Ultra High Flamenco

Biography

In 2005 the great flamenco dancer Joaquin Grilo creates a band bringing together these four musicians for the first time. From the instantaneous chemistry between them is born a unique musical project: UHF Ultra High Flamenco. Their premiere takes place at Flamenco Festival Helsinki 2007 that year they recorded their first album, "UHF". Since then they have played in many festivals such as El jazz viene del sur in Sevilla, Festival Encuentros in Cuenca , Bienal de Sevilla, Festival de Jerez, Bie...

In 2005 the great flamenco dancer Joaquin Grilo creates a band bringing together these four musicians for the first time. From the instantaneous chemistry between them is born a unique musical project: UHF Ultra High Flamenco. Their premiere takes place at Flamenco Festival Helsinki 2007 that year they recorded their first album, "UHF". Since then they have played in many festivals such as El jazz viene del sur in Sevilla, Festival Encuentros in Cuenca , Bienal de Sevilla, Festival de Jerez, Bienal in Holland, WOMEX in Sevilla,Galileo Galilei in Madrid (album presentation),Sôdra Teaternin Estockholm (Sweden), Festival Flamenco in Berlin (Germany), Festival Ciutat Bella in Barcelona, Festival Nuits Flamencas de Chateauvallon (France), Festival Flamenco Tampere (Finland), Note di notte (Sicily), Festival Musikstage (Switzerland), Festival Jazz Plus Sofía (Bulgaria), Festival 365 jazz Bilbao (Spain), Biennale Flamenco (Netherland) ...... The repertoire is composed by the four musicians, flamenco and improvisation being it's group elements.

At the beginning of 2010 they edited 2 ª edition of the disc "UHF" with a renewed image and some variations in his content. It was nominated as BEST FLAMENCO´S DISC by the UFI (Phonographic Independent Union). In March, 2011, they edited his second album BIPOLAR, with the release as: " UHF, a 24-carat quartet" (Flamenco Culture), " The band left us speechless, both the public and the critics " (Flamenco-World). He has placed as emphasized disc in countries as Germany, France, Mexico ... The sound of the group is evolving in his way of conceiving the flamenco instrumental and continues exploring his intimate relation with the jazz. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.