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Ojos de Brujo
Background information
Years active1998-present
MembersMarina Abad
Ramón Giménez
Xavi Turull
DJ Panko
Sergio Ramos
Maxwell Wright
Paco Lomeňa
Javi Martin

Ojos de Brujo ("Wizard's Eyes" in English) is an eight-piece band from Barcelona, Spain, who describe their style as "hiphop flamenkillo" (hip-hop with a little flamenco) [1]. The band sold over 100,000 copies of their self-produced Barí album, and has received several awards, among these the BBC Radio 3 World Music Award for Europe in 2004 [2] (having also been nominated in 2003 [3]).

Their success is also notable for being achieved without the aid of label backing; they set up their own label, La Fábrica de Colores, to get complete artistic freedom for Barí, away from the pressure they perceived from their record company Edel Records for their debut Vengue [4]

Flamenco is clearly central to their sound; Ramón Giménez observed "the magic lies in the flamenco... that is the heartbeat of Ojos de Brujo's songs" [5]. However, they are definitely not pure flamenco. Xavi Turull said: "...we don't pretend to do flamenco. What we are doing is using the richness of flamenco and the richness of other music to build up something different. Maybe sometimes I would say that flamenco is the strongest ingredient, but we don't pretend to be doing flamenco." [6] Flamenco is combined in their music with other influences including Afro-Cuban [7], the rap and scratching / turntablism of hip-hop, and Indian music.

Members

This list is taken from their third album, Techarí (2006):

  • Marina "la Canillas" - vocals
  • Ramón Giménez - flamenco guitar
  • Xavi Turull - cajón, tabla, congas, percussion
  • Panko - scratching
  • Sergio Ramos - drums, cajón
  • Maxwell Wright - percussion, vocals
  • Paco Lomeňa - flamenco guitar
  • Javi Martin - bass
  • Carlitos - congas

The CD also features guest appearances by a large number of other musicians, including Nitin Sawhney and Prithpal Rajput from Asian Dub Foundation as well as many Spanish artists.

Discography

  • Vengue, 1999
  • Barí, 2002
  • Barí: Remezclas de la Casa, 2003
  • Techarí, 2006
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