The band makes its album début with the release of ‘Tucaratupapi’

S.C./ Flamenco-world.com, November 2006

Aiming to recover the spirit of the mythical Veneno, the musicians Tomasito, Kiko Veneno, Los Delinqüentes (Marcos de Ojo and El Canijo) and Muchachito Bombo Infierno have joined forces to create the group G-5. The band, whose members define it as a “ghost group”, has been forged live. And what started off as just collaborations with each other has ended up materializing in a project which, without clashing with their individual careers, now has its first album. ‘Tucaratupapi’ is to be released in late November 2006.

G-5 in the recording studio

‘Tucaratupapi’ is released in a special edition including a twenty-minute DVD documentary shot during the recording of the album. According to Tomasito, they all gathered in intense days of music and composing at La Bodega de Jerez Studios. The Jerez-born bailaor and singer praises Kiko Veneno’s mastery, Los Delinqüentes’ swiftness and Muchachito Bombo Infierno’s talent. And he admits that “there are songs which came out of just any anecdote as we went along at the studio”.

In total, the album has a dozen songs, from which ‘El vino y el pescao’ has been chosen as the first promo single. As on the albums by Kiko Veneno, Pata Negra or the solo ones by Tomasito, the stress is on the lyrics, all of which are streetwise, somewhat harsh and a bit social. The music draws on diverse influences, among them, flamenco, rock, pop and rumba. And the instrumentation is based on the sum of acoustic guitars, voices and Tomasito’s percussion, both on the box drum and baile.

Solo, Kiko Veneno is continuing the tour of his latest album, ‘El hombre invisible’, just like Los Delinqüentes with ‘El verde rebelde vuelve’. Tomasito, at the same time as G-5, is taking part in the show ‘Los Juncales’, together with Diego Carrasco, Manuel Molina and Moraíto; and in the new project by Chano Domínguez, ‘New Flamenco Sound’.

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