Eclectic music by a sextet

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ROCK: Jam-band, ROCK: Acoustic



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In the year 2002, Embas is created based on the idea of making a musical blend never heard before. Basically, they are a rock band, and yet the mixture of styles makes people wonder what kind of music they are making. Leonardo Jenkins (Acoustic guitar /// lead vocals), Ruyman Gilbert (drums /// vocals), Carlos Rosales (Electric Guitar), Frank Sapene (Bass /// Vocals), Carlos Baez (Violin) and Luis Jesus Mata (Keys) integrate Embas, and everyone brings their one musical tastes along with their own influences, resulting in a musical range that goes all the way from Gypsy Jazz, to Funk, Folk, Soul and even Trip-Hop⦠in other words, Embasâ music is what we could call âEclectic musicâ , hence their name, which is the acronym for Eclectic Music By A Sextet

That same year, in june, they decide to participate in a very well renowned music festival called âAlma Mater Rockâ (for collegeâs bands). Having just enough repertoire to fulfill the time-limit condition, and being their first live performance as a musical band, Embas drew enough media attention to relieve and improvised interview from the national music TV station âPuma TVâ.

The years 2003 â 2004 were all about playing live gigs in many Caracasâ trendy musical spots such as âLa Belle Epoqueâ, âLe Moulin Rougeâ, âOkupa Barâ, etc , as well as playing in different Universities across the country, with attendances of no less than 300 people. In every show, Embas delivered a strong and well coordinated performance and gave away demo tapes for the audience.

Embas was acknowledge with the invitation for participating in the most distinguished music festival ever made in Venezuela, the âFestival Nuevas Bandasâ in 2005, receiving all kinds of credits and respect from the audience as well as the media

âThe contest opened with very short performance from the very best of the entire festival, the Caracas-based Embas, a musical hybrid of infinite influences that made people shout and enjoy with their excellent showâ¦. No electronic, no hard rock, no Latin fusionâ¦.âEncore, Encore, Encore!!â, and was one of the participating onesâ¦..â (JeanFreddy Gutiérrez, www.lamusica.com.ve about the Festival Nuevas Bandas 2005â)

In june 2004, and under the production of Xavier Losada (a very well known composer of theater music), Embas begins to record their very first full-length album, later called âSuburbiaâ, at Remoto Studios (Wahalaâs âHomegrownâ, Los Mentasâ âMasacre en el Pin 5â and Los Oceanicosâ âLos Oceanicosâ). This album, with 10 musical pieces, reassure the eclecticism achieved by these six musical minds throughout the past four years, with a profound sense of equilibrium between hook songs and thoughtful lyrics.