“That‘s pretty good” said Paul Gambaccini, the famous Professor of Pop and BBC2 DJ, to Alex Apodaca when he recently encountered the artist busking his postmodern rock songs at South Kensington Tube Station. And he got a couple of quid from him too!
Alex Apodaca came to London ten years ago from his native Spain in search of his rock-pop dream. Before that, he had lead a band in Spain called “The Business” (not to be confused with the English punk band). They released an EP with Submarine Records to great critical acclaim. However, the market is difficult to English-singing bands in Spain, and Alex Apodaca also felt the need to embrace British culture in order to improve his song-writing skills. He moved to the old country and started assimilating everything that gives British bands that special edge. He formed a hard-rock band called Red Maria that developed a faithful following in the London circuit and sang with them for three years. Red Maria eventually disbanded for personal reasons. That’s when Alex Apodaca decided to start his first solo project.
During 2007 he embarked on a colossal project writing, recording and performing an album at his home studio ( with Gavin F. Monaghan, guitarist in Red Maria, giving a helping hand). The album under the titled “Stranger In Nowhere Land” has now been finished and is filled with possible hit singles like “Hallelujah New York Girl“, “Broken“ or “Mr. Mean‘s Back In Town“. As the title suggests, the album tries to reflect on how a foreigner, a stranger, sees and interprets the pop world invented by The Beatles and their contemporaries, a world we could give the name of Nowhere Land. The challenge during 2008 will be releasing and promoting the songs in as many ways as possible. We will be able to see the artist performing the material either with his backing band or by himself in acoustic sets.
That’s the strongest point in Alex Apodaca, playing live. In fact, as a member of the joint Capital Radio-London Paper Underground Busking Scheme he has played well over 200 times in the last two years covering classics from Johnny Cash, The Doors, Neil Young, Beatles, etc... as well as playing his own material. That’s more than enough to get rid of stage fright!
The artist will also use this platform from now on to expose “Stranger In Nowhere Land” to the public. A unique opportunity to stick his songs into the minds of millio…
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“That‘s pretty good” said Paul Gambaccini, the famous Professor of Pop and BBC2 DJ, to Alex Apodaca when he recently encountered the artist busking his postmodern rock songs at South Kensington Tube Station. And he got a couple of quid from him too!
Alex Apodaca came to London ten years ago from his native Spain in search of his rock-pop dream. Before that, he had lead a band in Spain called “The Business” (not to be confused with the English punk band). They released an EP with Submarine Records to great critical acclaim. However, the market is difficult to English-singing bands in Spain, and Alex Apodaca also felt the need to embrace British culture in order to improve his song-writing skills. He moved to the old country and started assimilating everything that gives British bands that special edge. He formed a hard-rock band called Red Maria that developed a faithful following in the London circuit and sang with them for three years. Red Maria eventually disbanded for personal reasons. That’s when Alex Apodaca decided to start his first solo project.
During 2007 he embarked on a colossal project writing, recording and performing an album at his home studio ( with Gavin F. Monaghan, guitarist in Red Maria, giving a helping hand). The album under the titled “Stranger In Nowhere Land” has now been finished and is filled with possible hit singles like “Hallelujah New York Girl“, “Broken“ or “Mr. Mean‘s Back In Town“. As the title suggests, the album tries to reflect on how a foreigner, a stranger, sees and interprets the pop world invented by The Beatles and their contemporaries, a world we could give the name of Nowhere Land. The challenge during 2008 will be releasing and promoting the songs in as many ways as possible. We will be able to see the artist performing the material either with his backing band or by himself in acoustic sets.
That’s the strongest point in Alex Apodaca, playing live. In fact, as a member of the joint Capital Radio-London Paper Underground Busking Scheme he has played well over 200 times in the last two years covering classics from Johnny Cash, The Doors, Neil Young, Beatles, etc... as well as playing his own material. That’s more than enough to get rid of stage fright!
The artist will also use this platform from now on to expose “Stranger In Nowhere Land” to the public. A unique opportunity to stick his songs into the minds of millions of travellers every day. Nobody will be able to deny that this is true underground pop-rock!
“Eso suena la mar de bién” le dijo el otro día Paul Gambaccini (el famoso “Profesor del Pop” de la cadena musical de radio BBC2) a Alex Apodaca cuando le encontró tocando sus canciones de rock post-moderno en el metro londinense. ¡E incluso le echó un par de libras en el sombrero!
Alex Apodaca llegó a Londres hace diez años desde Santander con grandes sueños y esperanzas. En España había liderado una banda bajo el nombre de The Business con la cual editó un EP bajo el sello de Submarine Records. El EP recibió excelentes críticas, llegando a posicionarse como uno de los mejores discos del año en varias publicaciones musicales. Sin embargo problemas personales en el seno del grupo les llevaron a la separación.
Siempre un alma inquieta y curiosa, Alex Apodaca decidió entonces marchar hacia el Reino Unido para profundizar su conocimiento del arte compositivo y estilístico del mundo del rock/pop. Que mejor lugar para aprender que la cuna de este estilo musical; las grises calejuelas y reconditos bares de Londres.
Ya instalado en el Reino Unido, formó una banda de hard-rock con músicos británicos bajo el nombre de Red Maria. Llegaron a alcanzar considerable fama en el circuito londinense durante sus cuatro años de vida, pero diferentes obligaciones, en otros campos, de algunos de sus miembros forzaron el abandono del projecto. Cansado de ser frenado en sus ambiciones por otros músicos sin la misma convicción de triunfo, Alex Apodaca decidió grabar un album en solitario en su pequeño estudio de grabación. Sus conocimientos de producción y sonorización resultaron de gran ayuda en lograr un acabado profesional para el disco. El álbum, titulado “Stranger In Nowhere Land”, pretende reflejar el sentimiento y la interpretación de un emigrante español enfrentandose a la cultura pop de los Beatles o los Stones. Un álbum repleto de canciones con sabor a éxito como “Hallelujah New York Girl”, “Broken” o “Mr. Mean's Back In Town”. El reto durante el 2008 es lograr un contrato de distribución y promoción con el fin de hacer llegar su música al gran público. Este año traerá también conciertos en directo con una banda de apoyo, o en solitario con su guitarra acústica.
Ese es el punto más fuerte de Alex Apodaca, el directo. Siendo miembro desde hace dos años de la plataforma de músicos del metro londinense, organizada por Capital Radio 95.8 y el London Paper, no le han faltado conciertos en directo (más de cien durante el 2007). ¡Nadie puede negar que se ha Ganado el título de rockero underground! Ahora el artista aprovechará este medio para presentar “Stranger In Nowhere Land” a miles de viajeros en su camino a su trabajo/casa.
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