DOCTOR KRAPULA INTERNATIONAL, the Blog.
martedì 8 ottobre 2013
martedì 17 settembre 2013
The Band Speaks About Their Last European Tour
By Jorge Esteban Benavides Noguera
Leticia was the starting point for Doctor Krapula's Planet Tour 2013 . In June they were in the United States and the rest of the season was reserved for Europe, especially Germany, where the group from Bogotà gave more than 20 concerts. "Although the Germans did not understand the lyrics of our songs, they understood our message and proposal in general," says the band.
The international public response:
"People know that Colombia has a great musical potential and we feel that they both enjoy the sounds of our country and the rest of Latin America. We add this to our proposal, and the people reaction is amazing: it turns into a party that they and we enjoy together. People also connect with our lyrics that denounce problems that are common throughout Latin America, and propose positive messages of change and awareness with which many people feel identified ".
A bitter moment in the tour:
"There was a concert in a town of Germany, in which we played outdoor in a beautiful park, but no one paid attention, only a small group of 'Nazi' throught us the sole of a boot, which bothered us much, and after having made them the claim, they behaved more respectfully, but the concert was beyond repair. "
Germany in the words of Doctor Krapula:
" It is one of the countries that have treated us better. The people are very open minded, very environmentally conscious and are keen to know the Latin American culture. A country in which we like touring because the circuit is very organized, full of festivals and musical events ranging almost from Monday to Friday. Moreover, travelling by car is very relaxing, there is no toll, no speed limit, and you can go to villages and cities without having to travel long distances ".
Source: http://www.cartelurbano.com/content/sonidos-colombianos-que-giraron-por-el-mundo
Leticia was the starting point for Doctor Krapula's Planet Tour 2013 . In June they were in the United States and the rest of the season was reserved for Europe, especially Germany, where the group from Bogotà gave more than 20 concerts. "Although the Germans did not understand the lyrics of our songs, they understood our message and proposal in general," says the band.
The international public response:
"People know that Colombia has a great musical potential and we feel that they both enjoy the sounds of our country and the rest of Latin America. We add this to our proposal, and the people reaction is amazing: it turns into a party that they and we enjoy together. People also connect with our lyrics that denounce problems that are common throughout Latin America, and propose positive messages of change and awareness with which many people feel identified ".
A bitter moment in the tour:
"There was a concert in a town of Germany, in which we played outdoor in a beautiful park, but no one paid attention, only a small group of 'Nazi' throught us the sole of a boot, which bothered us much, and after having made them the claim, they behaved more respectfully, but the concert was beyond repair. "
Germany in the words of Doctor Krapula:
" It is one of the countries that have treated us better. The people are very open minded, very environmentally conscious and are keen to know the Latin American culture. A country in which we like touring because the circuit is very organized, full of festivals and musical events ranging almost from Monday to Friday. Moreover, travelling by car is very relaxing, there is no toll, no speed limit, and you can go to villages and cities without having to travel long distances ".
Source: http://www.cartelurbano.com/content/sonidos-colombianos-que-giraron-por-el-mundo
martedì 2 luglio 2013
The Hits: SOMOS
We are the
sun, the wind, the sea
We are the
earth standing up today.
We are the
sun (we are the sun), the wind, the sea (the wind, the sea)
We are the
earth standing up today
We are the
sun (we are the sun), the wind, the sea (the wind, the sea)
We are my
people standing up today!
Democracy
of lies, independence those from above
The jungle
is raw material for the business in U.S.A and China
Native and
rural blood stains of red our seeds
With their
oil spills kill the seas.
We are the
sun, the wind, the sea
We are the
earth standing up today.
We are the
sun, the wind, the sea
We are my
people standing up today!
We are the
sun (we are the sun), the wind, the sea (the wind, the sea)
We are the
earth standing up today
We are the
sun (we are the sun), the wind, the sea (the wind, the sea)
We are my
people standing up today!
200 years
of independence, 500 years of darkness you'd say
Revolutions
of nobles and paper
Those from
below don't have anything to eat
Take
everything without permission, the water, the gold and our children.
