THE NAME
PRATO PRINCIPAL MEANS THE MAIN ENTRÉE AND REPRESENTS A MIXTURE
OF STYLES, COMBINING THE BEST INGREDIENTS TO BETTER NOURISH THE BODYS
NEED FOR MOVIMIENTO, KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE FOR THE MIND AND CIRCUITRY
FOR THE SOUL.
THE ROOT
OF PRATO PRINCIPAL WAS BORN IN MIAMI IN 1996 WITH 19 YEAR OLD LEO LEBELLOT
AND 15 YEAR OLD ALEXANDRE STRY JAMMING IN LEOS PARENTS APARTMENT BEFORE
GOING OUT ON A SATURDAY NIGHT TO A FT. LAUDERDALE CLUB WITH FRIENDS, AND
NOT BEING ABLE TO GET IN BECAUSE THE FAKE IDS DIDNT WORK.
THEIR
FRIENDSHIP BECAME STRONGER DUE TO THE SAME MUSICAL TASTE IN REGGAE, HIP-HOP,
MPB AND ROCK. THEY STARTED TO PLAY AT CLUBS WITH OTHER MUSICIANS. BUT AFTER
SOME STRUGGLES AND TIRED OF PLAYING IN CLUBS FOR ALMOST NO MONEY, THEY
DECIDED TO TAKE A YEAR OFF. DURING THAT TIME ALEX AND LEO, NOW MORE MATURE,
WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH ORIGINAL SONGS, MAKE ARRANGEMENTS AND RESTRUCTURE
THE BAND. ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN THE YEAR 1999 ALEX FOUND IN A NEWSPAPER
A NOTE FROM A BRAZILIAN DRUMMER LOOKING FOR A BAND. AFTER A SESSION, FLAVIO
CALIXTO WAS IN THE BAND WITH ALL HIS POWER AND UNIQUE STYLE, AND A FEW
WEEKS AFTER, NILTON STRAZZI, WHO PLAYED WITH THE BAND IN SOME GIGS, ALSO
JOINED THE GROUP BRINGING NEW CONCEPTS AND STRONG BRASS LINES, MAKING THEIR
MUSIC EVEN MORE POWERFUL.
THE CHEMISTRY
OF THESE FOUR IS AMAZING, THEY ARE ABLE TO BLEND COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STYLES
INTO ONE. THE ENERGY, CREATIVITY AND GROOVE MIXED WITH POETIC LYRICS AND
STREET CONCEPTS CREATE A BATTLE BETWEEN DRUNKEN LOVE PUNK-SKA AND A REBEL
BOSSA NOVA REGGAE WITH A FUNKY LATIN-BRAZILIAN SPICE. MAKING THE CROWD
GO CRAZY AT EACH PRESENTATION.
PRATO
PRINCIPAL IS ONE OF MIAMIS MAIN BANDS, BEING PART OF AN AMAZING LATIN
ROCK MOVEMENT, BRINGING NEW CONCEPTS AND AN UNIQUE VIBE THAT CONQUER ALL
CROWDS, REGARDLESS OF STYLE OR LANGUAGE. THEY CAN BRING TOGETHER ALTERNATIVE,
POP AND BATUCADA AND IT SOUNDS INCREDIBLE.
AFTER
PLAYING IN BARS AND CLUBS, PRATO PRINCIPAL WAS THE ONE BAND INVITED TO
OPEN FOR PARALAMAS IN 1999, ONE OF BRAZILS TOP GROUPS. THEN THE DOORS
WERE OPENED FOR MORE PRESENTATIONS. AFTER THE SUCCESS WITH THE BRAZILIAN
PUBLIC IN SOUTH FLORIDA, THE BAND WAS INVITED TO PERFORM AT THE CALLE OCHO
FESTIVAL BREAKING THE FIRST LANGUAGE BARRIER AND WALKING INTO A WHOLE NEW
PHASE.
IN OCTOBER
OF 2002 THE BAND ACHIEVED TOP 20 STATUS NATIONWIDE ON THE TERRA/BOOM
MAGAZINE CHARTS WITH THEIR INDEPENDENT DEMO INMIGRACION, STAYING AT ..7
FOR TWO WEEKS AND ..3 FOR ANOTHER TWO. MUN2 IS USING PRATO PRINCIPALS SONG,
MOCHILEANDO, AS THE OPENING SONG FOR THEIR SHOW OF THE SAME NAME TITLE.
IN MARCH OF 2003 THE BANDS SONG DUZA" WAS CHOSEN BY THE MIAMI FILM FESTIVAL
AS THE OFFICIAL SONG TRACK. IN AUGUST OF THE SAME YEAR PRATO PRINCIPAL
PLAYS IN LOS ANGELES AT THE VIPER ROOM AT ASCAP SHOWCASE DURING LAMC. PRATO
PRINCIPAL SHARED THE STAGE WITH GREAT ARTISTS LIKE PARALAMAS, MORAES MOREIRA,
NATIRUTS, BACILOS, RABANES, SANDRA DE SA, LOS PIOJOS, ETC AND WAS INVITED
TO PERFORM AT ROCK IN MIAMI FEST, CALLE OCHO FEST, 2003 LATIN GRAMMYS
STREET PARTY AND MANY OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS.
IN JUNE
2005 PRATO PRINCIPAL RELEASED THEIR SINGLE INMIGRACION ON THE LATIN ROCK
STATIONS AND THE VIDEO ON MTV ES AND MUN2, FOLLOWED BY THE RELEASE OF THEIR
FIRST ALBUM ENTITLE LEJOS DE CASA UNDER THE LABEL FABRIKA/J&N/SONY-BMG.
THE SONG INMIGRACION HAS BEEN IN TOP TEN ON RADIOS ALL OVER THE USA EVER
SINCE AND THE BAND WON BANDA REVELACION AT YAHOO MUSIC.
PRATO
PRINCIPAL HAS A LOT OF SURPRISES FOR 2006; WITH THE RELEASE OF A NEW SINGLE,
VIDEO AND A WHOLE NEW FORMAT FOR AN ACOUSTIC SET, EXPLORING BRAZILIAN,
LATIN, MIDDLE EASTERN PERCUSSION MIXED WITH HIP HOP, REGGAE AND BOSSA NOVA.
PREPARE
FOR A SOUND REVOLUTION WITHOUT LANGUAGE BARRIERS AS WELL A TRUE REPRESENTATION
OF BEAUTIFUL ETHNICS AND DIRTY DISTORTIONS; THE BATTLE BETWEEN IDEALISTIC
REGGAE SOUNDS AND PUNK ROCK BALLADS; THE WISE GUY FROM THE STREETS AND
THE BOHEMIAN FOOL. JAH BLESS! ONE SOUL!
Prato
Principal Contact: Leba / [email protected] Ph: 305-308-7907
