MediaBanda’s name, is in an homage to the memory of keyboardist Jaime Vivanco. , This was the name of the first group where he began to play with Willy Valenzuela (drummer) and Cristián Crisosto (flute & reeds) between 1979 and 1981...in 1984 they formed Fulano with Arlette Jequier (vocals), bassist Jorge Campos and Jaime Vásquez in woodwinds, the main a rock-jazz, fusion, avant-garde, rock in opposition chilean group . The band went on playing for eighteen years life (1985- 2003). MediaBanda is an intent of continuity, renewal, and a link between two generations of musicians. , those who lived the years without democracy, and those who don’t have that burdenweight in their memories., The result is a solid proposal, fruit of the union of experience and young ideas. (the group is mainly in their mid twenties). The group develops a multi-styleistic tendency, they have in their repertoire chromatic cumbias to rumbas, passing through jazz, pop, atonal music, reggae, instrumental music and rock. This versatility is possible due to the musical background of its members. The lyrics situates us in their national reality with a critic and constructive perspective, definitely they are definitely not the kind of “boy meets girl” words. , they are stories related to our reality as a nation, as citizens of a merging, dichotomic, adolescent & bipolar country. , the “Chilean Wiken Again”, the “Peligrosos Disfrazados”(Dangerous in Disguise), the “Jale, Copete y Pucho”(Coke, Booze & Smokes) issues of our society are portrayted in the theme’s names , adding irony and humor to a music full of difficult passages and changing atmospheres. MediaBanda’s first concert took place on January 2003...since then the group has been playing in Santiago, and in Chile’s main cities. , in June 2004, and after winning a FONDART (a government’s fund to promote the arts) they relased their first Cd “Entre la inseguridad y el Ego”(Between Insecurity and Ego) with a great acceptance among in the audience, and with the press saying it’s a “must” record. During that year they also received “Best Group of the Year” and “Best new Chilean Artist” awards. On January 2005 MediaBanda plays in the 4º International Providencia Jazz Festival, sharing the stage with Paquito D’Rivera and Yellow Jackets. , the opinion of the specialized press was that the group was one of the best numbers in the festival. On April that same year, they won a second FONDART that took them on tour play during October and November to in several cities in Chile (La Serena, Valparaíso, Santiago, Concepción, Temuco, Puerto Montt, and reaching as far as Castro, way down the southern part of Chile). On 2006 MediaBanda continueds giving concerts and showing part of the new material of what will be theirfor a second Cd. and they win a third FONDART, to help them relase their second Cd during May 2007, Today the group is working intensively on their new compositions, as well as preparing for a European Tour that will take place in July and August 2007, which includes with invitations to festivals and concerts in Spain, France, Germany, Holland, Czhechz Republic and Austria. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.