AZUL Y NEGRO  ISS
FIRST 5.1 SURROUND CD LAUNCHED IN SPAIN
ALSO AVAILABLE IN STEREO
Azul Y Negro, the legendary Spanish band of synthpop / tecno
music, returns to innovation with a majestic album of 12 tracks
that exhibits the latest surround audio technology...
Madrid, Spain, 10-1-2003. For immediate release.
Two decades of music innovation fully demonstrate that the creative landmarks of
Azul Y Negro are inexhaustible. Its proposal of popular electronics colored the musical scene
of the 80s with melodies that become authentic hymns. At the same time, those tunes
broadcasted by hundreds of programs on Radio and TV inaugurated the tecnopop era in Spain.
With such curriculum, it was a justice fact that Azul Y Negro designed by its own right the
pioneering bits for the first CD launched by a Spanish band (Suspense – 1984).
Those historical facts already comprise of our culture, although now, another unusual, magical
and revealing launching must be added to the listing...
ISS is the new album with which Carlos Vaso and José Antonio Álvarez return to the
headers of the sonic present time. And its landmark is to use itself the surprising potential that
offers the surround audio technology, a system that extends the ultraprocessed borders of its
magical combination of electronic sounds, voices and virtuous guitars.
The new 12 tracks that includes ISS propose to the demanding ears a spectral
experience that, until today, had not been enjoyed. The idea could seem presumptuous, but
with this production, Azul Y Negro returns to recover his label of exclusive feature and digital
art: to be the first Spanish band in launching commercially his music on surround 5.1
format, using the support of DTS-CD.
By their innovation, ISS already counts with the support of the prestigious brands
Apple Computer and Creative Labs, in addition to the certification extended by
Digital Theater Systems as a production approved for their listening in surround 5.1
environments compatible with DTS. The album is launched also in traditional stereo CD-Audio.
The following web will serve as a global resource for this launching: www.azulynegro.com/iss/
Unlike other music titles –which have its surround audio production based on a simple
replication of channels– ISS has been designed from its roots to offer a complete multichannel
sonic experience, forming a package that overflows sonorous art, melodies, harmony and
spectral surprises. The meaning of abbreviations ISS –Incursion Sonora Surround– is the
best illustration to define a listening that will take you until another dimension.
Carlos Vaso and José Antonio Álvarez have experimented with their massive
collection of musical machinery to create the most ambitious and technologically advanced
album of his great history. ISS supposes a point of inflexion for the creative universe, a step
further in the audio production, or simply, another perfect example of the advanced world in
which Azul Y Negro live and dream. Now, you will return to be part of him...
ISS - Azul Y Negro (VM150 DTS-CD; VM150)
TRACKLIST
01.- Silencio De Metal
02.- Danza Con La Luna
03.- Respirando Libertad
04.- Viene El Sol
05.- Esos Pájaros
06.- Energía Vital
07.- Para Cocha
08.- Tarde O Temprano
09.- Sublimación
10.- Talk To Me
11.- Lejanía
12.- Breve Silueta De Color Carmín
Notes about Azul Y Negro
The most popular electronic music band of Spain started its walking in 1981. An intelligent audio sinergy of electronic
gear, acoustic instruments and robotic voices over synthpop music, turned Azul Y Negro as pioneers and great
promoters of the electronic sound in Spain. Its first works on the 80s, still being of advanced cut for that moment, were a
great success and reached the popular hymn category. It is the case of Me Estoy Volviendo Loco (Vuelta Ciclista A
España 81 soundtrack), La Noche, No Tengo Tiempo (Vuelta Ciclista A España 82 soundtrack) and other magical top
tracks that, in addition, influenced later productions that shared the same affinity for the musical technology.
The Azul Y Negro original formation was divided in 1993, after launching the De Vuelta Al Futuro CD album.
Nevertheless, the dissolution did not suppose the power exhaustion of that deep musical project. The decade of the 90s
has been a period of great creative activity for Carlos Vaso, the founder of the band. Its inexhaustible passion for the
electronic sounds and the music technology placed him in close contact with José Antonio Álvarez, Editor of the spanish
editions of the world known magazines Future Music and Computer Music. The two men together now are developping
a new sphere of projects surrounded by the magic and the spectral heat of Azul Y Negro.
The first musical expression of the renewed pair was Recuerda (VM069, May 02), a lovely compilation of
12 Azul Y Negro top tracks of the 80s, that Carlos and José Antonio revisited and remastered using the latest music
technology, although conserving the original and personal taste that exhibit all the original launchings. Already in form of
album with 14 tracks, Mare Nostrum (VM100, October 02) constituted the luxurious Azul Y Negro tribute towards the
Mediterranean Sea by its reassuring influence on the mentality of the band.
To read more information about Azul Y Negro, please visit the website at www.azulynegro.com
Notes about DTS
Digital Theater Systems, Inc. –DTS– is a digital technology company that was founded on 1993 with a goal: to provide
the latest entertainment experience. DTS decoders are implemented in all the multi-channel 5.1 surround processors
from the great brands, and there are more than 100 million consumer electronics products licensed by DTS anywhere in
the world. As a pioneering company in multichannel audio, DTS licenses their technology for home cinema, car hifi
computers and videogames consoles, as well as to reproduce music distributed on 5.1 CDs, DVD-Video, DVD-Audio
and DVD-ROM. Additionally, the DTS surround audio system is used in more than 20,000 big screen venues placed
everywhere. DTS has their headquarters in Agoura Hills, California.
To read more information about DTS, please visit the corporate website at www.dtsonline.com
Notes about Apple Computer
Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in
the 1980s with the Macintosh. Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computing experience to students,
educators, creative professionals and consumers around the world through its innovative hardware, software and
Internet offerings.
To read more information about Apple, please visit the corporate website at www.apple.com
Notes about Creative Labs
Creative (Nasdaq: CREAF) is a worldwide leader in digital entertainment products for the personal computer and the
Internet. Famous for its Sound Blaster and for launching the multimedia revolution, Creative is now driving digital
entertainment on the PC platform with products like its highly acclaimed D.A.P Jukebox. The company's innovative
hardware, proprietary technology, applications and services leverage the Internet, enabling consumers to experience
high-quality digital entertainment - anytime, anywhere.
To read more info about Creative Labs, please visit the corporate website at http://es.europe.creative.com/
Exclusive information for journalists
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