Founded: 2001
Location: Puerto Rico
Circo is a band from Puerto Rico which formed in 2001. Its members are Jose Luis "Fofé" Abreu (vocals), Edgardo "Egui" Santiago (keyboards), José David Pérez (drums, vibes), Nicolás Cordero (bass)(Nico is no longer with the band), and Orlando Méndez (guitar). The band was nominated for Rock New Artist at the 16th Lo Nuestro Awards, losing to Mexican singer Alessandra Rosaldo. They also have been nominated for various Latin Grammy Awards in Latin Grammy Awards of 2002,Latin Grammy Awards of 2005 and Latin Grammy Awards of 2008.
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Get primed for the second edition of CIRCO Sessions with a new single from Jinja Safari..
Post-CIRCO hangs with dreamboat beatmaker Ryan Hemsworth.. Earlier this year when we dropped the first ever Pilerats Rat Pack Compilation (listen HERE and expect the next one soon!) and somehow we managed to score an exclusive track from the one and only Ryan Hemsworth (I say somehow but our Record Label boss is a smooth operator). It was an early proud moment in a constantly growing pile of proud moments in the world of Pilerats Records in 2014, which became even cooler when he came over to headline CIRCO Festival around the middle of the year (wrap video HERE). In the days following we spent a little time with the quietly spoken producer, and given he's just announced details for a new album - Alone For The First Time, due November 3 via Last Gang/Secret Songs, now's the time to share that chat.
Circo proves the naysayers wrong again in 2014.
From Issue #16 of Pilerats Magazine.. This excerpt has been taken from Issue #16 of Pilerats Magazine. To experience the full interactive feature download it HERE. Are you an artist that feels strongly about solo work and not into collobrations? Not really, I'm down for anything, over my seven official releases, three of them are collaborations. We've got old 7"'s of yours at our place, when your making a record, do you always try and deliver it in physical format? Yes, I like to see it coming out on physical format, it makes more sense this way. Does your music have a stronger audience outside of France, or are they feeling your stuff their too? Yes my audience is very worldwide spread, rather than just France. Which is a great thing, I'm proud it appeals to any kind of people all over the world. I would never trade this for more local support. How was your last Australian tour, what was the highlight? Australia is always awesome, people are nice and it's usually packed. And now I h
A video interview with Ta-ku at Circo about his new EP and more.. Ta-ku's new Songs To Break Up To EP is fucking rad. And he's always a pleasure to talk to, so enjoy, and download that awesome piece of music from HERE now.
CIRCÓ's first release sold out