We are the
sun (we are the sun), the wind, the sea (the wind, the sea)
We are the
earth standing up today
We are the
sun (we are the sun), the wind, the sea (the wind, the sea)
We are my
people standing up today!
We are the
sun, the wind, the sea
We are the
earth standing up today.
We are the
sun, the wind, the sea
We are my
people standing up today!
People of
sun, of wind and sea
We are the
earth standing up today
People of
sun, of wind and sea
We are my
people standing up today
We are the sun!
giovedì 30 maggio 2013
2009 - DRK is in the US promoting his new album: SAGRADO CORAZON
The
Colombian band with a most likely international career comes from the crowded
streets and long rural roads of Colombia, a place where people overcomes
obstacles and strikes a chord by betting on love, hope, partying and
resistance: Dr. Krapula. A group that has become the voice of hundreds of
thousands of people, the voice of a generation, with 3 albums that have broken
through to commercial radio with the same strength as vallenato and cumbia, and
with the same exposure as international rock figures. With the approval of all
public sectors and mass media, Dr. Krapula is the rock of the people, with a
variety of latin rhythms such as merengue, salsa, batucada, reggae, punk and
ska.
Because of
their innovative and alternative character, the band obtained 2 nominations at
the MTV Latinos 2007 and a nomination for Best Artist or Local Band (of Colombia Colombia Bogota
Under the
premise that life is experienced differently in different places but deep
inside is the same, Dr. Krapula offers a new production full of commitment and
struggle, an album that gathers three years of songs that reflect their
evolution and efforts to create a cleaner environment for the relationship
between society and music. The foundations and social activities that the band
has developed in their country led them to headline the Concierto Por El
Acuerdo Humanitario (Concert for Humanitarian Agreement) a festival with over
150,000 attendees whose sole purpose was to achieve the liberation of all
kidnapped victims, wherever they may be. The global issue that Dr. Krapula
maintains as a recurring theme (environmentalist, political, spiritual and with
an anecdotic authenticity that connects men and women with a planet that
screams for help), is chanted by millions of followers both in and out of
stadiums and venues where the band has shared the stage with other international
artists such as Manu Chao, Radiobemba, Orishas, The Skatalites, The Wailers,
Calle 13, Los Rabanes, Bersuit Vergarabat, Julieta Venegas, Smash Mouth and The
Black Eyed Peas.
Fonte:
Speakeasy
mercoledì 29 maggio 2013
AMA-ZONAS, join us!
"El momento llego!" At last the moment has come to introduce you to AMA-ZONAS, the new project guided by DRK together with international artists and local associations struggling for the Amazon territory, its ancestral culture and its people. Above you can see the project's trailer, but we suggest you have a look at the blog that you can find here at the right hand side.
AMA-ZONAS is an artistic project, since the outcome will be an album, but is also a committment to support the struggle of the indigenous and their right to self-determination and freedom. Presently, the biggest menace to freedom is the greed of gold miners, canadian miners that are trying to build a port in the community of Nazareth in order to get deeper into the forest and exploit more and more soil. Through AMA-ZONAS and the people who internationally are supporting it, Doctor Krapula is raising his voice to alert us all, to grow global concience about what is happening and finally get solidarity.
Together we can do something to save the very air we breathe...AMA-ZONAS is not something related to someone far away, is something that is part of our lives. All.
2013
domenica 26 maggio 2013
Doctor Krapula reveals his very soul...
-Mario
(vocals): "we created the concept of Doctor Krápula which is:
make people dance but also think. Strong music, strong message."
-Germán
(guitar): "DR.K for me is a place where any idea or thought
fits in, whether spiritual or trivial. It's a place where 5 people with
different ways of thinking get together through music and that's how I like to
see DR.K, it's as I want to see a country or a planet: a place where everybody
co-exists and we're all happy, relaxed and music is our vehicle."
