[citation needed]}

Described as live animals on stage by the press, their mix of raw noise with sonic sounds results in an exciting live act.

In 2007 and 2008, Capsula tour USA, UK, Canada, Europe & Southamerica receiving rave reviews of their live gigs.

In October 2008 Capsula signed with BCore Disc, releasing 'Rising Mountains' in April 2009.

The album 'Rising Mountains' and Capsula show in SXSW 2009 were chosen by David Fricke as one of the best surprises of the festival. He wrote in his column Fricke's Picks for the Rolling Stone Magazine in April 2009:

‘It was only 9 p.m. on opening night when I hit my first pay dirt of this year’s SXSW in Austin: Capsula a kinetic trio from Bilbao, Spain — singer-guitarist Martin Guevara and bassist Coni Duchess, the band’s founding couple, are originally from Argentina — who were supposed to be obsessed with the Velvet Underground (according to a newspaper preview) but were actually a high-velocity union of the Cramps and the Who, coated in corroded glam. Guevara attacked his guitar with a serious case of Pete Townshend, and drummer Alberto Diez was an improbable mix of Keith Moon and the Velvets’ Maureen Tucker: flash with heartbeat. In the last song of the set, a furious space-out that sounded like the Who doing Pink Floyd’s “Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun,” Guevara swallowed his mike Lux Interior-style and scraped his guitar strings along the edge of the stage. You don’t get those visuals with Capsula’s new album, Rising Mountains (BCore), but you get the idea — and everything I heard.’ David Fricke. Fricke’s Picks. (Rolling Stone)

In July 2009 Capsula recorded a new album, collaborating with New York rock legend Ivan Julian (Richard Hell & The Voidoids), titled Ivan Julian & Capsula - The Naked Flame and released in Spain by Bloody Hotsak.

In 2011 they publish 'In The Land of Silver Souls' (Krian Music Group/BCore) produced by John Agnello.

Band members

• Martin Guevara — vocals, guitar
• Coni Duchess — vocals, bass, projections
• Ignacio Villarejo — drums and percussion

Discography

Albums

• Sublime 1999. La Nena Records
• Yudoka 2000. La Nena Records
• Ultimo Fragmento 2000. La Nena Records
• Capsula 2002. DDT
• Songs & Circuits 2006. Discos Liliput
• Rising Mountains 2009. BCore Disc
• Ivan Julian & Capsula - The Naked Flame 2009. Bloody Hotsak
• In The Land Of Silver Souls 2011. Krian Music Group, BCore Disc

Singles

• "Imagines Paganas" 2001. Virus Tribute. White Label
• "From the Sun" 2004. White Label
• "Shshout" 2005. White Label
• "Run Run Run" The Velvet Underground Tribute. 2007. Green Light / Electric Mountain

Compilation CD albums

• "Voices Underground". Bands on Tour Compilation. 2005. Ria Records
• "A boy through airwaves" Bendito Pop. Junk Records. 2006

External links

• Official site
• Official Capsula MySpace page