Meridian Brothers

Biography

Meridian Brothers is tropical / psychedelic group from Colombia. Born in Bogotá in 1998 and based on the musical interests of composer Eblis Alvarez, in the beginning, the project was focused exclusively on cassette recordings and experimentation with alternative ways of playing instruments and electronic media. From a conceptual band where Alvarez played all the instruments, Meridian Brothers evolved into a live combo that meets Maria Valencia (saxophone, clarinet, percussion and synthesizers...

Meridian Brothers is tropical / psychedelic group from Colombia. Born in Bogotá in 1998 and based on the musical interests of composer Eblis Alvarez, in the beginning, the project was focused exclusively on cassette recordings and experimentation with alternative ways of playing instruments and electronic media.

From a conceptual band where Alvarez played all the instruments, Meridian Brothers evolved into a live combo that meets Maria Valencia (saxophone, clarinet, percussion and synthesizers), Damian Ponce (Percussion), Cesar Quevedo (bass) and Alejandro Forero (electronics and synthesizers).

Meridian brothers sound a is huge palette of influences and inspirations. From tropical music, vallenato, Latin-American folk, sampling techniques to theatrical interventions and references of fake characters expressing however a deep human reality.

Meridian Brothers fue creado en el año de 1989 por diferentes músicos de la vanguardia del metal colombiano de los ochentas cuyo fin era salvaguardar y preservar la estética característica de este género. Durante toda su historia Meridian Brothers ha grabado varios discos (y cassettes) en los que se incluyen antologías de Metal colombiano realizado por la banda y diferentes experimentos improvisativos. Actualmente la banda dirige sus esfuerzos hacia una estética dramatúrgica y de cierto exotismo. El artista Eblis Álvarez esta a cargo de la contabilidad y la producción ejecutiva de la banda. Será posible a finales del año 2006 encontrar en el comercio el último disco de la banda titulado Meridian Brothers V. Para más información o grabaciones de la banda se puede contactar al representante por medio de la distritofónica. Otros sellos donde se puede encontrar música relacionada con Meridian Brothers: sello Dacapo- Alpha. Open space. (Eblis Álvarez- "El juego de la polka espectral")

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