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MANU CHAO
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Hits include: "Politik Kills",
"Me Gustas Tu", "Bongo Bong",
"Merry Blues", "Mr. Bobby",
"Rainin In Paradize",
"La Vida Tómbola".
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Manu Chao, born José-Manuel Thomas Arthur Chao, is a French-Spanish
singer.
He sings in French, Spanish, English, Italian, Arabic, Catalan, Galician,
Portuguese, Greek, Wolof, and occasionally in other languages. Chao began his
musical career in Paris, busking and playing with groups such as Hot Pants and
Los Carayos, which combined a variety of languages and musical styles.

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With
friends and his brother, Antoine Chao, he founded the band Mano Negra in 1987,
achieving considerable success, particularly in Europe. He became a solo artist
after its breakup in 1995 and since then tours regularly with his live band,
Radio Bemba.
Manu Chao often mixes several languages in the same song. His music has
many influences, such as punk, rock, French chanson, Iberoamerican salsa,
reggae, ska, and Algerian raï. These influences were obtained from immigrants in
France, his Iberian connections, and foremost his travels in Mesoamerica as a
nomad following the disbanding of Mano Negra.
While Mano Negra called their style patchanka (literally "patchwork"), Manu
Chao speaks of música mestiza, a musical style which may also incorporate
elements of rap, flamenco, Afro-Cuban music, samba and cumbia.
Chao's lyrics provoke his audience to think about immigration, love, living in
ghettos, drugs, and often carry a left-wing message. This reflects Chao's own
political leanings—he is very close to the Zapatistas and their public
spokesman, Subcomandante Marcos. He has many followers among the European
left, the Latin American left and the anti-globalisation and anti-capitalist
movements.
Chao is a founding member of ATTAC. Punk and reggae historian Vivien
Goldman commented of his work, "I was writing about
Good Charlotte
and The Police. They adopted the trappings of punk. They aren't bad groups, but
the punk aspect is more manifested by somebody like Manu Chao. He's one of the
punkiest artists out there I can think of. It's an inclusionary spirit that is
punk."
Heavily influenced by the UK rock scene, particularly The Clash, The Jam
and Dr. Feelgood,
Manu Chao and other musicians formed the Spanish/English rockabilly group Hot Pants
in the mid-1980s.
Manu Chao was featured on the album True Love by Toots and the
Maytals, which won the Grammy Award in 2004 for Best Reggae Album, and showcased
many notable musicians including
Willie Nelson,
Eric Clapton, Jeff
Beck, Trey Anastasio,
Gwen Stefani /
No Doubt,
Ben Harper,
Bonnie Raitt,
The Roots,
Ryan Adams,
Keith Richards, Toots Hibbert, Paul Douglas, Jackie Jackson, Ken Boothe, and
The
Skatalites.
Mano Negra's sound is mostly characterized by energetic, lively rhythms,
symbolized by the title of their first album, Patchanka, derived from the word
pachanga (which is a colloquial term for "party"), and a distinct informality
which allows the audience to get involved and feel close to their sound. Mixed
music genres are present throughout their albums. Manu Chao is friends
with Gogol Bordello
and that group has covered Mano Negra's song "Mala Vida" on their own and with
Chao beginning in 2006.
On 23, June 2007, Manu Chao also appeared at Merriweather Post
Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland, to a sellout crowd. This was a semi-spontaneous endeavour between
Thievery
Corporation and Manu Chao facilitated by a new-found friendship
developed during Lollapalooza 2006. He was one of the headlining acts at
the 2008 Austin City Limits Music Festival and the Outside Lands Music
Festival in Golden Gate Park.
In January 2012, he was the headline act at the opening night of Sydney
Festival, marking his first concert in Australia.
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