Millo Torres

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Millo Torres is a singer/guitarist from Puerto Rico, who has released six albums with his Latin Ska/Reggae band, Millo Torres Y El Tercer Planeta. His Group was composed of bassist Tinci Moreno, keyboardist Javier Bermudo, guitarist Carlos Zubrzychi, percussionist Carlos Maldonado, and drummer Rigo Collazo^[1]The band's 1999 single, "Caminando" (also the name of their second album) reached #26 on the Billboard Latin/Tropical Airplay charts, and another single, "Mundo de Locura", reached #31 on Billboard's Latin Pop Airplay charts. Tercer Planeta Band members since 2003 are Rigo Collazo on drums, Adolfo Fito Gonzalez on bass guitar, Josue Parrilla on Keys, Indra Fuentes on vocals and Victor Roman on sax.Currently album Masa con Masa 2007 is a complete success with the songs "Me gustas como quieras" and "Dime Amor" on the Top Airplay Charts. Masa con Masa have also received a nomination for Univision's 2008 Premios Lo Nuestro in Best Rock Album.

Torres is a graduate of The Berklee College of Music, according to Allmusic Guide^[2]

Torres was one of the first Puerto Ricans to introduce social and political content in his lyrics. By doing so, he attracted many young people to his group's music. The political aspect of his songs was especially important in a time where cultural nationalism grew tremedously, with the help of a contentious U.S. military presence. Indeed, young Puerto Ricans were becoming more involved in the national opposition to the American presence in Vieques, and also started to cry out against the imprisonment of Puerto Rican prisoners in U.S. federal penitentiaries^[3]

Masa con Masa Rave Review The Caribbean keeps getting smaller and smaller, with musicians, influences, and sounds jumping from island to island. Perhaps nowhere is the phenomenon more pronounced than in the eclectic music of Puerto Rico's Millo Torres y el Tercer Planeta. The group fuses Latin, reggae, disco, and ska into one explosive sound. The reggae is more staccato, the ska is more tempered, the disco is just right, and Torres' butter-smooth vocals surge with true emotion.

– Brett O'Bourke

[edit] Discography

• Caminando — (1999), WEA International
• Mundo de Locura — (1997) WEA International
• Sonando Realidad — (2001) Tribal Vibes Records
• Masa con Masa - (2006) Tribal Vibes records
• Canciones de Reggae y Ska - (2003) Tribal Vibes Music
• Masa con Masa (2006)- Tribal Vibes / Machete

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