DEBUT ALBUM - 'VIVA'
RELEASE DATE: 21ST MAY 2001
Riding the open freeway on a 1973 Harley, with the sun beating down
on your neck, is an experience. One listen to the new masters of the
road El Caco and the smell of hot leather and burning rubber will return
with a vengeance.
El Caco have strange chameleon qualities. On the surface they would
appear to be Mexican. Audibly they could be mistaken for Americans.
The truth however, could not be more elusive. El Caco are in fact Norwegian.
On 21st May 2001, Music For Nations released the incredible debut album
'Viva' from Norway's El Caco. Their name may well be literally translated
as 'The Thief' but these road bandits have the ability to grasp the
finer elements of their influences and mould them into their own diverse
sound.
Formed in Lillestrom
on the outskirts of Oslo, Norway, the three band members Øyvind
Osa, Thomas Fredriksen
and Anders Gjesti have been working together since 1998. Their musical
abilities however, started at a much earlier age, with Anders Gjesti
and Øyvind
Osa performing together
with a variety of drummers and different band names since their school
days, before Thomas Fredriksen came into the fold, and El Caco was born.
The bandıs debut album 'Viva' is a culmination of three very talented
individuals, each with a very eclectic taste in music. The songs on
the album were penned as a group, with
Øyvind Osa
at the lyrical forefront. This writing process has created an album
that takes all the best artists of the last decade, melts them together
and provides you with what could only be described as 'Surfer-Roller',
riding on a crest of pure gold.
El Caco have a reputation for being a phenomenal live band, a fact that
they proved beyond doubt with an electric performance at By:Larm (the
Norwegian version of In The City), and will continue to nurture on their
forthcoming tour which begins in Norway at the So What Club, Oslo on
March 19th 2001.
Self-produced and recorded during October / November 2000 at Athletic
Sound Studios in Halden, Norway, El Caco's 'Viva' is set to become the
feel good album of the summer. VIVA EL CACO.
