Iker Piris & His Dual Electras – Electra (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 33:35 minutes | 376 MB | Genre: Blues
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“The blues is just that, Blues. His passion, soul, energy and emotion, patiently responded as he hurried the cigarette looking sideways at that white man who was trying to figure out the meaning of the word… ”
Iker Piris
Born in Toulouse in 1979, he began playing the guitar himself at the age of fourteen. His first approach to the Blues was through a friend who showed him the basic tricks on the guitar, plus three albums he listened to:
Guitar Watsons “Witchcraft”, B. B. Kings “Live at the Regal” and Robert Crays “False accusation”. He’s been playing since then, on stage since 1997. In June 2009 he finished his studies at the Conservatory of music of the Basque Country, Musikene.
From that same year until 2018, he leads the project the Romanticos. The band released three albums:” My time “2012,” Do It yourself “2014,” Good vibrations ” 2017.
Today, his partners in crime are the French rhythmic section formed by Abdell B. Bop (Nico Duportal, Junior Watson, Lynwood Slim, Duke Robillard) on double bass, and Andy Martin (Chris
Ruest, Shawn Pittman) on drums, playing his new project: Iker Piris su dual Electras. They just recorded an album under the title of Electra ” which is composed entirely of original songs and has guests such as harmonicists Greg Izor, Nico Wayne Toussaint and Victor Puertas at the Piano.
Tracklist
1. Iker Piris & His Dual Electras – The Bolt
2. Iker Piris & His Dual Electras – Good Husband
3. Iker Piris & His Dual Electras – Dance
4. Iker Piris & His Dual Electras – Out of Control
5. Iker Piris & His Dual Electras – Helping Hand
6. Iker Piris & His Dual Electras – Ain’t Just the Same
7. Iker Piris & His Dual Electras – I’m Gonna Move
8. Iker Piris & His Dual Electras – Let Me In
9. Iker Piris & His Dual Electras – Lament
10. Iker Piris & His Dual Electras – The Hunter
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