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Q1. Where are you from?
We’re from Chile, in South América, but we go on tour every year to Europe, five years in a row. That’s why we want to play at your festival.
Q2. Musical influences?
We like most part of our culture artists. for example: Los Jaivas, Manu Chao, Todo Tus Muertos, Catupecu Machu, Chico Trujillo, Fabulosos Cadillacs, Cafe Tacvba, Familea Miranda, Los Prisioneros, Sepultura, Mazapán.
We also love the iconic bands from foreign speaking, like Faith No More, Tool, Metallica, Spin Doctors, Rage Against the Machine, Living Colour, Melvins, Nirvana, and a big ETC
Q3. What’s your song writing process?
We improvise all together in several rehearsals, then, we clean all the garbage and again redefine the great ideas. After that, we record. all this for lyrics and music.
Q4. Most bizarre gig experience?
Once in 2009 we had to play in the same day at two different cities. Amsterdam and Brussels in the same day! It was in the middle of a tour. And we had to make both soundcheck also. So we had to travel four times to make it!!!
Q5. If you could share the stage with anyone. Who would it be and why?
That’s a really tough decision. With any of the bands that I listed in the first answer. Share the audience with any of them would be a major experience!
In their own words
Keko Yoma was born in 2004.From its beginning, the band has had the opportunity of playing in different bars, clubs, pubs, theatres and many social events, getting recognition in Chile, especially in Santiago and Val-Paraiso. In 2008 they brought out their first LP, called “El más weon de los caminos… el disco”, with the partici-pation of the Chilean producer Andrés Godoy and in 2010 their second album “Welcome to the South” recorded in Holland and Chile respectively.
Within these six years of their musical career, the band has participated in hundreds of concerts (Vive Latino, Landjuweel Festival in Amsterdam, Freigeist Festival in Berlin, Rockodromo in Valparaiso, etc.), 5 international tours (Europe 2006, Argentina 2007, Europe 2008, 2009 and 2010). They also have three video clips “El Desatinao”(2005), “Mi vida se fue por el W.C.”(2006) , and “Manager“(2009), and two albums “El más weon de los caminos… el disco”(2008), and “Bienvenidos al Sur”(2010, with the colaboration of Angleo Pierattini and one Jaiva).