Los Caparos
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Untill this day the group has taken part in a variety of social and cultural projects and venues:
2013 – Russia and Ukraine Tour (St. Petersburg, Moscow, Kharkiv, Kiev)
2013 – Opening act for Ky-Mani Marley (10th “Rasta” of Marley dinasty) at Barby Club, Tel-Aviv
2013 – “Haim Beseret” (Living in a Movie) – album presentation at The Zone, Tel Aviv
2012 – “Rock for Life” - World AIDS Day Concert
2012 – “InDiNegev” Festival
2012 – “Reggae in the Desert” Festival
2012 – Showcase at Jerusalem Music Conference
2012 – “One Shekel Festival”, Maalot
2012 – "Lo Kone" – single presentation at Barby, Tel Aviv (special guest – Mooke)
2012 – "Israeli Experience" – performance in collaboration with Bezalel Academy of Arts graduates
2012 – Annual Bob Marley tribute concert at Barby, Tel Aviv
2011 – Ska Marathon – a corporate Israeli tour with "Fast Food Orchestra" (Prague)
2011 – Uptown Music Festival, Bat Yam
2011 – Mighty Sounds Festival (European Summer Tour)
2011 – Boskovice Festival (European Summer Tour)
2011 – Germany and Czech Republic Tour (Jena, Nuremberg, Prague, Tabor, Boskovice)
2011 – Opening act for "Gogol Bordello" at Barby Club, Tel-Aviv
2010 – Showcase for cultural attaches from foreign embassies from all over the world
2010 – "Charcoal Scetches” - launch concert at Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center
2010 – "Reggae in the Desert" Festival
2010 – "Gesher" Festival
2010 – France Tour (Paris, Nice, Toulouse, Montpellier)
2010 – Annual Bob Marley tribute concert at Comfort 13 club, Tel Aviv
2009 – “Plitim – Refugees” – Tribute concert for Ehud Banai
2009 – “Tel-Aviv Music Festival”
2009 – Opening act for “Skatalites” at Barbi Club, Tel-Aviv
2009 – “Reggae Love Festival” Jerusalem
2008 – “Avoda Ivrit” – launch concert in “Ha-Yarkon” Park, Tel Aviv
2008 – “From Russia with Love” – International Festival with Russia’s top artists
2008 – “Pacha Cocha” – International Art Festival
2008 – “Tarbut.ru” – website launch, promotion of Russian artists in Israel
2008 – “Plonter” – Tribute concert for Rami Fortis (Minimal Compact), celebrating 30 years since the release of his first album
2008 – “Cellcom Volume” Festival
2007 – The Israeli Music Awards, “24” – the Israeli Music Channel
2007 – Opening act for Emir Kusturiza and “Non-Smoking Band”
2007/2008 – “Boombamela” Festival
2007/2008 – “The Spring Festival” Zeelim Kibbutz
2007 – “Ha-Tamar” Festival
2007 – “One Shekel Festival” Kiryat Shmona
2005/2007 – “Beer Festival TLV”
2005 – “VDOH Festival” Moscow, Russia.
