Spiteri, who is seen as the Father of Latin Funk in the UK, won the LUKAS Fellowship Award in 2015 for his contribution to Latin Music in London. One of the covers that he refers to is the hit song ‘AMOR’, written by Jorge Spiteri with Stevie Alpert. We like to make occasional allegorical references to Pop from the 80s in our live shows, but mainly we write our own material.” We chose a selection of covers from Venezuela each interpreted in our own style. This was done as a tribute to Venezuelan Pop music. “We recorded an album called SUPERPOP in Venezuela. The core members of 'Los Amigos Invisibles' are all songwriters and only play covers every now and again, despite this, they did create a ‘covers’ album. I don’t think I could do that now, but at that moment, all six of us were in unison, listening to the same music without a problem.” For a while, we were like a religious sect, it was the only music we listened to. The beat was really really hot at that moment and it was something that we could relate to and combine with our Latin ‘Venezuelanism’… so we added congas and that.
“ A friend came back with a copy of the ‘Melody Maker’ magazine that talked about Acid Jazz and all that vibe. Then they began to read up about these new rhythms in magazines and they were off:. This west London band plays funk, acid jazz and the album features multi-instrumentalists Simon Bartholomew and Andrew Levy with vocals by N’Dea Davenport. Shortly after they formed ‘Los Amigos Invisibles’, in 1991, a friend brought them the debut album of ‘ The Brand New Heavies’. At that time, there was no internet or anything like that. Hungry for new sounds and directions, they relied on friends who travelled abroad to bring back new music albums and news.
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We didn’t want to simply muck about with music at weekends and in our free time, having a laugh and drinking beer! It was like a divine blessing in this universe, that all six of us (the founder members) took the band seriously, despite being 19- year-old penniless musicians. “One of the things I can tell you is that ‘Los Amigos’, as opposed to many bands with which I played, where it was a case of …’ oh let’s play at the party and hang about…have a good time…”, no, right from the beginning, we had a clear objective that we wanted to create something of value. Right from the word go, he was creating music with a clear vision that he wanted it to succeed, even if, at that moment, he had no idea how he would manage it.
I moved onto another band until I was 19, then I joined ‘Los Amigos Invisibles’ in 1991.”Įven as a teenager, Catire was never a casual musician who happened to get lucky. So, when I was 13, I grabbed an electric bass guitar and formed my first band, right there at the school. I didn’t want to be another ‘traditional’ person, and music was my escape! That included …the hairdos and the outfits…! As a kid, I studied at a school that had a conservatoire where we learnt music. “… for me, music has always been a way of life…. Since he was a child, music has been an integral part of Catire’s existence, as he says:.
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