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El Aviador Dro
In 1977, the fascist dictatorship that ruled Spain for 40 years was crumbling, and a new generation of Spanish artists were pushing the limits of their freedom. It was around this time that a bunch of art school students in Madrid decided to form a punk rock band called Alex y los Drugos (after the main characters of A Clockwork Orange). Upon hearing the lastest albums by Kraftwerk and Devo, the band traded its guitars for analog synthesizers and changed its name to El Aviador Dro y Sus Obreros Especializados
In 1977, the fascist dictatorship that ruled Spain for 40 years was crumbling, and a new generation of Spanish artists were pushing the limits of their freedom. It was around this time that a bunch of art school students in Madrid decided to form a punk rock band called Alex y los Drugos (after the main characters of A Clockwork Orange). Upon hearing the lastest albums by Kraftwerk and Devo, the band traded its guitars for analog synthesizers and changed its name to El Aviador Dro y Sus Obreros Especializados
Espacial Discos present a reissue of Aviador Dro's second album, Tesis,
originally released in 1983. In 1983, Aviador Dro, the legendary
Spanish synth-pop band, are at the height of their powers: their own DRO
record label is working full time, they share management with famous
Spanish new wave bands like Alaska y Los Pegamoides, Los Nikis,
their songs are heavily played on the radio and they play numerous gigs
all across Spain. 1983 was also when the band decide to create their
most ambi…
Espacial Discos present a reissue of Aviador Dro's first, self-released album, Alas Sobre El Mundo,
originally released in 1982. Legendary Spanish synth-pop band Aviador
Dro was formed in Madrid in the late 1970s, influenced by bands like Devo, Kraftwerk, and Cabaret Voltaire
as well as by science fiction and movements like punk, futurism,
anarchism, and Dada. Dressed in matching space-age uniforms, the group
created a particular synth-pop sound, which they defined as "tecno-pop".
Signed t…
Awesome box-set includes the lps "tesis" and "antisesis", an additional '7 and 50-pages booklet, 23 tracks. "síntesis" was el aviador dro y sus obreros especializados' second album. also featured here is the great (and quite different) 12" version of "selector de frecuencias" (dro-020, 1982), the complete "amor industrial" 12" (dro-040, 1983) and "vortex" 12" (dro-074, 1984).