Releases:
Albums
2013 – "Haim Beseret"
*Singles: "Lo Kone" (I Don't Buy It), "Haim Beseret" (Living a Movie), “Ashir” (Rich Man), “Volver”, "Lo Kone" ft. Mookie (rerelease)
2007- “Rasta Vasily” – Debut Album
*Singles: “CCCP”, “Babosy”
Compilations and special projects
2013 - “The Grocery Song”, “Foggy Stories” - Kaveret tribute project
2010 – “Lizard Tail Song”, “Charcoal Scethes” – Meir Ariel tribute album
2008 – song and video for cellular promotion campaign - Tarbut.ru
2008 – “Nachon Le Ha-Yom”, in “Avoda Ivrit” compilation
Video clips:
"Duda”
"Ashir”
"Haim Beseret"
"CCCP"
TV appearances (selected):
Channel 24 – “Better Together” (12.03.13)
Channel 2 – “The World This Morning” (2.03.13)
Channel 1 – “Local Noise” (5.12.12)
Channel 24 – "Stars at Noon" (30.7.12)
Channel 10 – “London & Kirshenbaum” Talk Show (25.7.12)
Channel 1 – "Live from the Yellow Submarine" (26.1.11)
Channel 9 – New Years Special (31.12.10)
Channel 1 – Special live appearance at "20 Years to Russian Alia" ceremony (22.7.10)
Channel 23 – live at "23 Minutes" (21.7.10)
Channel 24 – live at “Glassy Studio” (25.05.09)
Channel 24 – live at “Glassy Studio” (1.04.09)
Channel 9 – “7:40” Talk Show (5.02.09)
Channel 24 – live at Israeli Music Awards (26.12.07)
Channel 10 – “London & Kirshenbaum” Talk Show (5.12.07)
Radio appearances (selected):
“Galei Zahal” 96.6FM (Jam with Yoav Kutner)
88FM (Jam Sessions)
“Galei Zahal” 96.6FM (Beni Bashan Show)
“Kol Israel - Reshet Bet” 88FM (– “Land of Oz”)
“Galgalaz” 91.8FM (“The Source”)
“Galei Zahal” 96.6FM (Jam Sessions)
Tour of local stations at North (Radio Day)
“Kol Israel - Reshet Bet” 95.5FM (“Amnon Peer Show”)
99FM (Interview with Ran Levi)
“Radio Tel-Aviv” 102FM (Yoav Kutner Show)
“Radio Reka” 101.3FM
“Kol Ha-Kampus” 106FM ("Napoleon") - ---
"Winning combination that includes the special style of Los Caparos - reggae fortified with ska, diluted in dub and immersed in jungle, together with the different languages - all these create a musical mixture, that is hard to stand! Eight men distribute magnetic energy on stage and beyond..." - Irit Rivniker
"Los Caparos doesn't give a damn. they got on to the ethnic rock movement, a combination of reggae, rock, dub, ska and jungle, along with a Russian temperament they wants to take over the streets, to impose disorder and to entertain, because as Los Caparos say – everything is "kakamaika" (nonsense). It's rhythmic, it makes your feet move on their own, it draws you to the circle. So join and sing along - CCCP" - Yossi Harsonsky
“Los Caparos' sound is something so unique that it almost never gets heard in Israel and Caparos do it in the coolest, most fun way you can imagine” - Musicpage.co.il
Discography
Albums
2012 - "Haim Beseret"
*Singles: ""Lo Kone" (I Don't Buy It), "Haim Beseret" (Living a Movie), Ashir (Rich Man), Volver, "Lo Kone" ft. Mookie (rerelease)
2007 - Rasta Vasily Debut Album
*Singles: CCCP, Babosy
Compilations and special projects
2013 - The Grocery Song, Foggy Stories - Kaveret tribute project
2010 Lizard Tail Song, "Charcoal Scethes Meir Ariel tribute album
2008 Song and video for cellular promotion campaign - Tarbut.ru
2008 Nachon Le Ha-Yom, in Avoda Ivrit compilation
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Bio
Los Caparos are a genuine proof of the successful mixing of different cultures, languages and musical styles. Starting their musical career in 2004 by playing in pubs and clubs, closely associated with the Russian community of Tel-Aviv, the band has quickly found a way into the hearts of the native Israeli audience as well. The combination of the Russian temperament and the Israeli sun has created a fresh, new and unique blend of Ska, Reggae, Dub, Jungle and World Music in Russian, Hebrew and English, and made the music of Los Caparos truly international.
The band's staff is also multicultural, as it includes both native Israeli and Russian speaking musicians. Some of Los Caparos' members are well known in the Israeli music scene and take part in different musical projects, such as The Apples, The Hoodska Explosive, Avi Leibovich Orchestra and Reggaestan to name a few. MC Goga is one of the leading figures of the Israeli drum'n'bass scene. Los Caparos actively perform in Israel, gaining an increasing interest of the audience and the mass media. The band has taken part in a number of festivals, among them "Tel-Aviv Music Festival 2009", "Festival Be-Shekel 2007", "VDOH 2005" in Moscow and "Ir-HaBira 2005/06", "Ha-Tamar" and "From Russia with Love 2008" - largest music event in Israel which brings together more then 200,000 people from all over the country.
