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LOS AMIGOS INVISIBLES WIN FIRST
CAREER GRAMMY 
Latest Release, ‘Commercial,’ Is Awarded A Latin GRAMMY For “Best
Alternative Album”; It Was The Band’s Fifth-Career GRAMMY Nomination
UPCOMING SHOWS:
November 7 - The Conga Room (Los Angeles, CA)
November 28 – The Fillmore at Irving Plaza (New York, NY)
PRAISE FOR ‘COMMERCIAL’:
"[Los Amigos Invisibles] bridge language barriers by making
their music relentlessly accessible... Non-stop propulsion makes this
summer party disc soar like a non stop to Caracas.”
- SPIN (8/10 Star Review)
“The simple fact is, just about anyone who hears [‘Commercial’] will like
something about it. Their songs are melodic, funky as hell, and are pretty much
guaranteed to get dance floors pumping… A killer summer album.”
-ALL MUSIC GUIDE
“One part ‘70s crime-drama keyboards, two parts porno flick bass-lines, a dash of
groovy funk guitar riffs and a glaze of hip shakin’ Latin beats... Los Amigos
Invisibles make their triumphant return with their new album, ‘Commercial.’”
- FILTER
Los Amigos Invisibles won their first career Latin GRAMMY last night as their latest release, ‘Commercial,’ won “Best Alternative Album.” It was the band’s fifth career GRAMMY nomination. Los Amigos recently completed an extensive tour through the southeast U.S., including the Austin City Limits Festival. They have major shows in Los Angeles and their hometown New York City over the next couple weeks.
Los Amigos Invisibles are notorious for their electrifying live sets. “Being a touring band is a great way to test songs and to try out new ideas,” primary songwriter/lead guitarist Jose Luis Pardo says. “We now write most of our music with the purpose of fitting them into our live sets. Playing so much live makes you really aware of what kind of stuff gets people this way or that way. Aside from testing songs, we can't hold new tracks for that long. As soon as we think a song is ready to be played, we let loose. It's like having a new weapon, a funky weapon.”
With new album “Commercial,” the group has tightened their hooks and focused their songs, recording their most accessible work yet. The album features a variety of special guests from Jorge Gonzalez (of Chilean rock legends Los Prisioneros) and Mexican songstress Natalia Lafourcade to Senor Coconut vocalist Argenis Brito and Los Tetas’ C-funk. Los Amigos also enlisted production work from friends like Dimitri From Paris and Cachorro López (Belanova, Miranda).
“Along the way we have met many musicians we admire and in the best scenario we always end our conversations saying, ‘we should do something together one day,’” Pardo says. “There is an added value in sending the tracks away, then getting them back from guests, producers or engineers and just being blown away. I love surprises.”
Los Amigos Invisibles spent two years working on ‘Commercial’ during breaks in their heavy tour schedule. “The title of the album came out of our desire to make a more accessible record for even bigger crowds,” Pardo explains. “At first, we were hesitant to use the word but eventually we decided to come straight and use it as a concept. In a world where almost no one listens to an entire album and everyone has their thumb ready to press ‘next’ in their iPods, we just wanted to be more focused without taking out what we love about playing.”
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