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Hi!
Welcome to "my space".
Okey, now a little bit of backgroundi.
My name is Francisco J Rodríguez Dapena and i'm from Vigo (Spain). i've been playing keyboards in several projects with different styles in the last 15 years or so.
From 1992 to 1997, more or less, i played in Still Here, a pop-rock band with progressive touches, with David de Bustamante (keys and vocals), David Parra (guitar and bass), Luís M. Sánchez (lead guitar) and Diana Pano (vocals). it was fun!
Then i played in several failed projects until late 99. My friend Bernardo Llobregat (guitar) asked me to play in his brand new AOR/Hard Rock band. This was the beginning of NEXX. Along with Jose A. de la Banda (bass), Oscar Pérez (drums) and one year later Patricia Tapia (vocals). i also have to name Jose Herrera, the guy behind the band. Nothing would have been like it was without him. We love you Jose!!! :-) We recorded 2 albums: "Colours" (2003) and "Another Dawn" (2006). Great time playing in many cities in Spain and in England too! To name a few special shows, we played in the Gods of AOR festival 2001 (Wigan, UK) and 2003 (Bradford, UK), Firefest ii party (Nottingham, UK) and Nemelrock i, ii, iii (Madrid, Spain). in these festivals we were lucky to share stage with bands like Harem Scarem, Urban Tale, House of Shakira, Dare, Jorn, Bob Catley, Terry Brock, Talisman and many more!. We toured with Jeff Scot Soto, present Journey singer, in Spain, we opened for bands like TNT, Firehouse, House of Shakira, Danny Vaughn, Elyte, Mitch Malloyi. well, very busy and very nice times. More info about NEXX in this two links: webnexx.com and NEXX in myspace.
At the same time i played in these bands, i wrote, played and produced soundtracks and music for TV. i was lucky to work with i.dijo el monje (specially with Gabriel González, dhijo) in three of their short films: Primario, Amamanta and Elgiroeneleje. Great infographic art. Don't miss it if you have a chance. That stuff was projected in festivals like Art Futura, CiberArt, Sonar, Actual, among many others.
i was lucky to work with Nacho Benítez in two of his short films too: "El Bebe se hace mayor" and "Me aguanto". Nacho has a lot of talent and we'll see him in long films soon, i'm sure of that.
For TV some of my compositions were played in Antena 3TV and Tele5, both national channels in Spain.
There were many small, but nice, other projectsi. i'll tell you other dayi.
Now i'm playing in a duo called Eala Dubh, where celtic, goth and folk meet, with singer Dawn Alicia. We're based in New England (USA).
Also Canadian guitarist Martin Marshall and me have recently formed the project A distant rendez-vous, where we both can experiment and create in complete freedom. Check it out!
Ah, and i'm working as a engineer in Kurzweil Music Systems, probably the best keyboard brand in the whole world!
This is a poem that isabel (you see her in MyFriends) has written inspired by the music of elgiroenelejei. now she is the one that inspires all of us. Thank you isabel!!!
" La creación de la noche,
muerde el hilo de acero,
miradas que se rasgan,
en los ecos lunares,
el viento danza con los árboles
vestidos de madera y escarcha.
En la soledad nocturna,
se desliza la cera liquida,
ahumando la luz de una vela
que hierve el alma.
Noches de hilo y sudor,
de agua y fuegoi.
arrancaría mil veces
los sueños del abismo
para acercarme al huracan
de tu perfume.
Espectro plateado que vigilas
mis noches desde el cielo,
un viento verde y helado,
me abraza,
y caigo, entre las hojas del otoño"
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