During 2006-2007 Los Caparos recorded their debut album, "Rasta Vasily," co-produced by Beno Hendler - an independent Israeli music maker, who has worked with Berry Sakharof, Tomer Yosef, Adam Ben-Lavi (Fishi the Big), Balkan Beat Box and others. Many of the tracks feature guest appearances by some wonderful musicians - Uri Kinrot and Yuval "Tubi" Zolotov from "Boom Pam", Yaron Ouzanna from "The Apples", Alon Sage from "Hardal", Sangit Dotan Segal from "Kuluma", Amir Pinto, Shaul Eshet and Roi Harazi. Recording and mixing were made by Adir "Doctor" Dadya, some tracks mixed by Guy Mar ("Ha-Dag Nahash").
The band is also active in the international scene. So far, Los Caparos had successful tours in Russia, Ukraine, France, Germany and Czech Republic, performing in variety of venues, among them some prestigious events and festivals such as Fête de la Musique in Paris, Nice Conservatory and Mighty Sounds Festival.
Los Caparos has finished recording their second album "Haim Beseret" (Living a movie) in the summer of 2012, and in the following year the band released four singles and three music videos. The album came out in the beginning of January 2013 and received great response from critics and audience and lot of interest from the media. As the previous one, this album too was produced by Beno Hendler and features guest appearances by some wonderful Israeli musicians. Compared to "Rasta Vasily", "Haim Beseret" is conceptually a much more "Israeli" album more than half of its songs are in Hebrew and deal in different ways with Israeli reality. But, of course, Russian, English and even Spanish are also represented well to keep the cultural balance and the cosmopolite spirit of the band.
To date, the group has taken part in a variety of social and cultural projects and venues. Among the most notable are:
2013 Russia and Ukraine Tour (St. Petersburg, Moscow, Kharkiv, Kiev)
2013 Opening act for Ky-Mani Marley (10th Rasta of Marley dinasty) at Barby Club, Tel-Aviv
2013 Haim Beseret (Living in a Movie) album presentation at The Zone, Tel Aviv
2012 Rock for Life - World AIDS Day Concert
2012 - InDiNegev Festival
2012 - Reggae in the Desert" Festival
2012 - International Music Conference, Jerusalem
2012 - One Shekel Festival, Maalot
2012 "Lo Kone" single presentation at Barby, Tel Aviv (special guest Mooke)
2012 "Israeli Experience" performance in collaboration with Bezalel Academy of Arts graduates
2012 - Annual Bob Marley tribute concert at Barby, Tel Aviv 2011 Ska Marathon a corporate Israeli tour with "Fast Food
Orchestra" (Prague)
2011 Uptown Music Festival, Bat Yam
2011 Mighty Sounds Festival (European Summer Tour)
2011 Boskovice Festival (European Summer Tour)
2011 Germany and Czech Republic Tour (Jena, Nuremberg, Prague, Tabor, Boskovice)
2011 Opening act for "Gogol Bordello" at Barby Club, Tel-Aviv
2010 Showcase for cultural attaches from foreign embassies
from all over the world
2010 "Charcoal Scetches - launch concert at Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center
2010 "Reggae in the Desert" Festival
2010 "Gesher" Festival
2010 France Tour (Paris, Nice, Toulouse, Montpellier)
2010 Annual Bob Marley tribute concert at Comfort 13 club, Tel Aviv
2009 Plitim Refugees Tribute concert for Ehud Banai
2009 Tel-Aviv Music Festival
2009 Opening act for Skatalites at Barbi Club, Tel-Aviv
2009 Reggae Love Festival Jerusalem
2008 Avoda Ivrit launch concert in Ha-Yarkon Park, Tel Aviv
2008 From Russia with Love International Festival with Rus
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