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Los Fabulosos Cadillacs

Los Fabulosos Cadillacs are a latin-rock band from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Formed in 1985, they released their first album, Bares y Fondas (Bars and Boardinghouses) in 1986. Since then they have released fourteen more albums. The band's sound is a mix of rock, ska, jazz, salsa, folk, rap and big band. The lineup has changed throughout the years, but the core members have always been the co-founders: singer Gabriel Fernandez Capello (known as Vicentico) and bassist Flavio Cianciaurlo (known as Sr. Flavio). Vicentico and Sr. Flavio have done the majority of the songwriting and lyrics as well.

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R.I.O

There is more than one artist using the name R.I.O 1) R.I.O is a duo that lives and works in Buenos Aires , Argentina. Their music is in the line between free improvisation, electronic, noise, free jazz and ambient.
Their members are Sergio Merce (Tenor sax, WX7, Electronics) and Lucas Totino Tedesco (Lap steel guitar, electronics) both from Buenos Aires. 2) An electronic house project by Manuel Reuter and Yann Peifer, also known as the producing team from Cascada.

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Los Nocheros

Los Nocheros is a pop/folk music group from Argentina. Their 1994 debut album was titled Con El Alma and they were a nominee for folk album in the Latin Grammy Awards of 2005 With 14 albums so far, their sales are about 2,000,000 only in Argentina

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Cineplexx

Sebastian Litmanovich (a.k.a. CINEPLEXX), born 1973 @ Buenos Aires, living in Barcelona, Spain. He uses to record & work at his home using tape & digital home recorders and to sing & play most of the instruments himself. He made some albums under diverse alias such as Amarena Incident (a post rock band from 1997), Readme & Anthony (a collage electronic band www.readmeandanthony.8k.com), Portatile room mobile (a cover band together with Leumann.net), and Cacahuetes Inc.

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Sol Gabetta

Sol Gabetta
Violoncello “Her presence on stage is powerfully intoxicating; with her instrument she seems to be deeply bonded.” Neue Zürcher Zeitung, January 2004 Born of Russian-French parents in Cordoba, Argentina in 1981 the charismatic Sol Gabetta is forging an impressive career; she has a recording contract with Sony, is the Director of her own festival, and has invitations all over the world, following on from winning some major awards.

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CONI

(1) At the age of 17, the french boy only gets in clubs to mix and already controls the turnables with an incredibly easiness. From parties to encounters, he is offered to play in places like the famous Club "Privilege" (Ibiza) or Social Club (Paris) besides artists like Sound Pellegrino, Pearson Sound , Julio Bashmore or Catz 'N Dogz.
Now Coni is 21 and just released his first EP on ClekClekBoom (Vinyl & Digital). He just moved to London and works on some new stuff with the well-known Sasha. (2)CONI: Coni Cibils / Voz y Guitarra Acustic

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Bauer

There are Multiple bands named Bauer: 1. Bauer was a pop duo from Amsterdam (years active: 1999-2006) comprised of former Bettie Serveert drummer Berend Dubbe and Sonja van Hamel. Their graciously arranged pop is strongly influenced by artists such as Brian Wilson, Burt Bacharach, Stereolab and Scott Walker. The Dutch Bauer released three studio albums: On The Move (1999), Can't Stop Singing (2000) and Baueresque (2004). Their last album was a live album with Amsterdam's Metropole Orchestra, entitled The Bauer Melody of 2006.

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Logos

There are several musical groups called Logos: 1) An electronic producer based in Asheville, N.C. Logos has had three albums, starting with Tome Poems in 2002, Biophelia in 2003, and Symbignosis in 2008. His music ranges from ambient to psychedelic trance and blends electronic sounds with live instruments and voices. 2) An only regionally known German Christian Rock band, who have published only one album. They sing in English, so all the Spanish song titles are form the other band, as are the pictures.

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Kevin Johansen

Kevin Johansen (born 1964 in Fairbanks, Alaska) is an Argentine-American rock musician. Born to an Argentine mother and an American father, he lived most of his childhood in the San Francisco Bay Area, but moved with his family to Buenos Aires at the age of 12. Kevin made a brief appearance in the local rock scene with the band Instrucción Cívica in the 80s (only album Obediencia Debida in 1985), but went to New York in 1990.

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