Rodrigo y Gabriela to Tour with Backing Band C.U.B.A. news

ATO Records is excited to announce Rodrigo y Gabriela's spring 2012 tour dates in support of their soon to be released album Area 52 (January 24th). Area 52 contains nine of Rod and Gab's favorite songs from their own catalogue re-arranged and recorded in Havana with legendary producer Peter Asher and a 13-piece Cuban orchestra comprised of some of the country's finest young players. This spring, Rodrigo y Gabriela will be bringing the band C.U.B.A. on the road in order to showcase the thrilling and dynamic hybrid of metal, latin and jazz featured on the album in a live setting. It will mark the first time in their careers that Rodrigo y Gabriela have toured and performed with a backing band. In addition to the coming tour, Rodrigo y Gabriela were recently confirmed to perform on the upcoming 38th season of the long running tv series Austin City Limits.

 

Watch the trailer for Area 52 

Rodrigo y Gabriela and C.U.B.A. - Area 52 Album Trailer

 Listen to "Juan Loco" from Area 52 on SoundCloud

http://soundcloud.com/ato_records/rodrigo-y-gabriela-juan-loco 

 

Area 52 was mixed by Rafa Sardina, one of the leading studio musicians in the Latin music world, and arranged by London-based pianist, composer and arranger Alex Wilson. Recording took place in the Miramar district of Havana, Cuba, at Abdala Studios, founded by the Cuban folk hero Silvio Rodriguez, as well as at Rod and Gab's studio in Ixtapa, Mexico. Other players on the record include: drummer John Tempesta (The Cult, Testament, White Zombie), sitarist Anoushka Shankar and drummer Samuel Formell (Los Van Van).

 

Area 52 Album Pre-Order: http://rodgab.com/store_us.html

Rodrigo y Gabriela to Release "Live In France"

ATO Records is excited to announce the release of Rodrigo y Gabriela's new live record, Live in France. The record will be released on July 19, and was recorded at various venues around the Fifth Republic on the 11:11 world tour. It is the band's second live album, following 2008's Live in Japan.  Rodrigo y Gabriela are riding high on the global success of their Hans Zimmer collaboration on Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides; which has recently just enjoyed the biggest global opening weekend in the history of the movies. Live in France will be released to coincide with newly announced North American and European tour dates. 

 

Live in France is a very different live document to Live In Japan, which marked the end of their seated performances. Their live shows are constantly evolving and the 11:11 tour mixed deft acoustic dexterity with an electrifying shred-fest of white hot duelling guitars. No chairs then, but plenty of FX pedal hopping and feet on the monitors rocking. The album captures this fusion framed by rapturous receptions from their fanatical legion of French followers.

 

Rodrigo y Gabriela play the following shows this summer:

 

27th July Blue Balls Festival, Lucerne, Switzerland

29th July Le Theatre Romain, Vienne, France

30th July WOMAD Festival, Malmesbury, UK

31st July @ The Park, Marlay Park, Dublin

3rd August Theatre Jean Deschamps, Carcassone, France

5th August Rock Oz'Arenes Festival, Avenches, Switzerland

6th August Dranouter Festival, Belgium

7th August The Big Chill (headline), Ledbury, UK

 12th August The Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles (with the LA Philharmonic)

13th August The Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles (with the LA Philharmonic)

* More USA dates to be added