Babasónicos

Babasónicos
Babasónicos
Background information
Origin	Buenos Aires, Lanús, Argentina
Genres	Alternative rock, pop rock, rock, psychedelic rock, funk rock, experimental rock
Years active	1991–present
Labels	Sony Music; Bultaco Records; Pop Art Music; Universal Music
Members	Adrián "Dárgelos" Rodríguez; Diego "Uma" Rodríguez; Diego "Uma-T" Tuñón; Diego "Panza" Castellano; Mariano "Roger" Domínguez
Past members	Walter "DJ Peggyn" Kebleris; Gabriel "Gabo" Manelli †
Website	www.babasonicos.com
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Babasónicos is an Argentine rock band, formed in the early 1990s along with others such as Peligrosos Gorriones and Los Brujos. After emerging in the wave of Argentine New Rock bands of the late 1980s and early 1990s, Babasonicos became one of the banner groups of the "sonic" underground rock movement in Argentina in the late 1990s.

The band name refers partly to Sai Baba, the Indian guru, and partly to a local toy gun called "La Pistola Sónica"

The lead singer Adrián "Dárgelos" Rodríguez and the keyboardist Diego "Uma-T" Tuñón initially decided to create a new style, which would not follow the established Argentine music. The other official band members are: Diego "Uma" Rodríguez (guitarist and lead singer), Diego "Panza" Castellano (drummer), Mariano "Roger" Domínguez (guitarist), and Gabriel "Gabo" Manelli (bassist, deceased).

For their second album, Trance Zomba (1994), they incorporated a guest DJ, "DJ Peggyn" who would eventually remain as a band member until after releasing Miami (1999). This same year the band saw the departure of their longtime manager Cosme.

In 1999, they collaborated with Ian Brown on a song that bears their name on his album Golden Greats.

In 2001, the band released Jessico, their most commercially successful and critically acclaimed album up to that point, reaching a broad mainstream audience with singles like "Los Calientes", "El Loco" and "Deléctrico".^[1]

The following records, Infame (2003), Anoche (2005) and Mucho (2008) continued with a streak of critical praise and commercial success, each one being selected by several media outlets as one of the best Argentine albums of their respective years.^[2]

Babasonicos also composed the soundtrack for Vera Fogwill's movie Las Mantenidas Sin Sueños (Kept and Dreamless), which was released in 2007. The album was composed in 2003.

On January 12, 2008, the band posted an entry on their official site in which they informed that their longtime bassist, Gabriel Manelli had died as a result of Hodgkin's disease, which he had been suffering since the tour supporting the album Infame. Multi-instrumentalist and long-time friend Carca joined the group in replace of Manelli in their 2011 album A Propósito. ^[3]

They released their latest album Trinchera, in 2022.

Discography

Studio albums

Pasto (1992)
Trance Zomba (1994)
Dopádromo (1996)
Babasónica (1997)
Miami (1999)
Jessico (2001)
Infame (2003)
Anoche (2005)
Mucho (2008)
A propósito (2011)
Romantisísmico (2013)
Discutible (2018)
Trinchera (2022)

