MERIDIAN BROTHERS

support: tbc
VIERNULVIER & Democrazy
  • Wed 20.11
    19:30 - 22:15
    Club Wintercircus, Gent
    Miriam Makebaplein 2

19:30 - deuren
20:15 - support (tbc)
21:15 - Meridian Brothers

MERIDIAN BROTHERS, hailing from Bogotá - Colombia, is a contemporary “neotropicalist” group formed in 1998 from the interests of Eblis Álvarez (composer and multi-instrumentalist) as a musical laboratory for a small audience and at the time distributed in cassette format. From 2007 the project became a live act formed by María Valencia (wind instruments, percussion and keyboards), Eblis Álvarez (vocals, guitar and direction), Mauricio Ramírez who joined the band in 2016, replacing Damián Ponce (Drums), Alejandro Forero (keyboards), César Quevedo (bass) and in sound engineering, Alejandro Araujo (replacing Juan Camilo Montañéz). 

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The group performed its first concerts in 2008 at the local Bogotan scene, later reaching national festivals, and then acquired international recognition from the release of its fourth studio album "Desesperanza" (Soundway 2012) appearing in important magazines and specialized music websites. (see press). From 2010 to the present, the project undertakes international tours playing at important music festivals and venues in Europe, The United States and Latin America including the Roskilde Festival (Denmark), Rencontres trans musicals (France), Worldtronics (Germany), Festival Paleo (Switzerland), Rock al Parque (BogotáColombia), NRMAL Festival (Mexico), Bahidorá Festival (Mexico), SummerStage (NY, U.S), Licoln Center (NY, U.S), Big ears festival (Knoxville, U.S), among others. (see live performances).