国籍：古巴 成立时间：1969年 简介：Los Van Van是古巴革命后的主要音乐团体之一。该乐队由贝斯手 Juan Formell于 1969 年创立，并一直担任乐队指挥直至 2014 年去世。Formell 和乐队前成员Changuito和Pupy是古巴当代音乐界最重要的人物之一，他们为两种流行舞蹈音乐流派songo和timba的发展做出了贡献。 从艺历程：Los Van Van is the most recognized post-revolution Cuban musical group, led for many years by bassist Juan Formell close to his death in 2014. Formell and former band members Changuito and Pupy are some of the most important figures in contemporary Cuban music.Using a charanga line-up (flute, string instruments, and rhythm section) as its base, Los Van Van added trombones, and was the first Cuban group to use synthesizers and drum machines. Initially, their sound was a fusion of son montuno, rumba, and North American rock and pop. Later the band incorporated funk, disco, and hip hop, as well as salsa. These influences would first give rise to a style known as songo, and later timba.Los Van Van has consistently managed to adapt its style to the times, and remains, after 35 years, Cuba's most popular dance band. Along with pianist Cesar "Pupy" Pedroso, Juan Formell has written some of the most intriguing verses in popular dance music, including stories that run over several albums and, contrary to trends in timba, all types of social commentary. Both artists are undisputed masters of double-entendre in a musical culture where multiple meanings in lyrics are pervasive. Indeed, the title of the band is probably meant to evoke the novel and compelling rhythms of the new sound of Formell's band, as van in Spanish means 'they go' and so the name of the band could be translated as 'those they go, they go' (it has also been suggested to translate as their name as something like the go-gos!). When Cesar "Pupy" Pedroso, their pianist and founding member, left the band in 2002 he founded his own band Pupy y los que son son, which is likely a name with a triple-entendre. The word son can mean both 'they are' and also refers to the traditional music son (the same Latin root as "sound"), originating in the eastern provinces of Cuba, from which Cuban-style salsa may have originated. It is also a reference to the idiomatic Spanish expression "those who can, do" presumably as sort of a sly nod to the expression "those who canno 荣誉记录：该乐队曾荣获过一项格莱美奖，2000 年凭借专辑Van Van is Here ('Llegó Van Van') 荣获该项格莱美奖。 2010 年 1 月，Van Van 最新专辑中的歌曲“A Cali”被选为 2009 年卡利博览会的获奖歌曲之一，该博览会在哥伦比亚卡利举行，卡利是哥伦比亚的“萨尔萨舞之都”。此次评选通过公众投票进行，共收到 30,742 票。Van Van 的“A Cali”获得了 7,905 票，占总票数的 26%。 这支古巴乐队获得了 WOMEX 博览会组织者委员会颁发的 2013 年艺术家奖。该奖项授予了“古巴音乐之火车”，因为它在四十多年中一直是古巴最重要和最受欢迎的舞蹈乐队。评审团指出，“指挥胡安·福梅尔 (Juan Formell) 富有想象力的演奏方式为古巴舞蹈音乐带来了新的声音和想法，将小提琴、长笛、查兰加风格与长号部分、鼓和电吉他前奏、贝斯和键盘融合在一起”。 2013 年 11 月 20 日，在拉斯维加斯举行的颁奖典礼上，胡安·福梅尔还与其他著名的西班牙裔音乐家一起荣获了 2013 年拉丁格莱美杰出奖。