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Latin Grammy Awards	2002	Best Rock Album by a Duo or Group with Vocal	Jessico	Nominated	^[4]
	2004	Best Alternative Music Album	Infame	Nominated	^[5]
	2006		Anoche	Nominated	^[6]
	2008		Mucho	Nominated	^[7]
	2008	Best Short Form Music Video	"Pijamas"	Nominated	^[7]
	2009	Best Short Form Music Video	"Las Demás"	Nominated	^[8]
	2009	Best Alternative Music Album	Mucho +	Nominated	^[8]
	2014	Best Alternative Music Album	Romantisísmico	Won	^[9]
		Best Alternative Song	"La Lanza"	Nominated
		Best Short Form Music Video	"La Lanza"	Nominated
	2016	Best Long Form Music Video	Desde Adentro - Impuesto de Fé (En Vivo)	Nominated	^[10]
	2019	Best Alternative Music Album	Discutible	Nominated	^[11]
	2019	Best Alternative Song	"La Pregunta"	Nominated	^[11]
	2022	Best Pop/Rock Album	Trinchera	Nominated	^[12]
	2022	Best Pop/Rock Song	"Bye Bye"	Nominated	^[12]
	2023	Best Pop/Rock Album	Trinchera Avanzada	Nominated	^[13]
Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica	2002	Best Group or Duet	Babasónicos	Nominated
		Best Rock Artist		Nominated
		Best Artist — Southeast		Nominated
	2003	Best Group or Duet		Nominated	^[14]
	2003	Best Artist - Argentina		Nominated	^[14]
	2004	Video of the Year	"Putita"	Nominated	^[15]
		Best Group or Duet	Babasónicos	Nominated
		Best Rock Artist		Nominated
		Best Artist - Argentina		Nominated
	2005	Best Rock Artist		Nominated	^[16]
	2005	Best Artist - South		Nominated	^[16]
	2006	Best Rock Artist		Nominated
	2006	Best Artist - South		Nominated
	2007	Artist of the Year		Nominated	^[17]
		Best Group or Duet		Nominated
		Best Rock Artist		Won
		Best Artist - South		Nominated
	2008	Artist of the Year		Nominated
		Best Group or Duet		Nominated
		Best Rock Artist		Nominated
		Best Artist - South		Nominated
		Best Fanclub		Nominated
		Video of the Year	"Pijamas"	Nominated
MTV Europe Music Awards	2012	Best Latin America South Act	Babasónicos	Nominated	^[18]
	2014			Nominated	^[19]
	2016			Nominated	^[20]
Premios Gardel	2002	Album of the Year	Jessico	Nominated	^[21]
	2002	Best Rock Group Album	Jessico	Nominated	^[21]
	2004	Album of the Year	Infame	Won	^[22]
		Golden Gardel		Won
		Producer of the Year (with Andrew Weiss)		Won
		Best Rock Group Album		Won
		Song of the Year	"Irresponsables"	Won
		Record of the Year		Won
		Best Music Video		Won
	2006	Album of the Year	Anoche	Nominated	^[23]
		Record of the Year		Nominated
		Best Rock Group Album		Won
		Song of the Year	"Yegua"	Nominated
		Best Music Video	"Yegua"	Nominated
	2008	Best Soundtrack	Las Mantenidas sin Sueños	Nominated	^[24]
	2009	Album of the Year	Mucho	Nominated	^[25]
		Best Rock Group Album	Mucho	Won
		Song of the Year	"Microdancing"	Nominated
		Song of the Year	Best Music Video	Nominated
	2012	Album of the Year	A Proposito	Nominated	^[26]
		Best Rock Group Album	A Proposito	Nominated
		Best Music Video	"Muñeco de Haití"	Nominated
	2013	Best Catalog Collection Album	Jessico Carolo	Nominated	^[27]
	2014	Album of the Year	Romantisísmico	Nominated	^[28]
		Best Rock Group Album	Romantisísmico	Won
		Song of the Year	"La Lanza"	Nominated
		Song of the Year	Best Music Video	Won
	2017	Best DVD	Desde Adentro & Impuesto de Fé	Won	^[29]
	2018	Best Rock Group Album	Repuesto de Fé	Won	^[30]
	2019	Album of the Year	Discutible	Nominated	^[31]
		Record of the Year		Nominated
		Best Rock Group Album		Nominated
		Song of the Year	"La Pregunta"	Nominated
		Best Music Video	"La Pregunta"	Nominated
	2021	Song of the Year	"Suficiente"	Nominated	^[32]
	2023	Album of the Year	Trinchera Avanzada	Nominated	^[33]
		Best Alternative Rock Album	Trinchera Avanzada	Won
		Song of the Year	"Bye Bye"	Nominated
		Best Catalogue Collection	A Propósito	Nominated
Premios Quiero	2011	Video of the Year	"Muñeco de Haití"	Won	^[34]
	2012	Best Rock Video	"Tormento"	Nominated	^[35]
	2013	Best Rock Video	"La Lanza"	Nominated	^[36]
	2013	Best Group Video	"La Lanza"	Nominated	^[36]
	2016	Video of the Year	"Vampi"	Nominated	^[37]
	2016	Best Rock Video	"Vampi"	Nominated	^[37]
	2017	Best Live Video	"Yegua"	Nominated	^[38]
	2018	Best Rock Video	"La Pregunta"	Nominated	^[39]
	2019	Best Group Video	"La Pregunta"	Nominated	^[40]
	2022	Best Group Video	"La Izquierda de la Noche"	Nominated	^[41]
	2022	Best Rock Video	"BYE BYE"	Nominated	^[41]

