Los Natas
Encyclopedia
Los Natas or Natas is an Argentinian
stoner rock
band. In their latest releases they have been steering away from the genre and leaning towards a more experimental sound coined by them as free rock.
sound of 70's bands such as The Doors
, Black Sabbath
, The Who
, Pink Floyd
and Hawkwind
, among others. Los Natas propose a journey made of basic elements: valvular equipment and vintage instruments, they incorporate the use of the senses and perception of the listener as a part of a sonic trip. They make music that changes constantly, supported by long jams that give them a different meaning every time they execute them having that way a sense of freedom in the way of interpreting the sounds, making this experience extremely related to the sensations that both the musicians and the audience receive every time a show begins.
Since 1998, the music industry noticed the existence of bands with this musical influences spread around the globe. The scene was growing with the edition of CDs and vinyls emerging as a new culture under global codes: the same love for music and the sound. As an answer to the mainstream it began this new trend under the name of stoner rock
. Nowadays the sound and music of Natas goes beyond this classification, with the incorporation of Argentine folk instruments and the creation of ambiance which makes the classification of the band in one genre very difficult.
(1998/99/00), Europe
(2003/04) where they shared stages with important bands of the genre such as Queens of the Stone Age
, Nebula
, The Men of Porn
, Unida
, Dozer
, Circle
, Colour Haze
, Brant Bjork
& the Bros., among others. They have been doing a bunch of theme oriented gigs/festival that where created by them called Viernes Verdes (Green Fridays) that has had 10 editions so far and it takes place in Buenos Aires
's main theaters, the band plays while there are psychedelic projections in the background which gain such importance as the band itself. They also present in other provinces of the country and in numerous places in Buenos Aires.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
stoner rock
Stoner rock
Stoner rock or stoner metal is a subgenre of heavy metal, combining elements of psychedelic rock, blues rock, traditional heavy metal and doom metal. Stoner rock is typically slow-to-mid tempo and features a bass-heavy sound, melodic vocals, and 'retro' production...
band. In their latest releases they have been steering away from the genre and leaning towards a more experimental sound coined by them as free rock.
Band
- Walter Broide: drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, sequencesSéquencesSéquences is a French-language film magazine originally published in Montreal, Quebec by the Commission des ciné-clubs du Centre catholique du cinéma de Montréal, a Roman Catholic film society. Founded in 1955, the publication was edited for forty years by Léo Bonneville, a member of the Clerics...
, keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, bombo legüeroBombo legüeroBombo legüero is an Argentine drum traditionally made of a hollowed tree trunk and covered with cured skins of animals such as goats, cows or sheep. It derives from the old European military drums, and uses a similar arrangement of hoops and leather thongs and loops to tighten the drumheads, which...
, trumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air... - Sergio Chotsourian : guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, vocals, keyboards, fluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
, laúdLaúdThe word laúd is the Spanish word for lute. It is most commonly used to refer to a plectrum-plucked chordophone from Spain. It belongs to the cittern family of instruments. It has six double courses , similarly to the bandurria, but its neck is longer... - Gonzalo "Crudo" Villagra: bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, bombo leguero, laud, charangoCharangoThe charango is a small Andean stringed instrument of the lute family, 66 cm long, traditionally made with the shell of the back of an armadillo. Primarily played in traditional Andean music, and is sometimes used by other Latin American musicians. Many contemporary charangos are now made with...
Collaborators/Guests
- José Armetta (El Topo): voices
- Dale Crover : Hawaiian guitar and pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
- Pablo Cattania: piano and HammondHammond organThe Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company. While the Hammond organ was originally sold to churches as a lower-cost alternative to the wind-driven pipe organ, in the 1960s and 1970s it became a standard keyboard...
- "El Mono": didgeridooDidgeridooThe didgeridoo is a wind instrument developed by Indigenous Australians of northern Australia around 1,500 years ago and still in widespread usage today both in Australia and around the world. It is sometimes described as a natural wooden trumpet or "drone pipe"...
- Stefan Koglek: guitar
Former Members
- Claudio Filadoro : bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Miguel Fernandez : bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
Musical style
Their musical influences are numerous and varied, having the base of the raw and psychedelicPsychedelic music
Psychedelic music covers a range of popular music styles and genres, which are inspired by or influenced by psychedelic culture and which attempt to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs. It emerged during the mid 1960s among folk rock and blues-rock bands in the...
sound of 70's bands such as The Doors
The Doors
The Doors were an American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, California, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, drummer John Densmore, and guitarist Robby Krieger...
, Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22...
, The Who
The Who
The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction...
, Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd were an English rock band that achieved worldwide success with their progressive and psychedelic rock music. Their work is marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Pink Floyd are one of the most commercially...
and Hawkwind
Hawkwind
Hawkwind are an English rock band, one of the earliest space rock groups. Their lyrics favour urban and science fiction themes. They are also a noted precursor to punk rock and now are considered a link between the hippie and punk cultures....
