Miki González

Miki Gonzalez, born in Spain but Peruvian at heart. He is passionate about Afro-Peruvian music and the autochthonous rhythms. At the end of the seventies he experimented with the blues and traditional music of the Peruvian coast of African roots, known as Afro-Peruvian music or simply "Afro". In the decade of the eighties, decides to begin a professional race in the popular music and forms a band; Many of its members would later become popular in the Peruvian rock scene later, such as "Pelo" Madueño, which would form La Liga del Sueño, as well as Wicho García (now vocalist of the Mar de Copas group). Miki Gonzales would take a course that oscillated between the new wave and the Peruvian music. His first Lp "You can be yours" was formed since 1984 but was released two years later because of the existing censorship, no record company wanted to edit. Topics like "You can be Tu" (original name "For the Jungle") had strong stanzas like "La Marina està en Ayacucho" and other songs boasted stanzas like "I do not want bullets, I want to study", "clandestine airport, sudden millionaire." Perhaps the softest song was his hit "Tell Me Tell It". In "So many times" the songs became of other thematic ones foreign to the policy of which had been flooded its first LP. Its peak in international popularity would come with songs such as "Akundún" (Afro-Peruvian fusion ethno-rock) and "Green leaf of coca" (Andean fusion etno-rock, referring to traditional coca leaf consumption) . Her early hits, such as "Lola", "Vamos a Tocache" and "I'm in love", are also immensely popular. Regarding the theme "Green leaf of the coca", it was vetoed unjustly by the chain MTV (in Spanish) for considering that it apology of the consumption of cocaine. Diffuser of the black rhythms of Peru with the family Ballumbrosio (Afro-Peruvian musicians from Chincha, southern Peru), has rescued the use of the Peruvian drawer to produce international music. He has studied Afro-Peruvian and Andean music since the 1970s. He has now been dedicated to electronic music, merging it with Andean rhythms. Product of this phase are his last three albums: "Café Inkaterra" (2004), "Etnotronics: Apu Sesions" (2005) and "Iskay: Inka Beats" (2006). Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.