Interviews

The Scenestar - March 2007

References

^ "Jessico: El disco de una década". 25 July 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-07-28.
^ "Babasónicos". Archived from the original on 2017-07-18.
^ "A propósito de Babasónicos: Chicos desorden". Archived from the original on 2011-05-18.
^ "3rd Annual Latin Grammy Awards – Winners". Latin Grammy Awards. Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. September 18, 2002. Archived from the original on December 1, 2002. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
^ "Lista de nominados al los Grammy Latinos" (in Spanish). Terra Networks México. Archived from the original on October 7, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
^ "7th Annual Latin Grammy Winners List". Latin Grammy Awards. Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. 2006. Archived from the original on June 4, 2009. Retrieved October 5, 2012.
^ "9th Annual Latin Grammy Awards". Los Angeles Times. September 10, 2007. Archived from the original on August 4, 2014. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
^ "Conoce a los nominados a los Grammy Latinos". Terra Networks (in Spanish). Telefónica. September 19, 2009. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
^ "Calle 13 lidera las nominaciones de los Grammy Latinos". Billboard. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
^ Cobo, Leila (September 21, 2016). "Latin Grammys 2016 Nominations: See the Full List". Billboard. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
^ Ryan, Patrick. "Latin Grammys: Camila Cabello, Alejandro Sanz, Rosalía, Luis Fonsi score 2019 nominations". USA Today. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
^ "23rd Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards Final Nominations" (PDF). The Latin Recording Academy. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 23, 2022. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
^ Ratner-Arias, Sigal (19 September 2023). "Edgar Barrera Tops 2023 Latin Grammys Nominees: Complete List". Billboard. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
^ "MTVLA:: VMALA 2003 :: Prensa". 13 December 2003. Archived from the original on 13 December 2003.
^ "Resumen de los MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica 2004". Radio Aktiva (in Spanish). October 22, 2004. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
^ "Shakira Leads Nominees For MTV Latin Awards". Billboard. September 1, 2005. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
^ "Babasónicos, reyes del rock en los premios MTV". infobae (in Spanish). October 20, 2017. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
^ "Latinos nominados a los MTV Europe Awards" (in Spanish). Infobae. September 18, 2012. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
^ "Alkilados, Don Tetto y Nicolas Mayorca se enfrentan en los MTV EMA 2014" (in Spanish). El Espectador. September 16, 2014. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
^ "Lali Espósito, reconocida en los MTV Europe Music Awards". Infobae (in Spanish). 6 November 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
^ "Los Premios Gardel, en las gateras". Clarín. 2002-03-14. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
^ Micheletto, Karina (April 1, 2004). "En la noche de los Premios Gardel, Babasónicos se llevó hasta el oro". Página/12. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
^ "Los nominados a los Premios Carlos Gardel". infobae (in Spanish). March 11, 2006. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
^ "URUGUAYOS NOMINADOS A LOS GARDEL". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). February 21, 2008. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
^ "¿Quiénes son los nominados a los Premios Gardel?". infobae (in Spanish). April 8, 2009. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
^ "Todos los nominados de los Premios Gardel 2012". Teleshow. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
^ "Los Premios Gardel cumplen 15 años". Prensario Música (in Spanish). June 17, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
^ "Premios Gardel 2014: todos los ganadores". La Nación. 2014-09-05. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
^ "Premios Gardel 2017: todos los ganadores". La Nación. 2017-06-07. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
^ "Premios Gardel 2018: todos los ganadores de la fiesta de la música". Todo Noticias. 2018-05-30. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
^ "Premios Gardel | CAPIF | GANADORES & NOMINADOS 2019". Premios Gardel a la Música. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
^ "Premios Gardel | CAPIF | GANADORES & NOMINADOS 2021". Premios Gardel a la Música. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
^ "Premios Gardel 2023: Trueno, Dante Spinetta y Babasónicos son los artistas más nominados". Clarín (in Spanish). April 11, 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
^ "Llegan los premios Quiero 2011". Television (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
^ "Llegan los Premios Quiero 2012". Television (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 20 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
^ "Llegan los Premios Quiero 2013". Television (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 June 2022.
^ "Premios Quiero 2016 - Ingresá y votá". Quiero. 21 October 2016. Archived from the original on 7 November 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
^ "Premios Quiero 2017". Quiero. 21 October 2016. Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
^ "10° edición de los premios Quiero: Lali, Tini y Sofía Reyes, nominadas". Billboard Argentina. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
^ "Premios Quiero 2019 - Lista de nominaciones". Q Música TV. 21 October 2019. Archived from the original on 26 October 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
^ "Premios Quiero 2022 - Lista de nominaciones". Premios Quiero. 11 October 2022. Archived from the original on 13 October 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2023.

