Mequetrefe Music
Mequetrefe saw the first light as a musical project back in 2007 in Santiago de Compostela,Galicia (Spain). Thru the past years, new members joined the band which is currently formed by Xan Molina ( voice, lead guitar, bass ), Santi Rodríguez ( guitar, bass ), Santi Campini ( guitar, bass ), Gerardo G. Pernas ( synths, samplers ) and Marvin B. ( e-drums ).
In 2008 the band recorded two demos for the Alg-a netlabel, reaching the semi-finals on FIB's "Proyecto Demo". They also won the demo contest run by Foc and Sound Festival at Moncofa ( Castellón ) gettin' a record deal with the spanish label Dress for Excess. Before the year was ended, "People Don't Smile" was included in Matchdose, a german indie music compilation.
In 2010 early may, "Play Off" - the band's first album - was released. Produced by José Luis Macías, the album features Florent from the legendary "Los Planetas" playing guitars in the longest track of the record: Bomba Navarro. It was released in double-vinyl format only.
Mequetrefe played at Vigo Transforma Festival amongst bands like The XX, Jeff Tweddy, Devendra Banhart and Orbital in june. Weeks after, the band was selected to open the Peter Hook's date in Valencia.
At the moment Mequetrefe is the only Spanish band with Delorean that appears on “Impose Magazine” of New York:
http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/mequetrefes-iplay-offi
In "Play Off" the band tries to find his own language. A sound that's wide open to rock, pop, psychedelic, shoegaze and dub, gently spreading'em thru the entire repertoire. Many references can be found in the band's songbook. Augustus Pablo, Flaming Lips, Sabres of Paradise, Spiritualized or My Bloody Valentine are some of the bricks with which Mequetrefe has built his own musical discourse, where electronic drums, dub delays, blinky brasses and out-of-this-world voices collide in polyphonic harmony.
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