Taxi (Gibraltar band)

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Taxi
Origin Gibraltar
Genre(s) Pop Rock
Years active 2005 - present
Label(s) Sony Music
Associated acts Melon Diesel
Website El Taxímetro
Members
Dylan Ferro
Dani Fa
Danny Bugeja

Taxi is a Gibraltarian pop rock band founded in 2005 after the break-up of Melon Diesel. After the quintet's break-up, its members dissolved into two different bands: Taxi (Dylan Ferro, Dani Fa and Danny Bugeja) and Area 52 (Guy Palmer and Adrian Pozo). Whilst the latter moved on to play alternative rock in English, Taxi kept loyal to Melon Diesel's Hispanic fanbase, composing songs in Spanish. [1] Their songs maintain a certain similarity to those of Melon Diesel although slightly more upbeat with more pop influences.

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[edit] Origins

Although the band never gave an official press release when Melon Diesel broke up in 2003, the reason given was that there was a difference in opinions concerning what language the song lyrics should be written in and the direction in which the band was moving in.[2] Even though the news came as a shock to its fans, it seemed that the conflict of interest had been ongoing for some time. Shortly after Melon Diesel's dissolution, Ferro, Fa and Bugeja restarted their musical careers, performing various local concerts around Gibraltar by the name of No Eye Dear (in collaboration with another local band, Chango Mutney). After some time, the trio went on to develop their main project, which would become Taxi.

[edit] Members

  • Dylan Ferro
  • Dani Fa
  • Danny Bugeja

[edit] Albums

[edit] Libre (2005)

This was the band's debut album, released on 15 March 2005 by Szena Records. It was produced by Luis Villa in Seville (Spain) and Los Angeles (California, USA). Their first single was En mi coche.[3]

Track listing:[4]

  1. En mi coche
  2. Jamás me fui
  3. Detén el tiempo
  4. Más cerca
  5. Tu oportunidad
  6. En pie
  7. Un rincón sin fe
  8. No hay nada
  9. Vamos
  10. Culpable
  11. Cuanto rock puedes soportar
  12. Ya sabréis quien soy
  13. Da igual

[edit] Mil Historias (2006)

Their second album was released on 26 June 2006 and edited by Dro Atlantic. The first single from the album was Aquí estoy.[5]

Track listing:[6]

  1. No caigas
  2. Mil historias
  3. Toda mi vida
  4. Hoy (Ganas de vivir)
  5. Cuando escucha tu voz
  6. Aquí estoy
  7. Respirar
  8. Siempre
  9. Es tu voz
  10. Tú
  11. No lo entiendo
  12. Podría soñar

[edit] References

  1. ^ Melon Diesel. Where Have They Gone?
  2. ^ El Mundo - From Melon Diesel to Taxi due to a language issue. (Spanish)
  3. ^ Release date for Libre announced. (Spanish)
  4. ^ Libre - Track listing.
  5. ^ 'Mil historias' / A thousand stories and a thousand ways of telling them. (Spanish)
  6. ^ Mil Historias - Track listing.

[edit] External links

El Taxímetro (official site)

[edit] See also

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