External links

[1] "Jessico: El disco de una década". 25 July 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-07-28.

[2] "Babasónicos". Archived from the original on 2017-07-18.

[3] "A propósito de Babasónicos: Chicos desorden". Archived from the original on 2011-05-18.

[4] "3rd Annual Latin Grammy Awards – Winners". Latin Grammy Awards. Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. September 18, 2002. Archived from the original on December 1, 2002. Retrieved December 1, 2012.

[5] "Lista de nominados al los Grammy Latinos" (in Spanish). Terra Networks México. Archived from the original on October 7, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2011.

[6] "7th Annual Latin Grammy Winners List". Latin Grammy Awards. Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. 2006. Archived from the original on June 4, 2009. Retrieved October 5, 2012.

[7] "9th Annual Latin Grammy Awards". Los Angeles Times. September 10, 2007. Archived from the original on August 4, 2014. Retrieved January 28, 2011.

[8] "Conoce a los nominados a los Grammy Latinos". Terra Networks (in Spanish). Telefónica. September 19, 2009. Retrieved January 28, 2011.

[9] "Calle 13 lidera las nominaciones de los Grammy Latinos". Billboard. Retrieved September 24, 2014.

[10] Cobo, Leila (September 21, 2016). "Latin Grammys 2016 Nominations: See the Full List". Billboard. Retrieved September 21, 2016.

[11] Ryan, Patrick. "Latin Grammys: Camila Cabello, Alejandro Sanz, Rosalía, Luis Fonsi score 2019 nominations". USA Today. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

[12] "23rd Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards Final Nominations" (PDF). The Latin Recording Academy. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 23, 2022. Retrieved September 20, 2022.

[13] Ratner-Arias, Sigal (19 September 2023). "Edgar Barrera Tops 2023 Latin Grammys Nominees: Complete List". Billboard. Retrieved 19 September 2023.

[14] "MTVLA:: VMALA 2003 :: Prensa". 13 December 2003. Archived from the original on 13 December 2003.

[15] "Resumen de los MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica 2004". Radio Aktiva (in Spanish). October 22, 2004. Retrieved September 23, 2022.

