Young and vigorous yet plenty of jammin’ and skankin’ and with a well developed musical experience this new Spanish band was born. Please give your fair round of applauses for the Skarlatines.
Formed in the year of 1995 in the outskirts of the Spanish capital, Madrid, these new youngsters came together to elaborate a very energetic and powerful Old School Roots Ska. Developing sonorities directly from Jamaica’s utmost core Ska, the Skarlatines has gained a wide popularity for their freshness and composure. That helped the kids to bring together their first, and yet only, album called Instrumental 90%, which was released in 1998.
This album brought the attention of several well placed Ska personalities internationally, including the Godfather of Ska, Mister Laurel Aitken. Laurel has embraced the new born band in his final project, the album En Español. Skarlatines has recorded the album with Laurel and even served as his opening act in a tour around the world.
Shortly after the great loss of the Godfather in 2004 the band dismembered but only to regain their strength and energy. They are coming back for a real Skankin’ mesh. Planning to release their second album, Vuelo 22, the band promises a wide range of musical arrangements mixing songs from jazz, blues, latin, soul and may more.
We can only expect a great deal of entertainment from this special band.
Please visit the bads website: http://www.myspace.com/skarlatines
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