, among others. Los Natas propose a journey made of basic elements: valvular equipment and vintage instruments, they incorporate the use of the senses and perception of the listener as a part of a sonic trip. They make music that changes constantly, supported by long jams that give them a different meaning every time they execute them having that way a sense of freedom in the way of interpreting the sounds, making this experience extremely related to the sensations that both the musicians and the audience receive every time a show begins.
Since 1998, the music industry noticed the existence of bands with this musical influences spread around the globe. The scene was growing with the edition of CDs and vinyls emerging as a new culture under global codes: the same love for music and the sound. As an answer to the mainstream it began this new trend under the name of stoner rock
Stoner rock
Stoner rock or stoner metal is a subgenre of heavy metal, combining elements of psychedelic rock, blues rock, traditional heavy metal and doom metal. Stoner rock is typically slow-to-mid tempo and features a bass-heavy sound, melodic vocals, and 'retro' production...
. Nowadays the sound and music of Natas goes beyond this classification, with the incorporation of Argentine folk instruments and the creation of ambiance which makes the classification of the band in one genre very difficult.
Shows
Los Natas toured around the United StatesUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
(1998/99/00), Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
(2003/04) where they shared stages with important bands of the genre such as Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age is an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, United States, formed in 1997. The band's line-up has always included founding member Josh Homme , with the current line-up including longtime members Troy Van Leeuwen and Joey Castillo , alongside Michael Shuman and...
, Nebula
Nebula (band)
Nebula was a psychedelic stoner rock band, formed by guitarist Eddie Glass and drummer Ruben Romano after departing from Fu Manchu in 1997. Rob Oswald later replaced Ruben Romano on drums in 2007....
, The Men of Porn
The Men of Porn
Men of Porn, sometimes typeset as Porn and now simply known as Porn, is a San Francisco band consisting of founder Tim Moss, Dale Crover, and Billy Anderson....
, Unida
Unida
Unida was an American stoner rock band that was formed after the dissolution of Kyuss and Slo Burn. The band originally consisted of John Garcia , Arthur Seay , Miguel Cancino and Dave Dinsmore . Dinsmore was later replaced by Scott Reeder, who was in turn replaced by Eddie Plascencia...
, Dozer
Dozer
Dozer is a stoner rock band from Sweden.- Early years :Dozer was formed in Borlänge, Sweden in 1995, playing local youth centres and supporting any bands that came to their hometown. In 1998 the band recorded a Split EP with the American band Unida...
, Circle
Circle (band)
Circle is an experimental rock band, founded in Pori, Finland in 1991. Their eclectic style is "ever changing, ever Circular", classified into genres such as progressive, Krautrock, ambient, heavy metal, speed-kraut, and avant-rock, among others...
, Colour Haze
Colour Haze
Colour Haze is a stoner/psychedelic rock group from Munich, Germany, consisting of singer and guitarist Stefan Koglek, drummer Manfred Merwald and bassist Philipp Rasthofer....
, Brant Bjork
Brant Bjork
Brant Bjork is an American musician from Palm Desert, California, who is a drummer, producer, guitarist and one of the more notable figures in the stoner rock and Palm Desert scenes.-Early career and Kyuss:...
& the Bros., among others. They have been doing a bunch of theme oriented gigs/festival that where created by them called Viernes Verdes (Green Fridays) that has had 10 editions so far and it takes place in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
's main theaters, the band plays while there are psychedelic projections in the background which gain such importance as the band itself. They also present in other provinces of the country and in numerous places in Buenos Aires.
Albums
- DelmarDelmar (Album)Debut album of Argentine stoner rock band, Los Natas. Recorded in 1996 and released in 1998 under now defunct Man's Ruin Records.-Track listing:# "Samurai" - 5:08# "1980" - 2:39# "Trilogia" - 5:41# "I Love You" - 5:31# "Soma" - 6:47# "Mux Cortoi" - 2:58...
– 1998 (Man's Ruin RecordsMan's Ruin RecordsMan's Ruin Records was an independent record label, owned and founded by Bay Area artist Frank Kozik. After the 1994 release of Man's Ruin's first record, entitled Experimental Audio Research : Delta 6, Kozik worked with artists who he wanted to release; he also designed all of the sleeve art for...
, USA) - Ciudad de BrahmanCiudad de brahmanCiudad de Brahman is the second studio album by stoner rock band Los Natas. It was later re-released in the box set Bee Jesus, which compiles this album, Delmar and the El Gobernador EP split into two halves each track as a bonus track of each album.- Track listing :# "Carl Sagan"# "Meteoro 2028"#...
