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Kotebel

Kotebel

About Me

Kotebel, founded in 1999, was conceived as a long-term project with the aim to serve as a vehicle for the development of a musical proposal that could be described as Art Music:
* An artistic expression not subject to commercial considerations
* A structured approach to the development of thematic material
* An eclectic language with a strive to integrate different musical genres, resources, instruments
In short, elaborate music that appeals to the mind and the spirit.
Kotebel’s music also shares a number of characteristics with other contemporary artistical expressions currently labelled as Neo-Barroque:
* A highly creative, hybrid cultural expression
* An aesthetics and ideology of inclusion
* A tendency towards expansion, creating ambiguity in the frontier between pieces
* A desire to evoke states of transcendence
Kotebel has published four albums:
- Structures ( January 2000) – Distributed world-wide by the French label Musea
- Mysticae Visiones (December 2001) – Manufactured and distributed world-wide by the French label Musea
- Fragments of Light (September 2003) – Manufactured and distributed world-wide by the French label Musea
- Omphalos (June 2006) – Distributed world-wide by Musea and The Orchard.

You can purchase all our albums safely, for 15 € shipping included worldwide:


Omphalos

Nº 1 in 2006 Top 20 albums in Progressor.net (Vitaly Menshikov)
"Editors Choice 2006" at Gibraltar Encyclopedia of Progressive Rock

Nominated for "Best Album 2006" at ProgAwards


Fragments of Light

"...All in all, this is a highly intelligent, well thought out album and should interest many fans of complex symphonic rock. Kotebel appear to be intent on exploring and extending the boundaries of their chosen genre, and are definitely a band to watch out for." Dave Sissons - DPRP.net


Mysticae Visiones

"..I found this to be one of the best CD's I've heard so far this year (it was released so late in 2001 that it's almost a 2002 album), and I think this is an essential CD for anyone enjoying symphonic prog or romantic classical music.". Fred Trafton – Gibraltar Encyclopedia of Progressive Rock


Structures

"this is a hell of a debut album, arguably lacking a bit of the sonic power that Kotebel has nowadays, yet incarnating the multiple sources that take place in Plaza's musical vision. "Structures" is a must of current progressive rock". César Inca. ProgArchives


Kotebel Live at Gouveia 2007 - Extract of Mars Pentacle (Omphalos)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/15/2007
Band Website: kotebel.com
Band Members:

Carlos Franco - Drums and Percussion .... cfranco@kotebel.com

César Garcia Forero - Guitars ................... cgarcia@kotebel.com

Jaime Pascual - Bass ................................. jpascual@kotebel.com

Adriana Plaza - Keyboards ....................... aplaza@kotebel.com

Carlos Plaza - Keyboards .......................... cplaza@kotebel.com

Carolina Prieto - Voices ............................ cprieto@kotebel.com


Influences: This list is by no means complete. Just a general guide:Ravel, Debussy, Stravinsky, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, Antony Banks, Messiaen, Poulenc, Keith Emerson, Robert Fripp, Chopin, Yes, PFM, Jethro Tull, Beethoven, Finnegans Wake, After Crying, Bartok, Deus Ex Machina, Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, Mussorgsky, Gentle Giant, Discipline (Mathew Parmenter), Anglagard, Porcupine Tree, Isildurs Bane, Universal Totem Orquestra, Univers Zero, and a long etc.These are C Plaza's influences, other members of the group bring influences ranging from classical, hard rock, folk, latin, fusion,... you name it..
Record Label: Musea
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

10 minute Video of Kotebel Live at Gouveia

Check under the video section for some footage of our performance at Gouveia Art Rock 2007. Or, just follow this link:http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.indiv idual&VideoID=17416347W...
Posted by Kotebel on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:49:00 PST

Kotebel en vivo el 27 de Octubre.

Además de presentar parte del set-list llevado a los festivales de Gouveia y ProgSud, en este concierto Kotebel incorpora nuevas piezas al repertorio, incluyendo el estreno de material de su próximo á...
Posted by Kotebel on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:59:00 PST

Kotebel photos at Prog'Sud Festival

Claude Wacker shot some great photos of the 2007 edition of Prog'Sud Festival and posted them in his website: http://www.docker.ch/claude/progsud2007/kotebel Check them out!...
Posted by Kotebel on Fri, 25 May 2007 10:25:00 PST