-Mario
(vocals): "DR.K is my life, my school, my university. It's been my
classroom and this is my stake to life in order to leave a meaningful grain of
sand in Latin American society. It's my bet."
-Niko
(drums): "DR.K for me is everything. DR.K is the air I breathe
everyday. The clean air we want to breathe. It's the food I eat; it's the hope
I keep everyday to grow as a person, as a human being, as a father, as a musician, as an artist, as a citizen."
-Sergio
(keyboards, accordion): "I think DR.K is more like a social
movement because everytime we play or everytime that our music is on the radio
or when people come to see our performance, they feel identified with our
lyrics like La Fuerza del Amor, El Pibe de mi Barrio or Para
Todos Todo. They feel related with what we're saying and denouncing and we're
also giving them options. It's not only about destroying but about
building and people have joined us in that road of construction."
-David
(bass): "DR.K is a miracle because the life of each and everyone of
us is a miracle. We've discovered that being together is a blessing and very
few people can work in what they really want to in their hearts and I feel that
DR.K is the opportunity to be honest with ourselves and be who we want to
be, think what we want to think and say what we want to say and especially in a
country like Colombia, where each time a leader says something sensible gets
killed or where if a syndicalist asks for rights gets killed, that's where DR.K has become a
popular power, that's the miracle! Our music, our words belong to people and
they have them in their hearts."
-Mario
(vocals): "(...)Colombia
10 years
ago, I thought I had to start a project to have something strong to hold on to
life and I knew I couldn't do it alone, so I thought I had to find someone who
would join me on this road towards a social, political and artistic life project.
Colombia
needs a band that says things, that has a position and creates blisters, love
and feelings in people."
from the
DVD Corazon Bombea, 2010
sabato 25 maggio 2013
Doctor Krapula arrives at the Latin Grammy with messages of Unity
We talked
on the phone with Mario Munoz and German Martinez and they told us about the importance
of the nominations and revealed some secrets about the sixth studio album ‘Viva
El Planeta’, production that includes 10 songs with rock sound, dedicated to
the world, to love and to the people.
How have
news of the Latin Grammy nomination taken you?
“By
surprise: we were really happy. When they broke the news, we never thought it
was for 'Exigimos'. It’s a strong theme that we never considered as an option
in the context of the Grammys, however, it made us happy.
How was the
success of 'Exigimos' born?
It 'a song
that we wrote to make a musical-historical document that summed up the feeling
of the whole Latin America in times of
protest. As you make a march for the public education, to protect sites from
the threat of mines, ask for changes to the government, or against torture to
animals, we wanted to collect all these feelings of protest in the streets in a
song, looking forward to create the soundtrack of the Latin American struggle.
How do you
judge the work of the bands who are with you in the category 'Best Rock Song'?
Even if we
do not know most of the artists that are in the category, apart from the
'Cuarteto de Nos', which we consider a great group, we started doing research
and discovered the talent of the other groups as 'Los Mesoneros', they are
doing a great job.
What are
the plans of the band after the participation in the Latin Grammy?
Now we are
well into the tour in Colombia
and after the ceremony we will begin to make plans for the launch of the new
album in Argentina and Mexico Canada and Europe .
If all goes well even play in Japan
What's new
in the album ‘Viva el Planeta’?
We started
as a band of Ska and Punk in the neighborhood. Over time we found a distinctive
sound and we became a quintet. Our sound leans more on the guitars and
keyboards than on wind instruments and percussion arrangements. The more
incisive and clear proposal that we make is that we make music with content and
social and environmental messages. The music is a complement, we make music
that complements the texts, or viceversa are texts that complement the music.
How do you
think the band would sound at the side of Shakira?
Although we
never had contacts with her in musical terms, we respect and admire her as the
great artist she is. It would be interesting to invite her to participate in one of our
side-projects. Now for example, we are making a record for the Amazon and it
would be nice to count on her entry along with other Latin American artists
against mines explotation in the area. For these causes no discrimination shall
be made.