(City of Brahman) – 1999 (Man's Ruin RecordsMan's Ruin RecordsMan's Ruin Records was an independent record label, owned and founded by Bay Area artist Frank Kozik. After the 1994 release of Man's Ruin's first record, entitled Experimental Audio Research : Delta 6, Kozik worked with artists who he wanted to release; he also designed all of the sleeve art for...
, USA) - Unreleased Dopes – 1999 (VINYL MAGIC 3 RECORDS, ITALY)
- Natas / Dragonauta Split CD – 2000 (ICARUS RECORDS, ARGENTINA)
- Corsario Negro (Black Corsair) – 2002 (SMALL STONE RECORDS, USA)
- Bee Jesus -CD x 2 re editing Delmar & Ciudad de Brahman- –2003 (OUI OUI RECORDS, Argentina)
- Toba Trance vol 1. –2003 (Ektro RecordsEktro RecordsEktro Records is an independent label based in Pori, Finland. It is operated by Jussi Lehtisalo who also plays on many of the label's releases. Ektro also operate three smaller imprints, Super Metsä and Full Contact and casette-only Ruton music.Releases:...
, FINLAND) - Toba Trance vol. 2 –2004 (Ektro RecordsEktro RecordsEktro Records is an independent label based in Pori, Finland. It is operated by Jussi Lehtisalo who also plays on many of the label's releases. Ektro also operate three smaller imprints, Super Metsä and Full Contact and casette-only Ruton music.Releases:...
, FINLAND) - Munchen Sessions – 2004 Double CD (ELEKTROHASCH SCHALLPLATTEN, GER)
- München Sessions – 2005 (OUI OUI RECORDS, Argentina)
- El Hombre Montaña (Mountain Man)- 2006 (OUI OUI RECORDS, Argentina)
- El Universo Perdido de Los Natas - CD x 2 -2007 (OUI OUI RECORDS, Argentina), (MeteorCity Records, USA)
- Solodolor/ Ararat - 2008 split 10" vinyl
- El Nuevo Orden de La Libertad - 2009 (SMALL STONE RECORDS, USA)
Compilations
- Welcome to MeteorCityMeteorCityMeteorCity Records is an American record label based in Idaho. MeteorCity was founded in 1997 by Jadd Shickler and Aaron Emmel in Albuquerque, New Mexico...
- Right In The Nuts: A Tribute to AerosmithRight In The NutsRight in the Nuts is a tribute album featuring various stoner rock bands covering Aerosmith songs. The title refers to the 1979 Night in the Ruts album by that band.-Disc: 1:# "Movin Out" - Fireball Ministry 4:27# "Make It" - Altamont 3:49...
(July 10, 2000) Small Stone RecordsSmall Stone RecordsSmall Stone Records is an American record label based in Detroit, MI. It was founded in 1995 by Scott Hamilton and is a self-dubbed "heavy rock" label...
(USA) - Blue Explosion: tribute a Blue Cheer (USA)
- Inhale 420: Stoner Rock Compilation (USA)
- Sucking The 70'sSucking The 70'sSucking the 70s is a two disk collection of 1970s songs covered by modern stoner rock bands. It was put out by Small Stone Records in 2002. A second album, Sucking the 70's – Back in the Saddle Again, was released in 2006....
: 70's songs compilation (USA). - Supernatural extremities: Grinder Magazine compilation (Chile)
- Flying High: Dale Crover Australian compilation mady by Dale Crover(Australia)
- Rebirth of the Heavy: Bully Magazine compilation (USA)
- The Ultimate fuzz Collection: Compilation (USA).
- Whats your function : A tribute to Franco Battiato
- Tiempos Violentos: An Argentine radio show compilation.
- Sabbath crosses: tribute to Black Sabbath
- Listen without distraction: Argentine Tribute to Kyuss
- Loco gringos have a party: South American stonerrock compilation
- Niceto Mundo: Niceto's(A place for bands to play) compilation
- Skate Rock 4: Skate Rock Compilation.
Selected events
- Delmar was chosen by stonerrock.com as one of the 10 best records of Stoner Rock in history.
- Ciudad de Brahman obtains reviews of 9/10 y 8/10 scores on specialized magazines: Kerrang, Metal Hammer, Spin and Rolling Stone.
- Ciudad de Brahman was produced by Dale Crover (former of The Melvins) and recorded in USA.
- The artwork of Ciudad de Brahman and Delmar was made by the artist Frank Kozic.
- In 2000 Rolling Stone mag puts Los Natas as the Hot band of the year.
- Corsario Negro was produced by Billy Anderson.
- In 2004, in Argentina they achieved to be on the cover of the 3 rock supplements of the most important Argentine newspapers in less than 6 months.
- El Hombre Montaña was also produced by Billy Anderson.