El General Paz & La Triple Frontera

El General Paz & La Triple Frontera
Background information
Origin	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Genres	Rock, funk, jazz, world music
Website	www.gp3f.net
Members	Anel Paz Arthur Maia Jorge Platero Macedo Tomás Hepner Josefina Anselmo Emmanuel Cauvet Alaíde Solórzano (Guest)

El General Paz & La Triple Frontera (GP3F) is a rock fusion band formed by Anel Paz, composed of musicians from Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil that fuses different rhythms in their songs, including the original folklore of South and Central America, Brazilian music, rock, funk, jazz, and world music. The Afro-Latin rhythms merge with funk-rock sound, creating an original and identifiable proposal.^[1]

GP3F

History

GP3F was formed in late 2007, and it is composed by Anel Paz, renowned guitarist, recording engineer and producer; Brazilian Kiki Ferreira, Uruguayan Jorge Platero and Argentine Mayra Domine, Diego La Rosa and Cesar La Rosa. They have traveled several festival scenarios in Argentina: Pepsi Music^[2] Editions 2008, 2009 and 2011 and Quilmes Rock 2013. In October 2008 they are the opening act of Brazilian Gilberto Gil at Teatro Gran Rex.

Simultaneously, the band release their first album "El General Paz & La Triple Frontera", edited by Popart Records / Sony Music and also the first version of its video broadcast cut, "a Marte", directed by the argentinian Picky Talarico and produced by Metropolis Films.^[3]

In 2009 GP3F make a special live on CM, El Canal de la Música (Music Channel) and also produced and distributed the video "Carnavalero" directed by the argentinian Rodrigo Espina.

GP3F with Diemen Noord create and produce the Primer Festival Itinerante de World Music (first Traveling World Music Festival), in January 2010. Both bands tour the Patagonia Argentina with the support of the Ministries of Culture of Chubut, Neuquen and Rio Negro, calling local artists from each participating city, with great adhesion and applause from the crowd and press.^[4]

Also in this year, they release the videos "Errar es Inhumano" and "Black Pato", both directed by Rodrigo Espina. In April 2011 the band open Dominic Miller’s show in Argentina.^[5]

During 2013 GP3F premier its video trilogy directed by Rodrigo Espina, in advance of its upcoming album. During the month of April they release "Alegría", in August "Luces de Cristal" and in November "Surferos del Alma (por el mar)." These videos are filmed on natural location, including Tigre, Argentina's coast and the coast of Brazil. In the clip "Surferos" there is a great reference of Brazilian surf: Capitão David, with his Surf School.

In December 2013, after two years of production of the new material, GP3F release "Maravillas", its second studio album, where the band reinforces its original style of fusing with its own identity, edited by Geiser Records / Sony Music.^[6]

In February 2015 plays in the festival Rock BA. In March of the same year GP3F begin its first international tour, participating in the festival South by Southwest (SXSW), which is joined by a promotional tour and concerts in Houston, Austin, Dallas, Miami and Los Angeles in the USA.

During the month of July 2015 they perform a Live CM, in the Music Channel.

During the month of October of the 2015 it undertakes a new tour by United States and Mexico where its new song "Maravillas" is presented. The visit includes shows at the legendary Bulldog Cafe of CDMX, at the Independence Forum in Guadalajara, and at the La Casa de la Moneda club in Los Angeles. On this occasion accompanies a GP3F on its tour the renowned Brazilian bass player and composer Arthur Maia. At the same time they film their new video "Una Flor de Lis", directed by the Mexican Luciana Herrera. In addition to providing seminars at the Free University of Music (Guadalajara) and the Institute of Musicians of Hollywood.

During the month of April 2016 GP3F makes its third international tour returning to Mexico and adding Central America. They perform shows at the Bulldog Cafe (CDMX), in Guadalajara at The Urban, Tianguis Cultural and Vía Recreactiva (presentations supported by the Free University of Music and the University of Guadalajara), and at San Marcos Festival, Guatemala.

In June, in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, GP3F recorded a new version of its theme "Bella Flor" with Brazilian musicians invited, offer a live show and record the video of the song, directed by the Brazilian Neon Maia.

In the month of October, in their fourth international tour they are presented at the International Book Fair, Bulldog Cafe, Caradura and Centro Cultural España, all of them in the CDMX. At the Cervantino Festival in Irapuato, at Palindromo in Guadalajara, and at the Culture Festival Zapopan, in the city of Zapopan.

In March 2017, G3PF performs its fifth international tour with shows in the cities of Mexico, Monterrey, Guadalajara, Zapopan, Toluca, Puebla, Irapuato, Leon and Querétaro, among which are presentations at the Bulldog Cafe, Centro Universitario Of Economic-Administrative Sciences (CUCEA) and in Vive Latino 2017

Some shows performed by GP3F:

Opening act of Gilberto Gil at the Teatro Gran Rex 2008 (Argentina)

Pepsi Music 2008 (Argentina)

CM Vivo at the Canal de la Música 2009 (Argentina)

Pepsi Music 2009 (Argentina)

Primer Festival Itinerante de World Music 2010 (Argentina)

Opening act of Dominic Miller 2011(Argentina)

Pepsi Music 2011(Argentina)

Quilmes Rock 2013 (Argentina)

Rock BA 2015 (Argentina)

South by Southwest SXSW 2015 (USA)

Bulldog Cafe 2015-2016-2017(México)

CM Vivo at the Canal de la Música 2015 (Argentina)

Festival Brahva de San Marcos 2016 (Guatemala)

Festival Internacional Cervantino 2016 (México)

Feria del Libro 2016 (México)

Personal Fest 2017 (Argentina)

Vive Latino 2017 (México)

TV Brasil - Todas As Bossas (Brasil)

Feira Expomusic 2017 (Brasil)

Personal Fest 2017 (Argentina)

Members

Anel Paz - Vocals and Guitars
Arthur Maia - Bass & vocals
Jorge Platero - Percussion and vocals
Tomás Hepner - Keyboards
Emmanuel Cauvet - Drums
Josefina Anselmo - Guitar and vocals

Other Members

Kiki Ferreira - Bass & vocals
Diego La Rosa - Guitar and chorus
Daniel Menezes - Bass & chorus
Alaíde Solórzano - Vocals (Guest)
Mayra Dómine - Keyboards & chorus
César La Rosa - Drums & chorus

Discography

References

External links

• Official website