What is
your contribution to peace in Colombia
We
contribute actively and we’ve done it for years creating music that builds and
makes people foster peace with songs offering disarmament dialogue, a NO against war and respect: this is our
tangible contribution to achieve it. Art as an instrument of social
construction is very important. We make political music, because ours is a
message broadcasted to the masses. In the media we express ourselves publicly
in favor of dialogue. In Colombia
"From
Bogota , Colombia
all the people of Doctor Krapula united sends greetings to whole Latin America . Hugs, we are connected. " These were
the parting words of the boys, who aspire to triumph in the great celebration
of Latin music which will take place November 15 in Las Vegas
Source: Internet - 2012
Source: Internet - 2012
Doctor Krapula, the punk ‘healers’ attack again!
Vertigo is in their songs at the rhythm of
intense rock, reggae, cumbia, ska, rap and punk.
Vertigo is in the lyrics of acid
critics to the powerful, the ecological devastation and social inequalities.
In his new
album 'Viva el Planeta', Doctor Krapula, faithful to his vertigo, carries on his
denounces that have characterized him since the
band’s foundation in 1998 and that, through
his songs, operate as a healing catharsis for young people living in the
marginalized neighborhoods of Bogota.
"Doctor
Krapula was formed in marginal neighborhoods of Bogota
Social
protest
Beside David
Jaramillo, the other group members are Mario Munoz (vocals), German Martinez
(guitar), Sergio Acosta (keyboards and accordion) and Nicolas ‘Niko’ Cabrera
(drums), who have made significant songs for social protest like 'Mas vale tarde que nunca ',' Mister
Danger ',' Mi Sol’,' La Verdadera Lucha ',' Sagrado Corazon 'and the
spectacular, fast-paced punk-ska' Somos'.
The themes
are contained in records like 'Dele la wuelta al Disco’ (2003) and the masterpiece 'Corazon Bombea Live' (2011).
For his
style, Doctor Krapula is on the same line and level of artistic excellence of
other rock mestizo-combative groups, as the Mexican Panteon Rococo and the
North-american Ozomatli.
In 'Viva el
Planeta', which came out last July [in the U.S., ndt], Doctor Krapula presents
10 songs in the key of his eclectic style but, unlike the earlier works, now
focus on global environmental problems such as 'Antidoto ',' Solo Soy ',' En la
Jugada ',' Buscando el Amor ', and the powerful punk' Exigimos' which is a
petition to the governments of the world to protect natural resources.
"The
water, at least in Colombia
The
recognition
In 2012 Doctor
Krapula has been awarded, with 'Viva el Planeta', the nomination to a Latin
Grammy. His song 'Exigimos' has been nominated in the category of Best Rock
Song; prize which eventually took away the Uruguayan group 'El Cuarteto de Nos'
with the song 'Cuando sea grande' during the awards ceremony on November 15 in Las Vegas
"The
truth is that a nomination like this is a great honor and a great recognition,
but we're not behind any prize," says Jaramillo.
His guests
In 'Viva el
Planeta' accompany Doctor Krapula great guests as the Uruguayan rocker Emiliano
Bracciari from the group 'No te va Gustar', the Argentine rocker Jorge Serrano
from 'Los Autenticos Decadentes' and the Colombian pop-rock singer Juanes, as
guitarist in 'Amanece', a spectacular romantic song of reggae-cumbia-ska.
"Juanes,
apart from the aesthetic differences that we may have in respect of what we
play, is a great guitarist and a friend who, in turn, is concerned about the
ecological devastation ... we invited him to register as a guitarist, nothing
more, and he accepted . In fact, he does not appear in the official video,
"says Jaramillo.
By DAVID DORANTES - 2012
domenica 19 maggio 2013
COMING SOON...
Hi guys...
This blog about DRK is meant to be published for the english speaking countries.
Well, as you see there's not much to see yet, but we're working on it!
Please stay tuned!
So long
M&C
This blog about DRK is meant to be published for the english speaking countries.
Well, as you see there's not much to see yet, but we're working on it!
Please stay tuned!
So long
M&C
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