Humareda

Humareda was born in the summer of 2005 when Roger and Jordi, two old friends of the highschool, meet again to share some of the songs they have been composing during a period of reflection. Wanting to do something interesting with them, comes the idea of ​​recruiting people who are willing to take this project forward. The first to join is Albert, who starts playing the flamenco cajón and some more percussion. The three alternate the trials between Ruché's house, in the neighborhood of La Sagrera, and Valldonzella 12, an old squatted farm where numerous social activities are organized. Soon after Tomy, playing the electric bass, and Gerard, playing the cajón. In this way they transfer the tests in Villa Elvira, a little house located in La Floresta, where Albert and Tommy share the roof. With this formation, on April 16, 2006 they perform their first concert, precisely in Valldonzella 12, when the eviction and subsequent demolition of the farm is announced. From now on they begin to go through the stages of some inhospitable places and some greater neighborhood festivity. When Albert decides to devote more to the drums and leave the cajón in second place, La Floresta is left to rehearse regularly in the bucs of the Garcilaso Center in La Sagrera. In addition, Jordi Bigay, a friend of the group that records all the concerts, joins until December 1, 2007, opens in Sant Andreu as a smoke more. With it you get a cooler and lively live, since it has full mobility on the stage and puts all the nose and salt shaker necessary. In November 2008, an initiative of Jaume Capella, a great friend of Humareda who acts as a manager of the group, becomes a reality: the contribution to the Festival of the Sant Andreu de Palomar neighborhood, composing a song that becomes the hymn of this party. Tots Al Carrer! It sounds in all the acts and parades of the neighborhood. Finally, people have the possibility to listen to it and sing it live at the concert given by Humareda in the big tent of Can Fabra on December 7, 2008. Due to the good acceptance that the song has, the band decides to make promotional CDs that , apart from Tots Al Carrer !, includes Solterín Solterón, and gives them to a large part of the people who will see them, thus becoming the first model of the group. In addition, it is in this concert that also premieres screenings made by Antyproductions (www.antyproductions.org), a small production company that collaborates to enrich the live performance of the group. After several concerts, the summer of 2009 is closed in studio to record Maketeando, the second model, which includes 6 songs recorded in La Universal, plus a song recorded in Café Con Leche Records. Finally, Maketeando comes out in January 2010 and is presented in concert on the 15th of the same month at the Garcilaso Center in La Sagrera. After many concerts in Barcelona and nearby, the summer of 2011, Ger decides to leave the group and Alejandro enters instead. That translates into an opportunity to experience a new sound. With him, during the last months of 2011, they have begun to register the third model of the group. New congas sound, guitars with effects, new rhythms and melodies, more percussion and new bass lines.