[16] "Shakira Leads Nominees For MTV Latin Awards". Billboard. September 1, 2005. Retrieved December 12, 2018.

[17] "Babasónicos, reyes del rock en los premios MTV". infobae (in Spanish). October 20, 2017. Retrieved September 23, 2022.

[18] "Latinos nominados a los MTV Europe Awards" (in Spanish). Infobae. September 18, 2012. Retrieved October 8, 2020.

[19] "Alkilados, Don Tetto y Nicolas Mayorca se enfrentan en los MTV EMA 2014" (in Spanish). El Espectador. September 16, 2014. Retrieved October 8, 2020.

[20] "Lali Espósito, reconocida en los MTV Europe Music Awards". Infobae (in Spanish). 6 November 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017.

[21] "Los Premios Gardel, en las gateras". Clarín. 2002-03-14. Retrieved 2022-02-13.

[22] Micheletto, Karina (April 1, 2004). "En la noche de los Premios Gardel, Babasónicos se llevó hasta el oro". Página/12. Retrieved February 13, 2022.

[23] "Los nominados a los Premios Carlos Gardel". infobae (in Spanish). March 11, 2006. Retrieved June 26, 2022.

[24] "URUGUAYOS NOMINADOS A LOS GARDEL". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). February 21, 2008. Retrieved September 24, 2022.

[25] "¿Quiénes son los nominados a los Premios Gardel?". infobae (in Spanish). April 8, 2009. Retrieved July 7, 2022.

[26] "Todos los nominados de los Premios Gardel 2012". Teleshow. Retrieved May 15, 2015.

[27] "Los Premios Gardel cumplen 15 años". Prensario Música (in Spanish). June 17, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2022.

[28] "Premios Gardel 2014: todos los ganadores". La Nación. 2014-09-05. Retrieved 2022-03-13.

[29] "Premios Gardel 2017: todos los ganadores". La Nación. 2017-06-07. Retrieved 2022-03-13.

[30] "Premios Gardel 2018: todos los ganadores de la fiesta de la música". Todo Noticias. 2018-05-30. Retrieved 2022-03-13.

[31] "Premios Gardel | CAPIF | GANADORES & NOMINADOS 2019". Premios Gardel a la Música. Retrieved 2022-03-13.

[32] "Premios Gardel | CAPIF | GANADORES & NOMINADOS 2021". Premios Gardel a la Música. Retrieved 2022-03-13.

[33] "Premios Gardel 2023: Trueno, Dante Spinetta y Babasónicos son los artistas más nominados". Clarín (in Spanish). April 11, 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2023.

[34] "Llegan los premios Quiero 2011". Television (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2022.

[35] "Llegan los Premios Quiero 2012". Television (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 20 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.

[36] "Llegan los Premios Quiero 2013". Television (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 June 2022.

[37] "Premios Quiero 2016 - Ingresá y votá". Quiero. 21 October 2016. Archived from the original on 7 November 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2022.

[38] "Premios Quiero 2017". Quiero. 21 October 2016. Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2022.

[39] "10° edición de los premios Quiero: Lali, Tini y Sofía Reyes, nominadas". Billboard Argentina. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2022.

[40] "Premios Quiero 2019 - Lista de nominaciones". Q Música TV. 21 October 2019. Archived from the original on 26 October 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2022.

[41] "Premios Quiero 2022 - Lista de nominaciones". Premios Quiero. 11 October 2022. Archived from the original on 13 October 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2023.

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Official albums	Pasto Trance Zomba Dopádromo Babasónica Miami Jessico Infame Anoche Mucho A Propósito Romantisísmico Discutible Trinchera
B-side albums	Vórtice Marxista Vedette Groncho Mucho + Carolo Inflame
Remix albums	Babasónica Electrónica Jessico Megamix Jessico Dance Mix Mezclas Infame
Soundtracks	Las Mantenidas Sin Sueños
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