El Canto Del Loco – El Canto Del Loco

A year later the group recorded a demo record, which they sent to different record companies. However, it was only when Dani met the record producer Pedro del Moral that they got their first opportunity. Moral listened to the demo and took it to the Ariola record company (currently Sony BMG), where Paco Martín, who had discovered groups such as Radio Futura and Hombres G, heard it. The group then received a call from Martín, who proposed a trial concert along with two other groups, with the objective that the record company would sign one of them. Despite the fact that the concert was not very good El Canto del Loco were eventually signed to the record label. The group’s first studio album went on sale on 16 June 2000, produced by Alejo Stivel, the former singer with the Spanish group Tequila. Before this album went on sale it was suggested that the group change their name, with other suggestions including “Superratones” (Super Rats), “Los móviles” (The Mobiles) and “La dulce sonrisa de Lulú” (Lulú’s Sweet Smile). However, the group decided to keep their name and for this reason the first album was also called El Canto del Loco. The arrival of Nigel Walker as producer produced a change in direction for the group and their second album, called A contracorriente (Against the Flow), was released on 1 March 2002, which had a more mature style.[12] In the same year El Canto del Loco also received a nomination at the MTV Europe Music Awards for “Best Spanish Artist”, although the group Amaral actually won the award