Together they make Repeat After Me another step up the creativity ladder for Los Amigos Invisibles. José Luis Pardo's production and mix are equal partners with the band in this creation. After a 3 years absence from London stages, the Venezuelan funk band returns to the British capital for one night only. No matter the music's intensity, he manages to add this loose, laid-back feel to every utterance - whether he is singing in Spanish or English - that makes the party roll at a simmering heat. This is due in no small part to Julio Briceño's vocals. Despite the obvious influential references, Los Amigos Invisibles are able to stretch and morph them into something completely their own. What is love Is it the way you look into my eyes What is love The things you do that take me by surprise. Disco gets a real hearing on the largely instrumental "Robot Love" and the dancefloor banger "Invisible Love," near the album's end where the strings are straight out Barry White and the synths are pure Giorgio Moroder, all woven through this killer neo-Latin soul frame. It's everything, it's something you can't hide. Throughout, the horn and string arrangements on some of the aforementioned cuts, or the fingerpopping - not to mention hilarious - "Reino Animal," expand the colorful palette of sounds and layered textures found on the set. The participation of the swinging trio Los Hermanoes Naturales on "Mostro" adds wild, scattershot gypsy jazz to the proceedings to boot. With "Stay," a desperate, broken love song and the set's longest cut, the funk remains, but it's spacy, nocturnal, and emotive. "Río Porque No Fue un Sueño" melds Isley Brothers groove, Leroy Hutson's seductiveness, and Santana's guitar soloing circa Caravanserai and Welcome. By contrast," "Sex Appeal" is pure wonky funk. Aade exclusiones entre ellos Escribe el mensaje que recibiris Ahora puedes usar emojis. "La Que Me Gusta"'s intro bassline is swiped straight from the Supremes' "You Can't Hurry Love," but the melody is less urgent, modern, warmer, a new breed of Latin soul. En 3 pasos introducirs toda la informacin necesaria para realizar el sorteo por e-mail: Rellena los nombres y e-mails de tus amigos. While Commercial and Not So Commercial utilized inspirations from Daft Punk to Prince's Paisley Park, the inspirations on Repeat After Me reach back further - toward the soulful funk of the mid- to late '70s, smooth disco, and Latin soul, with just enough lithe rock to expand the dynamics. ![]() 'Chulius' (vocals, percussion, songwriting), José Luis Pardo a. The band was comprised of Julio Briceño a.k.a. In 1995 they released their debut album, A Typical and Autoctonal Venezuelan Dance Band, which was a moderate success in Venezuela. The Venezuelan sextet combines grooves that push the envelope of songwriting, arranging, and production at every turn. Los Amigos Invisibles are a Latin dance band from Venezuela that plays a blend of disco and acid jazz. While the band's "new gozadera" sound remains, the level of sophistication at work here was only hinted at on their previous two offerings for the label. Repeat After Me is Los Amigos Invisibles' sixth recording overall, and their third for Nacional.
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